life work
I create large scale installations and sculpture out of lightweight materials, such as translucent vellum, sheer fabric, and flexible screen. These lightweight materials define shape, space and volume. The inherent qualities of the materials I use shape the work. The drape of a sheer fabric, the flexibility and durability of screen affect the shape and size of the objects they will create. Environmental forces such as gravity, invisible air, light and shadow act on the physical media and are integral to its realization. In creating large works with delicate materials, I juxtapose fragility and strength of presence.
My inspiration comes from nature, from the female form and from the subconscious. I spend time in nature observing its forms, structures and themes: trees, leaves, birds in flight. I am influenced by my study of the figure, drawing on the shapes and curves of the female body and its attire. I am interested in the ideas of feminism and femininity, and where the two intersect at a place of both power and vulnerability. I am also influenced by the subconscious, gleaning ideas from my dreams and waking musings. I translate these inspirations and ideas into formal structures, which reflect their origin, to create atmospheric, playful and ethereal environments.
Exhibition Record
2009
Marking Time NYFA Mark Exhibit, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY
Solo Exhibit R&F Encaustics, Kingston, NY
2008
Spencertown Academy Unusual Twist, Spencertown, NY
Abecedarian Gallery Interweavings, Modest in Scale, Denver, Colorado
Artswalk Waves on Windows Mark McDonald Design, Hudson, NY
Art Studio Views Studio Tour
Exit Art NYFA MARK Presentations, New Hook, NY
New York Foundation in the Arts MARK Artist
Artscape Open Studio Tour, Columbia County Council on the Arts (CCCA) Hudson, NY
Dress Co-curator and Exhibiting artist, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY
Materiality and Meaning Symposium University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Attendee
Women @ Work Howland Cultural Center, Beacon
2007
Woodstock Biennial Woodstock, NY, Norah Haime, curator
Cannonball Factory Artswalk, Hudson, NY
Casa del Arte Gallery Tango, Highland, NY
Kingston Sculpture Biennial ASK Gallery, Kingston, NY, Beth Wilson and Wayne Lempka, Curators
Hudson Opera House CCCA Juried Show, Hudson, NY, Curator: Sir John Weber
Francis J. Greenberger Best in Show Award Hudson Opera House,CCCA,Hudson, NY, Curator: John Weber
2006
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art Anxious Objects, New Paltz, NY
Time and Space Limited Made in China, Hudson, NY
Avant Garde Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Peekskill, NY
Artswalk Invitational Waves of Light, Pocketbook Factory, Hudson, NY, 2006-2004
Nuts and Bolts Group Show, Kingston, NY, 2006-2003
2005
Seams, Solo Exhibit Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
New Paintings, Solo Exhibit Sanjula Exhibition Space,Tivoli, NY
Kingston Sculpture Biennial Cornell Building, Kingston, NY
Center for Curatorial Studies This Is Not An Archive, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Art Society of Kingston Maquette Show, Kingston,NY
Albany Center Galleries The Great Municipal Sideshow, Albany, NY
Albany Institute of History and Art Mohawk Husdon Regional, Albany, NY, Curator: Ivan Karp
Robert J. Krackeler Award Best in Show,Albany Institute of History & Art, Curator: Ivan C. Karp
Islip Art Museum Boats, Islip, NY, Curator: Judy Collischan
Katonah Art Museum Artistic Fragments, Katonah, NY, Curator: Benny Andrews
Columbia County Council on the Arts Juried Art Show, Hudson, NY, Curator: Joyce Nereaux
First Place Sculpture Award Juried Art Show, CCCA,Hudson, NY
2004
Art All Around Us Open Studio, Red Hook, NY
Exit Art What an Art Gallery Should Look Like, NY, NY
Working Women Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY
Architecture Tivoli Artist’s Co-op, Tivoli, NY
Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Tivoli, NY, 2006-2004
2003
Artists in a Landscape Open Studio, CCCA, Hudson, NY
Columbia County Council on the Arts Juried Art Show, Hudson, NY, Curator: Howard S. Scott
Citation Award CCCA,Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY
Erotica Exhibit Tivoli Artist’s Co-op, Tivoli, NY, 2005-2000
2002-2000
Highland Cultural Center Women, Highland, NY
Tivoli Artists Cooperative The Magical Feminine, Tivoli, NY
ArtForms Invitational, Albany, NY
Albany Center Galleries, Two Person Exhibit, Albany, NY
