EDUCATION:
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL; Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting.
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; Bachelor of Arts degree in Painting.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS:
Florida Fellowship Traveling Exhibition; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL; Okaloosa-Walton Community
College Fine Arts Galleries, Niceville, FL; Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL.
All-Media Juried Biennial; Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL.
55th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition; Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL.
2D/3D Best of Best of Show Winners: The Past Decade; Alliance for the Arts Gallery, Fort Myers, FL.
Tampa Public Art: Recent Upcoming Acquisitions; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL.
Narrative as Art; Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL.
Visual Arts Center National Exhibit; Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL.
National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL.
Florida Society Fine Arts International Art Exhibition; Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art, Miami, FL.
Annual Hortt Memorial Competition; Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Solo Exhibition; Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Solo Exhibition; University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Solo Exhibition; Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
Solo Exhibition; Rohr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI.
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Tamarac Public Library, Tamarac, FL.
Broward County Parks and Recreation Division—Secret Woods Nature Center, Dania, FL.
City of Tampa, Barksdale Community Center, Tampa, FL.
El Paso International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX.
Broward County Social Services—Mills Multi-Purpose Center; Fort Lauderdale, FL.
City of West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL.
Broward County Parks and Recreation Division—Anne Kolb Nature Center, Hollywood, FL.
Florida Museum of Latin American and Hispanic Art, Miami, FL.
Hallmark Cards Fine Arts Collection, Kansas City, MO.
Yellow Freight Systems Fine Arts Collection, Kansas City, MO.
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS.
Rohr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI.
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS.
Millikin University, Decatur, IL.
Marietta College, Marietta OH.
First Federal Savings and Loan Company, Chicago, IL.
AWARDS:
First Place, South Cobb Arts Alliance Juried Art Exhibition.
Judge’s Award, 8th Biennial National Art Exhibition.
Best of Show, Regional Juried Exhibition.
Award of Merit, Gasparilla Art Festival.
Award of Honor, Ocala Arts Festival.
Merit Award, Mayfaire By-the-Lake Arts Festival.
First Prize, 2D/3D Fine Art Juried Exhibition.
Merit Award, The 5th Annual Tri-County Exhibition.
Award of Merit, Ocala Arts Festival.
Second-Place Award, 2D/3D Fine Art Juried Exhibition.
Tara Materials Award, 58th Florida Artists Juried Exhibition.
Mary Hulitar Award, 58th Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting.
Juror’s Award, 43rd Annual All Florida Exhibition.
First-Place Award, Hollywood Art Guild All Member Competition.
Westmoreland Award, Westmoreland National; Award of Merit, Westmoreland National.
Honorable Mention, W & J National Painting Show.
Best Painting Award, Marietta National; Plaque of Distinction, Marietta National.
Second-Place Award, National Cape Coral Annual Exhibition.
Juror’s Award, Oklahoma Art Center Art Annual.
Juror’s Award, Arizona National.
Merit Award, Mid-States Art Exhibition.
Purchase Award, Illinois State Fair Exhibition.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS:
The Florida Individual Fellowship Award in the Visual Arts.
The Broward County Cultural Affairs Division/Duane Hanson Artist Fellowship in Public Arts.
The Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in Painting and Work on Paper.