Education:
1996 MFA Painting, MS Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; G.P.A. 3.95.
Art History Thesis: "Paul Klee: Theories of Pictorial Form."
1988 BS SUNY at Stony Brook, NY.
1984 BFA Painting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, cum laude.

Awards:
2010 New York Foundation for the Arts, Specil Opportuity Stipend
2009 Award of Excellence, "53rd Long Island Artists Exhibit," ALLI, Deer Park, NY
2009 New York Foundation for the Arts, Mark09 Program participant
2008 Honorable Mention, "Contemporary Landscapes," EEAC, Riverhead, NY
2001 Award of Excellence, Long Island Artists Exhibit, Heckscher Museum, Huntington.
1996 Certificate of Excellence in Art History, Pratt Institute.
1994 Posey Foundation Scholarship, Sarasota, Florida.

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:
2008 "Recent Works," Jamesport Manor Inn, Jamesport, NY
2005 “The Remsenburg Series: Images of Remsenburg, NY,” Remsenburg, NY.
2004 “Works in Paint and Clay,” CW Post, LI University, Brookville, NY.
2003 “Babies,” Quogue Library, Quogue, NY.
2002 “The Orient Series: Images of Orient, NY,” Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY.
1998 East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY.
1997 Westhampton Free Library, Westhampton Beach, NY.
1996 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
1995 Provost Retirement Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

Group Exhibitions:
2009 "My Long Island," Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2009 "53rd Long Island Artists Exhibition," Art League of Long Island, Deer Park, NY
2009,'07 "Faculty Exhibit," Suffolk Community College,Riverhead, NY
2008 "Contemporary Landscape," Honorable Mention, EEAC, Riverhead, NY
2010, '08,'01 “Members’ Exhibit,” Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY.
2005 “Summer Series,” Whitney Art Works, Portland, MA
2002 “In the Kitchen,” Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.
2001 “NO FO: Images of the North Fork,” Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY.
2001 “Long Island Artists Exhibit,” Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY.
2001, ‘02 “Members' Exhibit,” East End Arts Council (EEAC), Riverhead, NY.
2000 Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY.
2000 “Color,” Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY.
2000 “WWW.WOMANSWORK.COM,” Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, NY.
1998,’99,’00,’01 Suffolk Community College, “Faculty Show,” Brentwood, NY.
1997 “East Hampton Artist Alliance,” Clayton-Libatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY.
1995 “Pratt in Manhattan,” Juried Exhibition, Lafayette Ave., New York, NY.
1994 “Pratt in Venice” Group Show, East Hall, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
1994 “Pratt in Tuscany” Group Show, East Hall, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
1994 “New York in Cortona,” Cortona, Italy.
1994 “Art League of Long Island 40th Anniversary Show,” CW Post, Brookville, NY.

Teaching Experience:
Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY
2-D Design: Abstract elements: structure, rhythm, integration, motion, color. Light and creativity.
Art History: Art History II Renaissance to Impressionism: class discussion, slide lecture.
Art Appreciation: Art history lecture, aesthetics readings, studio arts, 1998-present
Color: Simultaneous contrast, optical mixing, middle mixes, motion, expression.

Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
Ceramics: Wheel throwing and hand building at all levels, 1992-2008.

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Art History Teaching Assistant: Survey of Art History I & II: grading, museum lectures,
1995-1996.
Drawing and Painting in Italy: Assistantship to facilitate six week Tuscany summer program in painting, and study of Tuscan painters, 1994.
Materials and Techniques Seminar in Venice, Italy: Lecture and demonstration: "Titian's Glaze Techniques." Analysis of glaze patterns, 1994.

Gallery Director
The Lyceum Gallery, Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, NY.
Curate, promote, facilitate exhibits, manage staff, 2005-present..

Related experience:
Writing Assistant: Mary Buckley, Professor Emerita, Institute Distinguished Professor, Pratt Institute, 1992. Assist in documenting Buckley's colorist sensibility and artistic discovery, 1993-1998.

Course work: Oil painting, Watercolor, Drawing, Figure Drawing, 2D Design, Color Theory, Ceramics, Stained glass, Twentieth Century Art History, Art History of the Netherlands, Venetian Art History, Ancient Greek Art History, History of Modern Design, Aesthetics, Architectural Theory.

Gallery Representation:
Fitzgerald Gallery, Westhampton Beach, New York, 11978, (631) 288-6419
Art Advisory Services, 530 Park Ave. 8G, New York, NY 10021 (212) 935-1272
Whitney Artworks, 8 Stratton Pl, Portland, Maine, 04101, (207) 780-0700