​EDUCATION 

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

​SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

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

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

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

• ​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