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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

1987-1988      Atelier Dix-Sept, Paris, France - Student of Stanley William Hayter

1987               The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL – M.F.A., Studio Art

1984               The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA – Watercolor

                      Advertising Club of Boston, Boston, MA - “Art Concepts” Certificate

1983               Boston Art Adult Education, Boston, MA - Portrait and Life Drawing

1982               Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA - Graduate Credit Illustration

1982-1984      Kaji Aso Studio School, Boston, MA - Student of Mr. Aso, Watercolor/Life Drawing

1981                 Smith College, Northampton, MA – B.F.A., Studio Art

1977                The Nichols School, Buffalo, NY

 

AWARDS

2024              Elected Artist Award - for being juried into CT + 6 Exhibit multiple times, Salt Box Gallery, West Hartford, CT

2023              U.S. Embassy Artist - US Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations

2022              Finalist - Three Square Art Gallery, Fort Collins, CO

2021               Best in Show - for work on exhibit at Rawls Museum. Courtland, VA

                      Honoarable Mention - for work on exhibit at Rawls Museum. Courtland, VA

2019               Gamblin Colors Award - for work on exhibit at the Salt Box Gallery, West Hartford, CT

1988              Award of Excellence - for work presented to the International Art Exhibition. NY Art Horizons Hall of Fame Paintings

1987-1988     The Harriet Hale Woolley Award - American painter selected to pursue independent painting study in Paris, France

1987               Exceptional Painting Award - for work on exhibit at Visual Arts Center Gallery, Dallas, TX

1986              The University of Chicago Humanities Award - grant given for graduate study of fine art/painting in recognition of 

                      academic accomplishment

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005              Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

2002              Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

1999               Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

1996               Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

1994               Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

                      Bank of Boston, Glastonbury, CT

1992               The French Library, Boston, MA

                      The John Demsey Center, Farmington, CT

1988               Woolley Gallery, Paris, France

                      The French Library, Boston, MA

 

INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023-26         Kyrgyzstan Embassy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

2022               Boomer Gallery, London, England

2017                The Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX

1988                Salon XVII, Chateau de St. Ouen, Paris, France

1987                Woolley Gallery, Paris, France

 

NATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024             Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

                        Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

                     San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

                     Salt Box Gallery, Hartford, CT

2023             Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

                        Art League of New Britain, New Britain, CT

                        Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO

                        Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA

                        Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

2022             ALMB Gallery, New Britain, CT

                      Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO

                      Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

                      Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO

                      Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

                      Monastery Gallery, West Hartford, CT

                      O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA

                      Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, VA

                      Red Bluff Gallery, Red Bluff, CA

                      Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

                      Salt Box Gallery, West Hartford, CT

                      Three Square Gallery, Fort Collins, CO

                        Vernon Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR

                        Waterworks Museum of Art, Miles City, MT

2021               Art Center East Gallery, Vernon, CT

                         Idaherma Museum of Art, Princeton, NJ

                        Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO

                         Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

                      Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO

                        The Salt Box Gallery, West Hartford, CT

                      Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA

                         Waterworks Museum of Art, Miles City, MT

2020              ALNB Gallery, New Britain, CT

                         Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

                      Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO

                      The Gallery, Glendive, MT

                      O'Fallen Museum, Baker, MT

                         Randy Higbee Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA        

                      Rawls Museum, Cortland, VA            

                         Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

                      The Salt Box Gallery, West Hartford, CT

                      Waterworks Museum of Art, Miles City, MT

                      Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Middlesex, CT

                         Vernon Arts Center Gallery, Vernon, CT

2019               Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

                         Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO                    

                         Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT

                      Watson Gallery, Wethersfield, CT

2016-2019      The Salt Box Gallery, West Hartford, CT

2014-2019      Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

2018               Shulman Gallery, New Britain, CT

                       Artists for World Peace, Middletown, CT

                       Maple and Main Gallery, Chester, CT

2017                Mystic Museum of Art, Anthony P. Halsey Gallery, Mystic, RI

                       The Ellington White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetteville, NC

