EXHIBITIONS and COLLECTIONS
| ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018
Bill Santelli – From the Archive: Solo Exhibition | Makers Gallery and Studio, Rochester, NY
2014
Bill Santelli – Dream Flashes | Red Tail Ridge Winery, Penn Yan, NY
2008
SANTELLI – Works | Casa Italiana of Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
2007
Dreams, Samu and Zen | Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Corporate Headquarters, Montville, NJ
2003
Bill Santelli, An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings | Vivo! Gallery, Washington, DC
Bill Santelli, Paintings and Drawings | Anthony Kelley Gallery | New Orleans, LA
2001
In Memory and Dreams, Recent Paintings | Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Drawings from the Zen Mind/Silent Dialogue Series | Visions Gallery, Albany, NY
2000
Bill Santelli - New Paintings | Jordan Road Gallery, Sedona, AZ
Zen Mind / Silent Dialogue | Rensselaer Newman Foundation Chapel and Cultural Center, Troy, NY
1999
Bill Santelli - Recent Paintings | Shelnutt Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
| TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007
Bill Santelli Paintings and John Lombardi Sculpture | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2002
Resemblance - Bill Santelli, paintings in acrylic and Brad Spencer, sculpture in mixed Media | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
1998
Bill Santelli and Edwina Brennan - Paintings | DOSHI Gallery of Contemporary Art, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
| THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Constellations | Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
2015
The Elusive Image | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2006
A Few of Our Own | Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
2004
Bill Santelli, paintings, Jappie King Black, sculpture, Jan Hewett Towsley, woven metal/textiles | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS selected
2023
Dec 6 - Dec 10 | Red Dot Miami (Art Basel Week) | Jen Tough Gallery Booth | Miami, FL
Nov 3 - Nov 5 | Art San Diego | Jen Tough Gallery Booth | San Diego, CA
July 21 - Dec 23 | Jen Tough Gallery: Autumn Collective | Santa Fe, NM
March 31 - April 2 | Artexpo New York | Jen Tough Gallery Booth | New York City, NY
2022
Brain Cake, International Art Exhibition, the Gaudi Room, Casa Mila La Pedrera, Barcelona Spain | M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy and Fuerteventura, Spain
Spellbound: The Art of Mystery | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
Liquid Arsenal, International Contemporary Exhibition | M.A.D.S., Art Gallery, Milan, Italy and Fuerteventura, Spain
Small Works 2022 National Juried Exhibition | Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY, Juror, Bradley Butler, Director, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Central Adirondack Art Show | The View Center for Arts and Culture, Old Forge, NY
2021
31st Annual Members Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Sacrifice, International Contemporary Exhibition | M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy and Fuerteventura, Spain
Small Works 2021 National Juried Exhibition | Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY, Juror, Rick Muto, Director, AXOM Gallery, Rochester, NY
In a Different Light, Gallery Artists Group Exhibition | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
Paraiso, International Contemporary Exhibition | M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy and Fuerteventura, Spain
Central Adirondack Art Show | The View Center for Arts and Culture, Old Forge, NY
2020
Dress Me, Fashion Week International Contemporary Exhibition | M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
Coming Home | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2019
Metamorphosis | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
A Call for Color | Mill Art Center and Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY
Legacy: Friends and Students of Tom Insalaco | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
Works on Paper | Mill Gallery and Art Center | Honeoye Falls, NY
2018
28th Annual Members Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Small Works 2018 National Juried Exhibition | Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY | Juror, Rick Pirozzolo, Executive Director and Curator at the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Mentors and Mentees, 50th Anniversary of the Art Programs and Founding of Finger Lakes Community College | Williams-Insalaco Gallery 34, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
11th Annual Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial Exhibition | Ridderhof Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, Juror, Kimberli Grant MCKinnon, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
Ode To Joy | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2017
Drawing Resurfaced II National Juried Contemporary Drawing Exhibition | Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
27th Annual Members’ Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Small Works National Juried Exhibition | Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY, Juror, Cory E. Card
Utopia/Dystopia National Juried Exhibition | Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY, Juror, John Massier - Visual Arts Curator, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Doppelgangers and Doubles | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2016
Texas Visual Arts Association National Exhibition | Mesquite Arts Center, Mesquite, TX, Jurors, Andrea Karnes, Curator, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth,TX, and Gabriel Ritter, Curator, Contemporary Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
ArtPrize 8 – International Art Event | Devos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Drawing Never Dies | Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO
Myths and Mythologies | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2015
ArtPrize 7 – International Art Event | Bill Santelli at The Historic Harris Building | Grand Rapids, MI
Art Comes Alive 2015 | Art Design Consultants Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH
Cosmos, Imagining the Universe | Annmarie Sculpture Gardens and Arts Center (in association with the Smithsonian Institution), Dowell, MD
Poetry Scores Hawaii - Look Like What it Means | Juror, Phil Sanders, University of Hawaii at Hilo, HI
The Condition of Music | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2014
ArtPrize 6 - International Art Event, Dream Flashes - Bill Santelli at the Historic Harris Building | Grand Rapids, MI
Proverbs and Commonplaces | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
A Fine Line – Bill Santelli, Dexter Benedict, Roger Hinman, Don Sottile | Flick Gallery, Penn Yan, NY
35th Annual National Juried Exhibition | Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
23rd Annual Members Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2013
Frame of Reference | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
64th Rochester – Finger Lakes Exhibition | Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
The Four Humors | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2012
27th Tallahassee International Juried Exhibition | Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Driven to Abstraction | Austin Art Connections, Austin, TX
Now Wow Project II, National Juried Exhibition | Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Palimpsest | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2011
8th Annual International Juried Exhibition | Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Made in NY, 2011 Juried Exhibition | Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Traditions | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
The Rochester Art Supply 4th Annual Invitational Exhibition | High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2010
30th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show |Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT, Juror, Samantha Rippner, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Images 2010, Juried Exhibition of Art by artists of the Mid-Atlantic Region | Robeson Gallery, Penn State University’ State College, PA
20th Annual Members’ Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
The Rochester Art Supply Invitational Exhibition | High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Fiat Lux | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2009
19th Annual Members’ Exhibition | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Night, Invitational Exhibition | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
The Rochester Art Supply Invitational Exhibition | High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2008
Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
The Rochester Art Supply Invitational Exhibition | High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2007
Tri-State Juried Exhibition | Fieldstone Fine Art, Ramsey, NJ
“BIG” Invitational Exhibition | High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2005
Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2003
Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists | Anthony Kelley Gallery, New Orleans, LA
18th Biennial International Juried Exhibition, Contemporary Works of Faith | Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2002
Best Paintings in Rochester | High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Blue | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2001
Seeing Things Unseen | Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY
2000
Annual Contemporary Exhibition | Leon Loard Gallery, Montgomery, AL
Best Paintings in Rochester | High Falls Fine Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
| CORPORATE COLLECTIONS, selected
Google | NYC, NY
Inter-Continental Hotel | Miami, FL
Northland Hotel | Greenbay, WI
Mercantile Bank | Grand Rapids, MI
MedImmune, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (commission)
Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, VA (commission)
Heller Ehrman White and McAuliffe LLP, NYC, NY
Hale and Dorr, Boston, MA
Maxtor Corporation, Longmont, CO
Forest City Enterprises, Cleveland, OH
McClinton Development Corporation, Montgomery, AL
Tecton PC, Architects, Hartford, CT
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Rochester, NY
XLI Corporation, Rochester, NY
Advest, Inc., Hartford, CT
Tropel, Inc., Rochester, NY
Monroe Adworks, Rochester, NY
The Sentry Group, Rochester, NY
| PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, selected
Dr. K. Mead, Rochester, NY
University of Rochester, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, Rochester, NY
Lyons Public Library, Lyons, NY
Southview Physical Therapy, Rochester, NY
Mr. and Mrs. R. Jamieson, Singapore
Mr. and Mrs. D. Hennings, Annandale, VA (commission)
Mr. and Mrs. H. Rossman, Owings Mills, MD (commission)
Dr. T. and Dr. D. Killip, Manhattan, NY (commission)
Dr. J. Cross, Washington, DC
Mr. and Mrs. D. Senecal, Rochester, NY
Dr. and Mrs. H. Richter, Rochester, NY
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kane, Rochester, NY
Mr. and Mrs. R. Kaplan, Rochester, NY
Mr. and Mrs. K. Doolittle, Rochester, NY
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bigelow, Rochester, NY
| BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dorsey, Dave, “From The Archive”, http://thedorseypost.com/?p=7953 February 7, 2018
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| AWARDS
2015
Lifetime Achievement Award, ACA 2015, Art Design Consultants Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH
2011
Second Place Award, Drawing. Now Wow Project, National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Thomas Hilty, Emeritus Professor, School of Art, Bowling Green State University and Emeritus Trustee, SACI studio Arts Centers International, Florence, Italy. Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
2010
Merit Award, Drawing. Images, 2010, Juried Exhibition of Art by Mid-Atlantic Region Artists, Penn State University, State College, PA
2004
Distinguished Alumni Award, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
1996
Honors Award, Painting, Third Biennial Juried Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists, Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1995
Special Opportunity Grant, NY. Foundation for the Arts, Arts and Cultural Council for Greater Rochester, NY
1994
Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
First Prize, Painting, Second Biennial Juried Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists, Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY
1992
First Prize, Painting, First Biennial Juried Exhibit of Art by Italian American Artists , Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY
| EDUCATION
1975
B.S. Art Education. State University of NY at New Paltz, NY
• Selected as Outstanding Senior of the Art Education Department
1973
A.A. Fine Arts. Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY