Awards and Exhibitions

Born on a farm in central Massachusetts, Daria Shachmut has had a lifelong love of animals and art. Her mother was an exhibiting artist and teacher who encouraged her from an early age. Daria was drawing by the age of 4 and enjoyed Saturday art classes at the Worcester Art Museum as a child. There she learned how to mix red, blue, and yellow paint to make brown, the color of a golden palomino horse. From that moment on she was hooked on the magic of color.  At a young age she was  drawn to painting the human figure and portraiture. In her early adult years she moved to California where she taught art in public school and later at three community colleges. Those were happy years teaching and sharing what she had learned with other aspiring artists.  However after a divorce, she found she could not support herself on three part-time teaching positions. Making a 180 degree career turn, she went to business school and earned an MBA at UCLA. From there she worked in the corporate world, eventually remarrying, raising two children and then caring for aging parents.  This detour was finally eclipsed when she moved with her husband Ken to the Monterey Peninsula in California. Before she connected with other local artists and models, she satisfied her need to paint portraits by focusing upon the Hereford cows of Big Sur, California.  She became obsessed with their beauty, their unique personalities and gestures. Committing to taking at least one week long workshop each year,  Daria has had the privilege of learning from Carolyn Anderson, Rose Frantzen, Bob Gerbracht, Daniel Gerhartz,  Quang Ho, David Leffel, Huihan Liu,and Jeffrey Watts among others. Daria is grateful to her husband Ken who has supported her in her art career and has become an expert frame maker in the process!

 

AWARDS

Finalist, BoldBrush Competition, March 2017

Finalist, The Artist's Magazine  2016 Annual Art Competition

First Merit Award,  Portrait Society Members Only Competition 2015

Western Art and Architecture Award, American Plains Artists 2015 Exhibition

SourceTek Award, American Plains Artists 2014 

Honorable Mention, Salon International 2012, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio

Honorable Mention, Southwest Art, Annual Artistic Excellence Competition

Award of Excellence, 2011 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition

Fine Print Art award, 2011 American Plains Artists National Exhibition

Honorable Mention, 2011 Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition

Honorable Mention, The Artist's Magazine, 27th Annual Art Competition

Award of Excellence, 2010 Art of the the Plains, Great Plains Art Museum

Honorable Mention, Oil Painters of American National Exhibition, Legacy Gallery

Featured in KQED half-hour television program, "Portfolio: Daria Niebling, Bay Area Artist" 1979

 

 

COLLECTIONS  AND PUBLICATIONS

" Solitary Journey" collection of the Oakland Museum

 "Cruisin with Dad" honored to be included in an upcoming Rizzoli Publication, "Seascapes and Seaside Towns", paintings of the  California Art Club, publication late September 2017

Western Art Collector magazine, her paintings featured in an article " Daughters of the West" , June 2018

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2018 Exhibitions

Boldbrush Competion, February 2018

American Women Artists Spring Online Competition

NOAPS  2018 Spring Online Competition, " Fraidy Cat"

 

 2017 Exhibitions

National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society  2017 Online International Exhibition

American Women Artists Spring Online Exhibition

Bold Brush Competition, March 2017

2016 Exhibitions

Oil Painters of America 2016 Western Regional Exhibition

Oil Painters of America 2016 Salon Exhibition

Butler Institute of American Art, 80th Midyear Exhibition

California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition, Autry Museum

Monterey Museum of Art, Art in Bloom Exhibition

Carmel Art Association, Two Person Show

 

2015 Exhibitions

Carmel Art Association Showcase

American Plains Artist 2015 Exhibition, Great Plains Art Museum

 

2014 Exhibitions

The Russell, Annual Exhibition and Sale to benefit the CM Russell Museum

2014 American Plains Artists Annual Exhibition, Kerr Arts and Cultural Center

 

2013 Exhibitions

Solo Exhibition, "The Cows Come Home" Carmel Art Association

Salon International 2013, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio

American Impressionist Society Annual Juried Exhibition

 

 2012 Exhibitions

The Russell: Sale to benefit the C.M. Russell Museum

Salon International 2012, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas

2012 American Plains Artists Exhibition

  

2011 Exhibitions

American Impressionist Society National Exhibition

Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition

27th American Plains Artists National Exhibition

Salon International 2011, Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art

Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art, Legacy Gallery

Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition

 

2010 Exhibitions

Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition

Art of the Plains, Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln

Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Legacy Gallery

 

Education

Connecticut College, BA, Bell Prize in Art

Philadelphia College of Art, MA

 

Professional Memberships

American Impressionist Society, American Plains Artists, California Art Club, Carmel Art Association, Oil Painters of America, Portrait Society of America