Gallery Experience
Two Person
• Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City, MD Surface and Structure, with Chloe Irla, 2018
Select Group
• Westfield State University,Arno Maris Gallery, MA Smother Stick Cut Collect , curated by Maggie Nowinski, 2018
• First Street Gallery, NYC, ‘Pop Up #3 On and Off The Wall’, juried 2018
• River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT ‘Unbound’, Juror/ Curator Nancy Moore, SDA 2017
• Citylights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT ‘Boobs’, Curator Suzanne Kachmar , *commissioned piece 2017
•Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY ‘Interaction of Colour’, Curator Virginia Walsh 2017
•Ridgefield Guild of Artists By A Thread, Curator Nancy Moore 2016
•Canton Art Center CT -Scissorhands, Juror Peggy Dembicer 2016
•H. Pelham Curtis Gallery New Canaan Library -Tell me Who I Am; Identity in Contemporary Portraiture Juror Micaela Porta 2016
•Etui Fiber Arts Gallery Larchmont, NY –SPUN, Juror Suzanne Kachmar 2015
•Kershner Gallery/ Fairfield Library -On the Fringe, Jurors Diane Pollack and Florence Zolan 2015
•Westport Arts Center/ Westport Artists Collective Pop-Up #3 2015, selected
•VirtuArt Outdoor Art Exhibit Wilcox Park Westerly, RI "Treehugger" 2015
•Bridgeport Art Trail/ Read’s Gallery 2014, 2015
Group Shows National
•Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD -Fiber Options, Juror Jeanne Medina national 2018
•'In the Realm of the Real and the Unreal' New Haven, CT May 2018
•Marin Museum of Contemporary Art -Renegade Fiber, Juror Richard Elliott national 2017
•Schelfhaudt Gallery at Bridgeport University - Selfie, Juror Dominick Lombardo national 2017
•Plymouth Center for the Arts, MA- A Different Vision, Juried national 2016
•Nest Gallery Bridgeport, CT -SPUN II, Juror Dr. Linda Wolk-Simon 2016
•Washington DC, -Future of Western, selected national 2016
•BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition -COLOR, Juror Lilian Tone of MOMA national 2016
•Parker Arts Culture & Events Fiber Innovations II, Parker, CO national Jury selection 2016
•Susquehanna Art Museum -The City, Jurors Elody Gyekis and Tanya Garcia national 2016
•Boston Biennial 4 Boston, MA international, Jury committee 2016
•Carriage House at Waveny Park New Canaan –SPECTRUM: Elemental Energies, Juror Amy Smith- Stewart 2015
•ArtSpace New Haven- Heads Will Roll, Jurors Martha Lewis and Sarah Fritchey
•Arts Council of Brazos Valley, TX -From Every Fiber 2015
•The Linus Gallery California- The Big C 2014
•LACDA Snap to Grid 2014
•IMAGO Foundation for the Arts- 9th Annual Juried Exhibit- Textile and Fiber Arts Multiplicities; New Directions in Fiber, Juror Elin Noble 2014
•Blue Lemon/ Beechwood Arts FIRE, Juror Jeanine Esposito 2014
• Easton Arts Council 2010 at The Bradley Hubbell House Easton, Juror Everett Raymond Kinstler
Upcoming
•Ormond Museum FL 2019
Awards/ Honors/ Panels
• ‘How to make it as an Artist’ Westport Library, CT, Guest panelist 2018
• Third Place -'A Different Vision', Plymouth Center for the Arts 2016
• TEA talk ‘Yearning vs. Earning’ Westport Arts Advisory Committee, Guest panelist 2016
•Artist in Residence at the Children's School Stamford, CT 2016
• ‘Fiber Arts Now’- Throw your Hat into the Ring honorable mention 2015
•Featured speaker for Fairfield County Arts Association 2015
•LICC London International Creativity Competition *short list
•Light Space Time online gallery Juror John R. Math 2014 *Special Merit Award
