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Education

  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Boston, MA 1995-1998 (Diploma)
  • Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT 1991-1994
  • Penn State University, B.S.,  State College, PA 1979-1983

 Selected Solo Exhibitions

  • "Soon...Our Salvation", HallSpace, Boston, MA,  June 2010.  
  • "My Nature/OUR Nature", Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA,  March-Sept. 2008. 
  • "humaNature", Artists Foundation, Boston, MA,  May 2007.
  • "The Trees Have No Tongues", HallSpace, Boston, MA,  June 2006. 
  • "WonderWorlds", Kidspace @ Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA,  October 2004. 
  • "Drawing in Space", Babson College, Wellesley, MA, Evolving 3-dimensional drawing incorporating visitor participation.  February 2003.
  • "Secret Garden", Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, March 2002.
  • "Line*Point*Limit", Hallspace Gallery, Boston, MA, January 2002.
  • "Spacecrafters", Gallery M3, Boston, MA, April 2001

Selected Juried Exhibitions and Group Shows

  • S.O.S. Project, Experimental Video Screening, ICA Boston, MA.  March 2010.
  • Cloudburst, KidSpace @ Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA.  April 2010.
  • Antidote to Everyday Living, Meme Gallery, Cambridge, MA. May 2010.
  • Drawings That Work: The 21st Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. September 2009. 
  • SouthEnders, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. September 2002. Curated by Annette Lemieux.
  • Alphabet Project, Essex Art Gallerey, Lawrence, MA.  June 2009. 
  • inFLUX, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA  March/April 2007. 
  • Girls’n’Guns, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA  September 2006.
  • The Library Project, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA.  November 2005. 
  • $ome Color, Boston Art Windows Project, Boston, MA.  Aug-Oct. 2005. Curated by Camilo Alvarez.
  • Collateral Damage, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA.  April 2005.
  • Heat Waves, Locust Swarms and the Surface of Mars, Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA.  Jan. 2005.
  • Contemporary Art Center, North Adams, MA.  Juried by Jenny Holzer.  May 2004.
  • The 18th Biannual Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, January 2004.
  • Boston Drawing Project-January Group Show, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, January 2004.
  • Not All Privates Salute, Hallspace Gallery, July 2003.
  • A Rally for Triple Candie, Benefit exhibition, Triple Candie, Harlem, NY.  June 2003.
  • SouthEnders, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.  September 2002. Curated by Annette Lemieux.
  • "Complex Harmony", Gallery AA/B , Milton, MA June 2002.
  • " The Drawing Show", Boston Center for the Arts. Boston, MA. February 2002. Curated by Bill Arning.
  • "Playing by the Rules", Montserrat College of Art Gallery, Beverly, MA, September 2001. Curated by Barbara O'Brien.
  • "Massachusetts Cultural Council Sculpture/Installation Fellowship Award Winners", Chapel Gallery, Newton, MA, September 2001.
  • "modernModular", Gallery Bershad, Somerville, MA. December 2000.
  • "Making Ends Meet", Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. December 2000.
  • "Where Do You Draw the Line"; Evolving wall drawing with web movie updates weekly, Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA, July 2000.

Awards 

  • Nominated for I.C.A. Foster Prize in 2009. 
  • Received grants from Bank of America and Massachusetts Cultural Council in support of “My Nature/OUR Nature” at the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA., March-Sept. 2008.
  • Berkshire Taconic A.R.T.  Grant in support of the Mass MoCA's Kidspace "WonderWorlds" Exhibit.  Sept. 2004. 
  • MCC Artist Residency Grant.  Mass MoCA "WonderWorlds" Exhibit.  2004-2005.
  • St Botolph Club Fine Arts Fellowship, May 2004.  
  • Massachusetts Cultural Council fellowship in Sculpture/Installation. Awarded June 2001.
  • John Singleton Copley Award, Juried by Nick Capasso, DeCordova Museum. Lincoln, MA., November 2000.
  • SMFA Dana Pond Painting Competition: Finalist. Mar. 1998
     

