Born 1959, Aiken, SC
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ART EDUCATION
1999-2003 Pratt Fine Arts Center, instruction in printmaking
1995-2002 Gage Academy of Art, instruction in drawing and painting
1992 Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture & Certificate of Urban Design, University of Washington
1981 Bachelor of Arts, The Evergreen State College, Art History, Museum Studies
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EXHIBITIONS
2009 Landscape Visions, Group Show, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
2009 Inaugural Invitational Exhibit, Goathead Press, Mighty Tieton Warehouses, Tieton WA
Curated by Fay Jones and Barbara Robertson
2009 Kirkland Members Exhibit, Curated by Stefano Catalani, Kirkland, WA
2009 Kent Summer Art Exhibit, Juried Small Works Show, Kent, WA
2009 The CVG Show Annual Washington State Juried Art Competition, Bremerton, WA
2008 Solo Show Land Remnants, Francine Seders Upstairs Gallery, Seattle
2008 Kent Summer Art Exhibit, Juried Small Works Show, Kent, WA
2007 Print Invitational, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle
2007 Print Seattle Print Arts Membership Juried Exhibition, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA; traveled to Harborview Hospital Gallery & City Hall Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Printmaking Currents 2007, National Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR
2007 First Juried Open Exhibition, Art Happens Everywhere, Women’s Painters of Washington, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2007 18th National Drawing & Print Competitive Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
2006 5th Minnesota National Print Biennial, University of Minnesota Dept. of Art
2006 Solo Show Recent Etchings Icon Coffee, curated by Beth Blair, Seattle
2006 SPA at COCA, Member Exhibition, COCA Seattle
2006 Small Works Show, Gage Academy of Art, Steele Gallery, Seattle
2005 Annual Alumni Show, Gage Academy of Art, Rosen Galllery, Seattle
2005 Abstract Show, Gage Academy of Art, Rosen Gallery, Seattle
2005 Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Two-Person Show, “Segregated Memories” The Blue Door Gallery, Seattle
2004 SPA Print Exchange Exhibition, BallardWorks Space Gallery, Seattle
2003 Two-Person Show, The Blue Door Gallery, Seattle
2003 Northwest Fine Arts Competition Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle
2003 Group Show “Cultivated” Phinney Center Gallery, invitational, Seattle
2003 Group Show “The Body Beautiful” North Seattle Community College Gallery, invitational, Seattle
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COLLECTIONS:
City of Kent, WA
Horizon House, Seattle, WA
Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA
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AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS & RELATED ACTIIVITIES
2009 National Science Foundation Artists and Writers Program
2009 Board Member, Seattle Print Arts
2008-2009 Mentor for Monroe High School student senior project.
2008 Panelist, Fire Station 21 Artist Selection Panel, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
2008 Guest Critic, University of Washington Landscape Architecture Park Design Studio, Winter Quarter
2007 “Printmaking Conversation” Panelist, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Mentor for art student intern, Cornish College of the Arts
2006 Artist Trust Grant for Artists Projects (GAP) Award, Seattle, WA
2006 Studio Assistant, Etching Workshop; Penland School of Arts and Crafts, N.C.
2005 Graduate Seminar Guest Speaker, Landscape Architecture Seminar, University of Washington
2003-Present, Member of Greenwood Arts Council
2003-05 Treasurer & Board Member, Arts Ballard, a community arts organization
2003 Gage Academy Youth Instructor, Printmaking, Seattle, WA
2000-Present Member of Seattle Print Arts
Participate regularly through donations of Artwork to Auction fundraisers