www.janettsakis.com
Education
Master of Fine Arts in Arts Education, Kean University, New Jersey
BA, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Residency
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, Geraldine Doge Full Fellowship 2005
Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA Geraldine Dodge Full Fellowship 2006
Peters Valley, Layton NJ, NJ State Craft Artist Residency 2023
Awards
Best in Show Award, Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY 2019 Curator: David Francis
Florence B. Andreson Award, National Association of Women Artists, NYC 2016
LARAC Honorable Mention 50/50 People’s Choice Award, Curator, 2012
Leila Gardin Sawyer Memorial Award, American Artists Professional League, New York, NY, 2009
Marion Anderson Portrait Award, New Jersey Center For Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, 2003
Publications
Fiber Arts Now, January 2024, Excellence in Fiber Arts IX
Fiber Arts Now, Winter 2024
Solo Exhibitions
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ New Jersey Emerging Artists Series, Pencil Me In, 2015
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Excellence in Fiber IX, La Conner, Washington Curator: Carla Schultz- Parks
2025 Guttenberg Arts Member Show, Guttenberg, NJ Curator: Russ Spitkovsky
2022 Re Emergence, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ Curator: Margaret M. O' Reilly
2022 Works on Paper, LBIF, Long Beach Island, NJ Curator: Esther Adler, MOMA NYC
2022 Expressions, Shirt Factory, Glens Falls, NY Curator: John Hampshire
2021 Cut Pieces, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY, Curator: Robert Langdon
2020 Petit, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY, Curator: Robert Langdon
2020 R”Emerged, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, Curator: Donna Kessinger
2019 Small works Show, Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls NY, Curator: David Franicis
2017 Curators Choice Award, Harborside Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Curators: Jo-El Lopez, Fayemi Shakur
2015 Lower Adirondack Arts Regional Council, Muses and Family Exhibit, Lapham Gallery, NY
2014 NAWA, 125 Anniversary Members Exhibit, Sylvia Po Gallery, NY
2014 National Association of Women Artists, Who’s Your Mama, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2014 Pro Arts Curators Choice Exhibit, Jersey City Museum, NJ Curator: Virginia Butera, Elise Mannella
Publications: Fiber Arts Now, Winter 2024
Other Experience and Skills:
Artistic Chair Guttenberg Arts
Public School Art Educator