Ardith Starostka

Awards/Exhibitions
* 2024 Images of my paintings selected for the Lunar Codex: The Polaris Collection, enclosed in cultural time capsule,
launched by SpaceX, and will be placed on the Moon in perpetuity with the launch scheduled for November 2024
Juried 15th Annual Sylvia Maria Glesmann Floral Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC
Juror’s Choice Award, AWA Expanding Horizons Juried Museum Show, Loveland Museum of Art, CO
AWA 2024 Master Signature & Heritage Member Exhibition, Tubac Art Center, AZ
2023 Gold Medal Award, PACE New Master’s Exhibition, Hoff Center
Juried Open New York Figurative Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC
Finalist, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon
2022 Finalist, Imaginative Category, International ARC Salon Competition
Honorable Mention, ModPortrait Competition, MEAM, Barcelona, Spain
People’s Choice Award, PACE New Master’s Exhibition, Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center
2021 Finalist, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon Competition
Nebraska Biennial, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
2020 Figurative Award of Excellence, Oil Painter’s of America Virtual Salon Show
Award of Excellence, National Oil and Acrylic Paint’s Society, Fall Online International Exhibit
Finalist, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon
2019 ANJE, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art Annual National Juried Exhibition, Wausau, WI
People’s Choice Award, Nebraska Biennial 2017, Gallery 1516, Omaha, NE
First Heartland Invitational: A Survey Of Excellence 2019, St. Louis, MO
Finalist, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon
2017 Best of Show, Nebraska Biennial 2017, Omaha, NE
The Bemis Center of Contemporary Arts Auction, Omaha, NE
Silver Medal, Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
International Guild of Realism Juried Show Juried Competition, Scottsdale, AZ
2016 Best Figurative Award, National Oil & Acrylic Painters National Exhibition
International Guild of Realism Juried Show Juried Competition, Denver, CO
Best Figure Award, Plein Air Magazine Salon, February/March Competition
Finalist, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon Competition
Best Overall Award Winner, Plein Air Magazine Salon, January Competition
2015 First Place Overall, Plein Air Magazine Salon, December Competition
Finalist, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon Competition
Second Place Overall, Plein Air Magazine Salon, April/May Competition
Portrait Society of America, Awarded Signature Membership status
Paintings selected for the International Guild of Realism Masterworks Museum Tour
2014 The Artist’s Magazine, front cover, December, 2014
Finalist-Figurative & Portrait Category , The Artist’s Magazine Annual Competition
Awarded Art Renewal Center Living Master status
Best Figurative Award, American Society of Traditional Artists, Scottsdale, AZ
Finalist, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon Competition
Women Painting Women Juried Competition, Charleston, SC
International Guild of Realism Juried Show Juried Competition, Charleston, SC
2013 Finalist, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon Competition
Art Renewal Center ARC Staff Award, Figurative Category, International ARC Salon Competition
Second Place Award, Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Best Figurative Award, International Guild of Realism Juried Show, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
Exceptional Merit Award, Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Atlanta, GA
Finalist-Portraits & Figures Category, The Artist’s Magazine Competition
2012 Artist’s Choice Award, International Guild of Realism Juried Competition, Carmel, CA
Finalist-Portraits & Figures Category, The Artist’s Magazine Competition
American Society of Traditional Artists Juried Competition, Scottsdale, AZ
Featured in Epoch Times International Publication
2011 Butler Institute of American Art, 75th National Midyear Exhibition, Youngstown, OH
Finalist & Award of Exceptional Merit, Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Atlanta, GA
Juror’s Award & Top 100 Award, Paint America National Competition, 2011
Top 100 Award, Paint America National Competition, 2011
2010 Merit Award-Portrait, Salon International Int’l. Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
Finalist, Figurative & Portrait Category, The Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 Competition
Finalist, Outstanding Oil Painting, Fine Art Views Competition
Finalist, Outstanding Pastel, Fine Art Views Competition
