Color Specialist Certificate Fashion Institute of Technology N.Y.C., New York 2012
MFA Sculpture SUNY at Albany Albany, New York 1997
BFA Sculpture University of Illinois Urbana / Champaign 1982
Academie fur Bildende Kunst Salzburg, Austria 1989 Sculpture
Denison University Granville, Ohio Biology
Solo Exhibitions
Primordial Debris Wagner College Gallery Union Bldg. Wagner College Staten Island, N.Y. 2009
Inside the Pond: Glass Mosaic The Greenbelt Nature Center Staten Island, N.Y. Parks Dept. Site 2008
Inspired by the Wetland Ecosystem The Nature Center at Blue Heron Park Staten Island, New York – COAHSI Grant 2007
Portraits in Black and White Exhibition of Art in Public Spaces – The Council of Arts and Humanities of Staten Island, NY 2006
Select GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Burn This LIC Arts Open at the Factory Long Island City, New York
Rendering Likeness: Volume 2 La Bodega Gallery Brooklyn, New York
Wish You Were Here Annual Postcard Exhibition A.I.R. Gallery Brooklyn, New York
2018
Form and Function Sweet Lorraine Gallery at TI ArtStudios Brooklyn, New York
Small Works Exhibition Limner Gallery Hudson, New York
Gowanus Open Studios 2018 Sweet Lorraine Gallery TI ArtStudios Brooklyn, NY
SU-CASA Exhibition of Ceramic Works at the Carmine Carro Community Center Marine Park Brooklyn, New York
2017
Material Process Sweet Lorraine Gallery Brooklyn, New York curated by Peter Gynd
Women Under Siege: It’s Happening Right Here Ceres Gallery New York curated by Susan Grabel
2016
Gowanus Open Studios 2016 Arts Gowanus TI ArtStudios Brooklyn, New York
Appearances 2016 The Fine Arts Center of Provincetown Provincetown, MA
2015
Divining Line Sweet Lorraine Gallery TI Art Studios Brooklyn, New York
Urban Narratives SIABC Gallery Staten Island, New York
Drawing From Memory Staten Island Culture Lounge at the Ferry Terminal organized by Melissa Sarris
ReCycle Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition, Red Hook, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Ecology: The Difference Perception Makes Westbeth Gallery, New York, N.Y.C.
2014
Gowanus Open Studios 2014 Arts Gowanus TIArtStu dios, Brooklyn New York
Dealing with Trauma through Making Art Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA
Burnt Offerings Ceramics and Multimedia Greene County Council of the Arts Gallery Catskill, New York
35th Annual Juried Art Exhibition Monmouth Museum Lincroft, New Jersey
Nature: Beauty and Destruction The Ground Floor Gallery Brooklyn, New York
2013
Annual 5″X 7″ Show at the James Kleinert Gallery Woodstock, New York
Adorn : The Female Figure in Folklore and Myth Hamilton Street Gallery Bound Brook, New Jersey
14th Annual Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition Nippon Gallery N.Y.C., New York Guest Judge: Professor Ohi
2012
Heritage Through Art Joan and Alan Berkowitz Jewish Community Center Staten Island, New York
Distress(ed) La Galeria Borucia College New York City, New York WCA New York Chapter
2011
After School Special University at Albany Art Museum, SUNY at Albany Albany, New York curated by Ken Johnson
Maximus / minimus – Eight Women Artists Art at Bay, organized through the Staten Island Creative Community Staten Island, New York
2010
Here and There: Two Degrees of Separation Burns Atrium Gallery Union College, Schenectady, New York
2009
Primordial Debris Solo Exhibition at Wagner College Gallery Union Bldg., Staten Island, New York
Art by the Ferry 2009 Staten Island Creative Collaborative sponsored by the Council of Arts and Humanities
HUGEunHUGE Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art : Group Exhibition S.I. artists Staten Island, N.Y.
