EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts. 

Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, 1974.
Full Scholarship, Full Teaching Assistantship.
Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, June 1972.
3 Honorary Merit Scholarships.
1972 Jack Johnson Memorial Award for Outstanding Prints.
EXHIBITIONS – Solo Shows
2018    “Grids and More”, Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA
2016    “Gouache Paintings”, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington DE
2015    “Gouache Paintings”, Jerrys Artarama, Wilmington, DE
2013    “From Still Life to Abstraction” Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2011    Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington, DE
2010    “Small Matters”, Cressman Library Gallery, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
2009    “Gouache Paintings”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009    “New Directions”, Delaware Division of the Arts, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington DE
2008    New Castle County Courthouse, Wilmington, DE, recent paintings
2006    “Recent Paintings and Drawings”, Howard Community College, Columbia, MDA
2006    “Small Matters”, Delaware Division of the Arts, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2005    “Paintings and Drawings”, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD
2005    Wilmington Music School, Drawings and Paintings, Wilmington, DE
2002    “Intimate Worlds: Drawings and Paintings”, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1996    “Drawing Retrospective”, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.
1993    “Drawings”, Delaware State Arts Council, State Office Bldg., Wilmington, DE
1989, 90    Susan Isaacs Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1989    Delaware State Arts Council, Gallery II, Carvel State Office Bldg., Wilmington, DE
1989    Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Members Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1985    Delaware State Arts Council, Gallery II, Carvel State Building, Wilmington, DE
1985    Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE, Sponsored by Delaware Institute for
             the Arts in Education
EXHIBITIONS – Two Person Shows
2012    “Two Different Worlds”, Warner Gallery, O’Brian Arts Center, St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, DE
2004    “Small Matters”, Paintings and Drawings, Darlington Arts Center, Boothwyn, PA
1994    Delaware State Arts Council, Drawings and Jewelry, State Office Building, Wilmington, DE
1987    “Serene Tones”, Drawings and Photographs, Delaware State Arts Council, Wilmington, DE
1979    Centre Gallery, Canoga Park, CAEXHIBITIONS – Three Person Shows
2018    “Intimate Visions: Paintings on Paper”, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2006    “Is There Still Life?”, Berman Art Museum, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
2001    “Drawing Invitational”, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
EXHIBITIONS – Selected Group Shows and Invitationals
2017    “Paintings and Sculpture”, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2012    “Grayscale”, exhibit at The Mansion at Strathmore, N. Bethesda, MD
2010   Painting included in “A Few of My Favorite Things: Director’s Choice from the Permanent Collection”,
            Patricia R. Cosgrove Works on Paper Study Room, Berman Art Museum, Ursinus College,
            Collegeville, PA
2009    “Finding Comfort, Redefining Home”, Blue Streak Art Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2008    “Awash with Gouache”, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA. featuring 5 gouache painters
2002    Small Works, Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
2001    Miniature and Small Works, Carolyn Roberts Gallery, Yorklyn, DE
2001    “Meditations on Small Objects”, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. featuring 6 artists
1999    “Now and Then”, New Work by Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts Juried Exhibition Award
            Winners, Wilmington, DE
1999    Delaware Women’s Conference Art Show, University of Delaware
1997    “Art Now”, featuring 5 artists, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
1996    Drawing Invitational, Blue Streak Art Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1995    “Concepts In Drawing”, Wayne Art Center Gallery, Wayne, PA
1994    “Continuum of Creativity: Women Artists of Delaware”, in association with 1994 Delaware Women's

             Conference, University of Delaware
1993    “Contemporary Images by Women Artists in Delaware: One Hundred Views of Creativity”, in
             association with 1993 Women's Conference, University of Delaware
1992    “From Abstraction to Realism, Contemporary Images by Women Artists in Delaware”, in association                 with 1992 Delaware Women’s Conference, University of Delaware
