1. Stephanie Deshpande was born on 1975 and is a contemporary American painter, best known for her portraits and narrative paintings.
15 Facts About Stephanie Deshpande
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Stephanie Deshpande was awarded the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship to attend the Yale Summer School of Music and Art in 1996.
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Stephanie Deshpande continued her studies at the New York Academy of Art, earning her MFA in 1999.
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Stephanie Deshpande is an instructor at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey and at the Teaching Studios of Art on Long Island.
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Stephanie Deshpande is involved in promoting recognition of women in the arts.
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Stephanie Deshpande has received recognition for her paintings by the Portrait Society of America, the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Art Renewal Center, Allied Artists of America, and Oil Painters of America.
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Stephanie Deshpande's work has appeared in publications including Poets and Artists Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector, The Artist's Magazine, Artists on Art, Artists Network, Southwest Art, and International Artist.
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Stephanie Deshpande's paintings have been shown nationally in juried and invitational exhibitions in New York, New Jersey, Florida, South Carolina, and California.
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Stephanie Deshpande's work is included in the permanent collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art and the Cynthia Graham Hurd St Andrews Library in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Stephanie Deshpande is represented by Haynes Galleries in the United States and by Arundel Contemporary in West Sussex, England.
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Stephanie Deshpande often uses chiaroscuro to create a dramatic tone in her paintings.
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Stephanie Deshpande's work is inspired by John Singer Sargent, and deals with personal allegorical themes.
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In 2016, Stephanie Deshpande was one of the nine artists, including Mario Robinson, Judy Takacs, Laur Tilden, and Terry Strickland, who participated in the Emanuel Nine Portrait Project at Principle Gallery, honoring the victims of the Charleston church shooting.
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Stephanie Deshpande painted the portrait of Myra Thompson, one of the nine victims.
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In 2018, Stephanie Deshpande was commissioned to paint a portrait of Cynthia Graham Hurd to be displayed permanently in the Cynthia Graham Hurd St Andrews Library Branch in Charleston, South Carolina.