Paint as You Like

Paint As You Like
Paint As You Like
Ryan Fenton-Strauss has been working for the past 13 years at The USC Shoah Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Steven Spielberg to preserve the memory of the Holocaust. Ryan oversees the preservation of video testimonies given by genocide survivors. He also runs a video production group to promote the educational mission of the USC Shoah Foundation. He directs and edits numerous short documentary films, and educational and promotional videos. Several videos have been featured on Comcast Xfinity On Demand.
In addition, Ryan has produced and edited a number of political videos, which have played at the Democratic National Convention, and another that was recognized on Chris Mathews’ Hardball. He has written two feature scripts, one of which was a Fade In Screenwriting Award Semifinalist.
Ryan Fenton-Strauss earned a BA in Theater at Brandeis University and an MFA in Film Production at Chapman University. Post graduation, Ryan returned to Chapman to do adjunct teaching at the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.
He has just completed his first feature documentary film, Paint as You Like, about his father’s life an artist.
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Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
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EDUCATION
M.F.A.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
B.S.
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
One Person Shows:
2010 | House of Creative Soul, Saratoga Springs, NY |
2006 | Galerie D’ Art International, Solana Beach, CA |
2002 | Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY |
1991 | Dome Gallery, (Soho) New York, NY |
1986 | Saratoga Springs Historical Society |
Anne Grey Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY | |
1985 | Rensselaer Council of the Arts, TroyNY |
1982 | MississippiMuseum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi |
1981 | Viridian Gallery, New York, NY |
1981 | Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY |
1976 | Hawthorn Gallery, SkidmoreCollege, Saratoga Springs, NY |
1973 | Michael Wyman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
1972 | MassillonMuseum of Art, Massillon, Ohio |
1972 | CooperSchool of Art, Cleveland, Ohio |
1971 | CincinnatiArt Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio |
Group Shows:
2014 Wit Gallery, Lenox. MA
2013 Wit Gallery. Lenox, MA
2013 | Hutson Gallery, Provincetown, MA |
2012 | Hutson Gallery. Provincetown, MA |
Uncertain Narratives, a three person show curated by Gay Malin | |
2007 | Galerie D’ Art International, Solana Beach, CA (two shows) |
2004 | Saratoga County Arts Council- Arts Center Gallery |
2000 | Riester- Greenberg Gallery, New Preston, CT |
2000 | Viridian Gallery, New York, NY |
1997 | Copley Society, Boston, MA |
1996 | Creiger Dane Gallery, Boston, MA |
1996 | Adirondack Community College, Glens Falls NY |
1995 | Agora Gallery, (Soho) New York, NY |
1988 | The Gallery at Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, NY |
1982 | Viridian Gallery, New York, NY |
1981 | Viridian Gallery, New York, NY |
1981 | Blossom Music Center, Akron, Ohio |
1981 | Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio |
1978 | Dietal Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY |
1975 | Hawthorn Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY |
1974 | Cincinnati Museum Invitational, Cincinnati, Ohio |
1974 | Lantern Gallery, Ann Harbor, Michigan |
1971 | Kent State University Gallery, Kent, Ohio |
1970 | Cuyahoga Community College Invitational, Cleveland, Ohio |
1969 | Shirley Aly Campbell Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio |
1968 | Karamu House, Cleveland, Ohio |
1968 | Gallery Eight, Erie, Pennsylvania |
1967 | Cleveland Museum of Art, Year in Review, Cleveland Ohio |
Competitive Shows and Prizes:
2010 | 2010 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, The Hyde Collection |
Glens Falls, NY | |
1998 | 49th Art of the Northeast USA SilvermineGuildArtsCenter, New Canaan, Connecticut |
1996 | 47th Art of the Northeast USA SilvermineGuildArtsCenter |
New Canaan, Connecticut | |
-The Richard.Daggy Memorial Award -First Prize in Painting | |
1992 | 42nd Art of Northeast USA Competition and Exhibition |
SilvermineGuildArtsCenter, New Canaan, Connecticut | |
1989 | 40th Art of Northeast USA Competition and Exhibition |
SilvermineGuildArtsCenter, New Canaan, Connecticut | |
-The Koenig Painting Award – Third Place in Painting | |
1980 | Hudson-Mohawk Regional Art Exhibition, SchenectadyMuseum, Schenectady, NY |
1978 | Philip Morris Inc., – Grand Prize $5,000 |
1977 | 40th Annual Exhibition of Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams Proctor UticaNY |
1975 | Exhibition by Artists of the Hudson-Mohawk Region, Albany, NY |
1975 | 38th Annual Exhibition of Artists of Central New York, Munson-Williams Proctor UticaNY |
1970 | Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio – Special Award |
1970 | Canton Art Institute, CantonOhio – Third Prize |
1969 | Detroit Art Institute, DetroitMichigan |
1969 | ClevelandMuseum of Art, May Show, ClevelandOhio |
1969 | Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, New York |
1968 | Detroit Art Institute, DetroitMichigan |
1967 | Canton Art Institute, CantonOhio |
1967 | ClevelandMuseum of Art, May Show, ClevelandOhio |
-Purchase Prize | |
1967 | Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio |
1967 | Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor Michigan |
1966 | ClevelandMuseum of Art, May Show, ClevelandOhio |
WORKS IN PUBLIC and CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
– Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Ohio
– Canton Art Institute, Canton Ohio
– Phillips-Born Collection, – New Harris Investment Plaza, Chicago Illinois
– Financial Internet Network Corporate Collection, New York, NY
– Temple Sinai, Saratoga Springs, New York
– Karamu House, Cleveland Ohio
– Numerous Private Collections
CRITICAL NOTICE
Provincetown Magazine May, 2012
Provincetown Banner May 24, 2012
Albany Times Union December 6, 2002
WAMC Radio Station, the Round Table December 4, 2002
The New Times, June 2, 1996
New York Arts Journal, May 1995
The Schenectady Gazette, December 13, 1990
The Albany Times Union, April 1985
New York Arts Journal, March 1981
The Forward, March 29, 1981
The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, NY, March 22, 1981
The New Art Examiner, Chicago, November 1973
Marquis Who’s Who in America 2005, 59th Edition, New ProvidenceNJ
Who’s Who in Art, 16th Ed., Hants, England, Art Trade Press
Who’s Who in American Art, 1973, New York: Bowker and Cattell
The Canton Repository, May 25, 1971
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, March 24, 1968
The Cleveland Press, March 23, 1968
Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, December 1967
WCLV Public Radio Guide, cover article, March 1971, Cleveland, Ohio
Michael Fenton was born in New York City in 1942 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. From the time Michael was a young boy,he loved drawing and painting. Michael’s wild imagination sometimes got him into a pickle; once, he fell into a pickle barrel and nearly drowned! Fortunately, he survived to receive his undergraduate degree from OhioStateUniversity and to study art in Michigan at Cranbrook Academy of Art. There he lived and breathed art, and developed a foundation in abstract expressionism which guides his life-long exploration of art. After Cranbrook, he embarked on his career of painting and teaching art. Michael has taught for thirty-five years both on the college level and high school level, at institutions such as The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Herron School of Art, and SkidmoreCollege. He is currently residing in Saratoga Springs, New York. In his retirement, Michael continues to spend much of his time in his studio working on the next painting.