Award winning artist with active art career alongside interior design business. Owner – My Interior – specializing in high-end interior design. Residential interiors featured in magazines (regional to national) including pictorial covers. Published articles in art magazines and newspapers. Featured film reviewer on WRNJ radio. Board Member, The New Jersey Crime Victims Law Center. Chair of the fund-raising efforts. Child mentor and advocate to adolescents.
Teaching Experience:
2007-Present · Adjunct Professor of Art, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
2001-2003 · Visiting Artist and Artist in Residence, theatre department, Morristown Beard School
1992-2002 · Visiting Artist and Substitute Teacher, Sussex County Community College
1989-1993 · Visiting Artist and Teacher, Hilltop Country Day School
· Received a Grant to work with students of Kilmer Middle School, Chicago and create a permanent Sculpture piece in the entry of the school.
· Teacher, Beginning Sculpture summer program at SAIC.
· Teacher’s Assistant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
· 1984-1987 Curator, North Wing Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
· Coordinator, Visiting Artists Program, graduate school, SAIC – brought in well-known artists and alumni to consult with graduate students.
Exhibitions/Awards:
2013 ·Curator Invite - Cathedra 900 - Artist Mark Ware expands his global vision via U.K. Arts Council Program
2012/2013 · Inspiring Women: Celebrating Women Artist of Morris County Historical Society
2012 · Zatista Artist
2012 · Featured Artist - St. Johns on the Mountain Oct. / Bernardsville, NJ
2012 · Invite cover for The Paschal Triduum & The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day
2012 · County College of Morris Faculty Exhibition
2012 · Faculty Exhibition Invite show at the University of The Arts in Phildelphia PA
2011 · Trailworks: One Person Show
2011 · Two Person Show, Homer Alaska
2011 · Gallery Within: Trailworks
2010 · One person show, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
2010 · Featured artist, Fox Hollow exhibition
2003-2009 · Chicago, Illinois Juried Exhibition, Bare Walls
1989-2009 · Skylands, juried exhibition NJ, award winner 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2002
2008 · Art at the Mill, juried exhibition NJ 2007 featured artist
1989-2010 · Hilltop Art Show NJ, 2002 and 2008 featured artist
2007· Fantasy Art Show, one-person show, Vernon NJ
2006· Original art selected for book cover, “Who Lives”
2000-2007 · Wilson School Art Show, Mountain Lakes, NJ
1990-2009 · Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville NJ. Award winner 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
2005 · Scholarship Fund NJCVLC award winner
2002 · Drue Chryst Gallery, group show, Sparta, NJ
2001 · Octavia’s Haze, One-person show, S.F., California
2001 · Katalin Pap Gallery, four-person show, NYC
2001 · SAI Gallery, Jury award, NYC
2000 · Drue Chyrst Gallery, one-person show, NJ
1999 · Art in the Garden, Voluptuaries and Vignettes, two-person show, NJ
1999 · The Studio, NJ one-person show
1999 · SCA&HC Public Gallery, Exhibition Award, Newton, NJ
1998 · Avant Art Event, 4-person show, Drue Chryst Gallery, NJ
1998 · SAI Gallery, group show, award winner, NYC
1998 · Saint Mary’s Art Show, NJ, award winner, Best in Show
1998 · Pleides Gallery, group show, Broadway NYC, NY
1997 · 479 Gallery Inc. Prince Street Station NYC, NY, 3-person show
1994 · The Privia B. Gross International Juried Exhibition, award winner, Queens Borough Community College, Bayside, NY
1991 · The town Club at Mountain Lakes, award winner, Mt. Lakes, NJ
1990 · Fax Art Award, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
1987 · Featured Printed Artwork in, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, catalogue
1987 · Alumni Show Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill
1986 · Cup Show, Best in Show, SAIC, Chicago Ill
1986 · Imagery Gallery, One-person show, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
1986 · Arthur D. Little Grant/Award for Design, Chicago, Illinois
1986 · Fellowship to Study in Portugal and Spain
1985 · Gallery 10, East State Street, award winner, Rockford, Illinois
1985 · Arthur Baer Foundation Award, Chicago, Illinois
Education:
1986 · MFA – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1984 · BFA – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1980-1982 · The University of Wisconsin
