Shane Wolf was born in Cincinnati and trained at the Angel Academy in Florence. He has become a celebrated modern master of the figure, deeply marked by the classical spirit of the Renaissance. Studio Pintura is showing selected works by Shane Wolf in conjunction with the painting workshop and demo happening in October 2026.
2023 / First Place Drawing, Art Renewal Center International Salon, New York, NY.
2023 / First Place Drawing, Portrait Society of America, Reston, VA
2023 / Best Nude Runner Up, Art Renewal Center International Salon, New York, NY
2016 – 2022 / Finalist (Figurative Category), Art Renewal Center International Salon, New York, NY
2015 / Boston Figure Painting Competition Grand Champion, Boston Academy of Realist Art, Boston, MA
2015 / European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) Purchase Award, Barcelona, SPAIN
2013 / Gold Medal, Salon de l’Académie Européenne des Arts—France, Paris, FRANCE
2013 / Silver Medal, Société des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris, FRANCE
2013 / Best Nude, Art Renewal Center International Salon, New York, NY
2013 / Best Nude Runner Up, Art Renewal Center International Salon, New York, NY
2012 / Gold Medal, Salon de Val du Cher, Saint Victor, FRANCE
2012 / Bronze Medal, Société des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris, FRANCE
2012 / Finalist (nude & portrait categories), Art Renewal Center International Salon, New York, NY
2011/ Bronze Medal, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, FRANCE
2011 / Taylor Prize, Grand Palais, Paris, FRANCE
2011 / Finalist (Nude Category) America China Oil Painting Artists’ League (ACOPAL), New York, NY
2010 / Nude Honorable Mention, Art Renewal Center International Salon, New York, NY
2009 / Hudson River Fellowship, New York, NY
2008 / Hudson River Fellowship, New York, NY
2008 / First Place, Florence Art Exhibition, Florence, ITALY
2006 – 2008* / Art Renewal Center Scholarships, New York, NY (*the only laureate to have ever won 3 consecutive scholarships).
"Shane Wolf, founder of The Figure Society, is one of the rare masters of figurative art who upholds the tradition of working uniquely from life as long as it takes to create his works (no photographic references are ever used).He says the lively exchanges between the models and the artist are essential to his art, allowing him to constantly evolve and invent new ways of exploring the power and beauty of the human form, and always Nude." - REALISM TODAY
