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
Solo Exhibitions
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ   New Jersey Emerging Artists Series, Pencil Me In, 2015

Selected Group Exhibitions

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: FiberArtNow Winter 2024 
Other Experience and Skills:
Artistic Chair Guttenberg Arts
Public School Art Educator