Judging
• SoNo Fine Arts Festival 2017
•Westport Outdoor Fine Arts Festival 2015
•Maritime Garage Gallery –selection 2012-2016
•Focus ’15 Photography Exhibition, Wilton Library 2015
•Secret Norwalk, Norwalk Historical Society 2013
•Greenwich Fine Arts Festival 2013
•Rockwell Galleries -selection 2009-2014
Publications
WomenArts Quarterly Journal Volume 7• Issue 3 -11 page art feature Fall 2017
Peripheral ARTeries Biennial Edition (interview pp.80-99) 2017
Art Reveal Magazine 6 page feature June 2017
Woven Tale Press featured artist April 2017
Art Scene Today A Stitch in Time “Bowl Job’ [International finalist], Carol Naylor, juror March 2017
Hektoen International, A Journal of Medical Humanities ‘Huetation’ Winter 2017
100 Artists to Look Out For, Starry Night Publications 2017
Fairfield County Life, Minuteman Publication Early Summer 2016 -”Style” - artist feature
ArtAscent, online December 2015 portrait issue
Connecticut Cottages and Gardens September 2007 “editor’s pick” –Estate Renderings as a great gift idea
Living in Stamford Magazine June/ July 2002 “Intriguing Neighbor” –wearable art/ silk painting
Architectural Digest February 1998 “Before and After” –rug design for NYC Brownstone
Community/ Volunteer Activities
• Stamford Downtown Special Services -Dinosaurs Rule 2015 -Philharmonichaurus
• Stamford Downtown Special Services- Car Parade 2001- “Carden of Eden”/ “Cinderella’s Chariot”
• Stamford Downtown Special Services- Cow Parade 2000 -Opera Cow “La Bovene”
• Project Return Birdhouse Auction (birdhouse sculptures) 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Two Person
• Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City, MD Surface and Structure, with Chloe Irla, 2018
Select Group
• Westfield State University,Arno Maris Gallery, MA Smother Stick Cut Collect , curated by Maggie Nowinski, 2018
• First Street Gallery, NYC, ‘Pop Up #3 On and Off The Wall’, juried 2018
• River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT ‘Unbound’, Juror/ Curator Nancy Moore, SDA 2017
• Citylights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT ‘Boobs’, Curator Suzanne Kachmar , *commissioned piece 2017
•Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY ‘Interaction of Colour’, Curator Virginia Walsh 2017
•Ridgefield Guild of Artists By A Thread, Curator Nancy Moore 2016
•Canton Art Center CT -Scissorhands, Juror Peggy Dembicer 2016
•H. Pelham Curtis Gallery New Canaan Library -Tell me Who I Am; Identity in Contemporary Portraiture Juror Micaela Porta 2016
•Etui Fiber Arts Gallery Larchmont, NY –SPUN, Juror Suzanne Kachmar 2015
•Kershner Gallery/ Fairfield Library -On the Fringe, Jurors Diane Pollack and Florence Zolan 2015
•Westport Arts Center/ Westport Artists Collective Pop-Up #3 2015, selected
•VirtuArt Outdoor Art Exhibit Wilcox Park Westerly, RI "Treehugger" 2015
•Bridgeport Art Trail/ Read’s Gallery 2014, 2015
Group Shows National
•Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD -Fiber Options, Juror Jeanne Medina national 2018
•'In the Realm of the Real and the Unreal' New Haven, CT May 2018
•Marin Museum of Contemporary Art -Renegade Fiber, Juror Richard Elliott national 2017
•Schelfhaudt Gallery at Bridgeport University - Selfie, Juror Dominick Lombardo national 2017
•Plymouth Center for the Arts, MA- A Different Vision, Juried national 2016
•Nest Gallery Bridgeport, CT -SPUN II, Juror Dr. Linda Wolk-Simon 2016