Teaching Experience

  • Art Instructor, Pine Street Women’s Inn, Boston, MA.  Provide supportive art-making climate for the clients of The Pine Street Women's Inn.  Ongoing.
  • Artist-in-Residence, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA  Designed program “My Nature/OUR Nature” to address the emotional and cognitive development needs of young adults.  using nature exploration and experience as a source of inspiration and self-discovery for urban teens with very little exposure to nature’s healing beauty..  Over the course of ten weeks, worked with seven teens from the Champion Charter School in Brockton to develop a collaborative installation that evolved within the museum gallery space.  March to May 2008.
  •  Residency at Susan B. Anthony Middle School, Revere, MA.  Developed program based on theme “Sequence, Rhythm and Change” that culminated in a collaborative suspended sculpture in the library.  January/February 2008.
  • Instructor, Montserrat Continuing Education , Beverly, MA.  Taught the course “Digging Deep: Building a Strong Personal Visual Language”.  September-November 2007.
  • Instructor, Bowditch House/Pine Street Inn, Jamaica Plain, MA.  Taught 12 week workshop entitled “ Drawing from Experience” to Bowditch House’s transitional housing residents.  June-August 2007.
  • Pre-College Installation Workshop, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA.  July-August 2006. 
  • Residency at Kidspace @ Mass MoCA., North Adams, MA.  Worked on-site in the gallery and in the schools with children from three area school districts, Grades K-5.  Also taught high school after-school program in the gallery workshop.  Sept. 2005 to March 2006.
  • Residency at Boston Public Library, South End Branch.  Created and led a program entitled “A Universe in One Block”, working with summer camp groups.  Summer residency July 2003.
  • Boston Center for the Arts, Mentorship Program. Teaching traditional drawing technique. 2001 to present. Also working with Magda Spasiano, BCATeen Program Coordinator, on mentorship program development.
  • Montserrat School of Art, Beverly, MA. Led group-drawing project with faculty and students. October 2001.
  • Montserrat School of Art, Beverly, MA. Workshop in Meredith Davis' "Flexible Structures" sculpture class. October 2001.
  • Boston Center for the Arts, Teen Program, Boston, MA. Conducted the course Environments/Ecosystems/Installation in my studio with a group of teens. February thru April 2001.
  • Boston After School Program. South End Public Library. Led workshops for groups of students ranging from 9 to 13 years of age. Developed a group drawing project based on the scientific principles of complexity and emergent order. May 2000.

Selected Bibliography

  1. “Think Globally, Make Art Locally”, artMatters, Spring 2008.  
  2. “inFlux @ Laconia Gallery”, by Jon Petro, Big, Red and Shiny online journal, March 25 2007.
  3. "Exuberant Zaniness", by Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, June 8, 2006.  
  4. "The Trees Have No Tongues", by Kristen Pounds, Art New England, Oct/Nov. 2006.  
  5. "Unambiguous.  Annual New Artist Survey". Artworld Digest, , 2006.  www.artworldigest.com.  
  6. "Pattern, Complexity and ...pompoms?", by Megan Whilden, The Berkshire Eagle, Thursday, October 14, 2004.  
  7. "Drawing on Patriotism, Local Artists Respond to the Patriot Act.", by Thomas Garvey, South End News, April 29th, 2004.
  8. "At 'The Drawing Show', Works Literally Leap Off the Page", by Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, February 1st, 2004.   
  9. "An Evolving Canvas", by Miryam Wiley, The Wellesley Townsmen, February 20, 2003.  
  10. "Releasing Control", by Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, January 12, 2002.  
  11. "Playing by the Rules (Almost)", by Ellen Howard,  ArtsMedia, Sept-Oct. 2001.  
  12. "Connections", by Randi Hopkins, Arts Section, The Boston Phoenix, December 1, 2000.  
  13. "Emergent Order and Other Experiments", Living Arts Section, The Boston Globe, April 6, 2000.
  14. "Drawing Show takes Off-The -Wall Approach", www.retrorocket.com, July 14, 2000.