SOLO / MAJOR EXHIBITIONS
2021-present
Hudson House Distillery, Ulster Park, NY ongoing
2021
Slang Language, Knaus Gallery, Highland, NY
2018
New Paltz Annual Open Studio event; exhibit in Denizen Theater lobby, New Paltz, NY
2017
Knaus Gallery, mother/daughter exhibition, Highland, NY
2012
BWAC Invitational, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Fabrications, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003
Feminine Trilogy, Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2000
What We Call Women, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
1999
Dishy and Domestic Delights, Welles Gallery, Lenox, MA
1997
Female Myths, Denison University Art Gallery, Granville, OH
untitled, Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
untitled, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1995
untitled, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN
untitled, Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
DE-FENCES, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Personal Space, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL
untitled, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
Paint and Content, Post Gallery, Kansas City, MO
untitled, Kishwaukee Art Gallery, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL
Home Sweet Home, Mueller Hall Gallery, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
1994
untitled, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL
Associations, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
untitled, World Tattoo, Chicago, IL
Losing Heart, Contemporary Art Center of Arlington, Arlington Heights, IL
From The Heart, Mueller Hall Gallery, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Eat Your Heart Out, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
1991
Inventory, MWMWM Gallery, Chicago, IL
Affairs of the Heart, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989
untitled, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
JURIED/INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
A Circle of Horizon Lines, Woodstock Art Association & Museum
Fevered Imagination, Denizen Theater Gallery, New Paltz, NY
Verdant, Robibero Winery, New Paltz, NY
The Art Spirit, Robibero Winery, New Paltz, NY
Best in Show, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties (virtual)
2021
Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Hudson House, Ulster Park, NY
Luscious. Tasty. Delicious. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Extraordinarily Ordinary Art Exhibition, J. Mane Online Gallery
Diversia: Nature, Exhibizone.com Online Gallery, Canada
Far & Wide, Woodstock Art Association, NY
Hudson Valley Imprints, Orange County Council for the Arts, NY
Yellow, Colors of Humanity Online Art Gallery, PA
2020
What’s Your Favorite Color? Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie, NY
WOMEN, Queen City 15, Poughkeepsie, NY
Art Bar, Kingston, NY
2019
FOCUS: Illumination, Woodstock Artist Association, NY
Juxtapose Gallery, Rosendale, NY
Limner Gallery, Arte Natura, Hudson, NY
2nd Anniversary Reunion Show, Knaus Gallery, Highland, NY
2018 2nd Annual New Paltz Open Studio Tour
2018
1st Anniversary Reunion Show, Knaus Gallery, Highland, NY
2012
Untitled opening exhibition, Gallery in the Gunks, Pine Bush, NY
2011
Concealment and Disclosure, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Eat/Art, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Water, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2009
Summer Show, Wright Gallery, Northport, MI
2007
Playing with Toys, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Monarch, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Trash, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Centennial, Carnegie Mellon Fine Arts Building, Pittsburgh, PA
Free for All, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Take it on Faith, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Project Diversity: Under the Rainbow, Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Identity, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
A Fine Romance, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2004
YW, Viridian, New York, NY
Girl Fest, A Safe Zone Foundation Gallery, Honolulu, HW
The God Show, Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
Generations ’04, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Annual Winter Invitational, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
New Glass and Paintings, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2001
Dimensions 2001, Associated Artists, Winston-Salem, NC
Art and Social Justice Exhibition, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
2000
24th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
6th Annual Juried Show, Art Guild of Burlington, IA
Rockford and Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
50th Annual Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
1998
22nd Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
Rockford and Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Evanston and Vicinity 14th Biennial Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
13th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
1997
Paducah ’97, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Around the Coyote, DiFalco Gallery, Chicago, IL
ARC Regional Fourth Annual Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Three Rivers Exhibition, Saint Francis College, Weatherhead Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Westmoreland Art Nationals, Westmoreland County College, Latrobe, PA
1996
Evanston and Vicinity 13th Biennial Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Art and Social Justice Exhibition, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
1995
Art in Celebration of the Season, Gallery 451, Rockford, IL
19th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
38th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Art Assn Galleries, Chautauqua, NY
‘95 National Juried Competition, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
untitled, Ohio Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
45th Annual Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
New 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
1994
Politically Correct, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Positive Images of Diversity, Margaret Fort Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Utopian Visions, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN
New Art Examined ‘94, William Engle Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Self-Possessed, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
Unknown Chicago, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Creative Synectics, An Art Place Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jack & Jill, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art and Social Justice Exhibition, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
10th Annual Juried National Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
LaGrange National Biennial, Chatahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, G
Expo ‘94, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Sixth Annual National Art Competition University Art Gallery, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO
The Courage Exhibition, Art at the Powerhouse, Cleveland, OH
Philadelphia International Contemporary Art Competition of Old City: Pentimenti Gallery, 479 Gallery, Roger LaPelle
Galleries; Philadelphia, PA
1993
12” x 12”, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
Highlights ’93, Limner Gallery, New York, NY
Dimensions 1993, Associated Artists, Winston-Salem, NC
Multi-Perspectives, An Art Place Gallery, Chicago, IL
20th Year Anniversary Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Beauty and the Beast and other Myths and Fairy Tales, UWM Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
17th Annual Fine Arts Competition, Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
CAC National Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
Senses of Sensuality, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
untitled, MurMur Box Gallery, Chicago, IL
Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Art & Science, Evansville, IN
Biennial Exhibition ’93, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
BSU National Small Painting & Small Sculpture Exhibition, Boise State University, Boise, ID
1993 Tenth Gallery ‘76 National Juried Art Exhibit, Gallery ‘76, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA
Faculty Exhibition, Mueller Hall Gallery, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
The Dishman Competition, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
Parabolic Matter, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Great Midwest International Exhibit, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
1992 The 1992 Artwest Open National Competition, Artwest Gallery, Jackson, WY
Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Juried Exhibition 1992, Akademia Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Second Annual Juried Exhibition, 1708 East Main Gallery, Richmond, VA
The 35th TAG Annual, Trumball Art Gallery, Warren, OH
Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Art & Science, Evansville, IN
Piss on Passivity, At The Gallery, Chicago, IL
Call it the Blues, University Art Gallery, Center Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Art in the Hospital, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
That’s Nice Dear, Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
The Tyro, Red Horse Gallery, Taft, CA
The Sky’s The Limit, Contemporary Art Center of Arlington, Arlington Heights, IL
Artemisia Group Show, 1800 Clybourn, Chicago, IL
untitled, Aurora University Art Gallery, Aurora, IL
Art Against Dickheads, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artemisia Exchange Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
1990
Devotions, Northwest Gallery, Indiana University-Northwest, Gary, IN
Rattle Your Rage, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL /ABC No Rio, New York, NY
Women in Visual Art, Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
1989
Members Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Landscapes/Mindscapes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988
15th Year Anniversary Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Intimate Eye, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
Rites/Rights of Passage, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
AWARDS/HONORS
2000
Honorable Mention Cash Award, 24th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
Honorable Mention, 6th Annual Juried Show, Art Guild of Burlington, IA
1998
Best Figurative Work Cash Award, 22nd Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
1994
Cash Merit Award, Utopian Visions, New Harmony Gallery, New Harmony, IN
2nd Place Award, Sixth Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University Gallery, Kirksville, MO
1993
Certificate of Recognition, 17th Annual Fine Arts Competition, Arts Consortium of Cincinnati, OH
1st Place Cash Award, CAC National Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY
3rd Place Award, BSU National Small Painting & Small Sculpture Exhibition, Boise State University, ID
Honorable Mention, The Dishman Competition, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
1992
Bristol-Myers Squibb Purchase Award, Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Art & Science, Evansville, IN
1987-89
SAIC Endowed Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1986
Samuel Rosenberg Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1985
John Porter Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
1984
Joseph B. Ellis Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
2019
Roost Gallery, New Paltz, NY, Creative Conversations Presenter
2003
Humanities Preparatory New Visions High School, New York, NY Visiting Artist/Workshop
2001
Chicago Metropolitan Center, Chicago, IL Visiting Artist
2000
Columbia College, Chicago, IL Student Exhibition Juror
Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL Lecturer, Visiting Artist, Workshop
1999
Columbia College, Chicago, IL Lecturer, Visiting Artist, 2-day Workshop
Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL Lecture, Student Exhibition Juror
1998
International School of Art, Umbria, Italy Artist-in-Residence
1997
Denison University, Granville, OH Lecturer, Visiting Artist
1996
Columbia College, Chicago, IL Student Exhibition Juror
1995
Columbia College, Chicago, IL Lecturer, Visiting Artist, 2-day Workshop
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI Lecturer
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN Lecturer: Engendering Images
1994
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL Exhibition Juror: Beyond Words
Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL Lecturer, Student Exhibition Juror
1993
Oxbow, Saugatuck, MI Artist-in-Residence
PUBLICATIONS
2012
Shawangunk Journal, Exhibition Review, Gallery in the Gunks, Pine Bush, NY
Wallkill Valley Times, Exhibition Review, Gallery in the Gunks, Pine Bush, NY
2001
Muskegon Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalog, New Glass and Paintings, Muskegon, MI
2000
Rockford Art Museum, Exhibition Catalog, Rockford and Vicinity Exhibition , Rockford, IL
Quincy Art Center, Exhibition Catalog, 50th Annual Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy, IL
1998
Rockford Art Museum, Exhibition Catalog, Rockford and Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford, IL
1995
Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Exhibition Catalog, 38th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, NY
1995-97
Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, University of Texas At Permain Basin, Grayson County Community College,
Exhibition Catalog, New American Talent, traveling exhibition in TX
1994
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Exhibition Catalog, Self-Possessed, Austin, TX
Northeast Missouri State University, Exhibition Catalog, Sixth Annual National Art Competition, University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
1993
Artemisia Gallery, Exhibition Catalog, 20th Year Anniversary Show, Chicago, IL
1989
ARC Gallery, Exhibition Catalog, Landscapes/Mindscapes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988
Artemisia Gallery, Exhibition Catalog, 15th Year Anniversary Show, Chicago, IL
Northwestern University, Exhibition Catalog, Rites/Rights of Passage, Dittmar Gallery, Evanston, IL
COLLECTIONS
R. Aguilar, G.Lynch, Chicago, IL
Dan and Donna Bakke, Chicago, IL
Bank of NYMellon, New York, NY
Patricia Biesen, Chicago, IL
Kara Bornholdt, Long Beach, IN
J. Bywater and A. Iaconna, Highland, NY
Becky Dawes, Modena, NY
Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co., Evansville, IN
Carol Ann Brown, Chicago, IL
John Bunge, Chicago, IL
Beth Cardwell, Woodstock, VA
Robert Chiarto, Santa Cruz, CA
Stephan and Catharine Ciulia, San Francisco, CA
Daniel Cohen, Pittsburgh, PA
Denison University, Granville, OH
Maggie and John Faulkenberry, Chicago, IL
Nancy Festa, Denver, CO
Nancy Goldberg, New York, NY
Terri Intravartolo, Chicago, IL
Janet Jenness, New York, NY
Susan Klein, Bloomfield, CT
John and Heather LaBelle, Chicago, IL
Linn Liston, Chicago, IL
Thomas Matway, Pittsburgh, PA
Mitchell May, Chicago, IL
Steve McSloy, New York, NY
Thomas and Elizabeth Miller, Westfield, NJ
J. Mosca, J. Zarodkeiwicz, New York, NY
Tereneh Mosley, Pittsburgh, PA
Karl Potoff, Chicago, IL
Linda Van, Elmwood Park, IL
Maria Villareal, Chicago, IL
Kathleen Zasidil, Chicago, IL
COMMISSIONS
2021
John Squeri, Atlantic Beach, NY
1999
Julia Mayer, Chicago, IL
Mick Bess, Chicago, IL
1998
Kristi Erickson, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/COMMUNITY SERVICE
2022
Roost Arts, Board Member, Hudson Valley, NY
2011
Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC, Community Arts Grants Panel, Juror
2009
Space 414, Founding Member, Red Hook, Brooklyn NY
2006
Brooklyn Artists Collaborative
2004
Artists Collective NYC
2003
Association of Teaching Artists NYC
2002-2010
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
2001-2005
New York City Museum Educators Roundtable (NYCMER)
2001
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
1996-2000
New Art Examiner, Board Member/Secretary, Chicago, IL
1998
Department of Cultural Affairs-CAAP Grants Advisory Panel, Juror, Chicago, IL
1996
Illinois Arts Council-Arts-in Education Residency Advisory Panel, Juror, Chicago, IL
1992-2004
College Art Association
1992-2001
Chicago Artists Coalition
1991
MacArthur Foundation Panelist (new art forms research at Randolph Street Gallery), Chicago, IL
1990-1992
SisterSerpents Collective, Chicago, IL
1988-1989
Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, Chicago, IL
1988-1990
Artemisia Gallery, Vice President/Search Committee Coordinator, Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
1989
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
1986
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (painting/printmaking major)
