George Sakkal

Resume

Education:

University of MD Graduate School, PhD Policy Science studies

Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master of City Planning

Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Architecture

Juried Awards:

Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD.

     Member Spring Juried Exhibit

          2007: Honorable Mention

          2006: Best in Show

     Member Winter Juried Exhibit

          2006: Best in Show

     National Juried "Art On Paper" Exhibition

          2006: Honorable Mention

 

Rehoboth Art League, First Regional Juried Exhibit, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

     Artists from six states plus Washington, DC

          2007: Award of Excellence: 2nd Best in Show

          2005: Best in Show

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD

     Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition

          2008: Best in Show

          2006: Best in Show

          2005: Best in Graphics

          2004: Valley Art Association Award

          2002:  Best in Medium

          1995:  Best in Show

          1989:  Best in Graphics

          1988:  Most Popular in Show 

          1987:  Best in Show

 

Life of Maryland Gallery, Baltimore, MD

     Master of Collage Invitational, 8 artists

          1989:  Best in Show; Most Popular in Show

School #33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD

     Works on Paper Exhibition (NEA)

          1985:  Honorarium

Gallery Artist/Consignment:

2004 – 2009:  Light Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2005 – 2006:  Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.

2003 – 2004:  Westwood Gallery, Soho, New York, New York

2003 – 2004:  Artist’s Gallery, Columbia, MD

1986 – 1990:  Gallery K, Washington, D.C.

1983 – 1986:  Downtown Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Exhibitions:

2008: Columbia Art Center: Columbia, MD, "The Art of War, Iraq: Decisions from the First Year".

2007: Light Street Gallery, Baltimore, MD, One Man Show, The Politics of War, February - April

2006: Salon de Diversite, International Salon D'Automne Competition, Paris, France (December) 

2006: One Man Show - Maximism, 100 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD. Dec 4 - Dec 29.

2005:  Artists Exchange Program, Cergy-Pontoise, France

2004:  Howard Community College Art Gallery, Columbia, MD

                        One Man Show – “A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective”

2003:  Columbia Arts Center, Columbia, MD, Collage Invitational

2002:  Sea Studio Gallery, Tenants Harbor, ME

1999:  Washington County Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD

                          One Man Show – “Space, Time, & Survival”

1989:  Life of Maryland Gallery, Balt. MD, “Master of Collage Invitational”

1985:  Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

1984:  The Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1983:  Morris A. Mechanic Theater Gallery, Baltimore, MD

 

Faculty Instructor:

2004 to Present: Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, 3 credit Paper Collage Course

2003 to Present: Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD, 2 non-credit Paper Collage Courses

2006: Contemporary Collage Art History, Columbia Art Center, 3 Week Seminar

 

Research Reports:

2008: The Validity of Post Modern Art Theory

2007: An Era of Ideology: Cultural and Political Conundrums