University Art Museum Mohawk Hudson Regional, SUNY, Albany, NY, Curator: Xu Bing
Matthew Bender IV Benefactor Award University Art Museum, SUNY, Albany, NY
Special Opportunity Stipend New York State Grant administered by Garrison Arts and Learning Center
1999-1998
Recent Work, Two Person Exhibit Tivoli Artist’s Co-op Tivoli, NY
Highland Cultural Center Group Show, Highland, NY
Barrett House New Directions, Poughkeepsie, NY, Juror: Fiona Ragheb, Guggenheim Museum
National ’99 Small Works Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
Heckscher Museum of Art Postcards, National Drawing Association, Roslyn, NY
World Fine Art Gallery Drawings, New Hook, NY
Tivoli Artists Co-op Landscape, Real and Imagined, Tivoli, NY, Curator and exhibiting artist
Schenectady Museum at Albany International Airport The Regional, Albany, NY
Curator: Lela Hersh, Director Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Sam Houston State University Gaddis Gieslin Gallery Small Works ’98, Huntsville, TX, Juror: Donald Kuspit
1997
Abney Gallery Invitational,National Drawing Association Group Show, New York, NY
Mountaintop Gallery L x H x W, GCCA, Windham, NY
Albany Center Galleries Heaven, Albany, NY, Curator: Harold Lohner
Rathbone Gallery The Contemporary Figure, Albany, NY
Smithtown Arts Council Mirror Mirror on the Wall...Women in Self Portrait, St. James, NY
Artists Center All Media Summer Exhibition, North Adams, MA
Jurors:Nancy Spector,Guggenheim Museum, Sam Gilliam, Artist
Center at High Falls 100 Women 100 Works, Rochester, NY
Juror:Susan Fisher Sterling, National Museum of Women in the Arts
Traveling Exhibit Solstice Celebration,Originating Site: Poughkeepsie, NY
1996-1994
Chapman Art Center Bridge of Transparent Hours, Two Person Exhibit,Cazenovia College, Cazenovia,NY
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Three Women Printmakers, Geneva, NY
Sullivan County Museum Fibers of Life, Hurleyville, NY
Corporate Offices of the Times Herald Record Prints: Two Series, Solo Exhibit, Kingston, NY
Kent School Art Gallery All Tied Up and No Place to Go,Two Person Exhibit, Kent, CT
University Gallery Hudson Valley '95: Domestic Policies, New Paltz, NY, Juror: Nina Felshin, Independent Curator RCCA: The Arts Center 17th Annual Photography Regional, Troy, NY
Juror:Kathleen Kenyon, Center for Photography at Woodstock
National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington,DC
Alternative Health Center,Solo Exhibit Tivoli,NY, 2005-1994
1993-1990
Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center Naked: Three Artists, Poughkeepsie, NY
Kopavi Gallery, Solo show New Paltz, NY
Commissioned Installation The Virgo Virgin, Solo Exhibit, Tivoli, NY
Mountaintop Gallery Talking Dreams, Solo Exhibit,Greene County Council on the Arts, Windham, NY
The International Workbook, Art & Cultures Gallery Traveling Exhibit, Originating Site: Milwaukee, WI
National Survey of Artists Artmarks,Traveling Exhibit, Originating Site: Peabody, MA
Warren Street Gallery Hudson, NY
Lubbock Fine Arts Center Lubbock, TX
The Haggin Museum Stockton National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Stockton, CA
Schenectady Museum Mohawk Hudson Regional, Schenectady, NY
National '92 Small Works Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
Juror's Award National '92 Small Works, Cobleskill, NY
The Armory Visual Arts '91, '90, Poughkeepsie, NY
1989-1986
Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk, VA
National Drawing Association Group Show, New York, NY
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Empire State Plaza Albany Center Galleries Art'86, Albany, NY
Howland Cultural Center Drawings, Solo Exhibit, Beacon, NY
Cady's Hall The Figure, Solo Exhibit, Chatham, NY
Storm Gallery Three Artists, Kingston, NY
Women's Studio Workshop Gallery Two person show, Rosendale, NY
Printmaking Grant Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
North Hills Arts Festival Pittsburgh, PA
Cooperstown Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
Wunsch Arts Center Drawing: The Graphic Voice, Glen Cove, NY
The Rice Gallery Interplay, Albany, NY
Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center Hudson Valley '86, Poughkeepsie, NY, Juror: Holly Solomon
Women's Studio Workshop New Prints Northeast, Rosendale, NY
Education
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Bachelor of Fine Arts 1985
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, Bachelor of Arts, International Studies 1981
