Residency AWARD Fellowships
Edwards Trust Visiting Artist Fellowship, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, August 2021
Oak Spring Garden Foundation Artist in Residency Program, Upperville, VA, January 2020 and July 2018
Pine Meadow Ranch Artist in Residency Program, Sisters, OR March, 2019
Playa, Summer Lake, OR, February 2019
MASS MoCA: An Assets for Artists Program, North Adams, MA, 2016
Montello Foundation Artist-In-Residence, Montello, NV, 2016
Caldera Arts Center Arts-In-Residence, Sisters, OR, March and December 2016
Visiting Artist Fellowship, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 2014
Whiskeytown Artist-in-Residence Program, Whiskeytown, CA, 2014
Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY, 2011
Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence Program, Wilton, CT, August 2010/December 2010
Artists' Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT, 2009, 2007
Ross Creek Center for the Arts, Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2008
• Invited to return by the directors
Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts, Miramonte, CA, 2006
La Napoule Art Foundation, Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France, 2005
Islip Art Museum, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2001
OTHEr Awards
The Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, NY, NY, 2008
Change Inc. Grant, Captiva, FL, 2008
Artists' Fellowship Inc. Grant, NY, NY, 2008
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant, NY, NY, 2008
Pat Hearn and Colin De Land Foundation Grant, NY, NY, 2008
Visiting Artist Honorarium, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2007
Islip Art Museum Project Grant, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2001
Blanche E. Colman Award, Mellon Private Asset Management, Boston, MA, 2001
Skidmore College Permanent Collection Student Distinction, Skidmore College, NY, 1994
Honorable Mention in Painting, Francis Hook National Scholarship Fund, MN, 1993
Philip Guston Award, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1993
Richard Pierce Scholarship, Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc., MA, 1990-1994
Gallery Affiliations
Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY, 2020-present
Adelman Fine Art, San Diego, CA, 2018-present
Red Fox Art Gallery, Bedford, NY, 2017-present
GalleryELL, Transient Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2009-present
Pierogi 2000, Flat Files Drawer, Brooklyn, NY, 2003-present
Bernard Toale Gallery, Drawing Project Flat Files, Boston, MA, 2003-2007
Slide Registry and Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, NY, NY, 2004-present
Solo Exhibitions
Nomadic Landscapes, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, 2021
A Sweet Spot Between Extremes, Red Fox Gallery, Bedford, NY, 2020
W/hole, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2014
W/hole, Wave Hill Sunroom Project Space, Bronx, NY, 2012
Global Cooling: The Women Chill Visual Art Installation, World Financial Center,
New York, NY. Curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, 2009
She's So Simple II, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
• Site-specific installation above a 30' x 14' reflection pool, 2006
She's So Simple I, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2001
• Site-specific installation above a 30' x 14' reflection pool
My Secret Electric Fence, Herter Art Gallery, 2001
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Selected GROUP Exhibitions
LandX, Red Fox Contemporary, Pound Ridge, NY, 2021
• Curated by Dominick Lombardi
Contemporary Reuse 2019, Material for the Arts, LIC, NY, 2019
• Curated by John Kaiser
Texture, Adelman Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, 2019
De/CONSTRUCTING WORLDS, NYPOP Gallery, NY, NY, 2019
• Curated by Amanda Tiller
Landscape: Real and Imagined, Site: Brooklyn, NY, 2018
• Curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch
The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, 2018
Call and Response, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 2017
• Curated by Gabriel de Guzman
Pop Up Paper Show, Stand at Reich Paper, Brooklyn, NY 2015
Convergence, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, 2013
• Curated by Mariko Tanaka
Garbage Barge Revisited: Art From Dross, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2012
• Curated by Karen Shaw
Eye on High: Roadside Attractions, Artscape, Baltimore, MD, 2012
• Curated by Christopher Attenborough and Sean Naftel
Flowers, Follies and Other Rites of Spring, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, 2011
• Curated by Kenise Barnes
Elemental Processes: GalleryELL @ Spool Mfg., Spool Mfg, Johnson City, NY, 2011
GalleryELL at the Loading Dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
• Curated by John Ros
Convergence, Lumenhouse Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
• Curated by Mariko Tanaka
2010 Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY, 2010
2nd Annual Governors Island Art Fair, GalleryELL, Governors Island, NY, 2009
Four Artists in Four Galleries, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Groton, CT, 2008
• Selected by the directors of I-Park Artists' Enclave for one gallery space
Hello, Caelum Gallery and Herter Art Gallery, NY, NY and Amherst, MA, 2008
• Curated by Misuzu Takemotoa and Nicholas Bergman
The Bird's The Word, Tribes Gallery, NY, NY, 2007
• Curated by Robert Storr
Your Space, Phillips de Pury & Company, NY, NY, 2007/2006
New New York Drawing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2007
• Curated by Don Desmett
eBayADay, University of Michigan, Ann Harbor, MI, 2007
• Curated by Rebekah Modrak, Aaron Ahuvia and Zackery Denfeld
Two Person Show, Designers and Agents, NY, NY, 2006
• Curated by David Cohen
Summer Salon, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY, 2005
• Curated by Daniel Aycock and Patrick Todd
New Works, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY, 2005
• Curated by Kathleen Cullen
Fellowship Exhibition, Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France, 2005
New Works - New Faces, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, 2004
• Curated by Joseph Carroll
Big Cry Baby, Smack Mellon, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, 2003
• Curated by Jerry Kearns
A Bestiary, 55 Mercer Gallery, NY, NY, 2003
• Curated by Joshua Dorman
New England/New York/New Talent, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, 2003
• Juried by Edward Winkleman and Joshua Stern
Works on Paper, Gallery 100, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2003
• Curated by Deborah Martin
Summer Six Faculty Exhibition, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2002
Site Specifics 2001, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2001
• Curated by Catherine Valenza
Red, University Place Gallery, The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, 2001
• Juried by Harry Cooper
Rapid Response, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2001
Painters and Printmakers, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA, 2000
Open Juried Summertime Show, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT, 1999
• Juried by Lois Tarlow
Alumni Juried Exhibition, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1999
• Juried by John Hampshire
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Saratoga Public Library, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1997
• Curated by Casper Hargrieves
Artspan Open Studios Exhibition, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1996
Voices, Barre Historical Society, Barre, MA, 1994
• Curated by Cheryl Adams
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Guest Lectures and Artist Presentations
Guest Artist Lecture, Santa Rosa Junior Community College, Santa Rosa, CA, 2022
Visiting Artist Lecture, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, 2021
Visiting Artist Lecture, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2014
Weir Farm Artist-In-Residence Presentation, Wilton Library, Wilton, NY, 2010
Umass Amherst New York Professional Out Reach Studio Visit, Brooklyn, NY, 2010, 2005
I-Park Artists’ Enclave, East Haddam, CT, 2009, 2005
Spence Academy, NY, NY, 2008
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2006
Summer Six AP Art Program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2006-2002
La Napoule Art Foundation, Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La Napoule, France, 2005
Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 2002
Selected Teaching Experience
Painting Instructor
• Summer Six AP Art Program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2002-2006
• Department of Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2000-2001
Drawing I Instructor
• Department of Art, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA, 2001-2002
• Continuing Education Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts Studio Foundations I and II Instructor
• Department of Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1999
Basic Studio Design Instructor, 2002
• Department of Art, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
• Department of Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1999
Introduction to Studio Art Instructor
• Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA, 2001-2002
Education
M.F.A. in Painting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2001
• Awarded full teaching fellowship
B.S. in Studio Art, Art History Minor, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1990-1994
• Highest Honors, Senior Thesis Exhibition