Born: Chicago, 1961
MFA, with distinction, May 2010, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
BFA, 1984, Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence, Oxbow, Fall 2011
Artist in Residence, Ragdale, Fall 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012
April 13 - 27 I CAN DO THAT, Variable Space, Chicago, IL
Mar 9 - 30 Ways of Making: Painting, Visual Arts Gallery, GSU, University Park, IL
Mar 2 - April 26 15th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. JUROR: Linda Warren (3rd Place)
2011
September 2 Exquisite Corpse, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
July 15 - Aug 13 7th Annual Nat’l.. Self-Portrait Exhibition, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
July 8 - Aug 5 The Exceptional Ordinary, Robert Bills Contemporary, Chicago*
March 3 - 25 REGARD | RESIST | REACT, Visual Arts Gallery, GSU University Park, IL
Jan 20 - Mar 12 Wet Paint, Zhou B. Center, Chicago
2010
December What a Famine Plenty Can Disguise, Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago
October Art Loop Open, Block 37, Chicago
September Still Looking for Angel Valley, Mars, Gallery, Chicago*
August New American Paintings, (Midwest Edition), A Juried Exhibition in Print
May Pratt MFA Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Manhattan
April Looking for Angel Valley, Steuben West Gallery, Brooklyn, New York*
February Pieces, LABA Center Gallery, Manhattan
2009
December Symposium, Steuben Galleries, Brooklyn, New York
October Speaking to a Kitchen Mouse, Steuben Galleries, Brooklyn, New York
September Introduction, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
2008
September BYOA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
12 x 12, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
2007
October Sojourn, Margin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
September 12 x 12, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
February Me, Me, Me, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
2004
October Chicago Art Open, Zhou B Center, Chicago, Illinois
September 12 x 12, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
May Launch, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
2003
December Other Voices, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
February Love Love, Mars Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Curator and Exhibitor)
* one and two-person exhibitions
AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS
Pratt Circle Honors, May 2010
Finalist, Symposium, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. JUROR: Ken Johnson, The New York Times, December 2009
Elected, Vice President, Pratt Artists League, 2008-2010
Awarded 2009 - 2010 Academic Scholarship
Awarded, Byron Smith Scholarship for post-Baccalaureate Study, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984
MFA, with distinction, May 2010, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
BFA, 1984, Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois
RESIDENCIES
Artist in Residence, Oxbow, Fall 2011
Artist in Residence, Ragdale, Fall 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012
April 13 - 27 I CAN DO THAT, Variable Space, Chicago, IL
Mar 9 - 30 Ways of Making: Painting, Visual Arts Gallery, GSU, University Park, IL
Mar 2 - April 26 15th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. JUROR: Linda Warren (3rd Place)
2011
September 2 Exquisite Corpse, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL
July 15 - Aug 13 7th Annual Nat’l.. Self-Portrait Exhibition, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
July 8 - Aug 5 The Exceptional Ordinary, Robert Bills Contemporary, Chicago*
March 3 - 25 REGARD | RESIST | REACT, Visual Arts Gallery, GSU University Park, IL
Jan 20 - Mar 12 Wet Paint, Zhou B. Center, Chicago
2010
December What a Famine Plenty Can Disguise, Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago
October Art Loop Open, Block 37, Chicago
September Still Looking for Angel Valley, Mars, Gallery, Chicago*
August New American Paintings, (Midwest Edition), A Juried Exhibition in Print
May Pratt MFA Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Manhattan
April Looking for Angel Valley, Steuben West Gallery, Brooklyn, New York*
February Pieces, LABA Center Gallery, Manhattan
2009
December Symposium, Steuben Galleries, Brooklyn, New York
October Speaking to a Kitchen Mouse, Steuben Galleries, Brooklyn, New York
September Introduction, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
2008
September BYOA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
12 x 12, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
2007
October Sojourn, Margin Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
September 12 x 12, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
February Me, Me, Me, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
2004
October Chicago Art Open, Zhou B Center, Chicago, Illinois
September 12 x 12, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
May Launch, Refuge Gallery, Skokie, Illinois
2003
December Other Voices, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
February Love Love, Mars Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Curator and Exhibitor)
* one and two-person exhibitions
AWARDS and ACHIEVEMENTS
Pratt Circle Honors, May 2010
Finalist, Symposium, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. JUROR: Ken Johnson, The New York Times, December 2009
Elected, Vice President, Pratt Artists League, 2008-2010
Awarded 2009 - 2010 Academic Scholarship
Awarded, Byron Smith Scholarship for post-Baccalaureate Study, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1984
