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Solo Exhibitions

2013 Many Summers - Washburn Cultural Center, Washburn, WI
2011 Patterns of Recognition - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
2009 bed of earth, blanket of blue air - Madron Gallery, Chicago
2005 Collaborating with Nature - Ryerson Conservation Area
2004 City Landscapes - Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago
Drawn to Poetry - Vicky Tesmer Gallery, Chicago
2003 Fallen Fabric - Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago
2002 New Work - Laramie College, Cheyenne WY
2001 Umbrian Landscapes - Loyola University, Maywood, IL
1999 Tools, Chaos and Order - Eastwick Gallery, Chicago
1998 New Paintings - Eastwick Gallery, Chicago
  The Hat Drawings - Galleria Isa, Italy
1997 Recent Work - University of Dallas, TX
  Salon - Gallery 1616, Chicago
1996 Passaggi Italiani - Galleria Isa, Italy
1993 New Work - Gallery 1616, Chicago
1992 Recent Paintings - Knox College Gallery, IL
  Passaggi Italiani - Galleria Isa, Italy

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 Tenses of Landscape - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (AK)
Contemporary Landscapes - Gallery 1837, Chicago
Reflections: Zeuxis - Lindenwood University (St. Louis), Crisp Museum of Art (Cape Girardeau, MO), Coe College (IA), The Painting Center (NYC)
2011 Realism and Its Discontents (Midwest Paint Group) - Wright State University (OH), Manchester College (IN)
  18 + 1 Artists at the Brik Gallery - Catskill, NY
2010 The Figure (Midwest Paint Group) - Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City - University of Tulsa - Ithaca College, September 2011
  East Meets Midwest: New Visions of Figurative Painting (Midwest Paint Group) - The Beverly Art Center (Chgo), Hoffman-LaChance Gallery (St. Louis), Westbeth Gallery (NYC)
Bound Books - Vicky Tesmer Gallery (Chgo)
The Common Object (Zeuxis) - Lancaster Museum of Art (PA), Peninsula Fine Art Center (VA), MICA (Baltimore)
2009 Works from Perception (Midwest Paint Group) - Swope Museum of American Art (IN), Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art (Kansas City), George Spiva Center for the Arts (MO)
2008 Five in the Field - Lohin Geduld Gallery, NYC
  Pride of Place (Midwest Paint Group) - Ryerson Woods, Riverwoods
  Outside the Box (Zeuxis) - Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE
  Small Takes (Zeuxis) - First Street Gallery, NYC
  Longitude and Attitude: Artists Cartographies - Vespine Gallery, Chicago
  In/Out (Zeuxis) - Hobart & William Smith Colleges, New York
  Mapping: Cartographies of Learning - Columbia College, Chicago
2007 On Board: An Exhibition with Zeuxis and Guests - Lori Bookstein Fine Art, New York City
  Painting in Place - Two-person Show with Judy Koon, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario, Canada
2006 Secret Gardens - Nabi Gallery, New York City
  Reflections - Vicky Tesmer Gallery, Chicago
2005 Blue Period - Thomas Masters Gallery, Chicago
  Cash and Carry - Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago
  The Drawing Show - Oxbow Gallery, Northhampton MA
2004 Art to Art - Knox College, Galesburg IL
2002 Still Lifes and Landscapes - Vicky Tesmer Gallery, Chicago
  Shebang - The Three Arts Club, Chicago
2000 The Search for Innocence - Bond Market Association, NYC
1999 Raw Seeing - New York Studio School Gallery, NYC
1998 Truth - Gallery 312, Chicago
  Collision - Blue Rider Gallery, Chicago
  A Month of Ragdale - Cliff Dwellers, Chicago
1997 Women in Abstraction - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
  100 Miles Exhibition - Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City
1996 IdaOYTE - Idao Gallery, Chicago
1995 Near Northwest Arts Council Invitational - Chicago
1994 CityScape - Harold Washington Library, Chicago
1993 Deluge - Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago
1992 Random Access - Beret International, Chicago
  Bi-State Show - Davenport Museum of Art, IA
  Fiera in Festa - Toscolano, Italy
  Finklestein National Competition - Bowery Gallery, NYC


Teaching, Fellowship, Grants, etc.

2012 Finalist, Chicago 1% for the Arts Competition, Chicago
  Visiting Artist Crisp Museum, Cape Girardeau, MO
  Teaching Artist Lookingglass Theatre Program, Chicago
  Teaching Artist Innovations Charter High School, Chicago
2011 Teaching Artist Block Museum of Art, Evanston
  Visiting Artist University of Arkansas (at Fayetteville and Ft. Smith)
  Teaching Artist, Mural Project @ Peterson Elementary, Chicago
  Visiting artist, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville & Fort Smith
2010 Artist Residency, Louisiana ArtWorks, New Orleans, LA
2001, 02, 07 CAAP Grant, City of Chicago
2006 Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Chicago
  "Gardens of the North Shore" Lecture, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2005 Art Tour/Studio Visit - Art Institute of Chicago, "Potpourri"
  Garden Tour/Studio Visit - Chicago Botanic Garden, "Art on the Move"
1989, 2005 Fellowship and Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
1997-2004 Instructor, Landscape Workshops, Ragdale Foundation, IL
2001 Consultant to lead artist Deborah Masters, Walking New York (380' painted relief mural), JFK International Airport, NYC
2000 Faculty (summer), Chautauqua Institute, NY
1992, 93, 96, 98 Faculty, International School of Art in Umbria, Italy
1993-96, 98, 00 Visiting Critiques, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1997 Visiting Artist (Master Class), University of Dallas, TX
1990 Visiting Lecturer, Progetto Perugia, MA College of Art, Italy
1985 Arthur B. Carles Scholarship, New York Studio School, NYC

Education

1985 Yale Summer Program for Art, Norfolk, CT
1983-1985 New York Studio School, NYC
  Studied with Nicolas Carone, Gretna Campbell, Fred Thurz, Don Kimes, Howard Hussey
1981 Queens College Summer Landscape Painting Program, NY
  Studied with Gabriel Laderman
1978-1982 B.A., cum laude, Knox College, Galesburg IL
  Studied with Fredrick Ortner


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