About the artist

Education: B.F.A., Fine Arts, Dean’s List, 1979.
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

Independent Painting Studies with David Azuz, Paris, FRANCE

Teaching and Artist in Residency Programs

2008

Collage/Mixed Media, Drawing and Painting private and public workshops

2007

Visiting Instructor, St. James Cathedral, Summer Program, Chicago

2001-07

Instructor at the Latin School of Chicago, Painting, Drawing, color theory, mixed media

2006

Middle School Mural Project, Highland Park, IL (200 graduating 8th graders)

2005

Chicago public libraries: Family Portrait Series, Women's History Month

2003

Erie Neighborhood House (mural with 14 teenagers)

Middle School, Wilmette (3 murals, 200 kids)

Middle School, Winnetka

Grade School, Highland Park

1999-2002

Best Practice Highschool, Internship Program

Public Art

2008

West Town Chamber, SSA Mural Project

Chicago Dramatists, Artist Advisory Council

2007

Bloomingdale Mural Project , 10 Artists paint 10 viaducts

2006

Designer, Building Entryway, installation of Burlap and Venetian Plaster, Chicago

Designer, Lobby and Common areas, Wacker Hotel, Chicago

2003-06

East Village Art Walk, (organizer)

2001

City of Chicago, Dept of Cultural Affairs (Suite Home Chicago) Chicago,

1999

City of Chicago, Dept of Cultural Affairs, (Cows on Parade), Chicago

1995

Solar Street Lights, Houston Power and Light Houston, TX


Selected solo and group exhibits

2008

The Artists' Project/Artopolis, Chicago Merchandise Mart, Chicago

2007

'Barbie meets G.I. Joe', Koehnline Museum, Oakton College, Chicago

'New Work on Paper',(solo), Latin School of Chicago, Chicago

Ox-Bow Benefit Invitational, SAIC, Chicago

Children's Memorial Hospital Benefit, Chicago

2006

Ox-Bow Benefit, SAIC, Chicago

NOVA Art Fair, Chicago Artist Museum, Chicago

'Chicago Art Foundation Invitational’, Merchandise Mart, Chicago

2005

‘Contemporary Realism’, Prairie State College, Christopher Gallery, curated by Gregory McKnight

Street Level Gallery, ‘Three’, Highwood, IL


Connection Arts Chicago, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago

2004

Street Level Gallery, Group Show, Highwood, IL

2003

'Rituals and Devotions, Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL

2002

Sotheby's, Framing the Future , Chicago

MacDaddy Salon, (solo), Chicago

2001

Judith Racht, 30 Women Artists , Gallery on Lake Street, Chicago

Barrington Area Arts Council (two person show) Barrington, IL

D.H. Mattix Gallery, Chicago

2000

‘Working’, juried show for AFL-CIO, Chicago Cultural Center, curated by Michael Paxton
‘Chicago Art Open’, Chicago

1999

Illinois Institute of Art, (solo), Chicago

Helene Curtis Corporation, 'New Paintings',(solo), Naperville, IL

Art Institute Gallery, Chicago Open, Chicago

1998
An Art Place Gallery, Chicago

1996
MexicArte Museum, 20 Cuban Women, (two person show), Austin, TX

MexicArte Museum, ‘Retablos’, Austin, TX

501 Gallery at 501 Group, (solo), Austin, TX

Daughters of the Republic of Texas Museum, 'Over the Wire, (solo), Austin, TX

Women and Their Work Gallery, Dream Show, Austin, TX

Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin Invitational, Austin, TX

Awards

2005

Artist Residency, Ox-Box, Saugatauk, MI

2004

West Town Chamber of Commerce, Community Service Award

Best Art Instructor , "Annual Best of Issue", Chicago Magazine

2001

Cover Award, SIGNS Magazine, Journal of Women in Communication University of Washington Press

2000

Chicago Cultural Center, 'Union Images', Special Recognition Award, Chicago

Critic's Choice Award, Around the Coyote Exhibit, Chicago

Selected Commissions

2001

President William Jefferson Clinton, Washington, DC.

Publications

Chicago Magazine, East Village, 2004

Chicago Magazine, Best of Chicago , 2003

Chicago Reader, October 2000, December 2001

Chicago Tribune, February 2002

Chicago Sun-Times

Austin-American Statesman

Austin Chronicle

Artscope on the Internet

24 Hours in Cyberspace (Book)



Guest Lectures

Columbia College, Business Management

Juror, Old Town Art Fair, Chicago

University of Texas

St. Edward's University