Résumé
Education
September 2005 to May 2007, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA. Cumulative average 3.90 (4.0 is A). 2007 Faculty Award.
September 1997 to May 2001, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
BFA, Painting. Cumulative average 4.0 (4.0 is A).
Summa Cum Laude graduate. Faculty Choice Student Exhibition Award.
2001 Ira A. Kraybill Award for Academic Achievement by a Part-Time Student (1st in class).
2001 Spruance-Daumier Award for outstanding performance in the Fine Arts.
Professional Experience – Fine Arts
January 2014 to January 2017, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Adjunct Professor, Art & Design Department. Drawing Instructor.
2008, 2009 Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Consultant and writer. Assisted Art & Design Department chair with the school’s reaccreditation process for NASAD
(National Association of Schools of Art and Design).
September 2001 to May 2005, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts Department. Taught courses in Drawing, including: Drawing I, Drawing II and Advanced Drawing.
Exhibitions & Publications
2023 Grid Magazine, June 2023, Issue 169, Gridphilly.com, “What Are They Telling Us?: Artist Honors Victims of Bird-Window Collisions”, author: Bernard Brown
2023 Cerulean Arts Collective, solo exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Cerulean Arts Collective, solo exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Manifest Gallery, INDA 13 (The 13th International Drawing Annual), an international juried annual publication of recent drawings, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, catalogue.
2019 Manifest Gallery, “Drawn 2019; 6th International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing,” Cincinnati, OH
2019 Cerulean Arts Collective, solo exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Manifest Gallery, “Drawn 2018; 5th International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing,” Cincinnati, OH
2017 Cerulean Arts Collective, solo exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Cerulean Arts 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, juror: Rachel McCay, Philadelphia, PA, 3rd prize
2016 Arcadia University, Faculty Exhibition, Glenside, PA
2016 FAME 2016, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, juror: Erica F. Battle
2015 “Mark on the Wall,” international juried exhibition, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, jurors: Rosalyn Richards, Chad Andrews
2015 America Italy Society of Philadelphia, group exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Arcadia University, Faculty Exhibition, Glenside, PA
2012 “Harmony and Contrast: Works on Paper from the East and the West,” group invitational exhibition, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 “The Printed Page,” group invitational exhibition, Arcadia Boutique, Philadelphia, PA
2010 “Exploring Invisible,” 3-person exhibition, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists, Annual Spring Juried Show, Conshohocken, PA, juror: Ron Wyffels, 2nd place
2010 147th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA, jurors: Glenn Harrington, Hollis Heichemer, Jon Redmond
2010 Black and White Exhibition, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA, juror: Jennifer Cadoff, 1st prize
2010 “Deep in December…,” group invitational exhibition, Rena’s Fine Flowers, Saratoga Springs, NY
2009 “Nature and Nurture: Three Women and the Art of Sustenance,” 3-person exhibition, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 “Side by Side,” group invitational exhibition, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Lancaster County Art Association, national juried exhibition, Juror: Denise Green
2007 “A Brief History of the Near Future,” group exhibition, Blink Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Graduate Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2007 PAFA Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2006 PAFA Juried Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Arcadia University, Faculty Exhibition, Glenside, PA
2003 Arcadia University, Faculty Exhibition, Glenside, PA
2002 “Half & Half,” ArtForms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
2002 Members Exhibition, ArtForms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
2002 “No Color,” ArtForms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
2002 “Reflect and Respond,” Krasdale Gallery, Bronx, NY
2002 “Reflect and Respond,” ArtForms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
2001 Members Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2001 “Emerging Artists,” ArtForms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
Awards
2017 Cerulean Arts 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, juror: Rachel McCay, 3rd prize
2010 Black and White Exhibition, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA, juror: Jennifer Cadoff, 1st prize
2010 Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists, Annual Spring Juried Show, Conshohocken, PA, juror: Ron Wyffels, 2nd place
2008 Lancaster County Art Association, National Juried Exhibition, juror: Denise Green, 2nd place, Other Media
2007 MFA Faculty Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Emerging Artists Scholarship, ArtForms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
2001 Spruance-Daumier Award for outstanding performance in the Fine Arts, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
2001 Ira A. Kraybill Award for Academic Achievement, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA