Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

M.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1997

Art Students League, New York, NY 1981-1988

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS/HONORS, RESIDENCIES

The 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Barcelona, Spain, Honorable Mention: Children, 2019

National Endowment for the Arts Grant, Washington, D.C. 2016

Vytlacil Residency Fellowship, Sparkill, NY 2014

Fund for Teachers Grant, Houston, TX 2003

Hazel Witte Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists, 395 West Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 1995

Ada Cecere Memorial Award, National Association of Women Artists, 395 West Broadway Gallery, New York, NY 1994

Best in Show Award, Micro/Macro Exhibition, Helio Gallery, New York, NY 1989

Studio Fellowship, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, New York 1989

First Prize, John Howard Sanden Portrait Competition, Art Students League, New York, NY, 1988

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021 - Maghreb Photography Awards, 2nd Place Winner, Single - Children

            PHmuseum Mobile Photography Prize, PHmusuem Lab, Bologna, Italy

2020 - The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, 15th Pollux Awards, Honorable Mention: Series- Children, Barcelona, Spain

            The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Honorable Mention: Series- Street, Barcelona, Spain

            The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, 15th Pollux Awards, Honorable Mention: Single Children, Barcelona, Spain

            The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Honorable Mention: Series- Street, Barcelona, Spain

2019 - The 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Honorable Mention - Single - Children, Barcelona, Spain

            Light and Lens, NAWA Gallery, New York, NY

            Biennale National Juried Exhibition 2019, Hilton Head Island, SC

            Monochrome, Blank Wall Gallery, Jurors: Maria Toutoudaki, Markos Dolopikos, Athens, Greece

            Art on Paper, Juror: Rebecca Lax, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2018 - Big Action in Small Spaces, Juror: Andra Rudder, Lord & Andra Gallery, New Rochelle, NY

            Daydreaming, Juror: Dorothy Cochran, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL

            Sea and Sky, Juror: Jeffrey Wechsler, B. Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ

2017 - Seeing the World in Black and White, National Association of Women Artists

            Certain Places, Juror: Karen Klinedinst, L.A. Photo Curator, virtual

            Mobile Only, Juror: Zsolt Bátori , PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2016 - Subway Sleepers Solo Exhibition, La MaMa Gallery, New York, NY

            Shelter, Jurors: Jill Cliffer, Baratta, Judith Carlin, Mary Harvey, Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY

            Portraits and Portrayals, Juror: Michelle Rogers Pritzi, PhotoSynthesis Gallery, Manchester, CT

2015 - Primary Color, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY Whims of Weather, Juror: Dr. Stanley Burns, National Arts Club, New York, NY

            We, Au Naturel, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY

2014 - Small Wonders, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

2013 - National Association of Women Artists Annual Members’ Exhibition, The Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY

2012 - Abandonment, Juror: Army Arbus, Powerhouse Arena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

            Holga Out of the Box, Juror: Michael Kenna, TCC Photo Gallery, Longview, TX

            Krappy Kamera Exhibition, Juror: Sandra Carrion, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY

            2011 - Moments in Nature, Juror: Anastasia Tompkins, Sierra Photo, New York, NY

            2010 - New Vision, Durst Organization, New York,NY

            Objects of Affection, Calumet Gallery, , New York, NY

            Americana, MH Gallery, New York, NY

2006-

2008 - The StudioSpace and Gallery, Silver City, NM

2004 - Muskegon Pregnancy Services, Benefit Show, Muskegon, MI

2003 - Peaceworks, Times Square Lobby Gallery, NY

            Real Brooklyn A Day in Our Life, Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY

            The Gallery, Stanford, NY Another Dimension, Photo District Gallery, New York, NY

            Annual Juried Photography Exhibition for Non-Members, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

            Images Against War, Gallery Lichtblick, Juror: Horst Faas, Cologne, Germany

2002 - Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY

2000 - Feminist Expo, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD

1999 - J.J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998 - A Woman’s L.E.N.S., My Sister’s Place, White Plains, NY

1997 - Contemporary Art of Central Brazil, Juror: Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, Boston City Hall Scollay Square Gallery, Boston, MA

1996 - Art from Detritus III Recycling with Imagination, Curator Vernita Nemec, AIA Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

1994 - Pratt Institute, Women’s Show, Brooklyn, NY 1993 - Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

1992 - Small Works on Paper, Concordia Gallery, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY 
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            Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil 
 Pinacoteca Museum, São Paulo, Brazil

1991 - Mostly Nude, Belanthi Gallery, , Brooklyn, NY 1990 - Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

            Sculpture and Drawing Exhibition, Woodstock Art Association,Woodstock, NY

            Small Works ’90, Catskill Art Society, Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, NY

            Annual Juried Painting Exhibition for Non-Member, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

            National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Inc., National Arts Club, New York, NY

1989 - Micro/Macro Exhibition, Helio Gallery, New York, NY Feature Exhibition, Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

            National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts CouncilGallery, Cobleskill, NY

            National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Inc., National ArtsClub, New York, NY

            Annual Juried Photography Exhibition for Non-Members, Salmagundi Club,, New York, NY

1988 - Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, México

PRESS/PUBLICATIONS

2018 - National Association of Women Artists

2017 - 100 jours de bonheur à Paris, Gil Riviere Wekstein, Paris

2016 - Subway Sleepers, Lore Croghan, Brooklyn Heights Press, Brooklyn, NY

2007 - True to Life, Pregnancy Magazine, New York, NY 2006 - Fathers, Plum Magazine, New York, NY

2002 - Creativity Publication, New York, NY

2000 - The Rainbow's End, The International Library of Photography Dealer's Choice Art Books, Inc., Land O' Lakes, FL

1997 - Landscape Inspirations, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA

1996 - Best of Acrylic Painting, Rockport Publishers, Rockport, MA

1990 - Varied generations, Varied Dimensions, Will Grant, ARTSPEAK, New York, NY

            Drawn to Sculpture, Liam Nelson, Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY

            Daily Challenge, New York, NY

1988 - Art Students’ League of New York News, New York, NY

            La Atención, Martin Cramer, San Miguel De Allende, México

            Alternative Acclaims, Long Island City, NY

MENTOR/TEACHER/VOLUNTEER/BOARD MEMBER

2018 - Board of Advisors, Josephine Herrick Project, New York, NY

2014 – 2018 - Volunteer Photography Instructor (Immigrant Students/International High School, Brain Injury Survivors, Veterans), Josephine Herrick Project, New York, NY

2015 – 2017 Mentor to new art instructors, Department of Education, New York, NY

2000 –2015 Instructor of Art and Photography, Brooklyn College Academy, Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY

1991 –1992 Drawing/Painting Instructor, São Paulo, Brazil