| EDUCATION: | |
| Masters of Fine Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
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| Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL | |
| GRANTS & AWARDS | |
| 2008 | Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, VT |
| 2008 | University of Florida, Scholarship Enhancement Grant |
| 2008 | Honorable Mention, Southeast College Art Association 10th Annual National Juried Exhibtion, West Virginia cultural Center and State Capitol, WVA, Juror: Susan Isaacs, Curator, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art |
| 2007-08 | Jacksonville International Airport, Public Art Commission |
| 2006-07 | University of Florida, Faculty Scholarship Enhancement Grant |
| 2006 | Fellowship, Women Studio Workshop, NY |
| 2006 | State of Florida, Department of Cultural Affairs, Artist Enhancement Grant |
| 2003 | Summer Research Grant (Italy) Central Michigan University |
| 2003-04 | Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, Project Grant |
| 2002-03 | Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, Project Grant |
| 2001-02 | Illinois State University, Travel Grant |
| 2001 | Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs, Project Grant |
| 2000-01 | Central Michigan University, Faculty Research Presentation Grant (Scotland) |
| 2000-01 | Central Michigan University, Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Grant |
| 2000 | Central Michigan University, Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Grant |
| 1999 | Purchase Award, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC |
| 1999 | Faculty Research and Creative Endeavors Grant, Central Michigan University |
| 1999 | Deans Discretionary Fund-Travel Grant (Spring and Fall), Central Michigan University |
| 1992,93,94 | Community Artists Assistance Program Grant, City of Chicago, Dept. of Cultural Affairs |
| 1990 | Teaching Assistantship, University of Washington |
| 1990 | Purchase Award, Bellevue Art Museum, WA |
| 1988 | Third Prize, Ars Nova Exhibition, N I U, DeKalb, IL |
| EXHIBITION RECORD: Note: Solo Exhibitions Marked by Asterisk (*) | |
| 2008 | Naestved International, Ronnebaeksholm Arts + Culture Center, Naestved, Denmark |
| 2007 | "The Elasticity of Time: recent paintings and prints, Ruby Green Contemporary Art Center, Nashville, TN |
| 2007 | Works of Art on Paper, National Juried Exhibition, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts + Science, NJ Juror: Starr Figura, Assistant Curator, Department of Prints, Museum of Modern Art, NY |
| 2007 | Visual Noise, University of Colorado, National Juried Exhibition, UMC Art Gallery, Boulder, CO |
| 2007 | Paths to the Press, National Juried Exhibition, Dicere Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2007 | Addressing Iraq, Reitz Union Gallery, University of Florida, travels to University of South Florida |
| 2007 | 51st Annual National Juried Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, NJ, Juror: Donald Tagliatella, World House Editions |
| 2007 | All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL |
| 2007 | Southeast College Art Association 10th Annual National Juried Exhibtion, West Virginia cultural Center and State Capitol, WVA, Juror: Susan Isaacs, Curator, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art |
| 2006 | Texas National Juried Exhibition, Stephen Austin State University, Juror Peter Brach (Catalog) |
| 2006 | *Speed at Six, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL |
| 2006 | SECAC/MACAA National Juried exhibition, Parthenon, Nashville, TN, juror: Eleanor Heartney |
| 2006 | 41st Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, University Galleries, University Of Florida (Spring 2006) |
| 2006 | Invited participant Mark di Suevro and Rikrit Tiravanija’s Peace Tower, Whitney Biennial 2006, NY |
| 2005 | Roanoke College/Olin Hall Galleries, Curated exhibition, Passion and Wheels, Salem, VA curator: Beatrix Reinhardt |
| 2005 | *University of Alabama, University Art Gallery, Brand Development, Huntington, AL |
| 2003-04 | Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Curators: Barbara Bloemink and Vicky Clark, (catalog) |