2009 Appointed Signature status membership with the International Portrait Society
2008 Award of Excellence, American Plains Artists 24th Art of the Plains Exhibit, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
2007 Honorable Mention, Salon Int’l. 2007, Int’l. Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
Top 200 Award, Paint America Competition
Finalist, RayMar Art’s Second Annual Fine Art Competition
2006 ARC Finalist, Figurative Category, 3rd International ARC Salon Competition
Best of Show, Art At the Center Juried Exhibition, Kansas City, KS
Honorable Mention, Salon Int’l. 2007, Int’l. Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
Top 100 Award, National Arts for the Parks Competition, Jackson Hole, WY
2005 ARC Third Place Award, Figurative Category, Art Renewal Center Second International Juried Salon
ARC Finalist, Figurative Category, Art Renewal Center Second International Juried Salon
ARC Purchase Award, Figurative Category, Art Renewal Center Second International Juried Salon
Top Fifty Award, Salon Int’l. 2005, Int’l. Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art, San Antonio, TX
First Place, Mixed Media Category, American Mothers, Inc. National Art Competition
First Place, Mixed Media Category, Nebraska Mothers Association
2004 Finalist-Portraits & Figures Category, Selected from over 13,000 entries, The Artist’s Magazine Competition
Historical Art Award, National Arts for the Parks Competition, Jackson Hole, WY
Honors Award, Portrait Society of America’s International Portrait Competition, Boston, MA
ARC Staff Award, Figurative Category, Art Renewal Center First International Juried Salon
ARC Finalist, Figurative Category, Art Renewal Center First International Juried Salon
Ruth Richeson/Unison Award, Second Top Prize, The Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 Competition
Honorable Mention, Figurative & Portrait Category, The Pastel Journal’s Pastel 100 Competition
First Place, Oil Category, American Mothers, Inc. National Art Competition
2003 Award of Merit, Trinidad National Fine Art Exhibition, A.R. Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO
First Place, Watercolor Category, American Mothers, Inc.
2002 Merit Award, Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Philadelphia, PA
Best Portfolio Award, Portrait Society of America, Philadelphia, PA
Outstanding Alumni Award, Central Community College
First Place & People’s Choice Award, Ernestine Quick Memorial Competition
2001 First Place & People’s Choice Award, Ernestine Quick Memorial Competition
Best Portfolio Award, Portrait Society of America, Chicago, IL
2000 Honors Award, Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Reston, VA
Publications
• Shelter, publication, 2020
• ANJE, Annual National Juried Exhibition Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Volume 3, 2019
• Provocative Patterns, Poets &Artists, Issue#106, October 2019
• Southwest Art Magazine, Artist’s to Watch, Editors Choice, Volume 47, No.10, pg. 20, March 2018
• Art And Freedom, Yearbook of Artists, XII Edition, published by the Museu Europeu d’Art Modern (MEAM)
and Artelibre Gallery, Barcelona, Spain, Nov 2017
• Omaha Magazine, September/October, 2017, pg. 59
• Plein Air Magazine , February/March, 2016
• Plein Air Magazine , December/January, 2015/2016
• American Art Collector, “Portraits of Haley”, August, 2015
• Plein Air Magazine , April/May, 2015
• The Artist’s Magazine, Front Cover, December, 2014
• American Art Collector, May, 2013
• The Art of the Portrait, Portrait Society of America, Volume XV, Issue 59, pg. 9, 2013
• Epoch Times, “Why Realist Art Matters”, 2012
• American Art Collector, Artist Focus, May, 2011
• The Art of the Portrait, Portrait Society of America, Volume VII, Issue No. 27, 2005
• How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint People & Figures, Vol. II, International Artist Publishing, April, 2005
• Mothers Speak…for Love of Family, Durban House Publishing Company, Inc., April, 2005
• International Artist, Oct/Nov, 2004
• The American Mother, front cover, Summer 2004
• The Artful Home, 2003, pg.59
• Pastel Journal, April, 2004
• The Artist’s Magazine, April, 2001, pg. 44
• International Artist, Oct/Nov, 2000
• The Best of Watercolor, Splash 6: The Magic of Texture, North Light Books, 2000
Collections
• The White House, Washington, D.C.
• The Blair House, Washington, D.C.
• The Wright Brothers Museum, Nagshead, NC
• Cessna Aircraft, Inc, Wichita, KS
• Creighton University, Omaha, NE
• St. Greggory the Great Seminary, NE
• Several private collections across the US
•PACE New Masters Art Collection