•Washington DC, -Future of Western, selected national 2016
•BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition -COLOR, Juror Lilian Tone of MOMA national 2016
•Parker Arts Culture & Events Fiber Innovations II, Parker, CO national Jury selection 2016
•Susquehanna Art Museum -The City, Jurors Elody Gyekis and Tanya Garcia national 2016
•Boston Biennial 4 Boston, MA international, Jury committee 2016
•Carriage House at Waveny Park New Canaan –SPECTRUM: Elemental Energies, Juror Amy Smith- Stewart 2015
•ArtSpace New Haven- Heads Will Roll, Jurors Martha Lewis and Sarah Fritchey
•Arts Council of Brazos Valley, TX -From Every Fiber 2015
•The Linus Gallery California- The Big C 2014
•LACDA Snap to Grid 2014
•IMAGO Foundation for the Arts- 9th Annual Juried Exhibit- Textile and Fiber Arts Multiplicities; New Directions in Fiber, Juror Elin Noble 2014
•Blue Lemon/ Beechwood Arts FIRE, Juror Jeanine Esposito 2014
• Easton Arts Council 2010 at The Bradley Hubbell House Easton, Juror Everett Raymond Kinstler
Upcoming
•Ormond Museum FL 2019
Awards/ Honors/ Panels
• ‘How to make it as an Artist’ Westport Library, CT, Guest panelist 2018
• Third Place -'A Different Vision', Plymouth Center for the Arts 2016
• TEA talk ‘Yearning vs. Earning’ Westport Arts Advisory Committee, Guest panelist 2016
•Artist in Residence at the Children's School Stamford, CT 2016
• ‘Fiber Arts Now’- Throw your Hat into the Ring honorable mention 2015
•Featured speaker for Fairfield County Arts Association 2015
•LICC London International Creativity Competition *short list
•Light Space Time online gallery Juror John R. Math 2014 *Special Merit Award
Judging
• SoNo Fine Arts Festival 2017
•Westport Outdoor Fine Arts Festival 2015
•Maritime Garage Gallery –selection 2012-2016
•Focus ’15 Photography Exhibition, Wilton Library 2015
•Secret Norwalk, Norwalk Historical Society 2013
•Greenwich Fine Arts Festival 2013
•Rockwell Galleries -selection 2009-2014
Publications
WomenArts Quarterly Journal Volume 7• Issue 3 -11 page art feature Fall 2017
Peripheral ARTeries Biennial Edition (interview pp.80-99) 2017
Art Reveal Magazine 6 page feature June 2017
Woven Tale Press featured artist April 2017
Art Scene Today A Stitch in Time “Bowl Job’ [International finalist], Carol Naylor, juror March 2017
Hektoen International, A Journal of Medical Humanities ‘Huetation’ Winter 2017
100 Artists to Look Out For, Starry Night Publications 2017
Fairfield County Life, Minuteman Publication Early Summer 2016 -”Style” - artist feature
ArtAscent, online December 2015 portrait issue
Connecticut Cottages and Gardens September 2007 “editor’s pick” –Estate Renderings as a great gift idea
Living in Stamford Magazine June/ July 2002 “Intriguing Neighbor” –wearable art/ silk painting
Architectural Digest February 1998 “Before and After” –rug design for NYC Brownstone
Community/ Volunteer Activities
• Stamford Downtown Special Services -Dinosaurs Rule 2015 -Philharmonichaurus
• Stamford Downtown Special Services- Car Parade 2001- “Carden of Eden”/ “Cinderella’s Chariot”
• Stamford Downtown Special Services- Cow Parade 2000 -Opera Cow “La Bovene”
• Project Return Birdhouse Auction (birdhouse sculptures) 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
- ArtSmart Chairperson 2012-2018
- Westport Cinema Initiative, Production Manager 2010-2013
- American Chamber Orchestra, Publicity Director, Musician
- Civic Orchestra of New Haven, Musician
- Danbury Symphony