1992    Represented in the Sales and Rental Gallery, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1991    “Six Artists Draw”, Susan Isaacs Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1990    Summer Show at the Susan Isaacs Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1990    Tenth Anniversary Prize Winners Exhibit, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1985    “Dreams/Realities”, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1980    “In a Major and Minor Scale”, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdale Park, Los Angeles, CA
EXHIBITIONS – Selected Juried Shows
2014    Exhibition of Mathematical Art, 2014 Joint Mathematics Meetings, American Mathematical Society, 
            Mathematical Association of America, Baltimore, MD
2013    “Broad Spectrum”, Members Juried Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts,
             Wilmington, DE
2004    “Real Life”, Juried Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. Juror:
              Richard Torchia, Director of Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2003    National Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Juror: Jeffrey Carr,
              Dean of the Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2002    National Drawing 2002, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ. Juror: Victoria Noorthoorn, viewing
              Program and Exhibition Coordinator, the Drawing Center, NYC
2000    “Drawn Together”, Exhibition of Alumni Art 2000, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2000    8th International Colored Pencil Juried Exhibition, Colored Pencil Society of America, Robert Kidd
             Gallery, Birmingham,MI. Juror: Sandra Carpenter, Editor of the Artist's Magazine
1998    Realism ’98”, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY. Juror: Peter Tatischeff, owner and Director of Tatischeff
            Gallery on 57th St., NY and in Santa Monica, CA
1998    6th Annual International Colored Pencil Exhibition, Colored Pencil Society of America, Elipse Arts 
             Center and Gallery, Arlington, VA. Juror: Stephen Doherty, Editor-in Chief, American Artist Magazine
1998    Drawing from Perception II, Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, OH
1997    5th Annual International Colored Pencil Exhibition, Colored Pencil Society of America, Palette and
             Chisel Gallery, Chicago. Jurors: Tim Aide, Director, Loyola University, Fine Arts Gallery, Adj. Prof.
              Loyola University, Chicago. Susan Kraut, Instructor, Chicago Art Institute
1994    Members Juried Exhibition, “Black and White”, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington,
            Juror: Lenore D. Miller, Director of George Washington University Dimock Gallery
1992    National Drawing 1992, Trenton State College, Ewing, NJ. Juror: Samuel C. Miller, Director, Newark
             Museum, Newark, NJ
1992    Juried All Members Exhibit, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Juror: Judith
            Tannenbaum, Ass. Director, and Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1987    Juried All Members Exhibit, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1986    22nd Annual Juried Show, Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
1986    Juried Exhibition, Mainline Center of the Arts, Haverford, PA
1985    68th Delaware Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1985    Juried Exhibition, Mainline Center of the Arts, Haverford, PA
1984    Juried Small Works Exhibit, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, (Award Winner)
1984    Philadelphia Drawing Competition 1984, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1984    Juried All Members Exhibit, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1983    Fourth Annual Boston Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
1981    Traditional Artists, 16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County
           Museum, Redlands, CA. (Museum Certificate of Excellence Award)
1981    National Small Sculpture and Drawing Competition, Westwood Center of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1981    Sixth Annual Southern California Print and Drawing Exhibition, Santa Monica College Art Gallery,
            Santa Monica, CA
1981    Fifth Annual Santa Barbara City College Small Images Exhibition, Atkinson Art Gallery,
            Santa Barbara, CA
1981    Orange County Art Assoc.,14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Brea Civic Cultural Center Gallery, Brea, CA
1980    “Tough”, Second Annual Juried Exhibition of the Southern California Chapter of the Women’s
            Caucus for Art, California State University, Fine Arts Gallery, Northridge, CA
1979    “Paper Pieces”, Center for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1979    The Centre Gallery, Annual Juried Show (3rd Prize winner), Canoga Park, CA
