COLLECTIONS
South Bend Museum of Art Permanent Collection, South Bend IN
The Midwest Museum of American Art Permanent Collection, Elkhart IN
The Lerner Theater's Permanent Collection, The Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN
Various Private Collections
GALLERIES
Museum's permanent collection gallery, South bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN
Arts on Main, Elkhart IN
The Dot Shop Gallery, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN
Blue Gallery, Three Oaks MI
Spurious Fugitive Gallery, South Bend IN
The New Galleries on Lincoln Way West, South Bend IN
Buchanan Art Center, Buchanan MI
ACS Gallery, Chicago IL
The Alchemist's Daughter, South Bend IN
EDUCATION
MFA in Studio Arts, California State University, Los Angeles CA
MA in Art and Education, Columbia University, NYC NY
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
Manchester University, North Manchester IN, October 2017
Northern Indiana Artists Association, South Bend Museum of Art IN, January 2017
Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, 2016, 2017
The Women Caucus for Art, South Bend IN, May 2015
Penn High School, Mishawaka IN, September 2014
SELECTED AWARDS & HONORS
Honorary Artist, Artlights Gala, celebrating our arts leaders 2020, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN
41st Annual Juried Regional, Purchase Award, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, October 2020
Featured Artist For the Love of Art Fair 2019, South Bend IN, March 2019
40eth Annual Juried Regional, Purchase Award, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, October 2018
NIA Members Exhibit, Juror's award, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend IN, September 2018
75th Salon Show, South Shore Arts, Juror award, Munster IN, September 2018
39th Annual Juried Regional, Best Painting Award, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, October 2017
39th Annual Juried Regional, Purchase Award, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, October 2017
Tall Grass Art Center, Juror Award, Park Forest IL, January 2017
Winner of the Manhattan International Artist Showcase Gallery Award in HER Story, March 2016
NIA Members Exhibit, The Glenda Bixby Award for Expressionist Art, Kroc Center, South Bend IN, December 2015
72nd Salon Show, South Shore Arts, Past President Award, Munster IN, September 2015
Discord, NIA at Birdsell Mansion, Juror Award, South Bend IN, April 2015
NIA Juried Show, Judge’s Award, Spencer Gallery, Mishawaka IN, July 2012
Elkhart Art Walk, Best Body of Work Award, Elkhart IN, May 2015
NIA Members Exhibit, Glenda Bixby Award for Expressionist Art, South Bend Museum of Art, IN, November-December 2011
22nd Art and Social Justice Exhibition, Juror’s Award, South Bend Heritage Foundation, South Bend IN, June-July 2011
NIA Members Exhibit, Judge’s Award, Studio Arts Center, Mishawaka IN, April-May 2010
Adjourned, Judge’s Award, Studio Arts Classes, Mishawaka IN, November 2009-January 2010
NIA Members Exhibit, Judge’s Award, Michigan Lake College, Niles Michigan, November-December, 2009
Best of Works on Paper, Manhattan Arts International, Internet, June 2009
NIA Juried Show, Juror’s Award, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN, June 2009
Student /Faculty Exhibition, Best of Show, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN, October 2008 - January, 2009
Fusion of the Arts, Best of Show, Indiana University Northwest, Center for Regional Excellence, Gary IN, September 2008
Outstanding Achievement Scholarship towards the MFA studies, California State University Los Angeles CA, school year 1998
Annual Show, Award, Fine Arts Institute of San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA, May 1994
Windsor Newton Recognition of Achievement, La Mirada Arts Guild, La Mirada CA, May 1993
ADDITIONAL GROUP SHOWS IN 2015- 2021
Regional Juried Arts 2021, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers MI, January 21
In View 2021, The Art Center Highland Park, Chicago IL, January 21
Artist's Mixer, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend IN, October 2019
International Open, Woman Made Gallery (WMG), Chicago IL, August 2019
95th Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis IN, July 2019
41st Juried Regional, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, October 2019
Art and Social Justice, South bed heritage Foundation, South bend IN, June 2019
Dear Earth, Woman Made Gallery (WMG), Chicago IL, June 2019.
The Michiana Annual Art Competition (MAAC), Box Factory for the Arts, St. Joseph MI, June 2019
Women, Home, and the Revolution of Memory, South Bend Civic Theater, South Bend IN, March 2019
Great Lakes Themed: Living Waters, Indiana Women Caucus for Art, Fell Gallery, Blumington IN, May 2019
Refreshing Feminism, Woman Made Gallery (WMG), Chicago IL, February 2019
Regional Juried Competition 2019, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers MI, January 2019
Great Lakes Themed: Living Waters, Indiana Women Caucus for Art, Notre Dame Center for Art and Culture, South Bend IN, January 2019
Language of the Voiceless, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL, 2018
Afternoon Hours, a collaboration with the calligrapher Anne Binder, Manchester University, Fort Wayne IN, October - January 2017
Gathering Sparks, Manchester University, North Manchester IN, September - December 2017
Women Caucus for Art, Group Show, Manchester University, North Manchester IN, January - February 2017
Under The Big Top: Circus as Art in America, The Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart IN, May-June 2016
Sightlines, South Bend Museum of Art, Century Center, Indiana, Spring 2014-2017
Landscapes, Fernwood Botanical Garden, Niles, MI, December 2015
Elkhart Art Walk, NIA Group Show, Elkhart, IN, November 2015
The First Forty, A Community Art Exhibit, Langlab, South Bend, IN, October 2015
Elkhart 37th Juried Regional, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, September 2015
Member’s Show, Women Caucus for Art, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend IN, September 2015
Stories of the Ordinary, Moon Tree Gallery, Donaldson, IN, June 2015
Art and Social Justice, Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN, May 2015
Michiana Annual Art Competition (MAAC), the Box Factory, St. Joseph MI, March 2015
Red, Women Caucus for Art, the Box Factory, St. Joseph MI, February 2015
A Curious Reality, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, February 2015
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
Diminutive Fables, Manchester University, Fort Wayne IN, October 2018
The Ephemeral Voyage, Manchester University, Manchester IN, Fall- Winter 2017
Celebrating Spring 2012, Fernwood Botanical Gardens, Buchanan MI, May 2012
Lea Goldman Art Show, the Blue Gallery, South Bend IN, February-May 2012
On Exhibit, Colfax Campus Gallery, The South Bend Heritage Foundation, South Bend IN, January-February 2010
Visual Stories, Buchanan Art Center, Buchanan MI, January 2009
Diminutive Fables, Crown Point Art Center, presented by South Shore Arts, Crown Point IN, August-September 2008
Too Heavy to Fly and Other Dilemmas, Eye Dart Studio Gallery, Goshen IN June-July 2008
Celebrating Spring, Bankoff Gallery, South Bend IN, May 2006
Dining in the Company of Dreams, Buon Gusto, Belmont Shore CA, June 1994
Human Space in a Bitmap World, Signal Hill Public Library, Signal Hill CA, May 1994
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