Tara Sood Fine Art


Tara Sood CV - Teaching Resume
Website: www.tarasood.com
Instagram: @tarasoodfineart
Facebook: Tara Sood Fine Art
EDUCATION
2018 MFA Painting & Drawing Academy of Art University San Francisco, CA
2010 MS Agriculture University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE
2007 RD Registered Dietitian San Diego State University WIC Internship San Diego, CA
2004 BS Nutrition University of Texas-Austin Austin, TX
TEACHING, LEADERSHIP, PROGRAM FACILITATION
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
2022 'Time to Figure’ Facilitation and Organization of Live Model Weekly
and Monthly Sessions - Lees-Reyes Gallery Annex Tumon, GU
2022 Event Facilitation for Show Openings, Workshops, Demos at the
Lees-Reyes Gallery Tumon, GU
2021-2023 Painting & Drawing Weekly Classes (Online Zoom) - Tara Sood Fine Art Santa Rita, GU
2020-2021 Painting & Drawing Weekly Classes (Online Zoom) - Tara Sood Fine Art San Diego, CA
2020-2021 Painting & Drawing Weekly Classes (In-Person) - Tara Sood Fine Art San Diego, CA
2017-Current Homeschooling (Kindergarten – 10th Grade) - Various Locations CA, GU, Japan
WORKSHOPS
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
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
2021-2023 Lees-Reyes Gallery Tumon. GU
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
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Dec 1, 2023 University of Guam Faculty art show with a feature on my work https://www.uog.edu/news-announcements/2023-2024/2023-faculty-art-exhibit-opens-at-isla-center-for-the-arts-on-dec-6.php
2023 Nov 20, 2023 Guam PDN ‘Living in the Abstract’ Exhibit featuring my artwork
2023 April Interview for Solo Show, Twirl – A Treatise on Dance, Paintings and Drawings by Tara Sood, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ldKmdCO8SA
2023 April 6, 2023 Guam PDN covering Solo Show: Twirl https://www.guampdn.com/lifestyle/see-joy-in-movement-at-new-lees-reyes-art-gallery-exhibit-twirl/article_3e776e16-d35d-11ed-85ee-e3820279b059.html
2023 April 4, 2023 KUAM News covering Solo Show: Twirl
https://www.kuam.com/story/48622052/tara-sood-art-exhibit-at-leesreyes-art-gallery
2023 Feb 11, 2023 Guam PDN covering UOG’s Migratory Bird Show – Painting Demonstration https://www.guampdn.com/bird-20230211-jpeg/image_0172514c-a9ba-11ed-9709-27d35d6cf9f1.html
2022 Sep 3, 2022 Guam PDN ‘Flower Power’ Show at the Lees-Reyes Gallery with a feature of my work https://www.guampdn.com/news/flower-power-exhibit-highlights-guams-flowers-plants/article_18ff59e4-2b53-11ed-805e-676d3b8d12b8.html
2022 PNC TV Interview, Body Beautiful Show Opening
2022 Jul 4, 2022 KUAM TV Live Interview, Body Beautiful Show Opening & “Face-Off” Painting Event https://www.kuam.com/story/46804740/body-beautiful-art-exhibit-showcases-20-island-artists
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” https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/the-creative-women-of-guam
2019 American Art Collector November 2019, Small works editorial, group feature
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 2020 - 2022
Tara Sood Fine Art Instruction
Sharing knowledge, technique, and passion is the basis for my teaching. First and foremost I love to paint and draw. People often discuss art, painting techniques, and my inspiration as I paint on location and give demonstrations. Teaching is a direct way of answering all the questions. However, I think teaching goes one step further in that it allows me to focus on the individual students needs.
Some teach towards a particular style or a particular palette. Teaching master palettes is an intriguing study. My focus is on the growth of the students as an artist through technique, knowledge bases, and excellence.