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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023The Nature of Stereotypes, Cunneen-Hackett Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2023The Nature of Stereotypes, Studio 89, Highland, NY
2021Slang Language, Knaus Gallery, Highland, NY
2012BWAC Invitational, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000What We Call Women, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
1999Dishy and Domestic Delights, Welles Gallery, Lenox, MA
1997Female Myths, Denison University Art Gallery, Granville, OH
1997Untitled, Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996Untitled, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1995Untitled, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN
1995Untitled, Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
1995Personal Space, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL
1995Untitled, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
1995Untitled, Kishwaukee Art Gallery, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
1995Home Sweet Home, Mueller Hall Gallery, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
1994Untitled, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL
1994Associations, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
1994Untitled, World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994Losing Heart, Contemporary Art Center of Arlington, Arlington Heights, IL
1994From The Heart, Mueller Hall Gallery, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
1994Eat Your Heart Out, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
1991Inventory, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991Affairs of the Heart, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989Untitled, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025So Different, So What?, Wired Gallery, High Falls, NY (9wArtists)
2025While You Were Out, Lace Mill Gallery, Kingston, NY (9wArtists)
2025Intersections, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY (3-person show)
2024Holiday Salon Invitational, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2024Arte Natura, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2023Vivarium, Pretty Girls Making Cool Shit (virtual)
2023Respire, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY (Juror: Jennifer McGregor, Independent Curator)
2023Tickled Pink, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (virtual)
2023PLAY/FUN, Woodstock Art Association & Museum, NY (Jurors: Melanie & Ryan Cronin, Cronin Gallery, New Paltz, NY)
2022What in the World?, Denizen Theatre Gallery, New Paltz, NY
2022A Circle of Horizon Lines, Woodstock Art Association & Museum (Juror: Jess Wilcox, Curator)
2022Fevered Imagination, Denizen Theater Gallery, New Paltz, NY
2022Best in Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY (virtual)
2021Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2021Luscious. Tasty. Delicious. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2021Extraordinarily Ordinary Art Exhibition, J. Mane Virtual Gallery (virtual)
2021Diversia: Nature, Exhibizone.com Online Gallery, Canada (virtual)
2021Far & Wide, Woodstock Art Association & Museum, NY (Juror: Jane Eckert, Eckert Fine Art in Washington Depot, CT)
2021Hudson Valley Imprints, Orange County Council for the Arts, NY (Juror: Daniel Belasco, Exec Director, Al Held Fdn)
2021Yellow, Colors of Humanity Online Art Gallery, PA (virtual)
2020Your Favorite Color, Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020WOMEN, Queen City 15, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020Untitled, Art Bar, Kingston, NY
2019FOCUS: Illumination, Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, NY (Juror: Joe Concra, Artist, Founder, O+ Festival)
2019Untitled, Juxtapose Gallery, Rosendale, NY
2019Arte Natura, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
20192nd Anniversary Reunion Show, Knaus Gallery, Highland, NY
20181st Anniversary Reunion Show, Knaus Gallery, Highland, NY
2017Mother/Daughter exhibition, Knaus Gallery, Highland, NY (2-person show)
2012Untitled debut exhibition, Gallery in the Gunks, Pine Bush, NY
2011Concealment and Disclosure, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2010Eat/Art, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2010Water, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2009Summer Show, Wright Gallery, Northport, MI
2007Playing with Toys, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2007Monarch, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006Trash, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2005Centennial, Carnegie Mellon Fine Arts Building, Pittsburgh, PA
2005Free for All, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005Take it on Faith, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2005Project Diversity: Under the Rainbow, Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY (Juror: Danny Simmons, Artist)
2005Identity, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005A Fine Romance, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2004Fabrications, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004YW, Viridian, New York, NY
2004Girl Fest, A Safe Zone Foundation Gallery, Honolulu, HW
2004The God Show, Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
2004Generations '04, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2003Feminine Trilogy, Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2003Annual Winter Invitational, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2001Dimensions 2001, Associated Artists, Winston-Salem, NC
2001Art and Social Justice Exhibition, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
2001New Glass and Paintings, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
200024th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
20006th Annual Juried Show, Art Guild of Burlington, IA
2000Rockford and Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
200050th Annual Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
199822nd Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
1998Rockford and Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1998Evanston and Vicinity 14th Biennial Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
199813th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
1997Paducah '97, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
1997Female Myths, Denison University Art Gallery, Granville, OH (3-person show)
1997Around the Coyote, DiFalco Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997ARC Regional Fourth Annual Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997Three Rivers Exhibition, Saint Francis College, Weatherhead Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
1997Westmoreland Art Nationals, Westmoreland County College, Latrobe, PA
1996Evanston and Vicinity 13th Biennial Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1996Art and Social Justice Exhibition, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
1995DE-FENCES, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA (4-person show)
1995Art in Celebration of the Season, Gallery 451, Rockford, IL
1995Paint and Content, Post Gallery, Kansas City, MO (4-person show)
199519th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL (Juried by Hamza Walker)
199538th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Art Assn Galleries, Chautauqua, NY
1995'95 National Juried Competition, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
1995Untitled, Ohio Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
199545th Annual Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
1995New American Talent, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX; University of Texas At Permain Basin, Odessa, TX; Grayson County Community College, Denison, TX (Juror: Chris Bruce)
1994Politically Correct, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994Positive Images of Diversity, Margaret Fort Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
1994Utopian Visions, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN
1994New Art Examined '94, William Engle Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1994Self-Possessed, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX (Juried by Lynn Zelevansky)
1994Unknown Chicago, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
1994Creative Synectics, An Art Place Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994Jack & Jill, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994Art and Social Justice Exhibition, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
199410th Annual Juried National Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1994LaGrange National Biennial, Chatahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
1994Expo '94, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
1994Sixth Annual National Art Competition University Art Gallery, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO
1994The Courage Exhibition, Art at the Powerhouse, Cleveland, OH
1994Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition of Old City: Pentimenti, LaPelle & 479 Galleries; Philadelphia, PA
199312" x 12", Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
1993Highlights '93, Limner Gallery, New York, NY
1993Dimensions 1993, Associated Artists, Winston-Salem, NC
1993Multi-Perspectives, An Art Place Gallery, Chicago, IL
199320th Year Anniversary Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993Beauty and the Beast and other Myths and Fairy Tales, UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
199317th Annual Fine Arts Competition, Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
1993CAC National Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
1993Senses of Sensuality, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993Untitled, MurMur Box Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Art & Science, Evansville, IN
1993Biennial Exhibition '93, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
1993BSU National Small Painting & Small Sculpture Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID
1993Tenth Gallery '76 National Juried Art Exhibit, Gallery '76, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
1993Faculty Exhibition, Mueller Hall Gallery, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
1993The Dishman Competition, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
1993Parabolic Matter, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993Great Midwest International Exhibit, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
1992The 1992 Artwest Open National Competition, Artwest Gallery, Jackson, WY
1992Rockford & Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
1992Juried Exhibition 1992, Akademia Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1992Second Annual Juried Exhibition, 1708 East Main Gallery, Richmond, VA (Juror: Stephen Westfall)
1992The 35th TAG Annual, Trumball Art Gallery, Warren, OH
1992Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN (Juror: Penelope Schmidt, Schmidt Bingham Gallery, NYC)
1992Piss on Passivity, At The Gallery, Chicago, IL (SisterSerpents)
1992Call it the Blues, University Art Gallery, Center Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
1992Art in the Hospital, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1992That's Nice Dear, Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991The Tyro, Red Horse Gallery, Taft, CA
1991The Sky's The Limit, Contemporary Art Center of Arlington, Arlington Heights, IL
1991Artemisia Group Show, 1800 Clybourn, Chicago, IL
1991Untitled, Aurora University Art Gallery, Aurora, IL
1991Art Against Dickheads, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL (SisterSerpents)
1991Artemisia Exchange Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
1990Devotions, Northwest Gallery, Indiana University-Northwest, Gary, IN
1990Rattle Your Rage, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL / ABC No Rio, New York, NY (SisterSerpents)
1990Women in Visual Art, Katherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
1989Members Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989Landscapes/Mindscapes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (Jurors: Edith Alman, Victoria Lautman & Sonia Zaks)
198815th Year Anniversary Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988The Intimate Eye, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988Rites/Rights of Passage, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL (Juror: Sue Taylor, Curator & Author)
AWARDS/HONORS
2025Art in the Loft Finalist, Arts Mid-Hudson/Millbrook Winery, Millbrook, NY
2023Rare Artist Finalist, Everylife Foundation, Washington, DC
2000Honorable Mention Cash Award, 24th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
2000Honorable Mention, 6th Annual Juried Show, Art Guild of Burlington, IA
1998Best Figurative Work Cash Award, 22nd Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
1994Cash Merit Award, Utopian Visions, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN
19942nd Place Award, Sixth Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University Gallery, Kirksville, MO
1993Certificate of Recognition, 17th Annual Fine Arts Competition, Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, OH
19931st Place Cash Award, CAC National Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
19933rd Place Award, BSU National Small Painting & Small Sculpture Exhibition, Boise State University, ID
1993Honorable Mention, The Dishman Competition, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
1992Bristol-Myers Squibb Purchase Award, Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Art & Science, Evansville, IN
1987–89SAIC Endowed Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1986Samuel Rosenberg Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1985John Porter Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1984Joseph B. Ellis Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
WORK IN PUBLIC PLACES
June 2025–PresentBad Seed Cidery, Highland, NY
May–Nov 2025Millbrook Winery, Millbrook, NY
Sept 2021–PresentHudson House Distillery, Ulster Park, NY
COLLECTIONS
Bank of NY Mellon, New York, NY
Denison University, Granville, OH
Evansville Museum of Art & Science, Evansville, IN
Numerous private and museum collections throughout the United States
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025Bruce Schneider, "Lace Mill Exhibit Celebrates the Variety of Contemporary Painting", Kingston Wire, Kingston, NY, January 16, 2025
2023Clements, Veronica, Interview, Live on Instagram, July 23, 2023
2021Diane Piniero-Zucker, "Highland woman's near-death experience drives daughter to spread awareness of aortic dissections", Daily Freeman, Front Page — December 5, 2021
2012Rowley, Chris, "Gallery in the Gunks", Shawangunk Journal, Ellenville, NY, November 2012
2012MacGregor, Sharon, "Gallery in the Gunks opens in Pine Bush", Wallkill Valley Times, Newburgh, NY, November 28, 2012
2001"New Glass and Paintings", Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, 2001
2000"50th Annual Quad-State Exhibition", Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL, 2000
1998"Rockford and Vicinity Exhibition", Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL, 1998
1998"Evanston and Vicinity 14th Biennial Exhibition", Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, 1998
1995"38th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art", Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua, NY, 1995
1995"New American Talent", Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1995
1994"Self-Possessed", Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, 1994
1993"20th Year Anniversary Show", Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1993
1989"Landscapes/Mindscapes", ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1989
1988"15th Year Anniversary Show", Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1988
1988"Rites/Rights of Passage" Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL, 1988
VISITING ARTIST GIGS/INTERVIEWS/ARTIST TALKS
2025Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Guest Artist in survey Social Work course
2023WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL, Interview with Tickled Pink curator, live on Instagram
2023Studio89, Highland, NY, Artist Talk: The Nature of Stereotypes, live on Facebook
2022Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, MA, Visiting Artist/Teacher
2021Hudson House Distillery, West Park, NY, Artist Talk in gallery
2019Roost Gallery, New Paltz, NY, Creative Conversations Presenter
2005Humanities Prep New Visions High School, NYC, Visiting Artist: Workshop
2001Chicago Metropolitan Center, Guest Artist
2000Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Student Exhibition Juror
2000Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, Visiting Artist; Lecture/2-day Workshop
1999Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist; Lecture/Workshop
1999Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, Student Exhibition Juror
1998International School of Art, Umbria, Italia, One-month Artist Residency
1998Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL, Research Consultant
1997Denison University, Granville, OH, Visiting Artist; Lecture, Made print in Printmaking Dept
1996Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Student Exhibition Juror
1995Columbia College, Chicago, IL, Visiting Artist; Lecture, 2-day Workshop
1995Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, Visiting Artist; Lecture
1995Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, IN, Visiting Artist; Exhibit/Lecture — Engendering Images
1994WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL, Exhibition Juror for Beyond Words
1994Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL, Visiting Artist; Exhibit/Lecture/Student Exhibition Juror
1993Oxbow, Saugatauk, MI, Artist in Residence
1991MacArthur Foundation, Invited Panelist
UNIVERSITY/MUSEUM TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021Teaching Artist, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, New York, NY (virtual workshop during covid)
2003–04Teaching Artist, "Learning Through Art" Program, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
1999–01Lead Teaching Artist, "Park Voyagers" Program, Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1998Figure Drawing Instructor, University of Illinois/Chicago
1997Drawing & Painting Instructor, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
1994–98Full Time Faculty, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, "Chicago Arts Program", Chicago, IL
1993–96Drawing & Painting Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1991–94Adjunct Assistant Professor, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
COMMUNITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021Teaching Artist, "Airy Knoll Arts Project", Airy Knoll Arts, Middlebrook, Virginia (virtual)
2014Teaching Artist, "Project ABLE Co-Director", Mill Street Loft, Poughkeepsie, NY
2013–2014Interdisciplinary Arts Specialist, Ramapo for Children, Rhinebeck, NY
2013–2015Painting Teacher, Vineyard Commons Senior Community, Highland, NY
2000Program Director, Gallery 37 in the Parks Program, Chicago, IL
1998–9Art Dept Chair/Painting Teacher, Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, MA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/COMMUNITY SERVICE
20249w Artists, Founder
2023Highland Inaugural Open Studio Tour (HOST), Co-Founder
2022Roost Arts Hudson Valley Member, Hudson Valley, NY
2011Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC, Community Arts Grants Panel, Juror
2009Space 414, Founding Member, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
2006Brooklyn Artists Collaborative
2004Artists Collective NYC
2003Association of Teaching Artists NYC
2002–2010Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
2001–2005New York City Museum Educators Roundtable (NYCMER)
2001New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
1996–2000New Art Examiner, Board Member/Secretary, Chicago, IL
1998Department of Cultural Affairs-CAAP Grants Advisory Panel, Juror, Chicago, IL
1996Illinois Arts Council-Arts-in Education Residency Advisory Panel, Chicago, IL, Juror
1992–2004College Art Association
1992–2001Chicago Artists Coalition
1991MacArthur Foundation Panelist (new art forms research at Randolph Street Gallery), Chicago, IL
1990–1992SisterSerpents Collective, Chicago, IL (Feminist graffiti art group)
1988–1989Chicago Women's Caucus for Art, Chicago, IL
1988–1990Artemisia Gallery, Vice President/Search Committee Coordinator, Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
1989Master of Fine Arts in Painting, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
1986Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (painting/printmaking major)