Career Details:
2025 - International Guild of Realism Annual International competition, Sugarman Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
"A Boundless World" group show from the Society of Animal Artists at the Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix AZ
"Spring is in the Air" group show at Trees Place Gallery, Orleans MA
2024 - "Flora and Feathers" group show at Trees Place Gallery in Orleans MA
"Birds in Art" at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau WI and subsequent national tour
2023 - "Birds in Art" at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau WI and susequent national tour
National Oil And Acrylic Painters Annual Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA
International Guild of Realism Annual Members exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
Society of Animal Artists at the Janice Mason Art Museum in Cadiz KY
2022 - "Disintegration" added to the permanent collection of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau WI
"Birds in Art" Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau WI and subsequent national tour
Society of Animal Artists "Wild Animals of North America" at the Customs House Museum, Clarksville TN
Obtained signature status in the Society of Animal Artists
Featured in Stanford University newsletter for the Millenium Alliance for Humanity and the biosphere
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Best of small works at the Beverly McNeil Gallery in Birmingham AL
2021 - Annual Maritime Show, Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard , MA
Guernsey's of New York and the Mystic Aquarium, Mystic CT; fund raising auction for the Beluga Whales at the Aquarium
Society of Animal Artists "Kingdom" at the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland MI
International Guild of Realism Spring Salon Show;
Society of Animal Artists "Animal Impressions" at the Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson AZ
"Birds in Art," Wausau WI and subsequent national tour
National Oil and Acrylic Painters "Spring Online Annual"
Society of Animal Artist "Art that matters to the Planet" Roger Tory Peterson Art Museum, Jamestown NY
79th Annual Audubon Artists Annual Members Exhibition
2020 - Featured in "American Art Collector" magazine, and "Cape Cod Life Annual Arts Edition" magazine
International Guild of Realism Spring Salon Show (online this year)
Society of Animal Artists Members Show, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum, Oradell NJ
International Guild of Realism Annual Exhibit, Principle Gallery, Charleston SC
Audubon Artists of America Annual exhibit (online this year)
Martha's Vineyard Maritime Show, Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA (online this year)
2019 - Finalist in the ARC (Art Renewal Center) 14th Annual International Competition for Realism - included in the print catalog
Plein Aire Exhibit, Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT;
Beaches, Boats & Beacons, Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT;
40th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition, Mystic CT, Environmental WildlifeAward;
Birds in Art & subsequent national tour, Wausau WI;
77th Annual Exhibit, Audubon Artists of America, New York, NY, Everett Raymond Kinstler Memorial Award;
Small Works Exhibition, Mystic CT
2018 - 39th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition, Mystic CT;
Oil Painters Of America (OPA) Annual Eastern Regional Exhibit, Annapolis MD;
Audubon Artists of America Annual Exhibit, New York, NY
Small Works Exhibition at The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic CT
2017 - "Nature in Art" at the Nature in Art Museum in Gloucester, England;
Society of Animal Artists at the Trailside galleries, Jackson, Wyoming;
Society of Animal Artists 57th Annual Exhibit and National tour, New Jersey, Iowa, S. Carolina, Arizona, Missouri
75th Annual exhibit Audubon Artists of America
Attained "Signature" status in Audubon Artists of America
2016 - Inaugural Exhibit " Wildscapes",at the Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington VT;
"Animals in Art", Mills Pond Gallery, Smithtown NY
2015 - Trees Place Gallery show ; June 20
73rd Audubon Artist Annual Juried Members Show" Salmagundi Club, NYC. Winner of the Gamblin Color Award
2014- "Audubon Artists of America Annual juried show" at the Salmagundi Club in NYC, winner of the Alfred & Mary Crimi Award
"10 Artists You Should Know" at Trees Place Gallery, Orleans MA;
"Small Works" Trees Place Gallery, Orleans MA
2013 - "Priceless" Works that artists wouldn't sell; Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis MA
"Impressions of New England"; Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington VT
2012 - "Wild Things" juried show at Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit MA
"Reawakenings: Emerging from Winter into Spring" at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit MA
2011 - 2 Person show at Trees Place Gallery with birdcarver Eric Kaiser
"The Birds and Beasts Were There - A celebration of animal life" Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit MA
Juror for "Birds in the Hall" show @ Highfield Hall, Falmouth MA
