Clarissa Payne Uvegi is a contemporary figurative artist.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, she has a BA in Art from Rutgers University & a BFA in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design.
She has studied painting & drawing at the Art Students League of New York & The National Academy Museum & School with Mary Beth Mckenzie & Dan Gheno.
A finalist in the “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009”, she was one of 49 out of 5000 artists selected to hang in this exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, from October 2009 through September 2010.
She took part in the “Waterworks” exhibit on the SS Lilac, Pier 40, NY in 2009. Having participated in the Art Students League Members’ Juried Exhibition in 2005, she also received the Merit Scholarship & was awarded several Best in Shows & Honorable Mentions in group shows there since 2001.
She partook in pop-up shows at the National Academy, in 2012 & 2013, the latter entitled “Creative Mischief”.
Additionally, she exhibited in the Peoria Art Guild’s 2013 “Nude Attitude” show.
website: www.clarissapayneuvegi.com
Donna Painting Clarissa
60 x 36 inches
Oil on Canvas
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, she has a BA in Art from Rutgers University & a BFA in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design.
She has studied painting & drawing at the Art Students League of New York & The National Academy Museum & School with Mary Beth Mckenzie & Dan Gheno.
A finalist in the “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009”, she was one of 49 out of 5000 artists selected to hang in this exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, from October 2009 through September 2010.
She took part in the “Waterworks” exhibit on the SS Lilac, Pier 40, NY in 2009. Having participated in the Art Students League Members’ Juried Exhibition in 2005, she also received the Merit Scholarship & was awarded several Best in Shows & Honorable Mentions in group shows there since 2001.
She partook in pop-up shows at the National Academy, in 2012 & 2013, the latter entitled “Creative Mischief”.
Additionally, she exhibited in the Peoria Art Guild’s 2013 “Nude Attitude” show.
website: www.clarissapayneuvegi.com
Donna Painting Clarissa
60 x 36 inches
Oil on Canvas