About

Rita Vittori
ritavittoriart@gmail.com | www.instagram.com/ritavittori

EDUCATION
BFA - Painting and Printmaking at Emporia State University, Emporia KS 2020
High School Diploma - St. Teresa's Academy, Kansas City MO 2016

Solo Exhibitions
2018
Unique Perspectives Around Emporia, KS, Staton Gallery, Emporia KS
2019

Emporia First Friday March Art Walk Pop-Up Show, Salsa St. Mexican Grill, Emporia KS

Group Exhibitions
2016
11th Annual Avila University High School Invitational Art Exhibit
2017
Life Drawing Student Exhibition, Mulready’s Pub, Emporia KS
Mid-Program Portfolio Review, Emporia State University, Gilson Gallery, Emporia KS
General Scholarship Show, Emporia State University, Emporia KS
Salon de Refuse, Emporia Arts Council, Emporia KS
2018
General Scholarship Show, Emporia State University, Emporia KS
“Annual Juried Student Show,” Juried by Andrzej Zieliński, Eppink Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Salon de Refuse, Emporia Arts Council, Emporia KS
2019
ESU Engraving Arts Print Exhibition, Emporia Arts Center, Emporia KS
General Scholarship Show, Emporia State University, Emporia KS
“Annual Juried Student Show,” Juried by Ron Michael, Eppink Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS
Salon de Refuse, Emporia Arts Council, Emporia KS

2020

Student Engraving Exhibition, Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS

Awards, Honors, and Scholarships
Fall 2016
Received Scholastic Honors
Honored as first-year scholar
Received the Empowering ESU Scholars Scholarship
Awarded Kasitz Engraving Arts Scholarship
Fall 2017
Awarded the Henry A. and Margaret K. Humphrey Scholarship
Fall 2018
Awarded David W. Kasitz Art Department Fund
Received Mary Louise Boertma Memorial Fund
Awarded the Presidential Scholarship
Awarded Emporia State Honors College Scholarship
Spring 2019
Awarded Kasitz Engraving Arts Scholarship
Received Scholastic Honors
Summer 2019
Artist Residency - Summer Undergraduate Residency
Program, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
“Academy Merit Scholarship,” New York Academy of Art,
New York, NY

Fall 2019

Print Week, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS

Leadership Experience & Other Opportunities
2017 – 2020
Member of the Emporia State Honors College
2018 – 2020
Member of the Emporia State Visual Arts Board
2019 – 2020
President of the ESU Print Guild, Emporia State University
2019 - Research & Creativity Day Presentation on Feminist Theory & Art History, Emporia State University

2019 - Invitational/Guest Speaker for First-Year Experience Seminar, Emporia State University