Exhibitor at Thornton Burgess Society's 8th Annual Birdcarving and Wildlife Arts Festival, Sandwich MA
2010 - "Glories of the Garden"
Historic Highfield Hall, Falmouth, MA
Figawi Auction, Hyannis MA
Cover Artist and featured in major article, "Cape Cod View" Magazine, April
Featured Artist profile in "Art of the Cape and Islands", published by Cape Cod Life Magazine, July
2009 - "Local Color" group Show, opening season, Trees Place, Orleans, MA;
Solo Art Exhibit , Green Briar Nature Center, Thornton Burgess Society, Sandwich MA;
Figawi Auction, Hyannis MA
Highfield Hall, Falmouth MA, "Little Pleasures",
Small Works show, Trees Place, Orleans, MA
2008 - "Beyond the Hedgerow - Gardens by the Sea"
Show at Trees Place, Orleans MA
Figawi Fundraising Auction, Hyannis MA
Small Works Show, Trees Place, Orleans MA
2007 - Cahoon Museum of American Art, "In Fine Feather"
exhibit and corresponding lecture, Cotuit MA
Small Works Show, Trees Place, Orleans MA
2006 - Small Works Show, Trees Place, Orleans MA; Pet Connections Animal Art Exhibit,
juried by Mrs. Roger ToryPeterson, Old Lyme CT
2005 - 2 person show at Trees Place, Small Works Show, Trees Place, Orleans MA,
Accepted into Society of Animal Artists, New York, NY
2004 - 2 person show at Trees Place, Small Works Show, Trees Place, Orleans MA,
2003 - Small Works Show, Trees Place, Orleans MA
1999 - Solo Exhibit at Trees Place Gallery, Orleans MA
1997 - New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Show, Cromwell CT,
Best in Show Award
1996 - New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Show, Cromwell CT, 3rd
place award
1995 - Massachusetts Audubon Society 3rd Annual Juried Wildlife Art Show,
award: 3rd place
1994 - Cape Cod Art Association, New England Exhibition, regional juried show
New England Impressions juried show, Spring juried show; WGBH "2 Collection", Boston MA
Faculty Exhibition, Cape Museum of Fine Art, Dennis MA;
"After the Storm" oil painting of a pheasant accepted for review, Franklin Mint;
New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Art Expo, Cromwell CT: Awards -
2nd in class (birds), 2nd in class (other wildlife), 3rd in class; Vermont Institute
of Natural Science, 15th Annual Wildlife Art Exhibition, Woodstock VT;
Massachusetts Audubon Society 2nd Annual Juried Wildlife Art Show, awards:
Viewers Choice award, 2nd place, Honorable Mention
1993 - New England Woodcarving and Wildlife Expo, Cromwell Ct:
Awards - 1st in class; 2nd Best in Show
1992 - Featured Artist, "Member of the Issue",
North Light Magazine; Cape Cod Art
Association, New England Impressions, Regional juried show
1989- 24th Annual Fine Art Exhibit, San Bernadino County Museum,
Redlands, CA; Wyoming Centennial, State Capitol Building, Cheyenne
Wyoming; 4th Annual National Juried Competition, Klamath Falls OR
1988 - 9th Desert West juried exhibit, Lancaster CA
Featured in the following publication:
1992 Featured Artist "Member of the Issue" North Light Magazine
1994 Wildlife Art News Magazine
1995 Cape Cod Life Annual Guide "Misty Morning Song"
1996 Cape Cod Life Jan and Sept.: featured in "Emerging
Artists of the Cape and Islands"
Cover artist for Dick Blick Art Supply Catalog Autumn 1996
1998 Cover Artist for "The Cape Paper"
1999 Cape Cod Life "A Gentle Rain"
2000 Cape Cod Life "Cascades of Spring"; also back cover of
"The Cape Paper"
2001 - present: featured in numerous newspaper and internet articles
2010 "Cape Cod Life" Annual Arts issue
Cape Cod View, "A Bird in Hand" June 2010 issue
2011 Barnstable Patriot
2012 Barnstable patriot
2018 Cape Cod Life Art of the Cape & Islands
2020 American Art Collector Apr. & Oct issues
2021 American Art Collector July issue
2021 Cape Cod Life Art of the Cape and Islands
2022 Stanford University Millennium Alliance for Humanity & the Biosphere (MAHB) newsletter
Other accomplishments:
1990 Authored: Series of articles for the Cape Cod
Oracle, titled "Cape Treasures"
Past member of The Copley Society and Chatham Art Association
1998-present: Included in "Who's Who in America"
2007-present: Included in "Who's Who in American Art"
Education:
Aleta Steward began studying art while still in high school, and sold
her first painting at 16. After graduation, she moved back to New York
and attended the Art Students League in NYC. (Founded in 1875,
the Art Students League has been instrumental in shaping America's
legacy in the fine arts. Many renowned artists - Georgia O'Keeffe,
Jackson Pollack, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, and Norman
Rockwell among them - have honed their skills at the League. Established
by artists for artists, and continuing to hold to its founding principles,
the League is an atelier school in which the language of art is taught and
developed.)
Ms. Steward continued to broaden her education at the Studios of
New York artist Paul Wood, who emphasized color and form through
abstract art. She then learned to observe and interpret natural subjects
through lessons from California artist Sophie Sheppard.
After moving to Cape cod Massachusetts in 1987, Aleta turned to birds as a new area of specialization. She continued her studies through Mass Audubon, Linda Loring foundation, and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.2019