Born New York, NY
Lives and works in Sarasota, FL

EDUCATION
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn New York, BFA.  Majors in Fashion Design and Fine Art
Selective studies: Art Students League NY; Parsons School of Design NY; Fashion Institute of Technology

 EXHIBITION HISTORY

2024 

A CROOKED PATH solo show, Arts Advocates Gallery, Sarasota, Fl.

Collectors Gallery and Framery representation Fall- Winter 2024-25 Venice, FL

SHOPLIFTABLE, 502 Gallery, part one and two, Sarasota, Fl.

COURAGE in the lifelong pursuit of Artmaking, SPAACES Gallery, Petticoat Painters group show, Sarasota, Fl.

ZEST Morean Arts Center, Petticoat Painters group show St Petersburg,Fl.

IDENTITY: Exploring the human condition, Art Center Sarasota Annual Juried Regional Show

Annual Juried Members Show Art Center Sarasota, juried group show

GARDEN PARTY, Blue Bayou. Dunedin Fine Art Center fundraiser (Night, Cool Water featured invitation/ publicity image)

Women Contemporary Artists, juried group exhibit, Art and Frame Gallery,Sarasota, Fl.

NLAPW (National League of American Pen Women) Group exhibit, Manatee Art Center, Bradenton, FL

NLAPW featured artist for Spring 2024, quarterly magazine

2023

SHE/HER/HERS Invitational group exhibition Mara Gallery Sarasota, FL

BLACK & WHITE Art Center Sarasota, juried group show

ART IN COMMON PLACES commissioned work for community institutions

ANNUAL JURIED REGIONAL SHOW Art Center Sarasota ( Merit Award)

NLAPW (National League of American Pen Women) Group exhibit

Women Contemporary Artists, juried group exhibit, Sarasota, Fl.

2022

BLACK & WHITE Art Center Sarasota Juried exhibition

National League of American Pen Women group exhibition Manatee Performing Arts Center Manatee FL

JUSTIFIED  + ANCIENT Mara Art Studio +Gallery Invitational  group exhibition pairing ancient artifacts with specially created work of contemporary artists.   My work was featured in a review by Marty Fugate in the Arts section of Sarasota Herald Tribune. Image appears in the print version of the article.

DISTANCE AND ARRIVAL Willis Smith Gallery, Petticoat Painters exhibition Sarasota

 WCA (Women Contemporary Artists) Juried Group Exhibit 2022 Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, Ringling College, Sarasota

 NLAPW (National League of American Pen Women) group exhibition Manatee Performing Arts Center Manatee FL

 BLACK + WHITE Monochrome Expression by 9 Artists Mara Art Studio +Gallery Sarasota Invitational group exhibition

ENDURING PATHS Dunedin Fine Arts Center. Petticoat Painters group exhibition………Interview with curators can be found on the DFAC website

2021

SHE PERSISTED- PETTICOAT PAINTERS group exhibitions Art Center Sarasota

WOMXN -Together for Art Invitational group exhibit honoring women artists Mara Art Studio +Gallery Sarasota

COLOR & CLAY - A DUET A two person gallery Installation Art Uptown Gallery, Sarasota

COLOR & CLAY - A DUET A two person window Installation Art Uptown Gallery, Sarasota

ART UPTOWN GALLERY monthly group exhibitions

2020

MIGHT FINE Invitational group exhibit  Dunedin Fine Art Center , Dunedin Fl December 2020

Women's Work: The Petticoat Collective, Art Ovation Hotel Part 2 Invitational Group Exhibit September 12th to December 16th 2020

Color & Clay -A Duet - Collaborative exhibit with ceramicist Joan Libby Hawk at Art Uptown Gallery Virtual March 2020

Fables - Invitational exhibit at Jill Krasner Gallery Sarasota February 2020

VEIL: solo exhibition  Lexow gallery Unitarian Universalist Church Sarasota FL. December 13, 2019 to January 17, 2020

 2019     

ROUND THE WHEEL invitational group exhibition Dunedin Fine Art Center , Dunedin Fl. September 13, 2019 to December 2019

SHOFLIFTABLE GAZE MODERN GALLERY Sarasota, FL

F.L.A.G Florida Artist's group Naples, Florida

F.L.A.G Florida Artist's group Symposium Ringling College Sarasota Florida

Invitational joint project with Art Center Sarasota in partnership with Florida  Cancer Specialists & Research Institute of Lakewood Ranch

Art Uptown Gallery Sarasota, FL.  Gallery artist

NLAPW (National League of American Pen Women) Group exhibit . Venice Fl

  Work of HE(art) Juried group exhibit Art Center Sarasota, FL.

2018

Art League of Daytona Beach Petticoat Painters ...Group exhibit Dayton FL

 Real/Not Real juried group exhibition Art Center Sarasota

 Smith and Basch Galleries  Ringling College of Art and Design  Petticoat Painters ...Group exhibit Sarasota, FL

 Dog Days Art Uptown Gallery Sarasota, Juried Group Show Sarasota, FL

 Members Juried Show Art Center Manatee, Manatee Fl

Florida’s Finest Art Center Sarasota Statewide juried exhibit Sarasota, FL

2017

  Florida’s Finest Statewide juried exhibition Florida's Art Center Sarasota, FL
  Juried by Lynn Whitelaw Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art

  National League of American Pen Women group exhibit, Basch and Smith

Galleries at the Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota,

  Lighter Fare, three person exhibit. Players Theater for the Performing Arts.

  Creators and Collectors Tour, Invitational exhibit sponsored by the Fine Arts     

Women Contemporary Artist Juried Spring Exhibition  Longboat Key Center      

    for the Arts, Longboat Key FL

 Petticoat Painters  Big Arts Sanibel, FL 

 Members Juried Show Art Center Manatee, Manatee Fl

2016

 All Angels by the Sea solo exhibit Longboat Key FL

Swing State juried group exhibition Art Center Sarasota, FL

National League American Pen Women group exhibit, Art Center Manatee, FL

Dog Days of Summer Group exhibit Art Uptown Gallery, Sarasota, FL

Florida Flavor  Cross State  juried group exhibition Art Center Sarasota, FL

 Art Uptown Gallery Open Juried Landscape Show, Sarasota, FL

Drawing Lines Across Mediums    Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

     Juried by Olga Tetkowski of the Drawing Center, NYC

Women Contemporary Artists Spring Juried Exhibition Sarasota FL

Petticoat Painters invitational group exhibit, Sarasota FL

2016 Biennial Show NLAPW, Woman’s National Democratic Club,

   Juried by Lynn Sures, Corcoran School of Arts and Design, Washington DC.

 2015

National League American Pen Women, Studio at Gulf and Pine Anna Maria Is. FL
Daily News Arts Center Sarasota juried exhibit, Sarasota, FL.
Dog Days Art Uptown Gallery Sarasota FL group juried exhibit, Sarasota, FL.
Women Contemporary Artists’ Spring Exhibit Selby Gallery, juried competition Sarasota,
Shape and Shadow Mount Dora Center for the Arts Juried exhibit ,Mount Dora, FL.
The Writing on the Wall Pyramid Gallery, National juried exhibit, Miami, Fl. 

2014

Monochromatic Magic Susquehanna Art Museum Invitational exhibit. Harrisburg PA.
A Portrait Apart Deux   Porter Contemporary  Gallery, New York, NY

2013             

• Suzanne H Arnold Art Gallery  42nd Juried Art Exhibition. , Annville ,PA
  Construction/Destruction juried exhibition State Museum of PA
  Lancaster Museum of Art community exhibition, Lancaster, PA.
  
  2012             
  Treasured, juried exhibition Annmarie  Sculpture Garden and Arts Cente

Art of the State, Pennsylvania 2012   Harrisburg, PA.
 Doshi 40th Anniversary exhibition at the State Museum in Harrisburg PA.
Baker’s Dozen Whitaker Center, Harrisburg PA

Lancaster Museum of Art community exhibition Lancaster, PA.

2011 

* Wills Creek Survey 2011 juried exhibition at the Saville Gallery in Cumberland MD.

*  Art as an Entrée, juried exhibition held at the State Museum, PA
          
                   Began to exhibit again in 2011 after a hiatus for career demands.
Prior
Group exhibits at Brooks Jackson Iolas Gallery, 57th St. NY.

AWARDS OF NOTE 

2021 Halo Arts Fellowship Award recipient

 Florida’s Finest Statewide Exhibition …First Place

Sarasota Arts Center Swing State …Honorable Mention

 Sarasota Arts Center Daily News Exhibit… First Place

National League of American Pen Women National Exhibition Washington , DC- Honorable Mention

Art Uptown Dog Days juried group exhibition… Second Place

Art Uptown Gallery Sarasota, Fl. group juried exhibit… Honorable Mention

Women Contemporary Artists Sarasota, Fl. Juried Spring Exhibit …Merit Award

Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Annville, PA 42nd Juried Art Exhibition Honorable mention

New York Society of Illustrators’ Scholarship Competition... First Prize

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Although I viewed much of my extensive design career as time separating me from my art, I now recognize how much it has contributed to it. As Director of Design Concept at Lenox China (Lenox Brands) for eleven years, I was responsible for ideation, design, and development of home décor products, china, metal and glass. My work at various times as Design Director, product designer and illustrator, clothing, jewelry, accessories design, of pens, graphics, and industrial design, has given me invaluable exposure to multiple technologies and processes. Directing and mentoring other artists has brought a sharpened discipline for critical analysis. The experiences of traveling, business negotiations, presentations, and coordinating the activities of others, all have helped enrich my art practice today, making me convinced that there is a way to achieve any vision.