Lesia Sochor . lesiasochor.com
Education
Philadelphia College of Art, BFA, 1974
Studio Drawing/Painting, Art Annex, Belfast, ME 1996-2000
Welding, Waldo Regional Technical School, Waldo, ME 1998-2000
Art History, University of ME, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, ME 2000
Icon Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, 2000
Drawing Residency, Haystack School of the Arts, Deer Isle, ME 2001
Book Arts, University of ME, Orono, 2004
Museum, University and College Exhibitions
All Maine Biennial, USM Gorham, ME 1981
University of Maine, Orono, 1982
Unity College, Unity, ME 1992 (solo)
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME 1993
Thomas College, Waterville, ME 1996 (solo)
Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, ME 1997
Maine Discovery Museum, Bangor, ME 2002 (solo)
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 2003, 2005
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 2005
State House, Augusta, ME 2005
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA 2010 (solo)
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2012
Freyburg Academy, Pace Galleries, Freyburg ME 2013
State House, Boston, MA 2013
Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA 2021 (solo)
One and Two Person Exhibitions
Ukranian Artist Association, NYC 1977
Bluestone Patio Gallery Woodstock, NY 1978-1979
The ArtFellows Gallery, Belfast, ME 1981
The Belfast Library, Belfast, ME 1981, 1987, 2001, 2007
New York Clay Company, Belfast, ME 1984
The Bayview Gallery (two person), Portland, ME 1991
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1992, 2010
The Chocolate Church Art Gallery (two person), Bath, ME 1995
Harbor Square Gallery, Featured artist, Rockland, ME 1996
Mathias Fine Art, Trevette, ME 1997, 2000
MRT Gallery, Brooks, ME 1999
Thornton Oaks, Brunswick, ME 2001
Unity Center for the Performing Arts, Unity, ME 2001
L. Lizzard Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME 2004
Aarhus Gallery (two person), Belfast, ME 2009
Betts Gallery, Belfast, ME 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018
Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth ME 2012, 2014
CMCA, Center for Maine Contemporary Art (two person), Rockport, ME 2013
Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA 2015
Islesford Dock Gallery: Featured Artist, Little Cranberry Island, ME 2015
Kaufman Arcade, NYC 2017
Belfast Free Library, ME 2017
Jonathan Frost Gallery (two person), Rockland, ME 2019
Selected Group Exhibitions
Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY 1976-79
Bluestone Patio Gallery, Woodstock, NY 1977
Ukrainian Artists Association, NY, 1977
Allied Artists of America, NYC 1978
National Arts Club Watercolor Exhibit, NYC, 1978
Park Gallery, Albany, NY 1979, 1980
Audubon Artists Annual Exhibit, NY 1980
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 1980, 81, 1983 - 85, 1993, 2005, 2011, 2012
ArtFellows Gallery, Belfast, ME 1980 – 1985, 1990 and 1997 Invitational
Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen, Woodstock, NY, 1983
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1983, 1984, 1992, 2010
Christine York Gallery, Augusta, ME 1985
407 Gallery, Rockland, ME 1985
Bayview Gallery, Camden, ME 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992
Hobe Sound North, Portland, ME 1985, 1986, 1987
Maine Artsts Show, Ithica, NY 1987
Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME 1992
O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, ME 1992
Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, ME 1995, 1996
Mathias Fine Art, Trevette, ME 1996 - 2002
Davidson and Daughters, Portland ME 1996
Spring Street Gallery, Belfast, ME 1997
Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME 1998, 2002
NTWH Gallery, Belfast, ME 1999 - 2003
Camden Public Library, UMVA, Camden, ME 2003 - 2004
MRT Gallery, Brooks, ME 2009
Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME 2009-2013
Bangor Publc Library, Bangor, ME 2010
Islesford Dock Gallery, Islesford, ME 2011, 2012, 2013
Schooner Gallery, Millbridge, ME 2013
Fountain Street Arts, Framingham, MA 2014
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME 2014
Asymmetric Arts and Black Hole Gallery Collaborative, Rockland, ME 2015
Arts Worcester Biennial, Worcester, MA 2015
Waterfall Arts, Clifford Gallery 2015
Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY 2015
Betts Gallery, Belfast, ME 2015-20
Carver Hill Gallery, 'FeMMetonymy' (3 person), Rockland, ME 2016
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME 2015-18
Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME 2017
Portland Public Library, Lewis Gallery Invitational, Portland, ME 2018
Cove Street Arts (three person), Portland, ME 2019
Betts Gallery (invitational), Belfast, ME 2019
Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor, ME 2020
Mathias Fine Art Invitational, Trevette, ME 2020
Publications and Reviews
Art New England, Studio Visit by Carl Little
Maine Sunday Telegram, Dan Kany
Maine Home and Design: profiled artist, The Canvas
‘Maine Art Now’ by Edgar Allen Beem
Maine Times, Carl Little
Maine Times, Critic's Choice
MPR Interview, Roots: Ethnicity in Maine Exhibition
Maine Magazine, ART issue, April 2012
Portland Press Herald, Philip Isaacson
The Bollard Magazine, Sarah Bouchard
UMVA (Union of Maine Visual Artists) online interview with Kenny Cole
Artist Spotlight, Maine Home and Design, February 2018
Alumni Spotlight, The Edge, University of the Arts 2018
Decor Maine 2019
Creative Maine Magazine, "Portraits of 6 Artists," Morgan Bailey, photographer
Newspaper articles throughout Maine and beyond
Artistic Background/Lectures
Curator for summer season, Woodstock, NY 1978
Founding Member, ArtFellows Gallery, Belfast, ME 1980
Curator of exhibition Roots: Ethnicity in Maine,Union of ME Visual Artists, Ellsworth, ME 1996
Founder & Director of Art Annex, school for youth and adults, Belfast, ME 1996-2001
Curator, Marsh River Theatre Gallery, Brooks, ME, summer season 1999
Board Member, Kingdom (now Waterfall Arts) Montville, Me. 1999-2002
Farnsworth Art Museum lecture, Rockland, ME 1998
NTWH gallery lecture, Belfast, Me. 2003
Waterfall Arts lecture, Belfast, ME 2010
Pecha Kucha presenter (20 images, 20 seconds) CMCA Rockport ME 2012
Curator of Summer Exhibition: 'Fermentation' Waterfall Arts, Belfast ME 2015
Pecha Kucha presenter, Camden Opera House ME 2019
Museum of Russian Icons, Zoom Lecture, Clinton, ME 2021
Teaching Experience
Visiting Artist, Maine Schools, 1987-1993
Art Workshops, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME 1993-2003
Maine Arts Commission, Education Programs, 1994 – 2000
Summer Art Workshops, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME 1994-1997
Drawing classes, Hersey Retreat Elder Hostel, Maine 1995-1999
Art Course, spring semester, Rockport College, Rockport, ME 1996
Art Educator, Toddy Pond School, Belfast, ME 1996-2009
Artist-in-Residence, East Side School, Belfast, ME 2002-2003
Artist-in-Residence, Drinkwater School, Belfast, ME 2006
Art Instructor, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME 2002- 2019
Art Educator, Appleton Village School, Appleton, ME 2003-2008
Artist-in-Residence, Ironwood program for teens, Morrill, ME 2005-present
Farnsworth Museum 2008-present
'The Pysanka' Ukranian Egg Design in schools, museums 1980-present
Watercolor classes, Camden, ME 2010-present
In the Collection of
Woodstock Artists Association, NY
Kalamar Designs, Inc., Wantagh, NY
MBNA Corp., Newark, Delaware and Camden, ME
Mathias Fine Art, Trevette, ME
Alex Katz Foundation
Private Collections in the US, Canada and abroad
Awards
Lucette Ruellan Award, Woodstock, NY 1978
Honorable Mention, All Maine Biennial, Gorham, ME 1981
Mathias Fine Art Purchase Award, Trevette, ME 2000
Honorable Mention, KVAA, Hallowell, ME 2011
Commissions
Poster Design, Theatrical company, Woodstock, NY 1977-1979
Book cover design, Thorndike Press, Unity, ME 1987-1989 & 1992
Nationally used Environmental Awareness game/tool for public and private schools, 1994
Illustrator, Country Roads Press, Castine, ME 1994 –1995
2,000 sq. foot commission skating pond backdrop for actress Kirstie Alley, Isleboro, ME 1994
Mural design and execution, Mt. View Jr. High School, Thorndike, ME 1995
Mural design and execution, Toddy Pond School, 1999
Down East Books, Illustrator of 2 children's books, 2005, 2007
CATS triptych painting selected for marketing Cats Festival, Farnsworth Museum, 2015
Personal Interests, Concerns and Involvement
Family / two children and their well-being, nature, foraging, gardening, hiking, cooking, wine making, proliferating the art of Ukrainian egg decorating, the environment and local politics.
