Gallery Experience
Solo
• Westfield State University Arno Maris Gallery Cutting Loose: One Medium Maximized, 2022
•WIndowed Worlds May-October 2021, solo exhibition of MicroFiberOrganism on Chapel St
•Carriage Barn solo exterior installation April 2021
•Woodcock Nature Center, solo exterior installation Wilton April 2021
•The Town of Westport and Beyond -aKNITdote, public pandemic yarnbombing @yarnbalming 2020-21
•Westport Public Library The Artist Is In, MicroFiberOrganism installation/ reSourcing, *inaugural exhibition June 2019
Two Person
• Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City, MD Surface and Structure, with Chloe Irla, 2018
Three Person
•Kershner Gallery Fairfield, CT Sculptural Dimensions, 2022
•Ormond Museum FL , Women of the Uncommon Cloth II, 2019
Select Group
•Art Basel Scope Art Fair Miami 2022
•MoCA Westport Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse 2022
•Colorblends in Bridgeport, CT jurors Cris Dam and Dustin Malvstrom 2022
• Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology, Crafting Change -Textile Month NYC, Juror Ruth Jeyaveeran 2018
• Ely Center of Contemporary Art ‘Unload: Pick up the Pieces’ 2018
• Wearable Books ‘Photosynthestitch’ Westport Public Library 2018
• 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, 2019 selected
•VirtuArt Outdoor Art Exhibit Wilcox Park Westerly, RI "Treehugger" 2015
•Bridgeport Art Trail/ Read’s Gallery 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Group Shows National
•Untitled Gallery, NYC Unraveled Confronting the Fabric of Fiber Art 2021
•Columbia Arts Center, MD Fiber Focus II national *invited 2019
•Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD -Fiber Options, Juror Jeanne Medina national 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
•Spectrum Gallery Centerbrook, CT 2015
•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
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, 2019
•Rockwell Galleries -selection 2009-2014
Publications
-Wilton Magazine -Woodcock Nature Center Yarnbalmer May 2021
-Westport Lifestyle Magazine- Mystery Night Knitter strikes Again,Yarnbomber September 2020
-Westport Magazine - 9 Artists You Should Know Now September 2018
-Dimensional Cloth- Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists by Andra Stanton 2018
-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 -Pianos 2021 LucKEY Chops
-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
-Civic Orchestra of New Haven,
-Musician Danbury Symphony
-World Doctors Orchestra
Solo
• Westfield State University Arno Maris Gallery Cutting Loose: One Medium Maximized, 2022
•WIndowed Worlds May-October 2021, solo exhibition of MicroFiberOrganism on Chapel St
•Carriage Barn solo exterior installation April 2021
•Woodcock Nature Center, solo exterior installation Wilton April 2021
•The Town of Westport and Beyond -aKNITdote, public pandemic yarnbombing @yarnbalming 2020-21
•Westport Public Library The Artist Is In, MicroFiberOrganism installation/ reSourcing, *inaugural exhibition June 2019
Two Person
• Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City, MD Surface and Structure, with Chloe Irla, 2018
Three Person
•Kershner Gallery Fairfield, CT Sculptural Dimensions, 2022
•Ormond Museum FL , Women of the Uncommon Cloth II, 2019
Select Group
•Art Basel Scope Art Fair Miami 2022
•MoCA Westport Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse 2022
•Colorblends in Bridgeport, CT jurors Cris Dam and Dustin Malvstrom 2022
• Museum at Fashion Institute of Technology, Crafting Change -Textile Month NYC, Juror Ruth Jeyaveeran 2018
• Ely Center of Contemporary Art ‘Unload: Pick up the Pieces’ 2018
• Wearable Books ‘Photosynthestitch’ Westport Public Library 2018
• 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, 2019 selected
•VirtuArt Outdoor Art Exhibit Wilcox Park Westerly, RI "Treehugger" 2015
•Bridgeport Art Trail/ Read’s Gallery 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Group Shows National
•Untitled Gallery, NYC Unraveled Confronting the Fabric of Fiber Art 2021
•Columbia Arts Center, MD Fiber Focus II national *invited 2019
•Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, MD -Fiber Options, Juror Jeanne Medina national 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
•Spectrum Gallery Centerbrook, CT 2015
•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
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, 2019
•Rockwell Galleries -selection 2009-2014
Publications
-Wilton Magazine -Woodcock Nature Center Yarnbalmer May 2021
-Westport Lifestyle Magazine- Mystery Night Knitter strikes Again,Yarnbomber September 2020
-Westport Magazine - 9 Artists You Should Know Now September 2018
-Dimensional Cloth- Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists by Andra Stanton 2018
-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 -Pianos 2021 LucKEY Chops
-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
-Civic Orchestra of New Haven,
-Musician Danbury Symphony
-World Doctors Orchestra
