EDUCATION

M.F.A. 1998
Painting, The Graduate School of Figurative Art
New York Academy of Art, (cum laude) New York, NY

B.F.A. 1995
Craft Design, Iowa State University Ames, IA


AWARDS

2007 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
2007 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City Residency
2003 The Rosenthal Foundation Best of Show Award, annual 54th Art of the North East, at Silvermine GuildArts Center
2002 Full Fellowship for an Artist in Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Sponsored by the Dodge Foundation
1997 Academic Scholarship Award, New York Academy of Art
1995 Anna Tohman Leadership Award
1994 Art and Design Chairperson Award


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008 Becoming:Visions of Childhood, Bronfman Center Gallery
Curator:Lois Stavsky
New York,NY

2008 The Toy Show, Hans Wiess Newspace Gallery
Curator: Susan Classen-Sullivan
Manchester,CT

2008 Works on Paper, DFN Gallery
New York, NY

2007 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery
New York, NY

2007 Wet, DFN Gallery
New York, NY

2007 REPRESENTATION, Jenkins Johnson Gallery
San Francisco, CA

2007 Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art
Selection Committee: Vincent Desiderio, Eric Fischl and Jenny Saville
New York, NY

2007 The Beholders Eye, Salmagundi Art Club,
Curator: Katherine Chapin New York, NY

2007 Draw, Gallery Lombardi,
Curator: Erik Foss and Curse Mackey Austin, TX

2006 Aldrich Undercover: a Secret Exhibition & Benefit Art Sale,
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Ridgefield, CT

2006 The Bridge Art Fair-Other Events of Art Basel/Miami Beach,
DFN Gallery Miami, FL

2006 Palpable Painting, Kresge and Pascal Galleries Berrie Center,
Ramapo College, Curator: Sydney Jenkins Ramapo, NJ

2005 10th Anniversary Show
DFN Gallery New York, NY

2005 Laptop Series, Realform Project Space
Curator: David Gibson Brooklyn, NY,

2005 The Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Juror: Stephen Westfall Chautauqua, NY

2005 Night and Day, Women's Caucus for Art,
Juror: Helen Cooper Fairfield, CT

2005 Aljira fine art Auction, Fundraiser for AljiraCenter for Contemporary Art
Newark, NJ

2004 4 Artist/4 Walls, Interior Paintings, DFN Gallery,
Curator: John Nickel New York, NY

2004 The Drawn Page, The Hersam Acorn Newspaper and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum,
Curators: Harry Philbrick and Jessica Hough Ridgefield, CT

2004 NYAA Alumni Exhibition,1st Annual Juried Exhibition for the New York Academy of Art Alumni Association, Stricoff Fine Art New York, NY

2004 Martha and Me, Gallery Onetwentyeight, Curator: Elisa Soliven New York, NY

2004 NJCU Faculty Exhibition, Lemmerman Gallery, Curator: Midori Yoshimoto Jersey City, NJ

2003 Group Show, Rotunda Gallery of Jersey City, City Hall Jersey City, NJ 2003 54th Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Art Center, Juror: Harry Philbrick New Canaan, CT

2002 Selected Works, Solo Exhibit Ground Jersey City, NJ 2002 Convergence, NYAA Alumni Exhibition New York, NY

2001 Take Home a Nude, NYAA at Christie's New York, NY

2000 Art at Barrow Mansion, Jersey City Art Tour, Curator: Kimberly Ewald Jersey City, NJ

2000 Group Show, Gallery 156, Curator: Matthew Greenway Brooklyn, NY

1999 Beyond Appropriation, NYAA Alumni Exhibition, Juror: Philip Pearlstein New York, NY

1998 M.F.A. Exhibition, New York Academy of Art New York, NY

1995 B.F.A. Exhibition, ISU Fisher Theater Gallery Space Ames, IA


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


2008 Assistant Adjunct Professor at York College, Jamaica, NY. Course: Painting I

2003-08 Assistant Adjunct Professor at Hofstra New College, Hempstead NY. Courses: Basic Studio, Figure Drawing, Figure Sculpture and Vision Making and Knowing

2003-08 Adjunct Professor at New Jersey City University, Jersey City NJ. Courses: Figure Painting, Principles of Painting,Drawing and Composition, Fundamentals of Painting, Portrait Painting and, Studio Painting.

2003 Visiting Instructor in the Pre-College Summer Program at Pratt, Manhattan Campus NYC, Course: Fine Arts/Painting and Drawing class

Adjunct Instructor at Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY Figure Drawing II

2001 Instructor at NYAA in the Continuing Education Program Mural Painting Atelier


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008 Kobasa, Stephen Vincent, review with photograph, Hartford Advocate, Hartford CT, February 28th

2008 Finkelstein, Alix, review with photograph, The New York Sun, January,3rd

2005 Bannon, Anthony, review The Chautauquan Daily, Chautauqua, New York, Weekend Edition, July 9th

2005 Wiley, Lois,Erie Show Case, exhibition review with photograph, Chautauqua, New York, July 7th


CONFERENCES

College Art Association Conference, 2007, New York, New York
College Art Association Conference, 2003, New York, New York
College Art Association Conference, 2002, Philadelphia, PA


AFFILIATIONS
College Art Association
Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art