| 2003 | SPACES Gallery, Selections III Invitational, Cleveland, OH |
| 2003 | Morehead State University, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, (Curated) Modern Iconography, KY |
| 2002 | *Acme Art Company, The Hundred Acre Woods, Columbus, OH |
| 2001 | Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, FiberArt International Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA |
| South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Biennial 21 Two, Juried Exhibition, South Bend, IN | |
| Artemisia Gallery, Feminism: A Global Power National Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL | |
| 2000 | *Southwestern Michigan College, Lives: Years One and Two, Dowagiac, MI |
| 1999 | Appalachian State University, Halpert Biennial, Boone, NC Juror: Terrie Sultan |
| Saginaw Art Museum, All Area Juried Show, Saginaw, MI | |
| 1998 | *ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL New Work |
| Sydney College of Arts, Chicago Artists on the Go, Sydney, Australia | |
| 1996 | Machine Shop Gallery, University of Ohio-Cincinnati, Ohio, Evocations |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Global Focus: Women in Art and Culture | |
| *A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL New Work | |
| 1995 | 750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Group Exhibition |
| Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China Global Focus: Women in Art and Culture | |
| Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Group Exhibition | |
| 1994 | *A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL, Metaphor Series |
| Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Memorial Union Gallery, Women Artists of Chicago, Madison, WI | |
| 1993 | Amos Enos Gallery, Chicago - New York Exchange, New York |
| Scott Gallery, Ohio University-Chillicothe, Ohio, Group Exhibition | |
| 1992 | *A.R.C. Gallery, Never Dreams Series, Chicago, IL |
| Beverly Art Center, Alice & Arthur Baer Competition, Chicago. IL Jurors-James Shapiro & Lynne Warren | |
| Evanston Art Center, Evanston & Vicinity, Evanston, IL Juror-Roy Slade | |
| Encuentro Mundial De Culturas, National Identity Mexico Tonala Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 1991 | *Artemisia Gallery, New Works on Paper, Chicago, IL |
| 1990 | Phinney Ridge Arts Center, Where Home Is, Seattle, WA (Juror R Hackett) |
| Henry Art Museum, M.F.A. 1990, Seattle. WA | |
| COCO (Center of Contemporary Art), M.F.A. Part II, Seattle, WA | |
| 1989 | Bellevue Art Museum, Northwest Harvest, Bellevue, WA |
| 1988 | N I U Chicago Gallery, New Talent from N I U, Chicago, IL |
| Gallery 200, Ars Nova Juried Competition, Third Prize, DeKalb, IL Jurors-Jim Nutt and Gladys Nilson | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 2007 | Photograph, Speed at Six, Charleston Gazette, October 7, 2007. |
| 2006 | Review, David Hackett, Gainesville Sun, UF, downtown and Melrose serve up diverse art buffet, Jan. 26, 2006 |
| 2003 | Review, Benita Heath, A Clash of Symbols, Lexington Herald, KY Oct. 19, 2003 |
| Review, Janet Kunter, Under the Radar, Dallas Morning Sun, p.36, Aug. 29, 2003 | |
| Review, Mike Daniel, Comic Release at UNT, Dallas Morning Sun, p. 4 Aug. 22, 203 | |
| Review, The Impact of an Image, Morehead News, Morehead, KY Oct. 7, 2003 | |
| Review, Dan Tranenberg, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, August 2003 | |
| Review, Sketchy Characters, David Ogg, Pitt News, Feb. 4, 2003 | |
| Review, It’s All in the Timing, Leslie Hoffman, Pittsburgh Pulp, Jan. 23, 2003 |
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| Catalog, Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, DAP Press | |
| Catalog, ARC Gallery 30th Anniversary, ARG Gallery | |
| 2002 | Review, FIBERARTS Magazine, Jan/Feb 2002 pg. 56-58 |
| 2001 | Review, American Craft Magazine, Dec 2001/Jan 2002, pg's. 54-57 |
| Review, Double Take: Artists question everything.., Julie York Coppens, Chicago Tribune, Aug, 5, 2001 | |
| Catalog, FiberArt International, FiberArt International, PA | |
| 2000 | Review, The Flint Journal, Buckham exhibit full of artistic pleasure, Jan Worth, June 18, 2000 pg. G4 |
| 1997 | Catalog, Dealer's Choice, Northern Indiana Art Association |
| 1996 | Review, Chicago Artists at the U.N. Conference, Chicago Tribune |
| 1995 | Interview, Beauty Is As Beauty Does: Women's Galleries in Chicago, Janina A Ciezado, Chicago Artist Coalition |
| 1993 | Catalog, ARC 20th Anniversary, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Television Interview, Weekend with Therese Guitterez, NBC Television, Chicago | |
| 1992 | Catalog, Exposicion de 34 mujeres en Mexico, Angelica Tellez Trejo, Tonalli Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico |
| VISITING ARTIST (LECTURES/ CRITIQUES) |
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| 2008 | Florida State Univeristy, FL |
| 2007 | Women Studio Workshop, NY |
| 2005 | University of Alabama, Huntington, AL |
| 2004 | University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle, WA |
| 2002 | Illinois State University, Normal, IL |
| 2001 | Southwestern Michigan College, MI |
| 1999 | WR Harper College,Palatine, IL |
| 1995 | Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH |
| 1995 | DePaul University, Chicago, IL |
| 1995 | Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe, CA |
| CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS & SYMPOSIA | |
| 2008 | Panelist “Nothing and Everything” Painting, College Art Association Annual Conference, Dallas, TX |
| 2007 | Participant, Think Tank II, Teaching the 3 C's: Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Critique Strategies, University of Georgia, Athens, May 22-24, 2007 |
| 2006 | Session Chair and Panelist, “Drawing: Material Articulation”, SECAC/MACAA Annual Conference, Nashville, TN |
| 2005 | Panelist “Down and Dirty: the sanitizing of painting in the 21st Century, paper “Observation, Generosity and Painting Today”, College Art Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA |
| Panelist “Teaching the Teachers”, co-presenter with Craig Roland, UF “The new MFA experience at University of Florida, Foundations in Art, Theory and Education National Conference, Columbus Ohio | |
| 2002 | Panelist and Moderator, “Current Curriculum: Holding On and Letting Go” Midwest College Art Association Annual Conference, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE |
| 2001 | Panelist “Holding on and Letting go”, FiberArt International Symposium, and artist lecture, Pittsburgh |
| 2001 | Presenter “Wag, Wag, Wag: a wide eyed view of internet art “,Computers in Art and Design Education (CADE) Annual Conference: Digital Creativity Crossing the Border, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1995 | Panelist "Collaborating Women: Models For the Future", United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Women's Caucus for Art, Beijing, China |
| Panelist "Women's Groups and Organizations as Agents of Social Chang, NGO-Sociologists For Women in Society, Beijing, China | |
| PUBLICATIONS / CRITICAL WRITINGS |
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| 2005 | Review of Michael Murrell, Sculpture Magazine, November 2005, pg. 70. |
| 2004 | Review of Tony Cragg at ROMA, Sculpture Magazine, April 2004 |
| 2004 | Review of Rona Pondick, Review, Dialogue Magazine, Jan/Feb 2004 |
| Painting! Observation, Generosity, and Painting Today, Catalog Essay, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan Univ. | |
| Review of Barbara Hepworth, Review, Dialogue Magazine, March/April 2004 | |
| Review of Beverly Fishman, Review, Dialogue Magazine Jan/Feb 2004 | |
| 2003 | Review of Georgia Strange, Review, Sculpture International Magazine, May 2003 |
| 2002 | Review of Donald Sultan, Review, New Art Examiner, Jan/Feb 2002 |
| Wood Sculpture, Encyclopedia of Sculpture, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, IL | |
| 2001 | Wag, Wag, Wag, Digital Creativity Crossing the Border, CADE Conference Publication, Scotland |
| Subverting the Market: Artwork on the Web, Catalog essay, Central Michigan University | |
| 1998 | The Changing Face of Installation Art, RAW SPACE 1991-1994, Catalog Essay |
| 1995 | ARC. The Last Twenty Years and the Future, ARC Gallery 20th Anniversary Catalog, pg. 7-8 |