Education:
1996 MFA Painting, MS Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; G.P.A. 3.95
Art History Thesis: "Paul Klee: Theories of Pictorial Form"
1988 BS SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
1984 BFA Painting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, cum laude

Awards:
2010 New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend
2009 New York Foundation for the Arts, Mark09 Program Recipient
2009 Art League of Long Island Award of Excellence, Deer Park, NY
  (Juror: Andrew Arnot, Tibor de Nagy Gallery)
2008 Honorable Mention, Contemporary Landscape, EEAC, Riverhead, NY
2001 Award of Excellence, Long Island Artists Exhibit, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
2009 Award of Excellence, 53rd Long Island Artists Exhibit, ALLI, Deer Park, NY
1996 Certificate of Excellence in Art History, Pratt Institute.
1994 Posey Foundation Scholarship, Sarasota, Florida.

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:
2009 Water’s Edge, Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY
2008 Recent Works, Rosalie Dimon Gallery, Jamesport, NY
2005 The Remsenburg Series: Images of Remsenburg, NY, Remsenburg, NY
2004 Works in Paint and Clay, CW Post, LI University, Brookville, NY
2003 Babies, Quogue Library, Quogue, NY
2002 The Orient Series: Images of Orient, NY, Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY
1998 Sea and Shore, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY
1996 Ways of Seeing, MFA Thesis Exhibit, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1995 Provost Retirement Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions:
2010 Autumn Light, Curator, Arlene Bujese, SCC, Southampton, NY
2010 Mark-it! Artists from The NYFA, Curator, Beth Giles, SCCC, Riverhead, NY
2010 Roseline Koener Atelier, Artists Studio Tour, Westhampton, NY
2010 Riverhead Storefront Art Exhibit, Riverhead, NY
2009 My Long Island, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2009 53rd Long Island Artists Exhibition, Art League of Long Island, Deer Park, NY
2009,'07 Faculty Exhibit, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY
2008 Contemporary Landscape, Honorable Mention, EEAC, Riverhead, NY
2010, '08,'01 Members’ Exhibit, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
2005 Summer Series, Whitney Art Works, Portland, MA
2002 In the Kitchen, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2001 NO FO: Images of the North Fork, Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY
2001 Long Island Artists Exhibit, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
2001, ‘02 Members' Exhibit, East End Arts Council (EEAC), Riverhead, NY
2000 Color, Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY
2000 WWW.WOMANSWORK.COM, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, NY
1998,’99,’00,’01 Faculty Show, Suffolk Community College, Brentwood, NY
1997 Clayton-Libatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1995 Pratt in Manhattan, Juried Exhibition, Lafayette Ave., New York, NY
1994 Pratt in Venice, East Hall, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1994 Pratt in Tuscany, East Hall, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1994 New York in Cortona, Cortona, Italy
1994 Art League of Long Island 40th Anniversary Show, CW Post, Brookville, NY

Teaching Experience:
Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY 1998-present.
2-D Design: structure, rhythm, integration, motion, color, light, and creativity.
Art History: Art History II Renaissance to Impressionism: class discussion, slide lecture.
Art Appreciation: Slide lecture, aesthetics readings, studio arts.
Color: Simultaneous contrast, optical mixing, middle mixes, motion, expression.

Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY 1992-2008.
Ceramics: Wheel throwing and hand building at all levels.

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Art History Teaching Assistant: Survey of Art History I & II: grading, museum lectures,
1995-1996.
Drawing and Painting in Italy: Assistantship to facilitate six week Tuscany summer program in painting, and study of Tuscan painters, 1994.
Materials and Techniques Seminar in Venice, Italy: Lecture and demonstration: "Titian's Glaze Techniques." Analysis of glaze patterns, 1994.

Gallery Director
The Lyceum Gallery, Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, NY 2005-present.
Curate, promote, facilitate exhibits, manage staff.

Related experience:
Writing Assistant: Mary Buckley, Professor Emerita, Institute Distinguished Professor, Pratt Institute, 1992. Assist in documenting Buckley's colorist sensibility and artistic discovery, 1993-1998.

Gallery Representation:
Fitzgerald Gallery, Westhampton Beach, New York, 11978, (631) 288-6419
Art Advisory Services, 530 Park Ave. 8G, New York, NY 10021 (212) 935-1272

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