                       O'Fallon Museum, Baker, MT

                          Waterworks Museum of Art, Miles City, MT

2016-2017       The Jailhouse Gallery, Hardin, MT

                       The Gallery, Glendale, MT

                       Art in the Abbey, Glastonbury, CT

                       Waterworks Museum of Art, Miles City, MT - group & traveling group shows

2015-2017       Courtyard Gallery, Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT

2016                Gallery at Studio J, Denver, CO

                       Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

                       Maple and Main Gallery, Chester, CT

                       The Shirt Factory, Glens Falls, NY

                       Vista Gallery, Chamber of Commerce, San Diego County/Vista, CA

2014-2016       Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, New Haven, CT

                        The Golden Thread Gallery, West Hartford, CT

                        Rogers Free Library/Bristol Museum Com Gallery , Bristol, RI

2015                Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA - Salon Des Arts slide exhibition

2014                The Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY

                        Vista Gallery, Chamber of Commerce, San Diego County/Vista, CA

                        Riverview Farms, South Glastonbury, CT - Nayaug Artists

2010                 South Church, South Glastonbury, CT - Nayaug artists

2009                First Church Parlor Gallery, Glastonbury, CT

                        Essex Art Association, Essex, CT

2007                Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

2006                Essex Art Association, Essex, CT

1997                 Hartford Seminary, Art for the Parks, Hartford, CT

1996                The Jorgenson Gallery, Storrs, CT 

1995                 New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

1994-1995        Riverview Farms, South Glastonbury, CT - Nayaug Artists

1993                 Silpe Gallery, The Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT

1992-1993        Hawk Frame & Gallery, South Glastonbury, CT

                         Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT

1992                 100 Pearl Street Gallery, Hartford, CT – three women show

                        The Nichols School, Buffalo, NY 1992

1990                 Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT

                        National Arts Exhibition, Hartford, CT 

                        Gould Art Gallery, Pottersville, NJ 

1989                New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

1988-1989       National Arts Exhibition, Hartford, CT 

1987                 Midway Studios, Chicago, IL - two women show

                        David and Alfred Smart Gallery, Chicago, IL

                        Old Lyceum Gallery, Clovis, NM 

                        Visual Arts Center Gallery, Dallas, TX 

                        Marina Gallery, Panama City, FL 

1983-1984       Nature and Temptation Gallery, Boston, MA 

1983                 Boston City Hall Gallery, Boston, MA 

 

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

2020                  Waterworks Gallery, juried and selected from group exhibition to be in a 10 month traveling show

2018                   Waterworks Gallery, juried and selected from group exhibition to be in a 10 month traveling show

2017                   Waterworks Gallery, juried and selected from group exhibition to be in a 10 month traveling show

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI (2022)

Consulting Ophthalmologists, 2 paintings, Farmington, CT (2016, 2018)

Faith Care, International Health Care Headquarters, Farmington, CT (2004)

Faith Care Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria, Africa (2022)

First Church of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM (1999)

Foodshare, Bloomfield, CT - 2 painting diptych (2019, 2021)

Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce, sculpture, Glastonbury, CT (2008)

Hartford Health Care, Somerset Pediatrics (2014)

Hartford Hospital Rehabilitation, Network, CT  (2014)

Hartford Public Schools, Hartford, CT

The Kingswood Oxford School, West Hartford, CT (2021)

Loaves and Fishes, Hartford, CT (2019 continuing)

Midstate Medical Center/Hospital, series of four paintings, Meriden, CT (2006)

M&T Bank, Glastonbury, CT (2022)

Nayaug Land Bank, Glastonbury, CT (2006)

Nayaug School, series of two paintings South Glastonbury, CT (2005)

Nichols School, Buffalo, NY (2020)

Tenacity, Boston, MA (2021)

The North End Corps, Salvation Army, 7 paintings, Hartford, CT (2015)