1971    52nd May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1971    3rd Biennial National Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Dickinson State College, ND
1971    5th National Student Printmakers Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1971    “Images ’71”, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH. (Purchase Award)
1970    “Images ’70”, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
2012    Middletown Transcript, “Abstract artist Constance Simon displays artwork in St. Andrew’s
             Warner Gallery”
2011    Image included in 2011 edition of “Color: A Workshop Approach”, textbook by David Hornung
2008    Philadelphia Inquirer, “Gouache – it’s growing”, review of “Awash with Gouache”, Wayne Art Center,
              Victoria Donohoe
2007    The Mercury, Sunday Living Section, Pottstown, PA, “A Day at the Museum. At Berman, exhibit
              breathes new life into study of inanimate objects.” Article about “Is There Still Life” exhibition at the
              Berman Art Museum, Collegeville, PA
2007    Artist’s Magazine“, Jan./Feb. ’07, “Awash With Gouache”, feature article with 2 other painters
2006    Art Calendar, The Business Magazine for Visual Artists, cover image, Sept. ’06 issue
2006    Drawing Board, an Artist’s Magazine Special, reprint of “Our Favorite Things”, May 2006
2006    Artline, Guide to the Arts in Delaware, Jan./Feb. 2006, “On the Mezzanine”, featured artist in article
              about exhibit at Mezzanine Gallery, Delaware Division of the Arts, Wilmington, DE
2005    Artist’s Magazine, Oct. 2005, featured in “Our Favorite Things”, by Steve Smith, Editor
2004    Drawing Board, an Artist’s Magazine Special, July ’04, included in “More Than Black and White”
2004    Delaware Today, “Tie One On”, article about my winning design for silk scarf and tie created as
              fund-raising items for Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition. Image of scarf on a model included.
              Oct. 2004 issue
2002    New American Paintings, 3 images included in Mid-Atlantic edition, Vol. 39, April 2002
2002    Greenville Community News, Greenville, DE, Aug. 2002, “Riverfront Offers Treats for Eyes and Ears”
              review of “Intimate Worlds”, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, by Paula Shulak
2002    Art Matters, The Philadephia Region’s Magazine of the Arts, June, 2002, featured artist in Delaware
             Roundup; Summer in the City, by R. B. Strauss
2002    Town Topics, Princeton, NJ, Feb.13, “A Handful of Gifted Artists Makes National Drawing Show
             Worthwhile”, F. R. Rivera
2001    Featured on Color Pencil Challenge, http://CPChallenge.com, a web site about Colored Pencil
             techniques. I wrote their August, 2001 lesson titled “Working on Medium Value Papers”
2001    Arcade, Suburban Publications, Philadelphia area, “Small But Hardly Insignificant, Wayne Art
            Center’s ‘Meditations’ ” by Marie Fowler
2001    Philadelphia Inquirer, review of “Meditations on Small Objects”, Wayne Art Center, Victoria Donohoe
2001    To The Point, newsletter of Colored Pencil Society of America, image included in summer 2001 ed.
2000    Colored Pencil Society of America, Seattle District Chapter 207 Newsletter, featured Guest Artist
1998    N.Y. Times, Art Review, June 21,1998, review of “Realism ’98”, Stage Gallery, by Helen A. Harrison
1998    Work included in Best of Colored Pencil 5, book published by Rockport Press, Rockport, MA
1997    American Artist Magazine, Feb. 1997, featured in profile article, “Devoted to Drawing”
1996    Suburban News, Westfield, NJ, “C.M.Simon Exhibits ‘Insignificant Objects’ at Watchung Art Center”
1996    Echoes Sentinel, Watchung, N.J., “Hanging in Watchung”
1995    Philadelphia Inquirer, “Wayne Art Center Offers Exploration of the Art of Drawing”, Victoria Donohoe
1994    Artline, publication of Delaware State Arts Council, introducing Individual Artist Fellowship winners
1989    Perception Magazine, publication of the Susan Isaacs Gallery, Wilmington, DE, “Intimate Drawings”
1989    Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, in “Off the Wall”, by Penelope Bass Cope
1985    New Art Examiner, “Dreams/Realities”, by Jan Timinski and Anne Oldach
1985    Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, in Art, “Fantasy Photographs Leave Realism to Painters”
            by Penelope Bass Cope
1984    Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, in Art, by Penelope Bass Cope
1980    Los Angeles Times, in Art Review, “Dimensions in Sizing Up and Scaling Down”
1978    Syracuse Post-Herald, Syracuse, NY, in Art Views and News
HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
2018    Interviewed on Delaware State of the Arts: News Radio 1450 WILM/1410 WDOV, podcast on
             Delaware Division of the Arts’ state calendar and www.arts.delaware.gov
2016    Excellence in Assessment Award, in recognition of contribution to Delaware College of
             Art and Design.
