EDUCATION

MFA    LIU Post, Brookville, NY    Studio Art, Summa Cum Laude

               Thesis: Repetition is change

               Thesis exhibition: Women with Skirts   

BFA     School of Visual Arts, New York, NY    Media Art, Magna Cum Laude

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021   The Other Art Fair  Brooklyn, NY

2017   Metro Beats, PLATFORM: Creative Musings on Mass Transit, NY Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY

2017   Every Picture Tells a Story   School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2016   Subconscious Narrative  Alfred Van Loen Gallery, Curated by Deborah Katz, Huntington, NY

2014   My World Inside, Out.  Adler Gallery, Port Washington, NY

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023   Teleportal : : Munich Calling, Teleportal International Collective, Donner wie Blitz, Munich, Germany

2022   Movement, Teleportal International Collective, Real Tinsel Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2022   Ephemeral Existence, Teleportal International Collective, West Chelsea Arts Building, New York, NY 

2020   She: An Expression of Womanhood, Annmarie Sculpture Garden  Curated by Camy Clough, National Museum of American History, Solomons, MD

2019   Brodsky & Friends, Jeanie Tengelson Gallery, Dix Hills, NY

2019   Figurative Expressions, St. Josephs College, Patchogue, NY  Curated by Dawn Lee

2018   Abstracting the Figure, Omni Gallery, Uniondale, NY  Curated by Dawn Lee

2018   Slide Slam, ImPACtful Connections, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Long Island, NY

2017   Invitational, Roslyn Village Gallery, Roslyn, NY

2016   Members Show, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Dix Hills, NY

2015   Painters, Invitational  Curated by Stan Brodsky, Ripe Art Gallery, Huntington, NY

2015   Art Comes Home, Invitational, Hillwood Gallery, Brookville, NY

2015   I see Me, Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery  Curated by Lynn Rozzi, Huntington, NY

2015   Women of the World-Think Big!, Bloomingdales Furniture Gallery, Roosevelt Field Mall, NY

2015   Women of the World-Art &Photography, Theodore Roosevelt Executive & Legislative Building, Mineola, NY

 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2018   Circle Foundation for the Arts - Finalist Award, Art Expo

2018   Artavita, 29th International Online Art Contest, Top 50 Certificate of Excellence

2016   Saatchi Art, Artist of the Day 4.25.2016

2015   Saatchi Art, 20 Emerging Artists from the Big Apple

 

PUBLICATIONS

2016   Contemporary Art of Excellence Book, GAA Publishing

 

VIDEO

2016   In the Art Studio, Verizon Fios Channel 1, Push Pause Segment

 

PRESS

2019   Newsday, Explore LI Section, Jan 3, 2019

2018   LI Pulse Magazine, 9 in Art, Writer/Mary Gregory, Photography/Adam Weiss, July /Aug 2018

2016   The New York Times: NY Region, Things to Do on Long Island, Jan 2016

2015   The New York Times: NY Region, Things to Do on Long Island, Dec 2015

2014   The New York Times: Metropolitan, Calendar Feature, Sunday, March 16, 2014

2014   The New York Times: Metropolitan, Calendar Feature, Sunday, February 2, 2014

 

RESIDENCIES

2022   The Church: Constructing the Contemporary Narrative , Host/Artist Eric Fischl, Sag Harbor, NY    New York Academy of Art, Merit Scholarship

2022   Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts, Solomons, MD

2021   New York Studio School, New York, NY

2017   School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2015   Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia

               Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ASSOCIATION

2021-2022          School of Visual Arts Residency Alumni Network

2021- present    Teleportal, International Artists Collective

2012- present    Critique Group of LI

2012- present    School of Visual Arts CE

2002-2018          Stan Brodsky: Painter, Mentor  Art League of LI

 

 Teaching Experience

LIU Post, Brookville, NY   2010 –2011

Teaching Assistant

• Instructed foundation students ages 18 through 23 with life drawing during three-hour class

• Aided students with proportions and suggested alternate art materials to foster student creativity

 

Instructor

• “Visual Journaling: The Sketchbook Project, Cold Spring Harbor High School 

• “Visual Journaling: The Black Book, Huntington Public Library 

• “Visual Journaling: The Sketchbook Project, The Art League of Long Island 

• “Visual Journaling”, high school art students, The Art League of Long Island 

 

Teacher/Owner

• “Kids Create” Instruct youngsters with two- and three-dimensional projects infused within historical context

 

Arts Community Involvement

Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY:

• Art After Dark; a monthly event 2012 - 2015

Event planning and outreach to community. Set up visiting artist’s work for display. Meet and greet members

and guests. Hand out brochures, accept donations, encourage new memberships

• Exhibition Committee 2014 - present

Attend monthly meetings to discuss gallery events and art exhibitions

Accept delivery of artworks for exhibitions

Install exhibitions in Jeanie Tengelson Gallery

Attend receptions, meet and greet members and encourage new membership

Work with artists to retrieve work from exhibitions

• Program and Fundraising Committee 2015 - present

Attend monthly meetings for discussion of new events and opportunities for visibility at venues outside of

art league

Follow through of proposed ideas; phone calls, emails, letters

 

Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY:

•  Exhibition Committee: Invitational Gallery Show Curator Chair 2015 - 2016

Attend monthly meetings to discuss gallery events/exhibits and budgets

Curate exhibitions with the goal of creating a cohesive theme. Review and select artists’ submissions and communicate the Council’s interest in showcasing their work. Correspond with artists’ and staff while

organizing events

Manage logistics related to exhibitions (securing artwork, hanging/rotating artwork, managing the calendar,

and promoting events)

Act as spokesperson at reception openings

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Juror

2015   Art in the Park Fine Art & Craft Fair

           The Art League of Long Island’s 48th Annual Art in the Park Fine Art & Craft Fair,

           Heckscher Park, Huntington

2015   Annual Art Show Spring

           Half Hollow Hills High School, Dix Hills

 

Artwork represented by SaatchiArt

Artwork represented by Singulart

Private collectors in: United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, China