PAINTINGS

​EDUCATION 

BFA: Painting, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA, MFA Program

​SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025

  • The Shape of Light, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2023

  • Of Memory, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2022

  • Dark Light Soft Bright, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon NC


2020

  • Common Thread, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2019

  • Pink Dog Creative, Asheville NC

2018

  • Spontaneous Intention, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon NC

2014

  • Gallery Seventeen, Greenville SC
  • Abstractions, Artetude Gallery, Asheville NC

2013

  • Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory NC
  • Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta GA

2012

  • Mind Over Matter, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon NC

2010

  • Inside Out, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis MD

2008

  • Clinical Center Gallery, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD
  • Washington Cancer Institute, Washington DC

2007

  • Precarious Promise, Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis MD

2006

  • Blue Spiral 1Gallery, Asheville NC
  • Moments in Time, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC

2004

  • Blue Spiral 1Gallery, Asheville NC  
  • Balance, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC 

2002

  • Exploring Perception, Wynn Bone Gallery, St Augustine FL
  • Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC
  • Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill NC

2001 

  • Wynn Bone Gallery, St Augustine FL 

2000 

  • The Seaside Institute, Seaside FL

1995 

  • Sylvia White Gallery, Santa Monica CA 

1993 

  • Thick and Thin, Sports LA Gallery, Los Angeles CA
  • Third Street Studio, San Francisco CA

1991 

  • Process and Paradox, Kennedy Art Center, Holy Names College, Oakland CA

1989 

  • Shaklee Plaza, San Francisco CA

1987 

  • De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara CA
  • Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco CA

1986 

  • Memorial Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

1985 

  • Recent Inquiries, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco CA

​SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

  • Asheville Strong, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville NC

2024

  • Orbit Space, Asheville NC

2023

  • Abstract Interactions, Mars Landing Gallery, Mars Hill NC

2021

  • Summer Select, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2020

  • 40th Anniversary Show, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin TX
  • Art in the Age of Corona, DAB Art Co, Los Angeles CA
  • Nuances in Abstract Painting, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2019

  • Who’s Afraid of RED?, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville NC (curator)

2018

  • Pure Abstraction, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia PA
  • Inspiration, Mark Bettis Gallery, Asheville NC
  • Pioneer Women of the River Arts District, Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery
  • Tieken Gallery, Los Angeles CA
  • Women Painters of the Southeast, Western Carolina Fine Art Museum, Cullowhee NC

2017

  • “Unveiled”, Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia PA
  • Co_Works with Norbert Guthier, Eduard Duval Carrie Studio, Miami FL

2016

  • G Gallery, Houston TX
  • Shain Gallery, Charlotte NC
  • Momentum, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas TX
  • Flight, West Branch Gallery, Stowe VT
  • Co_Works with Norbert Guthier, Fred Tieken Gallery, Paradise Valley AZ

2015

  • Boldly Abstract, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon NC
  • Local Color, Asheville Regional Airport

2014

  • Dark, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA

2013

  • Gallery Seventeen, Greenville SC

2012

  • Southern Abstraction: A Fresh Look, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile AL
  • Waking Up with Van Gogh, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory NC

2011

  • Ma: The Space Between, The Artery, Asheville NC

2010

  • Abstract Thinking, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC

2009

  • Art 2009, Highlands Museum of the Arts, Sebring FL
  • North Carolina Artists, Betty Ray McCain Gallery, Raleigh NC
  • Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis MD
  • Drew Deane Gallery, Brevard NC
  • 30th Anniversary Show, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura CA 

2008

  • September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA
  • Tenth Anniversary Show, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC
  • Wynn Bone Gallery, Annapolis MD
  • The Bold & the Beautiful, Arts Council of Henderson County, Hendersonville NC

2007

  • September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA
  • Winter Show 2007, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro NC
  • Tenth Anniversary Show, Brunner Gallery, Covington LA

2006

  • The Southern Landscape, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh NC
  • Ragdale 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL

2005

  • Night and Day, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon NC
  • Small Works, Rentz Gallery, Richmond VA

2004

  • Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville TN
  • Through Women’s Eye”, The Women’s Center, Chapel Hill NC
  • The Seaside Institute, Seaside FL

2003

  • ​The First Step: Drawings by Southeastern Artists, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville
  • Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville TN
  • Hidell Brooks Gallery Fifth Anniversary Show, Charlotte NC 
  • Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville

