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Tina Engels is a painter. She has been teaching at the American Academy of Art, in Chicago since 1999. Her academic work is focused in the area life drawing and painting. Ms. Engels holds a BFA from Boston University where she studied under James Weeks, Isabel McIlvain, Robert D’Arista, David Aronson, Reed Kay, Arthur Polonsky, and Grant Drumheller and an MFA from the University of North Carolina. Additional studies include the International School-Italy, Stanley Lewis, Alan Feltus, Barry Nemett and worked independently with Gabriel Laderman. Also a student of Myron Barnstone of the Ruskin School of Drawing, and the Frudakis Academy in Philadelphia. She has worked independently in France and Italy and has been awarded various residencies. A member of the Midwest Paint Group, her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions, and is held in private collections both nationally and internationally. She was a recipient of the Boston University Trustees Scholarship for study, a Holderness Fellowship, and a Howard Fellowship. Ms. Engels has held teaching positions at other universities on the East Coast.
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