2008
Petal Pushers Kirkorian Gallery, Worcester Center for Crafts Worcester, Massachusetts
2nd Annual Student Exhibition Robert Lehman Gallery at Urbanglass Brooklyn, New York
2007
Annual Benefit and Live Auction for the Truro Center for the Arts Truro, Massachusetts
2005
4th Annual Art Exhibition Cyclics Corporation Schenectady, New York Curator: Kathryn West
Adirondack State of Mind Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council Glens Falls, NY Curator: Professor Sheldon Hurst
Trial by Fire Raku and Saggar Fired Ceramics Aimie’s Lobby Gallery Glens Falls, NY Curator: Regis Brodie
2004
Winter Solstice The Arts Center Gallery group exhibition of Regional Artists SCAC, Saratoga Springs, New York
The Persistence of Becoming The Nave Gallery ARTSomerville Somerville, MA Jurors: Lauren O’Neal / Alex Metral
Reinventing Nature Art in Public Places Exhibition at the Saratoga Springs Train Station The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region The Schenectady Museum (Cole Co.) Schenectady, NY Juror: Pablo Helguera
Faculty Select Students The Arts Center of the Capital Region Troy, New York Curator : Gina Occhiogrosso
2003
Brand New Art Foundation Gallery at Columbia Greene Community College Hudson, New York Curator: Yura Adams
Firlefanz Gallery : group exhibition of Albany based artists owner/curator Cathy Frank Albany, New York
2002
40 Artists/40 Miles The Arts Center of the Capital Region Troy, New York
Waterside Gallery West Stockbridge, MA Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists owner/curator Patricia Kalef
2001
Go_HOME ArtsLink and CEC International Projects Collaborative online exhibition project http://www.project-go-home.com
New Directions ’01 The Barrett Art Center Poughkeepsie, New York Juror : Charlotta Kotick
The Human Factor Fulton Street Gallery Troy, New York Juror : Michael Oatman
Faculty Exhibition 2001 The Arts Center of the Capital Region Troy, New York Juror : Regis Brodie
Curious Journey Gallery 214 Makeready Press, Inc. Montclair, New Jersey Juror : Sid Sachs
RECOGNITIONS
SU-CASA 2018 Brooklyn Arts Council Grant sponsored ceramic workshops at the Marine Park Active Adults and Senior Center in Brooklyn, New York
SU-CASA 2016 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Grant sponsored art program with the Center on the Square Senior Center New York, New York
Mayer Foundation Grant 2014
New York Foundation for the Arts Emergency Relief Grant / Pollack Krasner Grant for a Residency at Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, N.Y. 2013
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council : Space for Art Grant to teach Ceramics at the Sirovich Senior Center, New York 2010
Haystack Mountain School for Crafts – Ceramics Workshop with Sunkoo Yuh Deer Island, Maine 2009
Premier Grant, Council of the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island “Inside the Pond” Blue Heron Nature Center 2007
Ceramic Studio Assistant at Castlehill Center for the Arts, Truro, MA July/ August 2007
Puffin Foundation Ltd. Created workshops + exhibition-collaboration with YWCA of Troy-Cohoes, New York 2006
Artist Residency at the Art Complex Museum Duxbury, MA studio space and housing for Summer on the grounds of the Museum complex 2006
Council of the Humanities and Arts for Staten Island Junefest Artist Grant Solo exhibition of ceramic sculpture 2005
Clay Residency at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Newcastle, Maine – fellowship sculpture residency Summer 2005
Individual Artist’s Grant N.Y. Council of the Arts for collaborative arts project with YWCA Troy, New York 2004
Women’s Studio Workshop Ceramic Fellowship September Residency Rosendale, N.Y. 2004
Perkins Art Center Fellowship, Southern New Jersey – opportunity for Spring Wood Firings at Appel Farm Music/Arts 2004
Special Opportunity Stipend, National Council of the Arts and the Arts Center of the Capital Region to support exhibition projects 2003/2001/1998
Change Inc. Emergency Grant for Artists through the Andy Warhol Foundation 1997
Pelligrini Scholarship Fund awarded by the Swiss Society of New York 1996/1995
Film and Television Projects
The Labyrinth Director Zbigniew Rybczynski Zbig Vision KAFKA-HDTV long film 52:16 Telemax, Les Editions Audiovisuelles 1992
Winter Steele puppet animation for MTV’s Liquid Television / Colossol Pictures San Francisco, CA 1991 writing by Cintra Wilson
Back to the Future Berkshire Motion Pictures Housatonic, MA 1991
Encyclopedia / Earth to Kids by Children’s Television Workshop, Unitel Studios, New York City production of large scale props and costumes
Pee Wee’s Playhouse production of the Wayside School ( HBO pilot) Broadcast Arts, NYC, stop motion sets and props
Die Letze Rache animated film produced with backing by ZDF Television, Dusseldorf, Director Reiner Kirberg
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