Resume

Selected Exhibitions

2010      TOOLS OF THE TRADE - A Citizen’s View of Law Enforcement, June, Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park IL

             TOOLS OF THE TRADE - A Citizen's View of Law Enforcement, October, Oak Park River Forest High School, Oak Park, IL

2009       GROUP SHOW - Prairie Title Company- July Oak Park, IL

2008      WATERWAYS PROJECT, Oak Park Police Department Gallery, Oak Park, IL

2008      OIL PASTEL SOCIETY MEMBERS SHOW - Oil Pastel Society

2007      OIL PASTEL SOCIETY MEMBERS SHOW - Oil Pastel Society

2001      REMEMBRANCE, A CELEBRATION OF LIFE, Oak Park Art League,  Oak Park, IL

2001      WORD + IMAGE, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL           

             FACE VALUE; REFLECTIONS OF SELF, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

             SEVEN DEADLY SINS, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

2000      REMEMBRANCE, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL,                     

             ARTIST MEMBER SHOW, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

             SEVEN DEADLY SINS, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

1999      WOMEN’S WORKS, l999, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

1998      COLUMBIA COLLEGE GROUP SHOW, Columbia College Chicago Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.

                    Jurors Stephanie Graph Santos and Antonia Contro

             MEMBERS’ SHOW, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL Jurors, Beate C. Mikovski and Janet Block

             THE HOUSE SHOW, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL   Juror, Kay Campbell

             SEVENTH ANNUAL COLLEGE STUDENT EXHIBIT OF SPIRITUAL ART, Fassbender Anex Gallery,

                     Chicago, IL Fra Angelico Art Foundation

1997      FIBER FIRST SHOW, Gallery She-She, Chicago, IL. Juror Mickey Wright, Art Institute of Chicago.

             MEMBERS SHOW, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Jurors, Janet Bloch and Beate C. Minovski.  

             SIXTH ANNUAL COLLEGE STUDENT COMPETITION AND EXHIBIT OF SPIRITUAL ART. 

                   Fassbender Annex, Chicago, IL  Fra Angelico Art Foundation, Jurors, Frances L. Brocker,

                   DuPage College; Mark Elder, De Paul University, Matt Lamb, Artist.

Residency

            November 2008 to present:  Oak Park Police Department, Oak Park, IL

Manager and Gallery founder

            August 2008 to present:  Oak Park Police Department, Oak Park, IL

Teaching

            September 2001 to present:  Adjunct Faculty Columbia College Art and Design Department

Press

            October 10, 2008 - Pioneer Press Oak Leaves

            October 10, 2008 - Wednesday Journal, “Gallery Gives New Meaning to the Term Police Art”

            October 1, 2008 - Chicago Tribune, “New Oak Park Gallery Open to Select Few”

Public Appearances

            2001 Lecture - Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

            2000 Lecture - Oak Park Public School District 97, Oak Park IL

            1999 Lecture/Workshop - Dominican University, River Forest, IL

            1999 Lecture/Workshop - Proviso East High School, River Grove, IL

Education

            BA  Columbia College, Chicago, IL