EDUCATION

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

Art Students League, New York, NY 

Northeastern University, Boston, MA 

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 

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GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS/HONORS, RESIDENCIES

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Maghreb Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2024

Maghreb Photography Awards, Finalist, 2023

Publication, in World Dance Cultures, Routledge Publishing, Oxfordshire, England, 2023

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

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2025    Economic Europe, Democratic Europe, Artistic Europe Today, Villa de Créateurs, Maison de l'Europe, Paris

2024    Fête des Vedanges, Montmarte, Paris, France

            Maghreb Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Documentary

2023    FokiaNou Art Gallery, 4 Women Exhibition, Athens Greece

            Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece

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, Athens, Greece

            Art on Paper, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2018    Big Action in Small Spaces, Lord & Andra Gallery, New Rochelle, NY

            Daydreaming, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL

            Sea and Sky, B. Beamesderfer Gallery, Highland Park, NJ

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

            Certain Places, L.A. Photo Curator, virtual

            Mobile Only, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

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

            Shelter, Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY

            Portraits and Portrayals, PhotoSynthesis Gallery, Manchester, CT

2015    Primary Color, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY Whims of Weather, 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, Powerhouse Arena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

            Holga Out of the Box, TCC Photo Gallery, Longview, TX

            Krappy Kamera Exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY

            2011 - Moments in Nature, 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, 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, Boston City

                  Hall Scollay Square Gallery, Boston, MA

1996    Art from Detritus III Recycling with Imagination, 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 Council Gallery, 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

 

2023    World Dance Cultures, Routledge Publishing, Oxfordshire, England, 2023

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

 

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