Artist Statement
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes now wail my dear time’s waste.
– Shakespeare, Sonnets, XX
I spent a great deal of time satisfying others, but when reflecting some years back, there wasn’t a whole lot to reflect on. Imaginary worlds created as a defense mechanism were all there was as far as experience.
So many places I’ve been, things I’ve done, but none were real. Tired of living in an imaginary world. It’s just not much fun.
Go where I want, when I want; say what I want, how I want. Having so many means of expression and reflection is liberating. And if only I understand them, that’ll have to do.
Absorbed in the creations of thy mind,
Forgetting daily self, my truest self I find.
– Margaret Fuller
Art Exhibitions and Honors
Loosen Art – Transitions and Displacements Millepiani Gallery, Rome Italy 2020, group exhibition
14th Pollux Awards Gallery Foto Nostrum, Barcelona, Spain March, 2020, honorable mention
21st International Open Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL August – September, 2018 juried group exhibition
Relishing Restraint Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT August – September, 2018 group exhibition
Nasty Women Art Exhibition Knockdown Center, Queens, NYC January 2017 group exhibition
Generations X A.I.R. Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NYC December 2015 invitational group exhibition
Home Zufall Health Center, Dover, NJ 2014 group exhibition
The Art of Travel Photography PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT 2014 group exhibition
Generations IX A.I.R. Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NYC December 2013 invitational group exhibition
Wish You Were Here A.I.R. Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NYC Summer 2011 group exhibition
Generations VIII A.I.R. Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NYC December 2011 invitational group exhibition
The Perfect Fit: 22nd Annual NJ Small Works Show, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, the Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ, June 10-July 8, 2011, juried exhibition
Teaching Artists, SpeakEasy Gallery, Boonton, NJ, May 27-June19, 2011, group exhibition
9×12 Works, Budapest & AIR/HMC Exhibit Ferencvarosi Pincegallery, Budapest, Hungary, May 26-June 19, 2011 juried exhibition
12th Annual Photographic Processes Upstream People Gallery http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com, September 2010-August, 2011, online juried exhibition
Art Kudos 2010 http://www.artkudos.com, International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition
The Color Red http://www.softcanvas.com, Spring 2010 juried exhibition
Sculpted Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA March 2010 juried exhibition
Magic Silver 2010 Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, KY January 2010 juried exhibition
Generations VII A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NYC December 2009 invitational group exhibition
Snap to Grid LACDA, Los Angeles, CA November 2009 group exhibition
Hot New Pics Center Gallery, Wichita, Kansas November 2009 juried exhibition
Small Works BIG idea APW Gallery, Long Island City, NYC September 2009 group exhibition
Dwellings Still Point Gallery, Maine Summer 2009 juried exhibition
Post – MA Exhibition New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ May 2009 two-woman exhibit
In Your Dreams Pen and Brush Gallery, NYC April 2009 juried exhibition
Continuum George Segal Gallery, MSU, Upper Montclair, NJ Mar. – Apr. 2009 juried exhibition
Paper In Particular Columbia College, Columbia, MO Jan. – Feb. 2009 juried exhibition
Wish You Were Here A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NYC Summer 2008 group exhibition
Generations VI A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NYC March 2008 invitational group exhibition
Art House Productions Cosi Restaurant, Jersey City February 2008 two-woman exhibit
Mini-Mania II Rahway Arts Guild May 2007 curated group exhibition
AENJ Educator’s Art Exhibit Haledon Public Library May 2007 group exhibition
AENJ Educator’s Art Exhibit James Howe Gallery, Kean University June 2005, 2006
Semi-Annual Student Photo Exhibition Student Union Building, JCSC, Jersey City February, 1997
Fresh Perspectives The Morris Museum, Morristown Aug.-Sept., 1991
Morris County Teen Arts Festival County College of Morris, Randolph Spring, 1991
Third Annual Student Art Show Blackwell Street Center for the Arts, Inc., Dover, NJ February, 1991 Honorable Mention