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Artist. Illustrator. Writer. Autism Advocate.

About Carissa

Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition

 

 Carissa Mordeno Paccerelli is an international award-winning artist from the United States.  She has always had a proclivity to express herself through art.  Before she was verbally communicating, she was already drawing and expressing herself through art.  She started drawing when she was a toddler, but her artistic talent became evident at age three.  At age six, she was diagnosed on the autism spectrum.  


Growing up, it was a challenge for her to speak to people.  She found it helped when she took a pencil to paper and began drawing.  Art in its many forms helped her express her feelings in a multitude of colors and emotions of characters.  She has been doing art commissions since 1st grade.  


At 15, she had her first solo art exhibit in Pasadena, California.  She has received a wide variety of awards and recognition for her artwork and has been seen in numerous exhibits, fairs, and festivals in Canada, Slovenia, Korea, and the United States.  At 17, she published her first book, "The A Book",  a collection of satirical comments and illustrations about Autism. 


Carissa is a self-taught artist at a young age and her parents were relieved to learn of the Creative Arts, Media and Design (CAMAD), a studio arts-focused program offered by their school district.  She attended the CAMAD's Visual Arts & Design Academy.  She also attended an advanced arts high school program at the Otis College Arts of Design on a full scholarship awarded by the highly-competitive Ryman Arts.  She was a four-time scholarship recipient of the Art Center College Teen program and the Armory Center of Arts.  She also attended highly-competitive high school summer art programs at CalArts, UCLA, Idyllwild Arts Academy, and Woodbury University.  


After high school, she was offered a four-year scholarship at the Otis College of Arts & Design in Los Angeles and College of Arts in Seattle.  She deferred both offers and, instead, enrolled at the Pasadena City College majoring in Studio Arts & Arts History.  


 Carissa was awarded the Pasadena Educational Foundation's Norman Schmidt Visual Arts Scholarship at her High School graduation.   In her first year at PCC, she was awarded the Jeanne Ward Scholarship for Visual Arts. 

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Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition

 

California Congressional Certificate of Recognition - Congressman Young Kim


California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition for Artistic Achievement - 

Assemblymember Chris Holden


California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition - 

Assemblymember Cottie Petri-Norris


California Congressional Certificate of Recognition - Congresswoman Judy Chu


California State Senate Certificate of Recognition - Senator Carol Liu


California Legislature Assembly Certificate of Recognition - Assemblymember Anthony Portantino


First Place, 7th ANCA INAP Award for Visual Arts, Vancouver, Canada


Winner, 2021 KASEC's Dream Art Contest Anaheim, California


Winning Artwork, VSA & US Department of Education Art Exhibit, Washington, D.C.


Three-time Bridging Boundaries Awardee, PUSD's No Boundaries Art Exhibit

Pasadena, California


Three-time Chalk Arts Winner, 

Covina & AutismHwy Chalk Art Festival

Covina, California


Pasadena Tournament of Rose - Parade of Roses Artistic Art Contest Winner

Pasadena, California


​​​Master of the Arts Showcase Grand Prize Winner, Pasadena-Altadena Links 


Disability Rights Legal Center & Art of Autism IDEA Art Contest Winning Entry

San Diego, California


Visual Arts Award for Excellence, PUSD PTA Reflections Art Contest


First Place, One City One Story Art Contest, Pasadena Public Library


​Scholastic Art & Writing Award

Silver Key & 3 Honorable Mentions 


PTA Reflections Arts Award Recipient, California PTA


​Mayor's Award, SoCal High School Youth Art Competition, Doerje Chang Buddha III Cultural & Art Museum, Covina, California


Award Recipient, San Gabriel Valley District of Women's Clubs Art Contest


Exhibitions

Awards & Recognition

Exhibitions

  

SOLO EXHIBITION: 

“Artwork by Rissa P” 

Pasadena, California


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2021 PCC Student Juried Exhibition

Pasadena, California


"Color of Sound"

Oceanside of Museum of Art

Oceanside, California


International Art Exchange Exhibition for the Disabled "The VR Exhibition of the World 7 Countries" 

Seoul, South Korea


Milestones Masterpieces Art Show Warrensville Heights, Ohio 


"Under Quarantine"

 PCC’s Division of Visual Arts & Media Studies, Pasadena, California


Selected Artwork for Backdrop 

2018 ANCA World Tour Show

Bled, Slovenia


​Selected Artwork for Backdrop

Anne Torsiglieri's "A" Train Play

Skirball Center, Los Angeles 

Theater Row, New York


 Mainly Mozart Genius Showcase 

San Diego, California


"Diverse Perspectives"

Sophie's Gallery - Art of Autism Exhibit

El Cajon, California


Art of Expression Exhibit

National Autism Conference

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania


Social Justice Show

SCA Project Gallery

Pomona, California


  11th Annual Young Artist Exhibit 

Long Beach, California 


South Pasadena Eclectic Music Festival & Art Walk,  South Pasadena, California


Pasadena-Altadena Links Art Showcase Altadena, California 


 "Pain" Exhibit, USC Hoyt Gallery

Los Angeles, California


PUSD No Boundaries Art Exhibit Pasadena, California


Arts & Craft of Autism

Brighter Future Charity

Venice Beach, California


The Sketchbook Project World Tour -Brooklyn, Atlanta, Miami, Austin, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Toronto


USC Institute for Genetics Art Gallery

Art of Autism, Speaker

Los Angeles, California


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