2002

  • Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville TN 
  • Abstraction: A Parallel Reality, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville NC 
  • Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC 
  • Through Womens’ Eyes, The Womens’ Center, Chapel Hill NC

2001

  • Black & White, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville NC
  • New 3, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville NC
  • Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC

2000

  • Endings and Beginnings, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville NC
  • Faculty 2000 Exhibition, University of North Carolina Asheville
  • Upstairs Gallery, Tryon NC
  • Asheville in the Abstract, Zone One Contemporary, Asheville NC

1999

  • Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine NC
  • Odyssey Gallery, Asheville NC

1997

  • Center on Contemporary Arts (COCA) Annual, Seattle WA

1996

  • Eight by Eight, Sun City Museum of Art, Sun City AZ

1995

  • No Common Denominator, Mt. St. Mary's College, Los Angeles CA
  • Ucross: The First Ten Years, Ucross Foundation, Ucross WY

1994

  • ART/LA 94, Los Angeles CA

1993

  • Alexandria Museum of Art Annual, Alexandria LA
  • Boise State University Annual, Boise ID

1992

  • San Diego Art Institute, All California Exhibition, San Diego CA

1991

  • Women on Women, Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco CA

1989

  • Four Painters, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

1988

  • Bay Arts 1988, Arts Council of San Mateo County, San Mateo CA
  • Introspectives, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester NY

1987

  • Bay Arts 1987, Arts Council of San Mateo County, San Mateo CA
  • Art and Travel, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco CA

1986

  • Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • SFSF (San Francisco Science Fiction), Otis Parsons Institute, Los Angeles CA

1985

  • Different Directions, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco CA
  • San Francisco Arts Festival '85, San Francisco Art Institute, CA

1984

  • California Women Artists, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento CA
  • All California 1984, Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA
  • SFSf, The Clock Tower, New York NY

1983

  • Richmond Arts Center Annual, Richmond CA

GRANTS/AWARDS/Other

2025

  • RADA Foundation Grant, $3,000

2024

  • GEM (Global Empowerment Mission Grant

2019

  • Pollock-Krasner Grant. $17,000. Pollock Krasner Foundation, New York NY

2015

  • Paintings featured in movie, “Ride Along 2”

2013

  • CD cover art, Gold Digger, Minton Sparks

2007

  • Merit Award, September Show, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA
  • Cover Art, “On Freedom Street”, by Yesho Atil, E. Washington University Press

2006

  • CD cover art, Happy Accident, Billy Jonas
  • Best of North Carolina Artists and Artisans, Second Place, Mixed Media

2005

  • Invited Panelist, Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards Visual Arts Jury

2004

  • Jurors’ Choice, Through Women’s Eyes, Women’s Center, Chapel Hill NC 
  • Residency, The Seaside Institute, Seaside FL

2003

  • Asheville Area Arts Council Regional Artist Project Grant

2002

  • Paintings placed in movie, “Shallow Hal”

2001

  • Residency, Loft Nota Bene, Cadaques, Spain

2000

  • Residency, The Seaside Institute, Seaside, FL

1999

  • Best of Show, Toe River Arts Council Fall Exhibition, Spruce Pine NC

1995

  • Residency, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest IL

1994

  • Residency, The Ucross Foundation, Ucross WY

1992

  • Gold Discovery Award, Art of California Magazine

1987

  • Eureka Fellowship, Mortimer Fleishhacker Foundation Grant, $15,000 award

1985

  • Finalist, Contemporary Artist Award, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA

​PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • Mission Hospital for Advanced Medicine, Asheville NC
  • Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Asheville NC
  • ​The Electrolux Corporation, Charlotte NC
  • Foundation for the Carolinas, Charlotte NC
  • Coweta County Public Library, Newland GA
  • Mission Memorial Hospital Magnolia Campus, Asheville NC
  • National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD
  • Capital One, Richmond VA
  • Gastonia Women & Childrens Hospital, Gastonia NC
  • Western Carolina University Art Museum, Cullowhee NC
  • Asheville Art Museum, Asheville NC
  • First Charter Bank, Charlotte NC
  • University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill NC
  • Bank of America Corporate Collection, San Francisco CA
  • Union Pacific Bank, Seattle WA
  • Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, Asheville NC