RESUME
EDUCATION
Center For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI: Graphic Design Major
Wayne State University: Fine Art Major
Oakland Community College: Liberal Arts Major
AWARDS & HONORS
2006: Scarab Club Silver Medal Exhibition, Detroit, MI. Merit Award. Juror: Sergio DeGuisti.
2006: 59th Annual Michigan Watercolor Society Exhibition, Bay City, MI. Michigan Watercolor
Society Members Memorial Award. Selected for Traveling Exhibition to four locations in MI.
Juror: Don Lake
2006: Oakbrook Invitational Fine Art Exhibition, Oakbrook, IL. Award of Excellence
2006: Fine Art At The Village, Rochester, MI. Merit Award
2006: Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. Eva Briggs Award
2005: Boston Mills Art Fest, Boston Mills OH. Merit Award
2005: 58th Annual Michigan Watercolor Society Exhibition, Petoskey, MI. Selected for Traveling
Exhibition to four locations in MI. Juror: Barbara L. Jones
2005: Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. Eva Briggs Award.
Juror: Robert Schefman,
2004: "40 X 40" Art Exhibit, a companion exhibit to "Menopause the Musical"
at the Gem & Century Theatres, Detroit, MI. Selected for permanent collection.
2004: 57th Annual Michigan Watercolor Society Exhibition, Birmingham, MI.
Selected for Traveling Exhibition to four locations in MI. Juror: Katherine Chang Liu
2004: Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. Eva Briggs Award
2003: Oakbrook Invitational Fine Art Exhibition, Oakbrook, IL. Merit Award
2003: "Gross Innovations" (collaborative exhibit with ISEA and the Welsh Group),
Chicago IL. Selected to travel to Cynon, Wales during 2004 & 2005. Juror: Karl Wirsum
INVITATIONAL
2007: Detroit Renaiassance, five paintings on loan for their offices
2007: Birmingham Unitarian Church, solo exhibition, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2005: Waterford Cultural council, TAG (The Art Group) group exhibit, Waterford MI
2005: Children's Hospital of Michigan, solo exhibition, Detroit, MI
2004: Gallery On Third, Three person exhibition, Rochester, MI
2004: Birmingham Unitarian Church, solo exhibition, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2003: First Presbyterian Church, Two woman exhibition, Ft. Wayne, IN.
2002: Woods Gallery, "Growing Through Adversity" 6 Breast Cancer Survivors,
Huntington Woods, MI.
2002: Birmingham Unitarian Church, solo exhibition, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
JURIED
2008: Scarab Club, Visions Exhibition, Detroit, MI. Juror: Joy Colby
2008: From Our Perspective, Women's Art Exhibition Oakland Community College,
Farmington MI. Juror: Susan Goethel Campbell
2008: Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI. Juror: Brian Rutenberg
2007: Scarab Club, Blooms, Bugs, Beasts Exhibition, Detroit, MI. Juror: Charles McGee
2006: Michigan Fine Arts Competition. Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI.
Juror: Jerry Berger.
2005: 73rd Annual Holiday Show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2005: 45th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Alden B. Dow Museum, Midland, MI.
Juror: Leslie Exton
2005: Scarab Club, Blooms, Bugs, Beasts Exhibition, Detroit, MI. Juror: Phaedra Robinson
2005: Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI. Juror: Susan Wilczak
2004: 13th Annual Juried exhibition, International Society of Experimental Artists, Ft Myers, FL.
Juror: Bill Buchman
2004: Creative Arts Council & Weavers Guild Exhibit, Birmingham, MI. Juror: Robert Kidd
2004: Rochester Fine Arts Festival, Rochester, MI.
2004: Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI. Jurors: Al Hinton and Sei Saito
2003: 56th Annual Michigan Watercolor Society Exhibition, Midland, MI.
2003: Meadow Brook Art Festival, Rochester, MI.
2002: “Our Town” Exhibition, Birmingham, MI. Juror: Ferdinand Hamson
2001: 10th Annual Exhibition, International Society of Experimental Artists, Traverse City, MI.
COLLECTIONS
2009: Greektown Hotel and Casino, 3 paintings commissioned for Hotel Restaurant Bistro 555
2007: Detroit Renaissance offices, 5 paintings rented through The Detroit Artists Market
consignment program
2006: Detroit Medial Center, Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, purchased 19 paintings for the
Women's Center permanent collection
PUBLICATIONS
2007: Oakland Press Sunday Arts section feature article, Oakland, MI, May 27
2007: Art Showcase Magazine, Ann Arbor, MI, showcase artist, September/October issue.
2006: ME magazine, Artist Spotlight, November/December Issue
DEMONSTRATION
2005: Michigan Watercolor Society Annual Meeting, Bloomfield Hills, MI
JUROR
2005: The Village Fine Arts Festival, Rochester, MI
GRAPHIC ART
Graphic Artist full time from 1975 to 2001
