RESUME

EDUCATION

BFA University of Guanajuato, Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Instituto Allende - Scholarship, Master's Program 

Hudson River Valley Art Center -Zhang Hong Nian

Ringling School of Art & Design -  Jack Dowd

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Solo and Two Person Shows

2012 - Featured Artist, Gallery 301, Chattanooga

2011 - Featured Artist, 1800 Main, Chattanooga

2008 - Kaos Gallery South, Bradenton FL

2006 - Two person Show, Durante Gallery, Longboat Key, FL

2006 - Ezra Café, Bradenton FL

2004 - Artists Loft Gallery, Brattleboro VT

2003 - Kaos Gallery South, Bradenton FL

1998 - Kaos Gallery, Wilmington VT

1979 - Facescapes, Keane-Mason Gallery, New York City

1978 - Photographer, US Bicentennial Exhibit Catalog, Mexico City

1978 - Two Person Show, Galeria Pedro de Alvarado, ex Hacienda de Cortez, Cuernavaca, Mexico

1978 - Solo Show - Pergola Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

 

GROUP SHOWS

2012 - Arts In the Airport, Knoxville TN - April-October 

2008-2011 - MAINX24, Showcase of Southside Artists, Chattanooga TN,

2009 "Feast", CreateHere, Chattanooga TN 2009 Faces, CreateHere, Chattanooga TN

2008 Miki Boni & Friends, Kaos Gallery South, Bradenton FL 2008 Portraits, National League of American Pen Women, Sarasota, FL

2007 Plum Door Gallery, Sarasota FL 2007 Sarasota Society of Portrait Artists, Kaos Gallery, Bradenton FL.

2007 Plus 5, Richard James Gallery, Charleston, SC

2007 Juried show, ArtCenter Sarasota, Sarasota FL

2007 Invitational, Zikes, Bleeps & Other Conversations, ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton FL

2006 Juried Outdoor Exhibition, Embracing our Differences, Sarasota FL

2006 Juried Exhibit: The Blue Briny, Village of the Arts, Bradenton FL 2006 Deerhill Inn, West Dover VT

2005 Ezra's Café, Bradenton FL 2004 Juried Exhibit, A showing of Angels, Village of the Arts, Bradenton FL

2004 Juried Show, ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton FL

2004 Invitational Show, Jack Dowd & Friends, ArtCenter Sarasota, FL

2003 Anna Maria Art League, Anna Maria FL

2002 Juried Show, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key

2002 The Artists Loft, Brattleboro VT

2000 Juried Show, Art at the Barn, Brattleboro VT

1997-2002 - Kaos Gallery - Wilmington VT

1979 Group Exhibition, Cork Gallery, Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC

 

AWARDS

2011 - Winner, Cover Art, The Pulse, Chattanooga

2006 – Awarded ArtsMove Artist incentive, Chattanooga

2004 - Best in Show, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, 

2001 People's Choice Award, Village of the Arts, Bradenton FL 2008 2003-04 - Cover Art, Paintings appeared on three cover issues, Weekly Planet (Creative Loafing), Sarasota FL 

1978 - Special Painting Award, Albert Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC, "Blue Eyes"

 

PUBLICATIONS/PROGRAMS

2011 - Cover Story, Where To Retire Magazine, Mar/Apr Issue.

2010 - "Chattanooga Heroic Drive", documentary, featured artist and Southside resident.

2010 –"Creative License", PBS Documentary, one of featured ArtsMove artists

2009 – American Style Magazine, feature Story

2007 - HGTV – Featured Artist

2006 - Bradenton Herald, Feature Story

2006 - Page One - SRQ Magazine

2006 - Style Magazine, Featured Gallery

2005 - Bradenton Herald - Featured Artist - Cover Story

2005 - Season Magazine - Featured Artist

2004 - Southern Vermont Adventures, Featured Artist

2004 - Style Magazine, Featured Artist

2002 - New Arts International, five works

1999 - The Crackerbarrel, Featured Artist

1998 To Present - Who's Who of American Women

1991 - Cover Art - Interface Catalog

1984 – Editor, Woman’s World, The Fitness Folks, publication 1978 - Viva Magazine, Featured Artist

1978 – Photographer, US Bicentennial Artists Exhibit Catalog, Mexico City

 

MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS

National League of American Pen Women

Sarasota Society of Portrait Artists

Who’s Who of American Women

AVA, Chattanooga TN

 

COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS

In Private collections internationally

2006-07 - Geico Corporation: Five 6' Fiberglass Gecko installations on buildings in Florida and Virginia

1978 - Permanent Collection, Museo Ateneo Cultural, Nayarit Mexico

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1998-2000 – Classes, Kaos Studios, Wilmington VT

1985 - Interface, Photography Workshop, Watertown MA

1972-76 - Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Perception, Painting, Basic & Life Drawing

 

ART-RELATED EVENTS

2010-2011 CAFE Grant, Chattanooga TN 2010 Curator, Planet Altered Gallery, Chattanooga TN 2009-10 Curator, Showcase of Southside Artists, a MainX24 Art Show, Chattanooga TN

2008 Chair, 2nd Bi-Annual Geckofest 2008, Bradenton FL.

2007 Juror, Saint Stephens Episcopal School Art Competition, Bradenton FL

2007 Guest Curator, "Zikes, Bleeps & Other Conversations", ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton FL.

2006-7 Board of Directors, Artists Guild of Manatee, Inc.

2006-08 Artistic Director, Art on the Mountain, W Dover, VT 2006 Director, Bradenton GeckoFest

2006 Created and Implemented City's first Public Outdoor Art Event

2006 Curator: The Blue Briny, Village of the Arts, Bradenton FL.

2006 Guest Curator, South Florida Museum, Congressional Arts Competition Exhibition, Bradenton FL

2005 - Juror, Emerging Artists Competition, Bradenton FL

2004 - Curator, Angels & Other Feathered Friends, Bradenton FL

2004-2008 - Created "The ArtWalk Guide," a Village of the Arts bimonthly publication.

2001-2008 - Owner/Operator, Kaos Gallery South, Village of the Arts, Bradenton FL

2001 - A Founder of Village of the Arts - among a handful of artists who grew a small enclave of artists into a thriving community of over 40 studios & galleries, becoming the Florida Gulf Coast's largest thriving artist's colony.

2000 - Curator, Southern Vermont Cultural Festival - Wilmington VT

1998-2001 - Freelance writer, photographer - Crackerbarrel Magazine, Wilmington VT

1997-2001 - Owner/Operator, Kaos Gallery, Wilmington, Vermont

1984-1987 - Freelance Artist, Photographer, Graphic Designer -Miki Boni Associates, Boston MA

1981 – Co-Founded Women Art Professionals – Boston MA

1978 – Photographer – storyboards and stills, documentary film, Edie Lynch Productions, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

 

RECOGNITIONS

2008 - Awarded Key to the City, Mayor Wayne Poston, Bradenton FL

2007 - Kaos Gallery South nominated Small Business of the Year

2007 - Artwork Licensed for use in National Poster - A Color Thesaurus by Poet Gail Ghai 2006 Nominated for membership into National League of American Pen Women

1999 - Kaos Gallery, Wilmington VT - Voted Best Gallery, Best Place to buy Original Art.

1998 - Kaos Gallery, Wilmington VT -People’s Choice Award, Favorite Gallery

1981-Present - Who's Who of American Women