I am an artist. I live, breathe and feel art everyday. Art is my inner world of dreams, fantasies and exploration.
Art is everywhere. Being an artist is learning how to see;
how to perceive, how to enlighten, how to evoke. Originally born in NYC my current studio is situated on a lake outside of Chicago. Having exhibited and sold work throughout the major metropolis my art reaches many levels, from small intimate works to large commissioned murals. I am a professor of art history, a performance artist, a musician, an actress, and a dancer. But most of all I am a lover. A lover of life, beauty and the untouched in this life we are given.
In 2008 I was accepted into Agora Gallery in the Chelsea district in NYC and was accepted in The NY Biennale 2009. I have been exhibiting in Chicago's River North District at Gallerie MK since December 2009 through present 2011. In June of 2008 I exhibited in the Fulton Market Gallery District in Robert Wayner’s Black Walnut Gallery, and had a solo show at Oxala FIne Art Gallery in the Pilsen District. The Chicago Reader printed my painting "Aphrodite" in the Art section announcing the opening of my solo show. In 2010 The painting "cigarette overlooking city" was printed in the newspaper announcing The Chicago Art Open at the River East Gallery District.
I paint many different genres. From Landscapes, to abstracts, to nudes, to portraits, to still lives, to full scale murals.
I have a series of sepia toned Renaissance oil paintings that incorporate the pigment burnt umber. The selection of monochrome is arresting. An image reveals itself without the luxury of a full palette. The pigment burnt umber recalls the hue attained from the ruins of Pompeii to Renaissance drawings. These Sepia works regenerate themselves, evolve and fade into mysterious imagery.
The burnt umber applied with washes of turpentine reveals drippings, and cracks to uncover a process of decay. The delicate subtlety of the drawings are given strength and permanence in the medium of oil, yet they retain the fragility of the dust they come from creating dreamlike interludes.
EDUCATION
Columbia College Chicago IL MA
School of the Art Institute Chicago IL BFA
Bennington College Bennington, Vermont
New York University New York NY
PROFESSIONAL
2005- 2012present–Adjunct faculty instructor of Art-and Humanities
2005-2011 College of Lake County, Southlake Campus,
Great Lakes Naval Base, Lake Shore campus and Main Grayslake campus
2008 Film class instructor- Facets Multimedia Film School
2009- 2012 McHenry County College-Adjunct faculty instructor of Art-
GALLERIES
2009-2011 Gallerie MK, SUHU District, Chicago, IL
2011-MCC Faculty Show
2010-2012 Morpho Gallery Chicago, IL
2009 Robert T. Wright Gallery, Grayslake, IL
2009 Rowland Gallery, Grayslake, IL
2009 The Attic Gallery, Crown Point, IND
2009 Antioch Fine Arts Foundation Gallery
2009 Pandora's Box Gallery, Wilmette, IL
2008 Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, New York
2008 Robert Wayner Black Walnut Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Omar Valencia Gallery, Pilsen, Chicago
2008 Karen Solem Gallery, Elmhurst, IL
2008 Maison Rouge Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006-2008 High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Gallery Munoz, Long Grove, IL
2005 Home SH Gallery, Grayslake, IL,
2005 Art and Blooms, Grayslake, IL,
2004 Cassandra Gallery, Long Grove, IL
2004 Amers Gallery, Long Grove, IL,
2004 Pegasus Gallery, Vernon Hills, IL
2002-2006 Fine Arts Foundation, Antioch, IL
2002 Moonstone Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI
2002 Matisse Gallery ,Lake Geneva, WI
2001 Lake County Art League Gallery, Waukegan, IL
Millenium Art Gallery, Libertyville, IL
Gallery and Frame Ltd., Winnetka, IL
Gallery, Evanston, IL
Burgess Hill Ltd., Chicago, IL
The Art Store and Gallery, Lake Forest, IL
One Hundred Gallery Annex, Chicago, IL
Art Werk Gallery, Chicago, IL
Waller Boldenweck Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP SHOWS
2012 Morpho Gallery Chicago, IL
2012 Highland Park Art Center - Members show
2009-2011 Gallerie MK-Chicago, IL
2011-MCC Faculty Show
2010-2011 Morpho Gallery Chicago,
2010 Chicago Art Open- River East Galleries
2009 Robert T. Wright Gallery,Faculty show Grayslake, IL
2009 Antioch Fine Arts Foundation Gallery
2009 New York Biennale Art Show, NYC New York
2009 Highland Park Art Walk, Highland Park,IL
2008 Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, New York
2008 Black Walnut Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Karen Solem Gallery, Elmhurst, IL
2008 Maison Rouge Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 SIU School of Medicine , Carbondale, IL
2008 Chicago Guest House, Chicago, IL
2006-2008 High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-2006 Fine Art Foundation Studio Tour, Antioch, IL
2003-2008 Robert T. Wright Gallery, Grayslake, IL
2001-2003 Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
SOLO SHOWS
2009 Antioch Fine Arts Foundation Gallery- White Room
2009 Pandora's Box Gallery, Wilmette, IL
2008 Omar Valencia Gallery, Pilsen, Chicago, IL
2008 Carrington Row, Milburn, IL
2007 Petrucci’s, Antioch, IL
2007 Lake Villa Township, Lake Villa, IL
2006 Antioch Fine Arts Foundation , Antioch, IL
2006 Suzanne’s Gallery, Antioch, IL
2003- 2008 Robert T. Wright Gallery, Grayslake, IL
2002-2005 North Point Marina, Winthrop Harbor, IL
2002 Viking Art Center, Waukegan, IL
2001 Bonnie Brook Golf Course, Waukegan, IL
2001 Lake County Court House, Waukegan, IL
2000 Lake County Jury Assembly Room, Waukegan, IL
2000 Lake County Circuit Court, Waukegan, IL
2000 City Hall, Waukegan, IL
Evanston F &A Center, Evanston, IL
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Chicago, IL
Casino’s Gallery Loft, Chicago, IL
LIBRARIES
Lake Forest, Winnetka, Barrington, Northbrook, Brookfield, Ela Area,
Round Lake Crystal Lake, Lake Villa, Gurnee
COMMISSIONS
2002 The Jungle Gym Health Club Murals , Antioch, IL
2005 Am Echod Murals, Lindenhurst, IL
AFFILIATIONS
Member of The Chicago Artists Coalition
Lake County Art League
Antioch Fine Arts Foundation
Geneva Lakes Association
Slide Librarian , Art Institute of Chicago
Palette and Chisel, Chicago, IL , link on website
Curatorial Assistant, Antioch Fine Arts Foundation
Lake County Art League Gallery
REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
2008- Chicago Reader- art section
2010-Lake Villa Review- art section
FOUNDER
Artists Advancement: Not-for-profit organization created in 2000 to further the advancement of artists and musicians residing in the Chicago area yet inclusive of artists of national and international stature who have worked in Chicago.
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