Selected Awards
2024 “Fine Art Connoisseur Award of Excellence,” 113th Annual CAC Gold Medal Exhibition, Saint Michael, 2024
2023 First Place, Commissioned Portrait” Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Saint Anne, 2023
2022 10th Place, “Outside the Box” Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Saint Michael’s Wing
2022 Chateau d'Orquevaux Artist Residency,” Chateau d'Orquevaux, France
2020 Finalist, Outside the Box” Members Only Competition, Portrait Society of America, Up We Go
2020 Edward Jonas Memorial Grant,” Portrait Society of America
2019 Beverly Hoyt Robertson Memorial Award, National Sculpture Society’s 86th Annual Awards, Wholehearted
2019 Gloria Medal, National Sculpture Society’s 86th Annual Awards, Wholehearted, Cast Glass
2019 “Finalist, Sculpture", Art Renewal Center Int’l Salon Competition, Wholehearted, Cast Glass
2019 Exceptional Merit, Portrait Society of America International Competition & Exhibition, Wholehearted, Atlanta,
2019 “Elected Member”, National Sculpture Society of America
2017 Signature Status, Excellence in Portraiture, Portrait Society of America
2016 Colonel John W. Thomason, Jr. Award", Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Soul of the Forward & Faithful
2015 2nd Place, Sculpture, Art Renewal Center Int’l Salon Competition, Soul of the Forward & Faithful
2014 2nd Place, Sculpture, Portrait Society of America's Members Only Competition, Soul of the Forward & Faithful
2014 Beverly Hoyt Robertson Memorial Award, National Sculpture Society’s 81st Annual Awards, La Petite Fleur
2014 Finalist in Sculpture, Art Renewal Center 2013-2014 International Salon Competition, Soul of the Forward & Faithful
2013 4th Place, Commissioned Portrait in Sculpture, Portrait Society of America's Members Only Competition.
2013 Finalist in Sculpture, Art Renewal Center 2012-2013 International Salon Competition, La Petite Fleur
2013 Exceptional Merit, Portrait Society of America International Competition & Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
2012 1st Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America, Member’s Only Competition, Commissioned Portrait
2011 President’s Award, The American Artists Professional League – 83rd Grand National Exhibition, NYC, NY
2011 Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America, Member’s Only Competition
2010 Gold Medal of Honor, Allied Artists of America, Inc. - 97th Annual Exhibition, NYC
2010 Finalist in Sculpture, Art Renewal Center 2009/2010 Salon
2010 First Honor, Portrait Society of America International Exhibition, Washington D.C.
2008 Margaret K. Williams Award, for Excellence in the Arts in the “Career Category”, Juried by Pierce County Arts Commission
2000‐03 Portfolio Scholarship, Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
1998 Certificate of Merit, Art I, II, III, IV, Academia Alianza, Quito, Ecuador
Mardie Rees received an Exceptional Merit Award from Portrait Society of America's International Competition for "La Petite Fleur" in 2014