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AJR Solan
Born in Maryland
Lives & works in Tucson, AZ
Education
2014 BFA 2D Studio Art- Painting & Drawing - graduated Summa Cum Laude with an Honors degree from the Honors College as well, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2011 High Honors – A.A. Degree in General Studies with High Honors, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD
Exhibitions & Artist Talk
2020 February 14th &15th - Gem Show Exhibition – 8th Ave Lofts, Tucson, AZ
2020 February 1st - Saturday Gallery Walk - The Cube Colony, Tucson, AZ
2019 December 7th - Saturday Gallery Walk - The Cube Colony, Tucson, AZ
2019 October 5th - Saturday Gallery Walk - The Cube Colony, Tucson, AZ
2019 October 1-31 - Primary Materials: Winnowing the 34th & 36th - Joel D. Valdez Main Library , Tucson, AZ
2019 August 3rd - Saturday Gallery Walk - The Cube Colony, Tucson, AZ
2019 July 26th - Monster Drawing Rally - MOCA Tucson, Tucson, AZ
2019 July 20th-October 15th - Narrative of the Undefined - Wilhelm's Family Vineyards at Ventana, Tucson, AZ
2019 June 1st - Saturday Gallery Walk - The Cube Colony, Tucson, AZ
2018 Fall Studio Tour - 8th Ave Loft Project Tucson, AZ
2017 Excavations on Hirta - Joel D. Valdez Library, Tucson, AZ -- Solo Exhibition
2017 Nasty Women Exhibition - Borderlands Brewery, Tucson, AZ
2014 Psyche Discovered – Solar Culture Gallery, Tucson, Arizona -- Solo Exhibition
2014 Varied Extractions - BFA Fellowship Exhibition, Studio One Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2014 BFA Final Exhibition – Student Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2014 Cabinet of Curiosities, Haunted Hands gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2014 Annual 2D Exhibition – Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2014 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition – Student Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2013 Metamorphic Ego – Juried Exhibition, Haunted Hands Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2013 RAW Artists of Tucson – Semifinalist Showcase, Hotel Congress, Tucson, Arizona
2013 RAW Artists of Tucson - Translations, Hotel Congress, Tucson, Arizona
2013 2D Juried Student Show, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2012 Celebrate Frederick Annual Holiday Art Competition, Frederick, Maryland
2012 Juried Student Show, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland
2012 Spring Ceramics Exhibition, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland
2012 Winter Arts Festival Competition, Frederick, Maryland
2012 Spring Juried Student Show, Frederick Community College, Frederick, Maryland
2011 Pots in Progress, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland
2011 Artomatic Frederick, Former FCPS Central Office Building, Frederick, Maryland
2005 Artists and Humanities Alliance of Jefferson County Juried Show, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
2001 Fall Juried Student Show, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland
Grants & Awards
2014 Induction to Phi Kappa Phi National Honors Society, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2014 Induction to Tau Sigma National Honors Society, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2013 Visual Artist of the Year - RAW Artists, Hotel Congress Tucson, AZ
2013 Creative Achievement Award, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2013 BFA Fellowship Studio, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2013 AA Spain Scholarship- School of Fine Arts Endowment Scholarship, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2013 Induction to Tau Sigma National Honors Society, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2012 School of Art Grant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2012 Laura and Archer Brown Scholarship, Honors College, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2012 Altrusa Club Scholarship, Honors College, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2012 First Place in Figure Study, Spring Juried Student Show, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD
2011 High Honors – A.A. Degree, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD
2011 Induction to Phi Theta Kappa National Honors Society, Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD