Education

1997

MFA Painting & Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

1995

BFA Painting & Drawing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA


Awards/Grants

2024

Individual Artist Fellowship, Jersey City Arts Council, Jersey City, NJ

Elevation Advanced Artist Grant, Jersey City Arts Council, Jersey City, NJ

2021

Philip Johnston Award for Excellence in Teaching, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ

2020 

ACCT (Association of Community College Trustees) Northeast Regional Faculty Member Award, Washington D.C.

2011

Individual Artist Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ

2002

Individual Artist Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Trenton, NJ

1997

Ely Harwood Schless Memorial Prize, Highest Achievement in Painting, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

1995 

Creative Achievement Award, Highest Achievement in Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

1994 

Margaret Giffen-Schoenfeld Award, Achievement in Painting,

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA


Solo Exhibitions

2021 

Eternal Bloom, Dineen-Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ

Eternal Bloom, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, State University of New York at Old Westbury, Long Island, NY

2016 

Floral Galore, Van Vleck House and Gardens, Montclair, NJ

2011 

Whisper and Scurry of Small Lives, Hamilton Square, Jersey City, NJ

2010 

In Bloom, Windows on Columbus, Jersey City, NJ

2008 

The Hanging Garden, Space B Gallery, New York, NY

2002 

Recent Paintings, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

2001 

Recent Paintings, Moreau Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN

2000 

Gardens of Delight – Recent Paintings, Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY


Selected Group Exhibitions

2023-27 

Art in Embassies, United States Department of State, US Embassy, Brazzaville, Congo, Africa

2024 

Botanica, Galerie Lucida, Red Bank, NJ

2023 

Extraordinary Still Life, The Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ

2020  

Spring Break Art Show, General Store, Curated by Chris Bors, Atlantic Production Center, New York, NY

Hudson County Community College Faculty Exhibition, Dineen-Hull Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

Art Fair 14C, New Jersey Artist Exhibition, Jersey City, NJ 

2018 

Approaching Vibrancy, Gallery 14, Morristown, NJ

Past, Present, Future: Visual Arts Faculty, Gallery Bergen, Bergen Community College, Curated by Chris Bors, Paramus, NJ

2017 

The Expanding Matrix, Curated by Fred Fleisher, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, State University of New York at Old Westbury, Long Island, NY

The Four Seasons, Village West Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

Maximum Overdrive, Curated by Fred Fleisher, Dineen-Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ

2016 

La Storia, Jen Mazza, Laurie Riccadonna, Michelle Vitale, Center for the Arts at Casa Columbo, Italian Educational and Cultural Center, Jersey City, NJ

2015 

Prime Matter, Techningmuseet (The Museum of Drawings), Laholm, Sweden

2014 

Prime Matter, Senaspace, New York, NY

The Big Small Painting Show, The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ

Multiple Visions, Gallery 58, Jersey City, NJ

2012 

Naturally, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

2009 

The Air is Thick, Cerulean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008 

212 Gallery Group Exhibition, 212 Gallery, Aspen, CO

2007 

Group Exhibition, Space B Gallery, New York, NY

Patterns, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ

Declaration of Independents, Space B Gallery, New York, NY

2005 

Flora, South Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, IN

Marking Time, City Without Walls, Curated by Joe Ford, Seton Hall University Law School, Newark, NJ

2003 

New Jersey State Council on the Arts Recipients Exhibition, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Montclair State University Exchange Exhibition, Wonkwang University, South Korea

2002 

Jersey City Museum Benefit Art Auction, New Jersey State Council on the Arts Grant Recipients, Jersey City, NJ

2001 

Look: Paint, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Flat-File Show, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2000 

sva2000, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA

1998 

Faculty Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University Zoller Gallery University Park, PA

1997 

New Work, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Yale University School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

College Art Association M.F.A. Exhibition, Yale University School of Art Painting Representative, Hunter College, New York, NY


Visiting Artist Lectures/Presentations/Critiques

2022 

Visiting Artist Lecture, Extraordinary Still Life, The Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ

2021 

Visiting Artist Lecture, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, State University of New York at Old Westbury, Long Island, NY

Hudson Presents Conversations with Contemporary Artists, Conversation with Michael Lee, Hudson County Community College

2014 

Visiting Artist Lecture & Student Critiques, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2013 

Lecture, New York Artist Lecture Series, Brooklyn, NY

2011 

Lecture, Get Your Kids Excited About Contemporary Art, Little Collector.com, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY


Artist Residencies

2024 

Collage Artist Residency Scotland, Kolaj Institute, Sanquhar, Scotland

Padula Art Center, Padula, Italy

2021 

Creative Imperative, The Creative Impulse, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2004

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Amherst, VA

2003

Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Almeria, Spain

2002 

Vermont Studio Center, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont 

Women’s Studio Workshop, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Full Fellowship, Rosendale, NY 


Exhibitions Curated

2024 

Curator, Transcendent Grounds, Dineen-Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ

2016 

Curator, Contemporary Hudson County, Dineen-Hull Gallery, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ

2014 

Co-Curator, Meredith Lippman, Eileen Ferara, Sustainable Jersey City +ART at the Drawing Rooms, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ

2002 

Guest Curator, Student Art Exhibition, List Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI