CV

Education
1995-1997 (MFA) Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California
1986-1990 (BFA) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1991 (K-12 Art Teaching Certificate) The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1989-1990 The School of Lorenzo DeMedici, Florence, Italy
MFA, MA State Certified K-12 Art Teacher / Certificate # 428347 - International Baccalaureate
 
Awards
1997 The President’s Award, The Claremont Graduate University
Painting purchased for permanent collection of the Claremont Graduate University, sole recipient
1996 The Karl and Beverly Benjamin Painting Fellowship, sole recipient, Claremont, California
 
Residency
Stichting Kaus Australis – Invited for July 2012, Studio Accommodations / Artist Lecture,
Rotterdam, Holland

Major Collections:
Claremont Graduate University Presidential Collection, Claremont, California
Brandes Investment Partners, San Diego, California

SELECTED GALLERIES AND EXHIBITIONS
2021
Somerville Art Museum, "Last Look Show", Somerville, MA
​2017
Groundspace Project, Wonderful World Exhibition, Curated by Betty Ann Brown and Susan Joseph,  Los Angeles, CA
2016
Pen and Brush, Broad Strokes, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
2014
Groundspace Project, Group Exhibition, Curated by Susan Joseph, Los Angeles, CA
2014 
South End Open Studios, Courtney Hayes and Arron Sturgeon,  Boston, MA
2012
Groundspace Project, Group Exhibition, Susan Joseph, Los Angeles, CA
2011 
Waltham Public Library, Selected Works, Waltham, MA
2008
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bare Walls, Chicago, IL
2007   
Cooley Dickenson Hospital Gallery, l’art Pour l’art, Northampton, MA
2006   
Northampton Center For The Arts, Keeping The Flame, Northampton, MA
2004   
Westfield State College, Works In Progress, Faculty Exhibition, Westfield, MA
2004   
Idyllwild Exhibition Center, Painting’s Edge, Idyllwild, California
2002   
Irvine Fine Art Center, Small Works,  Irvine, California
2002   
Irvine Fine Art Center, Out of The Digital Domain, Irvine, California
2002   
Purdue University Gallery, Small Prints, Lafayette, Indiana
2001   
Brand Art Library, Watercolors, Glendale, California
2001   
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental/Sales Gallery
2001   
Lia Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, California
2001   
perfectbitch.net, an interactive gallery showing female artists in L.A
2000   
Andrew Shire Gallery, The Big Wave, Los Angeles, California
2000   
Gallery 825 / Los Angeles Art Association, Artscape 825-2000
1999     
Cirrus Gallery, (work in stacks) Los Angeles, California
1999     
Santa Fe Art Colony, Open Studios, Los Angeles, California
1998     
Held Properties Building, Group Exhibition, Santa Monica, CA
1998 
Marcia Wood Gallery, LA Emerging Artists Show, Atlanta, Georgia
1997             
Gallery W139, Helter Skelter, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1997             
Richard Heller Gallery, Three Weeks in LA, Santa Monica, California
1997             
Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Exchange Los Angeles,
1997             
Andrew Shire Gallery, Three-Woman Show, Los Angeles, California       
1997             
LASCA Gallery, Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, California