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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 ECHOES, K.B. Gallery, New York, NY *** On View April 1st- April 26th***
2006 Virtues, Bodre, NYC

       

2005 Being, Aphrodisiac, NYC
2003 Reverent Awe and the Search for Beauty, Studio 12N, NYC


Selected Group Exhibitions

Upcoming 2008

May Beneath the Skin, A Perfect 8 Exhibit, Chashama ABC, NYC
June Heart and Soul, A Younity Exhibit, NYC

  
2008 Ides of March, ABC No Rio, NYC
Resonance, An exhibit in Association with Perfect 8, Monkdogz, Chelsea, NY
  2007 Chashama North Artist Residency Show, Mountain Cow, PinePlains, NY        
2007 Integrity, Irvington Hall, Irvington, NY
2006 Penetrating Empathy, Haven Arts, NYC
 

Tiny Fine Art Exhibit, Art at Large Gallery, NYC
Redhead, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC
Art in the Garden, Ring Garden, NYC
Uptown Art Stroll, High Bridge Park, NYC

2005-6 Permanent Collection, Tiny Fine Art Gallery, NYC
2005 Entangled Orbits: you could be me, Play Space Gallery, San Francisco,CA
  Secret Affinities-Encountering the Communion of ‘The Other’, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Alumni Exhibit, The Mooney Center Exhibit Hall, New Rochelle, NY
Crossed Destinies - A Tarot of the Artists, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
The Theme of The Unseen, The Times Square Lobby Gallery, NYC
Big Proportions, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Art in the Garden, Ring Garden, NYC
Danza, High Bridge Park, NYC 		   
2004 Sensuous Abundance, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY    
  Preview, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Art 101, Red Wing Gallery, Tarrytown, NY 		   
2003 Accumulative Efforts, Phoenix Gallery, NYC    
  Three Graces, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing Exhibition, ASL Gallery, NY
    
2002 Eat Art 5, HEREart Co-Gallery, SOHO, NYC
 

Human Rights, Children’s Rights, Mooney Exhibition Hall, New Rochelle, NY
11 for 11, Hiram Halle Library, Pound Ridge, NY
Graduate Art Exhibition, Mooney Exhibition Hall, New Rochelle, NY

 

Selected Publications

2007 The Herald, article, “Unity in Irvington”
2006 Artist Unite, review, “Da Bronx”
         The Best of New York, Kennedy Promotions, NYC
Manhattan Times, article, “The Opening Reception”.

2005 Manhattan Times, article, “Art, ARt, Everywhere Art”.
2004 Direct Art, article, “Recent Works at Limner Gallery”.
1995 Durma, Dutch Art magazine, article, “Problemen Kan Ik Sublimeren In Mijn Kunst”

 

Residencies

2007 Chashama North, Pine Plains, NY
1994-1995 De Ateliers 63. Amsterdam, Holland.

 

Grants and Awards

 2008 Manhattan Community Arts Fund grant LMCC
2008 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance
2006 The Best of New York, 1st Place - Acrylic Painting, Kennedy Promotions
2003 & 5 Irvington Education Foundation Grant, Received grant to create and install permanent sculptures within

  
  the school community.
2003-5 Irvington Education Foundation Grant, 2003, 2004, & 2005. Received grant three years in a row to run a
  free photography class for children.
2001 Irvington Education Foundation Grant, Received grant to create public murals within school community.
2000 Mural @ The Jefferson Valley Mall, Facilitated the creation of a 15ft x 40ft mural with High Schools 		   
  students at the Jefferson Valley Mall.    
1998 “Lakeland Alternative Mural Project for Active Learning”. A team of “At-risk” students worked together    
to create a permanent mural in the HS.

1994-1995 De Ateliers 63. Grant awarded by the Dutch Government

Curator and Director

Upcoming:
 May 2008 Beneath the Skin, A Perfect 8 Exhibit, Chashama ABC, NYC

2007 Curator for “Unity” @ Irvington Hall, Irvington, NY
2006-7 Creator and Editor of the Perfect 8 magazine.
2005-7 Creator & Director of artist organization: More Art Discourse.
2006 Curator for “Penetrating Empathy” exhibition @ Haven Arts, NYC.

Education

2003 College of New Rochelle, Masters of Science in Art Education. New Rochelle,NY
1999 College of New Rochelle, Masters of Science in Art Therapy. New Rochelle,NY
1993-1994 De Hoeg School Voor De Kunst, Studies in Fine Arts and Art History, Amsterdam, Holland
1993 SUNY Purchase, BFA, Major: Painting, Minor: Psychology, Purchase, NY
1990 Music and Art High School, NYC

                   
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