EXHIBITIONS
INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
Dialoghi dell'Arte: Perception and Motif
2015 SACI GALLERY Palazzo Cartelloni, Florence, Italy
2015 Bocca del Lupo Gallery, MonteCastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy
Guillin Academy and Museum of Art, Guillin, China
2014 Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas, IL
2012 McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
South Carolina Birds
2006 Pickens County Museum, Pickens, SC
2005 Boroughs and Chapin Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach, SC
2004 City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
2003 Sumter Gallery of Arts, Sumter, SC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Memento Mori, Guilin Academy and Museum, Guilin, China
2013 Memento Mori, Art Museum of the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China,
2012 Memento Mori, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Light into Paint, University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2010 Recent Works, University of Fine Arts Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
2009 On Paper, Ecole Nationale d’Architecture, Rabat, Morocco
2009 Still Life and Landscape—Umbria and South Carolina, Galleria ISA, Montecastello di Vibbio, Italy
2009 A Sense of Wonder, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2007 Caverns of Fire, Darla Moore International School of Business, Columbia, SC
2006 Sight and Touch, Galleria ISA, Montecastello di Vibbio, Italy
2005 Songs of Pagan Babies, Moreau Center Gallery St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2005 Reconstructing Van Eyck, A Classroom Project, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2002 The Void Looks Back, Cone Center Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
2002 The Void Looks Back, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2002 Recent Paintings, Kershaw County Art Center, Camden, South Carolina
1999 Specimens Speaking Tongues, ARC Gallery Special Exhibition Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Making Connections: The Influence of Myth and Ritual, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
1998 Sacred and Profane, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
1997 Anima-Animus, Carnegie Museum and Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI
1997 Sacred and Profane, Steelhead Gallery, South Bend, IN
1994 MFA Exhibition, Indiana University Museum of Art, Bloomington, Indiana
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Blue Mountain Gallery Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2017 Drawing for Meaning, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC
2017 Annual Small Works Paper Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2016 Blue Mountain Gallery Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
2014 Pietralunga International Exhibition, Pietralunga, Umbria, Italy
2013 Interior Spaces, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
2011 Annual Special Juried Exhibition, The Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Dipingendo in Umbria, The International School of Art, Monte Castello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy
2008 40th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition Benefit, South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
2008 Italy 08’ Student & Faculty Group Show, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC
2008 Intertwined, The Art Garage, Columbia, SC
2004 Selected Works, Palmetto GBA, Columbia, SC
2004 USC Paintings and Drawings Exchange, University of Newcastle Gallery, Newcastle, Australia
2002 Umbrian Landscapes, INSPS Gallery, Montecastello, Italy
2002 Women’s National Invitational, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2001- 1989
Triennial 2001, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
Fievre 2001, Emry's Foundation, Gallery 291, Greenville, SC
Faculty Exhibition, McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC
Art/Work, Gallery Two, Chicago, IL
Animal Stories, WMG Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Regional Educators, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Phat 50, Carnegie Center Museum of Art, Three Rivers, MI
Lasting Impressions Memorial Exhibition for Joan Flask, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, IL
AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS
Educational Awards
1994 Indiana University Florence Program Travel Scholarship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1993 Indiana University Teaching Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1989 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Art and Art Therapy, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1988 Post-Baccalaureate Summer Study Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1985 Oxbow Summer Studio School Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1985 National Dean’s List, Selected by faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professional Awards
2015 Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012 Instructor Professional Development Award, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012 Who's Who in Fine Arts Higher Education
2008 Visiting Senior Member Fellow, American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece
2008 Arts Institute Interdisciplinary Project Grant, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2006 Arts Institute Interdisciplinary Project Grant, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2002 Pritchard’s Island Artists’ Residency Award, Pritchard’s Island, SC
1999 Special Exhibitions Gallery Opportunity Award, ARC Special Exhibitions Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Indiana University Associate Faculty Development Grant, Indiana University, South Bend, IN
1998 Who’s Who of American Educators
1997 Lilly Endowment Teaching Creativity Fellowship, Eli Lilly Foundation, Indianapolis, IN
1994 Indiana University Postdoctoral Research Grant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1986 City of Chicago Artist in Residence Community Partnership Grant, Office of the Mayor, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2013 Guilin Academy of Chinese Painting, Guilin, China
2011 University of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2009 International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibbio, Italy
2008 International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibbio, Italy
2002 Pritchard’s Island Artists Retreat, Beaufort Arts Council, South Carolina
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2012- present Senior Instructor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2005-2012 Instructor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2003-2013 Instructor, International School of Painting and Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Indiana University at Bloomington
Bachelor of Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Education Certificate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Wilderness Survival/ Nature Interpretation, AA Colorado Mountain College