Recent Awards and Exhibitions
2011 Exhibitions
Mike is exhibiting ten of his marine works at The Beachmoor Inn at Mass Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, Mass from 2011-2012
American Society of Marine Artists, 15th National Exhibition, 2011-2013, traveling to eight museums across the country.
Paint the Parks Top 100, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS - September 2011 - beginning of a traveling exhibition
Solo Exhibition at BankGloucester located at 160 Pleasant Street in Gloucester, MA - July 9 - September 10, 2011
Solo exhibition - Mattapoisett Public Library, Barstow Street, Mattapoisett, MA - August 4 - Sept 18, 2011
Transparent Watercolor Society, Kenosha Public Museum, WI, May 7 - July 31, 2011
Paint America 2010 Top 100, Coutts Museum of Art, El Dorado, KS, June 14 - August 13, 2011 - traveling through 2012
Western Colorado Watercolor Society "Rockies West National exhibition", Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO; March 1 - April 2, 2011
2010 Current and Recent Exhibitions and Awards
American Artists Professional League, 82nd Grand National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, Nov 2- Nov 12, 2010, Leila Gardin Sawyer Memorial Award
New England Watercolor Society's 125th Anniversary Invitational, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA Oct 20 - Nov 14, 2010
Cape Cod Art Association, All New England Juried Exhibition, Barnstable, Sept 10-Oct 3, First Place in Watercolor
North Shore Arts Association, Juried Exhibition IV, Gloucester, MA, Aug 22 - Sept 19, 2010, The Howard Curtis Memorial Award for excellence in Marine Painting
Hudson Valley Art Association 79th Annual, National Arts Club, NYC, 2010
Paint America's Top 100, and Paint the Parks 2010 exhibition which will represent the New Bedford Whaling Historical National Park and travel for the next twelve months. (3 paintings)
Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Kenosha Museum, WI, 2010
Upstream People Gallery, 12 Annual All Media International Juried On-line Exhibition (5 paintings), Omaha NE, Aug 1 - July 31, 2010,Special Recognition
Philadelphia Water Color Society's 110th International Exhibition of Works on Paper, Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2010
Allied Artists of America, Inc, 87th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, NYC, Nov.12-Nov 30, 2010
Rhode Island Watercolor Society's 17th National Show, Pawtucket RI, Oct 10 - Nov 5, 2010, Honorable Mention
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society's, 31st National, Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA, Oct. 1- Nov.14, 2010.
31st Annual International Marine Art Exhibition, Mystic Seaport Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT, Sept 25 - Nov 14, 2010
International Waters Exhibit, International Society of Marine Painters, Ventura County Maritime Museum, Oxnard, CA, August 3, 2010 - January 11, 2010
Coos Art Museum, 17th Annual Maritime Exhibit, Coos Bay, OR , July 17- Sept 18, 2010, (three paintings)
Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor XIV Invitational, Millicent Rogers Museum (2 paintings), Taos, NM, August 14-September 29, Award of Excellence
COGAP (Coast Guard) inaugural Exhibition Salmagundi Club and Federal Hall Memorial, NYC, June 2010
Cape Cod Art Association, National Exhibition, 2010, Honorable mention
Stoughton Art Association Members Show, May, 2010, First Place
Copley Society of Art, Boston, "Atlantic and Beyond", National Marine Show, June 2010
New Bedford Whaling Museum, solo show "Mike Mazer-Waterfront Works", Dec 2009-May 31, 2010
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, National Maritime Day Exhibition, May 2010, First fine art exhibit held at the Academy.
North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA July 2009,The New England Watercolor Society's Award for Excellence in Watercolor
Arts Affair, Marina Bay, Quincy MA - chosen from among hundreds of pieces entered by 13 regional art associations; August 2009, First Place in Watercolor
NEW PUBLICATION
Mike's work is represented in The Artistic Touch 4, published by Creative Arts Press (2010)available now in bookstores, repesenting 120 of the best artists in America.
Recent Acquisitions to Permanent Collections:
Mattapoisett Historical Society, Sept 2011
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass, recently purchased one of Mike's paintings for their permanent collection.
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, Mass has selected two paintings for their permanent collection.
The USCG selected two paintings for their 2010 permanent collection, Washington DC