EDUCATION

● Bachelor of Fine Arts , School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

● Art Instructor , Mary McLeod Bethune Life Center, Jersey City, NJ (May 2017–2020): Teach three classes—adult painting (acrylic), art for teenagers, and life drawing—to students with varied backgrounds; utilize artistic experience and knowledge of art history to teach the fundamentals of art and how they are present in work at any level.

● Painting Instructor , Department of Recreation, Jersey City, NJ (May 2015–2020): Teach acrylic painting techniques to adult students, beginner to advanced; focus on independent projects and sometimes on assigned projects; develop and enhance students’ skills.

PUBLICATIONS/ AWARDS/GRANTS

● 2020 Artist Residency; ESKFF Foundation; (Jan.2020-March 2020) Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ

● 2019 People’s Choice Award Winner; Small Works Show: 440 Gallery; curator: John Gagne

2016 Artist of the Day; Saatchi Art. (November 24, 2016)

● 2011 Morris/Essex Health &Life magazine

● 2011 Mudfish 17: Art & Poetry; Editor: Jill Hoffman

● 2010 Abstractions 2010; Author: New Art Review; Editor: Kathy Augustine

● 2010 Mudfish 16 : Art & Poetry; Editor: Jill Hoffman

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

National Juried Exhibition: juror: Clintel Steed (July-Aug. 2022) First Street Gallery, Chelsea,NY

30th annual Juried Exhibition: juror: Clintel Steed (Aug. 2021) Bowery Gallery, Chelsea, NY

● Artfair14C: Exhibitor: 3 person show: (Feb.2020) Hyatt Regency, Jersey City, NJ

● Small Works Show(December 2019); 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

● Structural Landscapes; One Man Show; Jersey City Arts Council at
SuaSpace; Jersey City, NJ 2017

● Metro 31 [Redux] (April–May 2017); City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

● Metro 31 (December 2014–February 2015); City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

● ViewPoints 2014 (June 2014); Studio Montclair; Juror: Sue Scott; aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ

● Earth (July 2013); Curator: Jill Conner; 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

● Metro 29 (November 2012); City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

● Metro 28 (November 2011); City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

● Boonton Bauhaus: Two-person show with Harriet Finck (June 2011); s.h.e. gallery, Boonton, NJ

● 32nd Annual NYU Small Works Exhibition (January 2009); Curator: Daniel Ferris, Director at Stephen Haller Gallery; 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY

● 30th Annual NYU Small Works Exhibition (Jan.2007); Juror: Jim Kempner, Jim Kempner Fine Art

● National Prize Show (June 2003); Juror: Marc Pachter, Director of National Portrait Gallery; Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA