Tara Sood Fine Art

EDUCATION

2018    MFA     Painting    Academy of Art University (AAU), San Francisco, CA

                         Drawing

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PAINTING SERIES

2021 ongoing         Curious Psychology                                                   Oil
2022 ongoing        On Light, On Home, On Life                                      Oil & Charcoal
2022-2023 (ongoing)    Twirl/ Mother Daughter                                      Oil & Charcoal
2020-2022            Nature’s Abundance, Scenes of Mission

                                Trails Regional Park                                                    Oil
2019 ongoing         Life and Lands of the West                                        Oil & Charcoal
2016-2019 (ongoing)     The Japanese Potter, Art & Process                  Oil
2016 ongoing        The Life of Boys                                                           Oil
2011 – 2013            Plein Air Works of California & Wyoming                   Oil

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GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
2021-2023   Lees-Reyes Gallery, Tumon. Guam (GU)

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EXHIBITIONS
2023    Faculty Show, Isla Center for the Arts - University of Guam            Mangilao, GU
2023    Solo Show ‘Twirl’ - Lees-Reyes Gallery                                             Tumon, GU
2023    Imbentibu Fa’haula’a (Women in Art) - Lees-Reyes Gallery             Tumon, GU
2022-2023     Lees-Reyes Gallery Exhibits Annex                                        Tumon, GU
2022-2023    CAHA Gallery Exhibits and Auction - Guam Council

                        on the Arts and Humanities Agency                                       Hagåtña, GU
2022, 2023    University of Guam Migratory Bird Show, Curated,

                        Organized, and Exhibited                                                        Talafofo, GU
2023    Finalist, Still Life, Members Only Show, Portrait Society of America
2022    Guam Museum, Select Guam Artists’ Exhibition                               Hagåtña, GU
2022    Body Beautiful Show - Lees-Reyes Gallery                                       Tumon, GU
2022    Imbentibu Fa’haula’a (Women in Art) - Lees-Reyes Gallery             Tumon, GU
2022    Birds of Paradise Exhibition, Feb 2022 - Lees-Reyes Gallery         Tumon, GU
2022    3rd Place, California Art Club, Unmasked, Excellence in Fine Arts Online Exhibit
2022    Mission Trails Regional Park Juried Exhibition – 5-Person

              Show, Jan-Feb 2022, MTRP Interpretive Center                             San Diego, CA
2021     8x8-inch Members Show - LPAPA                                                   Laguna Beach, CA
2011, 2019-2021   6-inch squared exhibition - Randy Higbee Gallery          Costa Mesa, CA
2021    CAHA Guam Fall Exhibition                                                                 Hagåtña, GU
2021    Oceanside Museum of Art, Juried Art Mart on the Terrace              Oceanside, CA
2021    NEXT, Drawing Exhibition, West Coast Drawing                                Las Vegas, NV
2021    First Plein Air Exhibition, Spreckels Reading Room
             Coronado Cultural Commission                                                          Coronado, CA  
2021    Atmospheric Impressions, Randy Higbee Gallery Online Show       Costa Mesa, CA
2021    Taiwan/US Art Exchange & Exhibition, West Coast

             Drawing/various cities tour                                                                  Taiwan
2020    Finalist, Outside the Box, Members Only Show, Portrait Society of America
2020    Mars: An Artistic Mission, California Art Club                                     CA
2019    AAU Faculty & Alumni Auction, the Cannery                                   San Francisco, CA
2019    1st Annual Women in Watercolor International Exhibition - Women in Watercolor
2019    American Impressionist Society, Small Works Show                          Petoskey, MI
2019    Okiten 2019 International Competition                                               Okinawa, Japan
2016-2018    Spring Show, Academy of Art University                                San Francisco, CA
2017    Golden State Splendor, California Art Club, Santa Paula

            Art Museum                                                                                            Santa Paula, CA
2015    Carmel-by-the-Sea Plein Air Painting Competition                             Carmel, CA
2012    Iconic California, California Art Club, Altadena Town and

            Country Club                                                                                          Altadena, CA

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TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
2022-2024    University of Guam Adjunct Faculty, Department of

                        Arts and Humanities                                                                    Mangilao, GU
2023    Dear Tree Learning Center and Art Studio - Art Instructor

