Education

1983-1988 Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in Fashion Design,

Post-Graduate Study in Painting and Sculpture

Public Art Training

2014 Public Art Practice Course, Penland School of Crafts taught by Nancy Blum

2016 Wilmington Creative District’s Public Art Prep Program led by Eric Okdeh

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2022 Shape Shifting, Gallery 37, Milford, DE

2021 Dawning, ArtBox @ Lincoln Square | The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

2020 Ocean Blues, 2 Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA (InLiquid)

2019 Affluent, Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA

2017 Confluence, Mala Galleria, Kennett Square, PA

2017 The Beach and Beyond, Camp Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, DE

2016 Fluent, Delaware Division of the Arts, Mezzanine Gallery Wilmington, DE (Fellowship)

2015 Overflowing, Crane Arts Building, Hall (InLiquid), Philadelphia, PA

2014 Crescendo, Mala Galleria, Kennett Square, PA

2013 Oceans, Isles and Shoals, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

2011 Outpouring, Delaware Division of the Arts, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, DE

2011 Waterways, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Hatch Gallery), Wilmington, DE

2004, 2008 Annual Arden Fair Arden, DE

Group

2024 Cutting Edge, Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, Delaware

2021 Of the Earth, Art Fluent, online

2019 Juried Craft Exhibition, The Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (Juror, Paul Sacaridiz)

Catalyze, Cambridge Innovation Center, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Flow, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (curated by CFEVA)

2017 Biggs Picture Juried Landscape Competition, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE (Juror, Jason Rosenfeld)

2017 Elemental, InLiquid @ Lacey and Phillips Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2015 Sky-Frame, 2 Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA (InLiquid)

2015 POST, Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA (InLiquid)

2013 Five in Fiber, Gallery 37, Milford, DE

Broad Spectrum: Members’ Juried Show, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Juror, Molly Donavan)

2012 Art in the Open, Philadelphia, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Vanity Fare, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Reading, PA (Jurors, Lyn Godley, Pam Ptak)

FiberPhiladelphia, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA (Jurors, Elisabeth Agro, Bruce D. Hoffman)

2011 RSVP Invitational, LGTripp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

3rd Street Gallery Community Exhibit, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010 NEW: Members’ Juried Show, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Juror, Roberta Fallon)

National Small Works Painting, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY (Jurors, Mariann

Loveland, Roger Smith)

2009 On the Fringe of Fiber, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA (Juror, K. Pannepacker)

The Possibilities of Pause, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (Juror, Carina Evangelista)

2008 Essential Elements, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

The Natural World, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Reading, PA (Juror, Robert P. Metzger)

Natural Progression, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (Hatch Gallery) Wilmington, DE

2006, 2007 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Public Projects

2015 Arden Fair Community Murals, Arden, DE

2018 Arden Child Mural, Buzz Ware Village Center, Arden, DE

Awards

2012 Vanity Fare-Best in Show Award, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts Reading, PA (Jurors, Lyn Godley, Pam Ptak)

Grants

2018 Delaware Division of the Arts, Opportunity Grant

2016 Delaware Division of the Arts, Emerging Fellowship in Painting

2014 Delaware Division of the Arts, Fellowship Honorable Mention

2013 Delaware Division of the Arts, Opportunity Grant

2012 Delaware Division of the Arts, Opportunity Grant

2003 Delaware Division of the Arts, Artist in Residence Wilmington Montessori School

2002 Delaware Division of the Arts, Artist in Residence Mt. Pleasant Elementary School

Publications

2015 Studio Visit, Volume Twenty-Seven

Collections

2016 Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA

2019 Cambridge Innovation Center, Philadelphia, PA

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