EDUCATION
MFA 1980 School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
BFA 1978 School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004
Gescheidle - Chicago, IL
2002
Woman Made Gallery - Chicago, IL
Grand Street Window Project - Phoenix, AZ
2000
LyonsWier Packer Gallery - Chicago, IL
Conant Gallery, Groton MA
1999
LyonsWier Gallery - Chicago, IL
Sioux City Art Center - Sioux City, IA
1997
LyonsWier Gallery - Chicago, IL
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007
Flatlands -Imaging the Midwest, South Bend Regional Museum of Art - South Bend, IN
2006
ART CHICAGO, Merchandise Mart,
Nova Art Fair, Belmont Suites Hotel, Chicago, IL
2005
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier
2003
ART CHICAGO, Navy Pier
A.I.R. Gallery 5th Biennial - New York, NY (Juried by Shamim Momim, Curator, Whitney at Altria)
2001
Nine State Open, Sioux City Art Center, Iowa First Prize
(Juried by Dr. Henry Adams, Curator of American Painting, Cleveland Museum of Art
2000
International 2000, San Diego Art Institute
1998
College of Lake County (two person show) - Grayslake, IL
1996
Self Objects (two person), South Bend Regional Museum of Art - South Bend, IN
Evanston and Vicinity 13th Biennial, Evanston Art Center - Evanston, IL
1995
National Juried Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery - New York, NY (Juried by Thelma Golden)
AWARDS & GRANTS
2007
Finalist, Los Angeles Metro Art, public art design for a subway station
Individual Artist’s Grant, Indiana Arts Commission
2nd Prize, Open Painting, Providence Art Club, juried by Judith Tannenbaum, Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Museum at RISD
2005
Martha Woodward Award -Salon Show juried by Karl Wirsum, Northern Indiana Arts Assoc.
2001
First Prize - Nine State Open, Sioux City Art Center, Iowa
Grant - Illinois Arts Council, Visual Artists Fellowship
Grant - Arts Midwest/NEA regional, Visual Artists Fellowship
1996, 95, 91
Grant - Community Artists Assistance Program, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
COLLECTIONS
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Deloitte, Chicago, IL
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Howard Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL
PUBLICATIONS
Harper’s Magazine - February 1999
New American Paintings #17, Open Studios Press, 1998
WORK
2005-Present
Principal, Artists’ Road To Success (ARTS), consulting individually and teaching professional development workshops to artists. www.artistsroadtosuccess.com
2004-Present
Instructor, South Shore Arts, Munster, IN
2001-2003
Grant Writer and Outreach Coordinator, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 - 2000
Gallery Director, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL - Responsibilities included programming exhibitions, education outreach, publicity and grant writing, fundraising, exhibition installation, teaching women’s art history and professionalism in arts.
1996-1997
Instructor, Columbia College, Chicago, IL -Taught Women in Art, Music & Literature
1996-98, 2004
Instructor, Arts Partnership, Chicago, IL - Taught special art assignments in the Chicago Public Schools and wrote state art curriculum.