Planned Parenthood, Philadelphia, PA (2021)

Prohealth Physicians/Pediatrics, Glastonbury, CT (2014)

Reading Hospital, Wyomissing, PA (2019)

Rhodes Island Department of Health, Providence, RI (2020)

Rockville Bank, sculpture installation, Glastonbury, CT (2008)

Rockville Bank, three paintings, South Glastonbury, CT (2009)    

Rockville Bank, Hebron, CT (2009)

Salvation Army, Divisional Headquarters, Hartford, CT (2014)

Salvation Army, Divisional Headquarters, Providence, RI (2021)

Salvation Army, 2 painting diptych, Washington Street Bloom Project, Hartford, CT (2018)

St. Francis Hospital, Oncology, Hartford, CT (1996)

The Welcome Center, Hartford, CT (2021, 2022)

United Bank, South Glastonbury, CT (2013, 2021)

United Bank ,Glastonbury, CT (2013)

United Bank, Hebron, CT (2013)

University of Saint Joseph, Bottom Entry, Hartford, CT (2017, 2018, 2021)

University of Saint Joseph, Bruyette Art Atheneum, painting diptych & painting memorial, Hartford, CT (2017, 2018)

University of Saint Joseph, Mercy Hall, Hartford, CT (2019)

Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, CT (2022)

VISITING ARTIST POSITIONS

2022                The Bloom Initiative Women's Center, Salvation Army Anti Human Trafficking, Hartford , CT

2019                 Foodshare, Bloomfield, CT

2014                 Kingswood Oxford, West Hartford, CT - Spring Semester 

2014                 Kingswood Oxford, West Hartford, CT - Winter visiting artist/painting class

1996                 Simsbury Art League, Simsbury, CT 

1992                 Glastonbury Art Guild, Glastonbury, CT 

                        The Marion Cross School, Norwich, VT 

                        The Plainfield School, Meriden, NH - Winter and Spring

                        The Nichols School, Buffalo,  NY

1991                  The Naubuc School, Glastonbury, CT - January

1990                 Trinity College,  Hartford, CT - October and March

1990                 The Purnell School, Pottersville, NJ - Spring Semester

1989                 Comprehensive Arts Program, New Haven, CT - October through December

 

PROMOTIONAL ART

Hartford Tennis Challenge, Hartford CT

Scuba Shack, Rocky Hill CT

St. Francis Hospital, Medical Teaching Staff, Hartford, CT

Fondation Des Etas Unis, Paris, France

Salvation Army, Hartford CT

University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford, CT

Bloom Initiative, Anti-Human Trafficking, Hartford CT

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ARTISTS STUDIED UNDER

Grace McKendry -- Buffalo, NY    

Susan Heideman -- Northampton, MA   

Elliott Offner -- Northampton, MA

Frank Sacheli -- Buffalo, NY         

William Stanley Hayter -- Paris , France   

Tom Mapp -- Chicago, IL

Gary Stanton -- Buffalo, NY

Kaji Aso -- Boston, MA

Bob Peters -- Chicago, IL  

Herbert George -- Chicago, IL

 

MEMBERSHIPS PRESENT/PAST

United States Embassy of Artists

Burchfield Penny Arts Center

Yale Museum Of Art

Wadsworth Atheneum

New Britain Museum Of Art

Mattatuck Museum

Rawls Museum

American Women Artists

Carnegie Art Center

Art in Embassies, Registered Artist

Copley Society Of Art

Land Heritage

Golden Thread Gallery

Kaji Also Studio Gallery

Mystic Art Center

West Hartford Art League

Bristol Museum Of Art

California Art Club

New Haven Arts Council

West Hartford Art League

Wethersfield Academy of Arts

Salt Box Gallery

 

GALLERY EMPLOYMENT

1988                 Schmidt-Bingham Gallery, New York, NY

1988                 John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY

 

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