He has taught studio art in painting and drawing at Lehman since Fall 1998, and Foundation Courses at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn since Fall 2000. Mr. Carrellas has exhibited his work since 1985. In 1994 he exhibited at the prestigious National Academy of Design in Manhattan, where he received a Certificate of Merit. He has shown at the Prince Street Gallery, also in Manhattan, and at galleries in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. His most recent work is in the exhibit "Realism Unbound" at the Noyes Museum of Art in Oceanville, N.J. (November 2009).