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I was born and spent my childhood in New York City and now live in Los Angeles. My studies were in English Literature, and I later became a writer for hire, editor and publisher, although art has always been one of my life's central elements.
My husband and I published an award-winning, nationally-distributed journal for seven years. In the years since, I have circled back to art as my primary creative expression and obsession. The work continues...
UPCOMING: March 2012 – "Shadow + Structure" a two-person exhibition at Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 HAUS, Pasadena, CA
2008 “Evidence of Water,” Lake Tahoe Community College Art Gallery, South Lake Tahoe, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
“Political and Social Art” Infinity Art Gallery (international online exhibition) (jurors: Julie Weissman, Flavia S. Zuniga-West)
“Tel-Art-Phone,” Beacon Arts (curator: Mat Gleason, Coagula founder)
“Figurative Art Expo” Infinity Art Gallery (international online exhibition) (jurors: Alberto Piedra Fernandez, Marcella Gillenwater, Edward L. Rubin)
“2011 Art Kudos Exhibition” (international online exhibition) (juror: Holly Koons McCullough, former Director of Collections and Exhibition, Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia)
“Destinations: Famous Places and Intimate Spaces” Still Point Art Gallery (international online exhibition) (juror: Christine Brooks, Still Point Art Gallery Director)
2010
“2010 Art Kudos International Competition,” Art Kudos (online exhibition) (juror: Mitchell Albala)
“LAAA Annual Benefit Auction,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA “Altimetry,” Terminal One, Los Angeles International Airport (curator: Mark Steven Greenfield) “A Decade of Images 2000-2010,”
Women in Photography International (online exhibition) (jurors:
Elizabeth Houston, Pamela Schoenberg, Melanie Light, Laurie Frank) “Classical Gone Jazz,”
Artistic Voyage, Yorba Linda, CA
“Gem 2010,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
“FOA13,” Building 1 - Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
“Spirit of Place,” Saint John’s Health Center Artwall, Santa Monica, CA
“Winter Expo 2010,” Infinity Art Gallery (online exhibition) (juror: Rakar West)
2009
“Holiday Art Exhibition,” ASTO Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“The Serious and Playful Sides of Light,” Still Point Art Gallery (online exhibition) “Aurora,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
“2009 Juried All-Media Exhibition,” Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (juror: Christy Johnson)
“2009 Art Kudos International Competition,” Art Kudos (online exhibition) (juror: Scott Canty)
“Brand 38: Works on Paper,” Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA (juror: Ruth Weisberg)
“LAAA 2009 Annual Benefit Auction,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
“Gem ‘09,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
“Made in California,” City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA (juror: Sarah Bancroft)
2008
“Aurora,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
“Truth or Dare,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juror: Craig Krull)
“Novella,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (juror: Meg Linton)
“LAAA 2008 Benefit Auction,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
“3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition,” Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA (juror: Phil Linhares)
“2008 National Juried Exhibition,” Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA (juror: Sylvia White)
“Alchemy of Art,” Lark Gallery (online exhibition)
“Iraq War Memorial Competition,” Art Cries Out (online exhibition)
“Gem ‘08,” Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
“Restful Alertness - Abstract Art Today,” Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY
2007 “PINK,” (fundraising exhibition to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation) Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2006
“Exhibition VII,” Art Rental & Sales Gallery, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
“2006 Spring/Summer National Exhibition,” The American Juried Art Salon (online exhibition) (jurors: panel of art professors & directors from Barton College, Columbia, Pennsylvania State, and Southern Methodist Universities, Universities of Alabama, South Dakota, Victoria and North Texas and The Art Bank, Philadelphia, PA)
“2006 International Color Awards - Masters of Color Photography,” (online exhibition) (jurors: an international panel of photography professionals
“2006 Women’s Festival of the Arts,” 2nd City Council Art Gallery, Long Beach, CA (juror: Barbara Drucker)
“2006 Juried Open,” Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA (juror: Chris Burden)
2005
“Fall 2005 National Exhibition,” The American Juried Art Salon (online exhibition) (jurors: panel of art professors from Barton College, Columbia, McGill, Pennsylvania State and Southern Methodist Universities and Universities of Alabama, California, Illinois, North Texas and South Dakota)
“Southern California Open Regional Exhibition,” Valley Institute of Visual Art, Sherman Oaks, CA (juror: Mary Oliver)
“Beauty Revisited,” Mt. Scott Art Center, Portland, OR
“The Human Element,” The Coastal Arts League, Half Moon Bay, CA
“7th Annual All-Media Exhibition,” Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
“Crocker-Kingsley 74th Exhibition,” The Kingsley Art Club and the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2004
“Black and White Spider Awards,” Black & White Magazine, Beverly Hills, CA (online exhibition)
“Show Us the Light,” Positive Focus and GalleryThe.org, Brooklyn, NY (online exhibition) (jurors: Bob Weiss, S. Kaye Klein, Vicente Revilla)
“100x100x100,” Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
“Spectra ‘04 National Photography Triennial,” Silvermine Guild Arts Cntr, New Canaan, Connecticut
“Transfiguration 2004,” Absolute Art Gallery, San Marino, CA
“virtual*visual,” Women in Photography International (online exhibition) (juror: an international panel of art professionals)
“Current Works 2004,” Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
“Wall to Wall,” Jaffe Arts Center, Norfolk, VA
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Los Angeles Art Association - Volume 1 - 2009 (catalog) (juror: Samuel Hoi)
2008 The World’s Best Black & White Photography No. 1, Black & White Spider Awards.
2004 Best of Photography Annual 2004,Photographer’s Forum Magazine.
AWARDS
2011
Exhibition Finalist. “Political and Social Art” Infinity Art Gallery (international online exhibition) (jurors: Julie Weissman, Flavia S. Zuniga-West)
Director’s choice. “Figurative Art Expo,” Infinity Art Gallery (international online exhibition) (jurors: Alberto Piedra Fernandez, Marcella Gillenwater, Edward L. Rubin)
Exhibition Finalist. “2011 Art Kudos Exhibition” (international online exhibition) (juror: Holly Koons McCullough, former Director of Collections and Exhibition, Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia)
2010
Merit Award. “2010 Art Kudos International Competition,” Art Kudos (online exhibition) (juror: Mitchell Albala)
Honorable Mention. “A Decade of Images 2000-2010,” Women in Photography International (online exhibition) (jurors: Elizabeth Houston, Pamela Schoenberg, Melanie Light, Laurie Frank)
Third Place, Abstract. “Winter Expo 2010,” Infinity Art Gallery (online exhibition) (juror: Rakar West)
2009
Bonese Collins Turner Donor Award. “Brand 38: Works on Paper,” Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA (juror: Ruth Weisberg)
2006 Honorable Mention. “2006 Juried Open,” Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA (juror: Chris Burden)
Nominee International Color Awards, Masters of Color Photography (online exhibition)
2004 3rd Place. “Black and White Spider Awards,” Black & White Magazine, Beverly Hills, CA (online exhibition)
Merit Award. “Current Works 2004,” Society for Contemporary Photography,
Kansas City, MO
Honorable Mention. “virtual*visual,” Women in Photography International (online exhibition) (jurors: an international panel of art professionals)
“Judge’s Pick” and “Staff Pick.” “Show Us the Light,” Positive Focus and GalleryThe.org, Brooklyn, NY |