Member of: Union of Maine Visual Artists, Natural Resources Council of Maine, CMCA, Farnsworth Art Museum, MOFGA, WERU, MPBN, public broadcasting
Education
Philadelphia College of Art, BFA, 1974
Studio Drawing/Painting, Art Annex, Belfast, ME 1996-2000
Welding, Waldo Regional Technical School, Waldo, ME 1998-2000
Art History, University of ME, Hutchinson Center, Belfast, ME 2000
Icon Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, 2000
Drawing Residency, Haystack School of the Arts, Deer Isle, ME 2001
Book Arts, University of ME, Orono, 2004
Museum, University and College Exhibitions
All Maine Biennial, USM Gorham, ME 1981
University of Maine, Orono, 1982
Unity College, Unity, ME 1992 (solo)
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME 1993
Thomas College, Waterville, ME 1996 (solo)
Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, ME 1997
Maine Discovery Museum, Bangor, ME 2002 (solo)
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME 2003, 2005
University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME 2005
State House, Augusta, ME 2005
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA 2010 (solo)
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2012
Freyburg Academy, Pace Galleries, Freyburg ME 2013
State House, Boston, MA 2013
Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA 2021 (solo)
One and Two Person Exhibitions
Ukranian Artist Association, NYC 1977
Bluestone Patio Gallery Woodstock, NY 1978-1979
The ArtFellows Gallery, Belfast, ME 1981
The Belfast Library, Belfast, ME 1981, 1987, 2001, 2007
New York Clay Company, Belfast, ME 1984
The Bayview Gallery (two person), Portland, ME 1991
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1992, 2010
The Chocolate Church Art Gallery (two person), Bath, ME 1995
Harbor Square Gallery, Featured artist, Rockland, ME 1996
Mathias Fine Art, Trevette, ME 1997, 2000
MRT Gallery, Brooks, ME 1999
Thornton Oaks, Brunswick, ME 2001
Unity Center for the Performing Arts, Unity, ME 2001
L. Lizzard Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME 2004
Aarhus Gallery (two person), Belfast, ME 2009
Betts Gallery, Belfast, ME 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018
Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth ME 2012, 2014
CMCA, Center for Maine Contemporary Art (two person), Rockport, ME 2013
Aurora Gallery, Worcester, MA 2015
Islesford Dock Gallery: Featured Artist, Little Cranberry Island, ME 2015
Kaufman Arcade, NYC 2017
Belfast Free Library, ME 2017
Jonathan Frost Gallery (two person), Rockland, ME 2019
Selected Group Exhibitions
Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY 1976-79
Bluestone Patio Gallery, Woodstock, NY 1977
Ukrainian Artists Association, NY, 1977
Allied Artists of America, NYC 1978
National Arts Club Watercolor Exhibit, NYC, 1978
Park Gallery, Albany, NY 1979, 1980
Audubon Artists Annual Exhibit, NY 1980
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 1980, 81, 1983 - 85, 1993, 2005, 2011, 2012
ArtFellows Gallery, Belfast, ME 1980 – 1985, 1990 and 1997 Invitational
Woodstock Guild of Craftsmen, Woodstock, NY, 1983
Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME 1983, 1984, 1992, 2010
Christine York Gallery, Augusta, ME 1985
407 Gallery, Rockland, ME 1985
Bayview Gallery, Camden, ME 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992
Hobe Sound North, Portland, ME 1985, 1986, 1987
Maine Artsts Show, Ithica, NY 1987
Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME 1992
O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, ME 1992
Ellsworth Public Library, Ellsworth, ME 1995, 1996
Mathias Fine Art, Trevette, ME 1996 - 2002
Davidson and Daughters, Portland ME 1996
Spring Street Gallery, Belfast, ME 1997
Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME 1998, 2002
NTWH Gallery, Belfast, ME 1999 - 2003
Camden Public Library, UMVA, Camden, ME 2003 - 2004
MRT Gallery, Brooks, ME 2009
Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME 2009-2013
Bangor Publc Library, Bangor, ME 2010
Islesford Dock Gallery, Islesford, ME 2011, 2012, 2013
Schooner Gallery, Millbridge, ME 2013
Fountain Street Arts, Framingham, MA 2014
Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME 2014
Asymmetric Arts and Black Hole Gallery Collaborative, Rockland, ME 2015
Arts Worcester Biennial, Worcester, MA 2015
Waterfall Arts, Clifford Gallery 2015
Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY 2015
