Upcoming Exhibitions
2018 They Are Each Other For A While, Solo Exhibition at University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 Soma, Muriel Guépin Gallery, NYC (Two Person Show)
2014 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Axioms, chashama Gallery, NYC
2013 Systemic Constructs for the Reduction of Uncertainty, Garis & Hahn, in conjunction with Ideas City
Biennial Festival sponsored by the New Museum, NYC
2011 The Space Between, Russ Berrie Gallery Space, Columbia University, NYC
2008 ECHOES, K.B, Gallery, NYC
2005 Being, Aphrodisiac, NYC
2003 Reverent Awe and The Search For Beauty, Studio 12N, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Leveling, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Resistance, Rio II Gallery hosted by NoMAA and Sugarhill Museum, NY
2017 Uproot, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Profest ≠ Protest: Global Burdens, Center For Book Arts, NYC
Fact or Fiction, Cluster Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Leave Your Swords At The Door, Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Disruption, Rio II Gallery hosted by NoMAA and Sugarhill Museum, NYC
Just Friends, Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY
The Art Of Healing - Allen Pavillon Hospital - Hosted by NoMAA, NYC
2016 Under the Influence, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Uptown Arts Review, Rio II Gallery hosted by NoMAA and Sugarhill Museum, NYC
2015 Aljira Emerge 11: I put this moment...here. I put this moment... here. I put this moment... over here. Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Shangri-la, The Factory, L.I.C. Arts Open festival, NYC
Holiday Salon, Lesley Heller Gallery, LES, NYC
2014 The Impossible, Montclair Art Museum @ Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Reflections on Creating, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
Spirit of Community, Interchurch Center, NYC
2013 Borderline: Depictions of Skin, Garis & Hahn, LES, NYC
Fragment, Saratoga Art Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Infinite Regions, Grady Alexis Gallery, NYC
What is an Art Book? Garis & Hahn, LES, NYC
2012 Contact and Exchange, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
Intersections, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
2011 NoMAA Grantees, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
Perspectives, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
2010 The Intimacy of Memory, Galería Nacional, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Core, Under Minerva Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Women in the Heights, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
PERFECT 8 Poster Project, ABC No Rio, NYC
NoMAA Grantees, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
2009 Body Politic, The Jungle, NYC
NoMAA Grantees, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
2008 Heart and Soul, Younity, NYC
Trading Places, Canco Loft, Jersey City, NJ
Beneath the Skin: a Perfect 8 Exhibit, chashama ABC, NYC
NoMAA Grantees, Malcolm X Center, NYC
Salad Days, Haven Arts, NYC
Women Power and Politics, International Museum of Women, San Francisco, CA
Ides of March, ABC No Rio, NYC
The Body as Image, Philoctetes Center, NYC
2007 Younity “Crossover”, Showroom Gallery, NYC
2006 Penetrating Empathy, a Perfect8 Exhibit, Haven Arts, NYC
Tiny Fine Art Exhibit, Art at Large Gallery, NYC
2005 Entangled Orbits: you could be me, Play Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Secret Affinities, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Big Proportions, Galeria Galou, Brooklyn, NY
Accumulative Efforts, Phoenix Gallery, NY
Public Art
2010 PERFECT8 Post No Bills Installations, multiple locations throughout NYC 2009
PERFECT8 Bodega Installation, Last Stop Convenience, NYC
2008-9 PERFECT8 Magazine Stand Project, NYC streets & Haven Arts, NYC
Selected Publications
2016 Anatomy Rocks, by Rodolphe Lachat, publishers Cernunnos
2015 RHINO HORN GROUP, Connecting Figures (part 3): New Humanism in Contemporary Figurative Art, by Adam Zucker
2014 Sugar Mule, Issue 46, Artist Profile, by Alyse Knorr
2013 ArtFuse, Living in Their Own Skin at Garis & Hahn, by Oscar Laluyan
Hyperallergic, Finding Empathy In The Confines Of Our Skin, by Susan Silas
Two Coats of Paint, Careful Observation, by Sharon Butler
Examiner, Borderline: Depictions of Skin, April Gallery Focus
Beautycism, An Art Exhibit That Will Get Under Your Skin, by Maze Mpinja
2010 Costa Verde DR, “Intimdad de la Memoria en la Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes”
Listin Diario, Doce Artistas de America Exponan en Bellas Artes
Manhattan Times, Cover Story, ”Women in the Heights “
Hoy, ”’Intimdad de la Memoria’ Una Exposicion para recrdar.”
2009 Hetast 2009 ,”New York’s roughest area has a soft side “
Manhattan Times, Cover Story, ”Art Seen Uptown - Perfect8 Newsstand “
2008 Manhattan Times, Cover Story, “New Exhibit at K.B. Gallery”
Artist Unite, review “ECHOES”
Grants, Awards and Residencies
2016 Ligo Project, Artist Residency Program for scientists and artists, New York, NY
2013 Aljira Emerge 11 Fellowship, Aljira: A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Starry Night - Residency Program, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
2012 Vermont Studio Center - Residency Program, Johnson, Vermont
Angel Award - Grant awarded to attend The Vermont Studio Center Residency
2011 The Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Grant for Painting
2010 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Grant for Installation project
2009 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Grant for PERFECT8 Bodega Project
2008 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council – Manhattan Community Arts Grant
2007 Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance - Grant for painting
chashama North, Residency, New York
2006 Kennedy Promotions - The Best of New York, 1st Place - Acrylic Painting
2001,3&5 Irvington Education Foundation Grant - create public art in the community
1998 Lakeland Grant - “Lakeland Alternative Mural Project for Active Learning”
1994-5 De Ateliers 63 – 2-year working artist grant awarded by the Dutch Government and residency at De Ateliers 63, Amsterdam, Holland
Talks and Lectures
2017 PROFEST ≠ PROTEST : GLOBAL BURDENS, Center for Book Arts, NYC, NY
Disruption, Rio Gallery II, NYC, NY
2016 Uptown Arts Review, Rio Gallery II, NYC, NY
2014 Reflections on Creating, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
2013 Borderline: Depictions of Skin, Garis & Hahn, LES, NY
Fragment, Saratoga Art Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 Perspectives, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
2010 Grantee Artists Panel, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
Women Create; A Conversation with Women Artists of Northern Manhattan, Dwyer Cultural Center, NYC
2009 NoMAA Grant Awards Presentation, NoMAA Gallery, NYC
2008 NoMAA talk at Malcolm X Center, 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 De Hoeg School Voor De Kunst, Fine Arts and Art History, Amsterdam, Holland
1993 SUNY Purchase, BFA, Major: Painting, Minor: Psychology, Purchase, NY
1990 Music and Art (LaGuardia) High School, painting major, NYC, NY