Oscar Petersen

Oscar Peterson, born in Harlem, NY and raised in Brooklyn, is an alumnus of Pratt Institute, and The Art Students League of New York. An art director, designer and illustrator for more than 20 years, the artist has recently reclaimed his early passion for the fine arts. Peterson is a portrait artist whose commissions are in oil, although he paints in all mediums.

A member of The Portrait Society of America, Allied Artist of America, The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey and The Millburn-Short Hills Art Center. His work is in museums, galleries and in private collections around the U.S.

Selected  Awards
Red Dot (best in show) winner in the Concours show at the Art Students League of New York.
Honorable Mention at the JCC MetroWest juried art exhibition.
Three Honorable Mention Awards, SoHo Painting Competition.
Merit Award, MSHAC Paper Mill Theater juried art exhibition.

Recent Awards & Achievement
"Luminescence" the Red Dot (best in show) winner in the Concourse show at the Art Students League of New York.

Honorable Mention at the JCC MetroWest juried art exhibition (Brown Girl, Gold Day).

Merit Award, MSHAC Paper Mill Theater juried art exhibition.

Three Honorable Mention Awards, 2009 SoHo Painting Challenge.

Selected Exhibitions
JCC MetroWest juried art exhibition.

Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery (group show).

South Orange & Maplewood Artist Studio Tour.

Paper Mill Theater juried art exhibition.

Art Upstairs Gallery juried exhibition.

Express Yourself Studios Solo show (Maplewood, NJ).