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Larry Chestnut has been painting, teaching and selling his work for nearly 30 years. His subjects range from people, to old cars and their parts, to architecture and landscapes. He received many awards for his work which is included in a number of private and corporate collections in the US and Overseas.
Education
- Trenton State College, BA – Art Education
- Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ
- School Of Visual Arts, NY, New York
- Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, Penn.
Work Experience
- Docent at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
- Graphic Artist, NJ Department of Transportation
- Freelance Artist/ Illustrator
- Adult School Teacher, HamiltonTwp and Ewing Twp., NJ
- Public School Teacher, Wanaque, NJ
- Advertising Agency Artist, Trenton, NJ
- Juror and Painting Demonstrator
- Art Teacher in Mercer County Community College Continuing Education Program
- Art teacher at the Princeton Council On the Arts, Princeton, NJ
- Painting teacher, Bucks County Community College
Selected Awards & Purchases
- 1978-Garden State Cultural Council Award
- 1983-Mercer County Juried Exhibition, Purchase Award
- 1986-Tri-county Members Show – Best in Show
- 1987-Purolator Filter Company Purchase, Hunterdon County Show
- 1994-Mercer Hospital Purchase
- 1995-Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Permanent Collection
- 1995-Monmouth County National Juried Show – Best In Show
- 1997-Johnson & Johnson Permanent Collection Purchase
- 1997-Farmers & Machanics Bank, Burlington Co.- Permanent Collection
- 2007 - 1st Place and purchase in the New Hope Plein Air Paint Out sponsored by TAWA.
- 2009 - Mayor's Award For Excellence, Ellarslie Open XXVII
- 2009 - Farnsworth Gallery Juried Show - Best in Show Award
- 2010 - Trenton Museum Society Purchase Award - Ellarslie Open XXVIII
Selected One Person
- 1984-Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ – Two 1 person Shows
- 1985-TAWA “16 Artist Series”, Trenton, NJ
- 1985-Rider College, Trenton, NJ
- 1986-SR Rage Gallery, New York, NY
- 1991-Watchung Art Association One Person Show, Watchung, NJ
- 2000-Nassau Club, Princeton, NJ
- 2001-Café Gallery, Burlington City, NJ
Selected Group Shows
- 1982-Ellarslie National Juried Show, Trenton, NJ

- 1994-Ellarslie Open XII, Trenton, NJ
- 1997-Clinton Mill Juried Show, Clinton, NJ
- 1998-DeLann Gallery, Group Show, Plainsboro, NJ
- 2000-Monmouth County Juried Show, Monmouth, NJ
- 2003-Artsbridge National Show, Lambertville, NJ
- 2004-Mercer County Artist Juried Exhibit
- 2005-Trenton Down Town Association Exhibit
- 2005-Mercer County Artist Juried Exhibit
- 2006-Mercer County Juried Artist Exhibit
- 2006-Gallery 125 Juried Exhibit, Trenton, NJ
- 2007-Gallery 125 Winter Show, Trenton, NJ
- 2008 – D&R Greenways Spring and Fall exhibits, Princeton, NJ
- 2009-Ellarslie Open XXVII, Trenton, NJ
- 2010 - Coryell Gallery 13th Annual Juried Exhibit
- 2010 Mercer County Juried Exhibit(2 works)
- 2010 Ellarslie XXVIII Open Juried Exhibit(2 works)
- 2010 Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission Juried Show
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