Betts Gallery, Belfast, ME 2015-20
Carver Hill Gallery, 'FeMMetonymy' (3 person), Rockland, ME 2016
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME 2015-18
Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME 2017
Portland Public Library, Lewis Gallery Invitational, Portland, ME 2018
Cove Street Arts (three person), Portland, ME 2019
Betts Gallery (invitational), Belfast, ME 2019
Jackson Memorial Library, Tenants Harbor, ME 2020
Mathias Fine Art Invitational, Trevette, ME 2020
Publications and Reviews
Art New England, Studio Visit by Carl Little
Maine Sunday Telegram, Dan Kany
Maine Home and Design: profiled artist, The Canvas
‘Maine Art Now’ by Edgar Allen Beem
Maine Times, Carl Little
Maine Times, Critic's Choice
MPR Interview, Roots: Ethnicity in Maine Exhibition
Maine Magazine, ART issue, April 2012
Portland Press Herald, Philip Isaacson
The Bollard Magazine, Sarah Bouchard
UMVA (Union of Maine Visual Artists) online interview with Kenny Cole
Artist Spotlight, Maine Home and Design, February 2018
Alumni Spotlight, The Edge, University of the Arts 2018
Decor Maine 2019
Creative Maine Magazine, "Portraits of 6 Artists," Morgan Bailey, photographer
Newspaper articles throughout Maine and beyond
Artistic Background/Lectures
Curator for summer season, Woodstock, NY 1978
Founding Member, ArtFellows Gallery, Belfast, ME 1980
Curator of exhibition Roots: Ethnicity in Maine,Union of ME Visual Artists, Ellsworth, ME 1996
Founder & Director of Art Annex, school for youth and adults, Belfast, ME 1996-2001
Curator, Marsh River Theatre Gallery, Brooks, ME, summer season 1999
Board Member, Kingdom (now Waterfall Arts) Montville, Me. 1999-2002
Farnsworth Art Museum lecture, Rockland, ME 1998
NTWH gallery lecture, Belfast, Me. 2003
Waterfall Arts lecture, Belfast, ME 2010
Pecha Kucha presenter (20 images, 20 seconds) CMCA Rockport ME 2012
Curator of Summer Exhibition: 'Fermentation' Waterfall Arts, Belfast ME 2015
Pecha Kucha presenter, Camden Opera House ME 2019
Museum of Russian Icons, Zoom Lecture, Clinton, ME 2021
Teaching Experience
Visiting Artist, Maine Schools, 1987-1993
Art Workshops, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME 1993-2003
Maine Arts Commission, Education Programs, 1994 – 2000
Summer Art Workshops, Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME 1994-1997
Drawing classes, Hersey Retreat Elder Hostel, Maine 1995-1999
Art Course, spring semester, Rockport College, Rockport, ME 1996
Art Educator, Toddy Pond School, Belfast, ME 1996-2009
Artist-in-Residence, East Side School, Belfast, ME 2002-2003
Artist-in-Residence, Drinkwater School, Belfast, ME 2006
Art Instructor, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME 2002- 2019
Art Educator, Appleton Village School, Appleton, ME 2003-2008
Artist-in-Residence, Ironwood program for teens, Morrill, ME 2005-present
Farnsworth Museum 2008-present
'The Pysanka' Ukranian Egg Design in schools, museums 1980-present
Watercolor classes, Camden, ME 2010-present
In the Collection of
Woodstock Artists Association, NY
Kalamar Designs, Inc., Wantagh, NY
MBNA Corp., Newark, Delaware and Camden, ME
Mathias Fine Art, Trevette, ME
Alex Katz Foundation
Private Collections in the US, Canada and abroad
Awards
Lucette Ruellan Award, Woodstock, NY 1978
Honorable Mention, All Maine Biennial, Gorham, ME 1981
Mathias Fine Art Purchase Award, Trevette, ME 2000
Honorable Mention, KVAA, Hallowell, ME 2011
Commissions
Poster Design, Theatrical company, Woodstock, NY 1977-1979
Book cover design, Thorndike Press, Unity, ME 1987-1989 & 1992
Nationally used Environmental Awareness game/tool for public and private schools, 1994
Illustrator, Country Roads Press, Castine, ME 1994 –1995
2,000 sq. foot commission skating pond backdrop for actress Kirstie Alley, Isleboro, ME 1994
Mural design and execution, Mt. View Jr. High School, Thorndike, ME 1995
Mural design and execution, Toddy Pond School, 1999
Down East Books, Illustrator of 2 children's books, 2005, 2007
CATS triptych painting selected for marketing Cats Festival, Farnsworth Museum, 2015
Personal Interests, Concerns and Involvement
Family / two children and their well-being, nature, foraging, gardening, hiking, cooking, wine making, proliferating the art of Ukrainian egg decorating, the environment and local politics.
Member of: Union of Maine Visual Artists, Natural Resources Council of Maine, CMCA, Farnsworth Art Museum, MOFGA, WERU, MPBN, public broadcasting