2015    Excellence in Assessment Award, in recognition of contributions to Delaware College of
             Art and Design
2010    Honorable Mention, Individual Artist Fellowship, Delaware State Arts Council, Category:
             Established Professional
2004    Winner of Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition Scarf Design Contest, design chosen for
              silk scarf marketed to increase awareness of and raise funds for Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition
2000    Achieved Signature Membership in Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA)
1996    Winner of Annual One-Person Shows Competition, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, N.J.
1994    Winner of $5000 Individual Artist Fellowship, Delaware State Arts Council, Category:
             Established Professional, Works on Paper, Juror: Alfred Quiroz, U of Arizona
1988    Honorable Mention, Individual Artist Fellowship, Delaware State Arts Council, Category:
             Established Professional
1987    Interviewed on Sunday Art Gallery, WXDR, Newark, DE
1984    Award Winner, Juried Small Works Exhibit, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1981    Museum Certificate of Excellence Award, “Traditional Artists”, 16th Annual Juried Exhibition,
            Fine Arts Institute of the San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
1979    3rd Prize Winner, Centre Gallery, Annual Juried Show, Canoga Park, CA
1972    Full Graduate Teaching Assistantship for two years at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1972    Jack Johnson Memorial Award for Outstanding Prints, Cleveland Institute of Art
1971    Purchase Award, “Images ’71”, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
1969-72    3 Honorary Merit Scholarships won through competition at the Cleveland Institute of Art
COLLECTIONS
Berman Art Museum, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, permanent collection
Wilmington Trust Co., Wilmington, DE
Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH
Private collections
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
1997-2020    Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE, Faculty, Fine Arts / Foundations Dept
2004    Darlington Art Center, Boothwyn, PA, Instructor of Colored Pencil
1984-06    Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE. Instructor of Drawing, Art History, Colored Pencil
1994    Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Instructor of Drawing, Colored Pencil
1992-95    University of Delaware, Newark, DE, Art Department Faculty, taught drawing and Design
1984-92    Absalom Jones Art Studios, Wilmington, DE. Instructor of Drawing
1986-87    Center for Creative Arts, Hockessin, DE. Instructor of Drawing
1982-83    Mount Ida College, Newton Centre, MA. Faculty, taught Drawing and Anatomy
1979-82    Otis Institute of the Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA. Instructor of Drawing
1979    Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Instructor of Drawing and Art Appreciation
1976-78    Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY. Assistant Professor: Drawing, Painting,
                  Printmaking, Art History
1972-74    Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Graduate Teaching Assistant: Printmaking, Design, Intro to Art
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2018    Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA, Visiting Artist Lecturer
2012    St. Andrews School, Middletown, DE, Visiting Artist Lecturer
2010    Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA, Visiting Artist Lecturer
2005    College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD, Visiting Artists Lecturer
2005    University of Delaware, Academy of Life-Long Learning, visiting Artist Lecturer
2002    University of Delaware, Academy of Life-Long Learning, Visiting Artist Lecturer,
              lectured about Colored Pencil medium
2001    University of Delaware, Academy of Life-Long Learning, Visiting Artist Lecturer
1997    University of Delaware, Visiting Artist Lecturer, Graduate Drawing Seminar, Art Dept.
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