Education
1972 Ecole Normale de Musique. Paris, France: Licence de Concert
1972 Ateliers de Peinture et de Dessin. Paris, France
1974 Guildhall School of Music and Drama London, England: Advanced Graduate Diploma.
1975 Morley College. London, England
Printmaking
1975 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Old Lyme, CT
Full Scholarship
Figure Painting & Portraiture with: Dan Gheno
Anatomy & Drawing with: Dean Keller
1992-1997 National Academy of Design, NYC:
Figure Painting
Mary Beth McKenzie. Class monitor; full scholarship
1992-1997 Art Students League, NYC:
Figure Painting
Harvey Dinnerstein. Class monitor; Merit Scholarship
Awards and Honors
2005 Premier Grant from the Council of Arts & Humanities for Staten Island with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
2003 Staten Island Award of Merit, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences.
1995 Ralph Fabri Scholarship Award; National Academy of Design
1994-5 Certificate of Merit, National Academy of Design
1994 Merit Scholarship Award, The Art Students League
Member of The Arts Student League of New York
Permanent Collections
Staten Island Museum, NYC
Numerous private collections
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Figure in Motion, Paintings/Performance Union Gallery Wagner College, NY
2010 -2011 Figure in Motion, Drawings Dance New Amsterdam Gallery, NYC
2010 The Lively Eye Bryant Library Gallery Roslyn, NY
2009 Portrait & Figure Painting. Wagner College Gallery, Staten Island, NY
2007 Studio H210 1997-2006, Eleanor Proske Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, NY
2005-2006 Ferry Paintings & Pastels Staten Island Museum, NY.
2004 people and context Soho 20 in Chelsea Gallery NY
2004 Ent Acte, Paintings & Pastels. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Edward Williams Gallery, NJ
2000 Recent Works. Art Lab Gallery, Staten Island, NY
Selected Group Exhibition
2019 The Summer Show, Newhouse Gallery, Staten Island, NY
2019 Faculty and Staff Exhibition. Art Lab, Staten Island, NY
2018 Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Art Lab, Staten Isalnd, NY
2017 Botany and Beauty; Newhouse Gallery. Staten Island, NY
2016 Faculty and Staff Exhibition Art Lab, Staten Island, NY
2015 over under through, NARS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Faculty Exhibition, Art Lab, Staten Island, NY
2015 Invitational Juried Exhibition, Atlantic Gallery, NYC
2014 Art Lab Invitational 40th Anniversary Celebration, Staten Island, NY
2014 Faculty Exhibition Art Lab Gallery Staten Island, NY
2013 Faculty Exhibition Union Gallery Wagner College, NY
2011 Away Atlantic Gallery, NYC
2010 Water Atlantic Gallery, NYC
2010 The Lively Eye, five generations of a family in the arts Art Leaque of Long Island,NY
2010 On the Water Front, Atlantic Gallery, NYC
2010 Growing a Collection, Recent Aquisitions The Staten Island Museum, NY
2009 Sic Transit Gloria, The End of the Road. Atlantic Gallery, NY
2009 Art by the Ferry. Staten Island, NY
2009 Wagner College Art Faculty Exhibition Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
2008-2009 Micro Macro, Gallery Satire, East Village, NY
2008 Art by the Ferry. Staten Island, NY.
2008 Mythic Female. Gallery Satori, East Village, NY
2008 Landing Salt. Pearl Street Gallery, Chelsea Massachusetts
2008-2010 Tugboats Night & Day. The Noble Maritime Collection, NY
2007-2008 Points of View. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006-2007 The Big Print Show. Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 The Long Distance Runner. Krasdale Gallery, Bronx, NY
2006-2007 Atlantic Salt. The Noble Maritime Collection, Snug Harbor, NY
2006 Self-Portraits Exhibition. Soho20 Chelsea, NYC
2005 Silver 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Snug Harbor Studio Program. Staten Island, NY
2004 4th Annual Alumni Association Members Exhibition. LymeAcademy of Fine Arts, CT
2004 Juried Members’ Exhibition. The Arts Student League Gallery NYC
2003 Annual Juried Art Show. Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences
1999 Six Women Artists from New York. Wilton Library, CT.
1999 Women’s Work: What We Do. Art Lab Gallery, Staten Island.
1998 Artists Paint Artists. Madelon Powers Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, PA
Bibliography
2021 Passage , Collaboration between artist and writer by Erin Urban
2009 The Independent. Sic Transit Gloria Exhibit, by Julia Dunn
2009 Staten Island Advance, Art by the Ferry, Weekly Entertainment
2008 Staten Island Advance. Art by the Ferry, Arts & Leisure
2005 Press Conference. Staten Island Museum
2005 WNYC “ The Staten Island Ferry at 100” by Richard Hake
2005 NY 1 Exhibition FERRY Staten Island Museum
2005 NY Spaces Magazine exhibition FERRY Staten Island Museum
2005 New York Times “Staten Island Up Close”, Tired, Merry