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EDUCATION  

            Kent State University, B.F.A. “Cum Laude"
            Pasadena City College, 2001 (Continuing Education Classes)
            San Fernando City College, 2002 (Continuing Education Classes)

EXHIBITIONS

2023 Solo Show, Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2023 The Morgan, Art of Papermaking, Cleveland, OH
2020 Nature and Nuture, Huff Harrington Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2017 Excavations in the Clouds and Fog, Muse Gallery, Hilton Head, SC
            2016 Ethereal, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
            2016 Lit From Within, Muse Gallery, Hilton Head, SC
            2016 Solo Show, Chamblin Jones Gallery, Lexington, KY
            2016 From the Ground Up, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
           2016 Women Exhibition, Tri C West, Parma, OH
            2015 Featured Artist at rePOPulated, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
            2015 Group Show, The Metropolitan 9, Cleveland, OH
            2015 Group Show, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
            2014 Works on Paper, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
            2014 Resinate, Huff Harrington Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            2014 3x3, Leipers Creek Gallery, Nashville, TN
            2013 Love, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
            2013 Two man show with Gary Bodner, Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC
            2012 The Birds and the Bees, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
            2011 Solo Show, Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC
            2011 Ohio Artists, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
            2011 Visual Impact, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH
            2010 The New May Show, Lakeland Community College, Mentor, OH
            2010 Through The Looking Glass, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
            2010 Solo Show, Intech Corporation, Palm Beach, FL
            2009 Two Person Show with Mark Yale Harris, Amuse Gallery, Columbus, OH
            2009Women II Women, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH
            2009Palm Beach 3, West Palm Beach, FL
            2008 “Best Of The Best,” A Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
            2007 “3 in 3-D,” Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago, IL
            2006 “New Blood,” Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
            2006 “International Clay,” San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
            2005 Group Show, Wiessman Gallery, Chicago, IL
            2005 Art Form Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL
            2004 S.O.F.A., Chicago, IL
            2004 Contemporary Art Form, West Palm Beach, FL
            2004 S.O.F.A., New York, NY
            2003 S.O.F.A., Chicago, IL
            2003 Solo Show, The Thomas R .Riley Gallery, Cleveland, OH
            2003 S.O.F.A., New York, NY
            2003 Art Form International, West Palm Beach, FL
            2002 S.O.F.A., Chicago, IL
            2001 Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
            1999-02 Beverly Hills Affaire in the Gardens, Beverly Hills, CA
            2001-02 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA
        

ARTICLES / PUBLISHING 

"52 Works 52 Weeks," (calendar) AGC The Creative Advantage, 2013, 2014, 2015
“Encaustic Artists", Schiffer Publishing, release date TBA
“Artists Homes and Studios,” Schiffer Publishing, 2015
International Artists Vol. 5., November 2012
Capital Style, May-June 2012 issue
House Beautiful, November 2011 issue
Carolina Arts, April, 2011
“100 Midwest Artists,” Schiffer Publishing, 2011
“Ceramics Today,” Schiffer Publishing, 2009
“Alive with Color,” Los Angeles Daily News, June 14, 2000
"Sculpting A Career,” Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2000
“Cleveland Sculptor,” Chagrin Valley Times, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, June 31, 2002
“Snap Shot,” West Geauga Sun, West Geauga, Ohio, March 29, 2007

COMPETITION

2010 Painting Award, The New May Show, Lakeland Community College
2003 OOOandeye Art reach International Competition, Sculpture Award
2015 One Wall Project Mural Prize, Denver, CO

GRANT

2004 Puffin Award Foundation, NJ

SELECT COLLECTIONS

           Ohio Hospital Associations, Columbus, OH
           Mark West Financial, Denver, CO
           JP Morgan, Charlotte, NC
           Federal Home Loan and Savings Bank, Atlanta, GA
           Intech Corporation, Palm Beach, FL
           Lumiere, Charlotte, NC
           UK Hospital, Lexington, KY
Johnny Galecki, Nashville, TN
Norwegian Cruise Line, The Encore, Miami, FL
The Bourbon House, Lexington, KY
Shipt Corporate Headquarters, Birmingham, AL
Lantern House, New York, NY
The Rosewood, Hong Kong
Silverseas Cruise Line, Monaco
Bourne Partners, Charlotte, NC
Huber Heights Library, Dayton, OH
ROOST, Cleveland, OH