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Education

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 1992, B.F.A. in Painting

DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA 1985-1987

Solo Exhibits

2008 Indian Hill Music Center, Littleton, MA

2007 Sharon Arts Center, Charter Trust Co., Peterborough, NH

2004 Nashoba Valley Winery, Bolton, MA

2004 Quinsigamond Community College, ARTSWorcester, Worcester, MA

2003-2004 UMass Medical Center, BioTech-II Building, Worcester, MA 

Group Exhibits

2007 Fitchburg Paint In, Invitational Exhibition, Fitchburg, MA

2007 Women’s Caucus for Art, “Vernal Views”, Invitational Exhibition, Lunenburg, MA

2007 ArtsWorcester, Biennial Juried Exhibition, Worcester, MA

2007 Lunenburg ArtsFest, Invitational Exhibition, Lunenburg Public Library, Lunenburg, MA

2006 Lunenburg Landscapes, Juried Exhibition, Lunenburg Public Library, Lunenburg, MA

2006 Central Mass Women’s Caucus for Art, “Stay Tuned”, Juried Exhibition, FATV, Fitchburg, MA.

2006 MassArt, “17th Annual Benefit Auction”, Boston, MA

2006 BAAK Gallery, "A Different Approach” Mixed Media Exhibition, Cambridge, MA

2006 BrushArt Galleries, "Members' Juried Exhibition", Lowell, MA.

2006 Sharon Arts Center, "58th Annual Member's Exhibition", Peterborough, NH.

2005 Cambridge Art Association, "Decisive Moments", Cambridge, MA.

2005 Sharon Arts Center, "Black & White, Juried Competition", Peterborough, NH.

2005 artSPACE@16, "Love Small", Malden, MA.

2005 Central Mass Women’s Caucus for Art, "Fall Juried Exhibition", Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.

2005 Cambridge Art Association, "Annual Fall Salon", Cambridge, MA.

2005 ArtsWorcester, "Members Exhibition", Worcester, MA.

2005 Fitchburg Art Museum, "70th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft", Fitchburg, MA

2005 Central Mass Women’s Caucus for Art, "Juried Exhibition", Italian American Ctr., Worcester, MA.

2004 ARTSWorcester, "Members Exhibition", Worcester, MA

2004 Central Mass Women's Caucus for Art, "Saturated Pallet", Townsend, MA

2004 Finnish Center at Saima Park, "Annual Art Show", Fitchburg, MA

2004 Sharon Arts Center, "57th Annual Members Exhibition", Peterborough, NH

2004 Fitchburg Art Museum, "69th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft", Fitchburg, MA

2004 Sharon Arts Center, "All-Media Student Exhibit and Second Ceramic Seconds Sale", Sharon Arts Center, Rte 123, Sharon, NH

2003 Central Mass Women's Caucus for Art, "Technicolor", The Bijou, Worcester, MA

2003 Central Mass Women's Caucus for Art, "Figuratively Speaking", Surroundings Gallery, Gardner, MA

2003 Fitchburg Art Museum, "68th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft", Fitchburg, MA

2003 ARTSWorcester, "Biennial 2003", Worcester, MA

2003 Central Massachusetts Women's Caucus for Art, "Recent Works", UMass Medical School Gallery, Worcester, MA

2003 The Gardner Area League of Artists, "Spring Show and Sale", Bent Mill LLC, Gardner MA 

2003 Freespace Gallery, "Showing Local Artist's New Works", Fitchburg, MA

2003 Central Mass Women's Caucus for Art, "Dark and Light Show", Hammond Gallery FSC, Fitchburg, MA

2003 Lunenburg High School, " Multicultural Festival", Lunenburg, MA

2003 Sharon Arts Center, "Annual Members Exhibition", Peterborough, NH

2002 Central Mass Women's Caucus for Art, "IDENTITY: Images That Reflect Who We Are", Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA

2002 The Gardner Area League of Artists, "Fall Show", Bent Mill LLC, Gardner MA

2002 Fitchburg Art Museum, "67th Regional Exhibition of Arts and Crafts",  Fitchburg MA

2002 ARTSWorcester, "Member's Exhibit", Aurora Gallery, Worcester MA

2002 The Gardner Area League of Artists, "Spring Art Show", Bent Mill LLC, Gardner MA

2002 Central Mass Women's Caucus for Art, "Small Works Exhibit", Surroundings Gallery, Gardner, MA

2002 Leominster Art Association, "37th Annual Arts", Crafts and Photography Exhibition, Leominster, MA

2001 Lunenburg High School, "Multicultural Festival", Lunenburg, MA

2001 Finnish Center at Saima Park, "Annual Art Show", Fitchburg, MA

2000 Finnish Center at Saima Park, "Annual Art Show", Fitchburg, MA

1993 Sterling Millworks, Sterling, MA

1992 Arts Worcester, Worcester, MA

1992 Fitchburg Art Museum, "59th Regional Art Show", Fitchburg, MA

Professional Art Experience

·         Professional Painter in oils and watercolor since 1987.

·         Painting and Drawing instructor in Lunenburg School System and Ritter Memorial Library, Lunenburg, MA.

·         Fitchburg Art Museum instructor at museum and for satellite classes in T.C. Passios Elementary School, Lunenburg, MA

·         Private painting instructor for 6 years.

·         Coordinated Lunenburg Landscapes Art Exhibit, Committee Chair, 2006

·         Coordinated Lunenburg Winter and Spring ArtsFests. Visual Arts Committee Chair, 2007

Awards

Recipient of First Choice Award - Painting, in Sharon Arts Center "All Media Student Exhibit", April - 2004

Recipient of Honorable Mention - Painting, in the "68th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft", Fitchburg, MA

Recipient of Honorable Mention - Painting, in  ARTSWorcester's "Biennial 2003".

Recipient of silver mixed media award at "37th Members show"  Leominster Art Association.

Recipient of Honors in Drawing and Collage while attending Massachusetts College of Art, 1992.

Notable

·         On B.O.D. of Lunenburg ArtsCenter, coordinator for 2-D exhibits.

·         President Women’s Caucus for Art, Central MA Chapter 2007

·         President Visual Art Committee Chair, Lunenburg ArtsFest 2007

·         Established Lunenburg Landscapes art exhibit, Lunenburg, MA 2006

·         Chosen as a juror for MassArt’s 2006 All-School Show.

·         Designer and project leader, Lunenburg Primary School Children's Painted Tile Mural,  installed February 2006.

·         Participating in DeCordova Museum's Corporate Art loan Program since 2005.

·         Participated in the 2001 MCA Alumni drive "Healing Ceilings" and painted two 2 ft. x 2 ft. ceiling tiles for the Children's Oncology Department at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

·         Maintains studio in Lunenburg, MA since 1993.

Collections

Quinsigamond Community College, George I. Alden Library, Worcester, MA

Private Collections: United States and Europe

 

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