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PAINTINGS

​EDUCATION 

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

​SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2020
  • Tangled Mapping, 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

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

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

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