Like a graphic novel, Strauss has captured the heart and soul of the unsung heroes -Craig Semon, arts correspondent, Telegram and Gazette



Exhibitions

April – June 2005 fscott gallery, Sudbury, Mass (solo)
March 2005 Paradise City, Marlboro, Mass (group)
Aug. – Sept. 2004 Aurora Gallery, Worcester, Mass (group)
June – Sept. 2004 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Mass (group)
March 2004 Worcester Artists Group, Worcester, Mass (group)
March 2004 Paradise City, Marlboro, Mass (group)
Jan. – Feb. 2004 Bijou Art Space, Worcester, Mass (group)
July 2003 – Present Prints and the Potter Gallery, Worcester, Mass (group)
June – July 2003 Clark University, Worcester, Mass (group)
June – July 2003 Aurora Gallery, Worcester, Mass (group)
May – June 2003 Worcester Artists’ Group, Worcester, Mass (group)
Apr. - May 2003 Java Hut, Worcester, Mass (with Kate Mills)
Nov. - Dec. 2002 Worcester Artists’ Group, Worcester, Mass (group)
Nov. - Dec. 2002 Aurora Gallery, Worcester, Mass (group)
Sept. - Oct. 2002 Prints and the Potter Gallery, Worcester, Mass (solo)
June - July 2002 Italian-American Cultural Center, Worcester, Mass (group)



Press

April 21, 2005 Denise Taylor, “Boston Globe”
March 26, 2004 Nancy Sheehan, “Telegram and Gazette”
October 16, 2003 Allen Fletcher, “Worcester Magazine”
October 15, 2003 Craig Semon, “Telegram and Gazette”
June 3, 2003 Holland Award for Creative Excellence (merit) for a musician’s CD design (I was art director)
September 12, 2002 Deb Dagle, Channel 3 TV
September 12, 2002 Charlene Arsenault, Worcester Magazine “Wicked Mint Weekend” pick
September 4, 2002 Leon Nigrosh, “Worcester Magazine”
July 3, 2002 Noah Schaffer, “Worcester Magazine” (cover reference)
June 27, 2002 “Telegram and Gazette”
May, 2002 “Graphic Design:USA”



Commercial Art

1991 - present Partner in the art and design studio, Strauss and Strauss, Worcester, Mass
I have done commercial art for businesses such as EMC, Shaughnessy Cranes, Easter Seals, Dale Carnegie, Worcester Foundation, UMass Medical Center Foundation; and several bookcovers and musicians’ CD designs



Education

1987 BFA, Painting, Boston University, Boston, Mass
Studied with Second Boston School of painters, including David Aronson, Arthur Polonsky, Reed Kay, John Wilson and Morton Sacks; also with Robert D’Arista and Bob Sweeney
1986 Drawing with Robert Cormier, Boston, Mass
Robert Cormier studied with Ives Gammel (a student of William Paxton)