Education
2025 Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Studio Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Summa Cum Laude
Dean’s List Honors — 8 consecutive semesters
Residencies
2025-26 Artist-in-Residence, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 12th Annual National Exhibition: Small Works, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY (Juror: Heather Olson)
Annual Juried Show: Good Feelings, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, Glens Falls, NY (Juror: Anne Nelson)
Senior Art Major Exhibition, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY — Awarded Honors
120° Intercollegiate Art Regional, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, Glens Falls, NY (Juror: Diane Swanson)
Artist’s Choice, Fusion Arts, Santa Fe, NM (online)
2024 Juried Student Exhibition, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Juror: Wendy Ide Williams)
Land, Sea & Sky, Fusion Arts, Santa Fe, NM (online) — Awarded Best in Show 3D
2023 120° Intercollegiate Art Regional, Saratoga Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY (Juror: Stef Halmos)
Juried Student Exhibition, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (Juror: Judie Gilmore)
Publications
Rona Mann, “Ava Tesoriero is ‘Throwing’ Her Life Away!" 518 Profiles, May 2025, Issue 67, pg 18-23.
Zia Foxhall, “Catharsis,” Lunchbox Magazine, Fall 2024, Issue 06, pg 26.
“Spotlight: Contemporary Art Magazine,” Circle Foundation for the Arts, October 2024, Issue 39, pp 120-21.
Press
Anesu Mukombiwa, “From diplomacy in Switzerland to medicine in Tanzania,” Skidmore College, August 2024
“Skidmore Snapshots,” Skidmore College, November 2024, pg 8-9.
Ann Fromer, “Ava Tesoriero Named ALC Scholarship Winner,” Art League of the Chathams, August 2021
Ed Barmakian, “Chatham High Girl Scout Creates 'Sensory Art Program' for Special Needs Adults at Corpus Christi,” Tapinto Chatham, March 2020
Awards, Grants, Scholarships
2025 Barbara Greene Wild Award in Ceramics, Honors Convocation, Skidmore College
Molly Haley '64 Entrepreneurial Artist Prize, Honors Convocation, Skidmore College
2024 SEE-Beyond Award, Skidmore College
2023 Soave Faire Award, Skidmore College
2021 Art League of the Chathams Scholarship, Chatham, NJ
Bertha Barmakian Aspiring Artist Scholarship, Chatham, NJ
Prudential Spirit of Community Award, Chatham, NJ
Tessa Handerhan Memorial Inclusion Scholarship, Chatham, NJ
2020 Girl Scout Gold Award (Sensory Art Program), Chatham, NJ