                        & Class Design                                                                             Oka, GU
2022-2023    Painting & Drawing Weekly Classes (In-Person) - Tara

                         Sood Fine Art                                                                               Santa Rita, GU 2024    Still Life Painting Workshop - OBRA Guam (Guam Filipino Artists)     Tumon, GU
2023    Charcoal Drawing Workshop - Dear Tree Learning Center                Oka, GU
2022    July and August Approaching the Figure - Lees-Reyes

              Gallery Annex                                                                                         Tumon, GU
2022    August and September Figure Gesture Painting - Lees-Reyes

              Gallery Annex                                                                                         Tumon, GU
2022    October Approaching the Figure - OBRA Guam                                  Tumon, GU
2020    The Beach and the Sky - Fletcher’s Cove Plein Air Workshop           San Diego, CA

 

ART AFFILIATIONS
Oil Painters of America - Juried Artist Member                          2018 – Present
Laguna Plein Air Paintings Association - Associate Member    2011-2014, 2019 – Present
California Art Club - Associate Member                                      2011-2015, 2019 – Present
American Impressionist Society - Associate Member                2015 – Present
Portrait Society of America                                                           2019 – Present
West Coast Drawing (Juried Artist Member)                               2020 - 2022

PUBLICATIONS
2023    Dec 1, 2023    University of Guam Faculty art show with a feature on my work

             UOG Faculty Art Show  
2023    Nov 20, 2023    Guam PDN ‘Living in the Abstract’ Exhibit featuring my artwork
             Guam PDN Living in the Abstract
2023    April Interview for Solo Show, Twirl – A Treatise on Dance, Paintings and                             Drawings by Tara Sood April Interview
2023    April 6, 2023 Guam PDN covering Solo Show: Twirl Guam PDN Twirl
2023    April 4, 2023 KUAM News covering Solo Show: Twirl KUAM News Twirl
2023    Feb 11, 2023 Guam PDN covering UOG’s Migratory Bird Show – Painting                               Demonstration Guam PDN Bird Show
2022    Sep 3, 2022 Guam PDN   ‘Flower Power’ Show at the Lees-Reyes Gallery with a                  feature of my work  Guam PDN Flower Power Show
2022    PNC TV Interview, Body Beautiful Show Opening
2022    Jul 4, 2022 KUAM TV Live Interview, Body Beautiful Show Opening & “Face-Off”                  Painting Event KUAM news Body Beautiful Show
2022    ABC TV Interview, “Face-Off” Painting Event & Body Beautiful Show Opening
2022    Jul 3, 2022   Pacific Island Times Art Write Up – Imbentibu Fa’haola’au   “The Creative Women of Guam”   Pacific Island Times Creative Women

2019    American Art Collector November 2019, Small works editorial, group feature

 

COMMISSIONS
2022-Current Mrs. Nina Terlaje                Chamorro Violinist
2023 Jun        Mrs. Ashley Wilwayco        Views of Tacoma
2023 Jan        Mrs. Melissa Bopp              Memories of Guam 6-paintings
2020 June      Ms. Nicole Lawhorn           The Sand
2019 June       Mr. and Mrs. Wendel Holmes    Memories of the Canyon
2018 June       Captain and Mrs. Mike Shusko    Triptych of Okuma South Beach 
2018 May        Admiral Cindy Kuehner        North and South Beach Okuma

 

COLLECTIONS
Mr. and Mrs. Pheiffer, Encinitas, CA 
Mr. and Mrs. Lindholm, Southern CA 
CDR and Mrs. Wendel Holmes, VA 
CPT and Mrs. Knittig, Naples, Italy 
CPT and Mrs. Mike Shusko, VA
Mr. Robert Waldron, San Diego, CA 
Mr. Greg Waldron, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Wayne, CA
Mrs. Claire Twydle, Buckinghamshire, UK 
Ms. Maryam Balali, VA
Mr. and Mrs. Lawhorn, San Diego, CA
Mrs. Diana McGregor, LA, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Lees-Reyes, Guam, USA
Ms. Olympia Terral, Guam, USA
CPT and Mrs. Wolff, San Diego, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Washington D.C.
Mrs. Kelly Purvis, Coronado, CA