- 2015 Winner, Cambridge Art Association, Artist of the year
- Winner, 71st Prize Show Award, Curated by : Dominic Molo, RISD Museum
- December 7, 2013 – Solo Show: Paul Fisher Gallery, West Palm Beach Fl. presented Sydell Masterman "narrative Illusions"
- October 4, 2013 – CAA presented "Silent-Noise" Featuring Sydell Masterman an award winning artist along with two other award winning artist at the Kathryn Schultz Gallery.
- Armory, Merit Honor "Embrace". Spring 2013
- KathrynSchultz Gallery, Outstanding Painting "The Party's Over". 67th Members Prize Show with juror Steven Zevitas
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA: Sydell's images were selected to be displayed during the America Remixed event on
Friday, November 19th, 2010 in the new wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Group Exihbition "Right Here. Right Now", Studio 1608, West Palm Beach Florida, March/April 2010
- One Person Show "Random Moments", Mulry Fine Art, Palm Beach Florida, January 2010
- Solo Exhibition (juried) Newton Art Centre, Newtonville, Massachusetts, September 2006
- Moments, Two Person Exhibition, Mulry Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, April 2007
- Creative Process Show Newton Art Centre, Newtonville, Massachusetts, May 2006
- Winner, First Prize Best in Show (juried) Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, March, 2006
- Master Art Exhibition: Truth Seekers, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
- Inside Art group exhibition, Museum of Fine Art, School of Art, Boston, MA
- Members Prize Show Winner Painting Award, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, juried by Nick Capasso, Curator, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln , MA
- BLUE, Cambridge Art Association,University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA, juried by Jen Merjel, Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
- Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
Juried by Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
- Winner, First Prize, Annual Student Show (juried), 2007 and 2008, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
- Winner, First Prize Drawing & Painting, judged by Marissa Pascucci, Curator of American Art,
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
- Winner, Edith Rubinov Scholarship Award, juried by Charles Stainback, curator, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Fl, Armory Art Center,
West Palm Beach, Florida, March 2007
- Waltham Area Artist Program at Bentley College, Waltham, MA
(2008 - one year installation at the President's home)
- FLOW, Miami Invitational Art Fair, December 2007 Represented by Mulry Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
- Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, member, 2008
- Brookline Open Studio, Brookline, Massachusetts, 2007
- Sydell Masterman, Solo Exhibition (juried), Newton Art Centre, Newtonville, Massachusetts, September 2006
- Creative Process Show, Newton Art Centre, Newtonville, Massachusetts, May 2006
- Winner, First Prize Best in Show (juried), Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, March, 2006