Creating art has always been part of my world. Most recently, collage making has me curious, focused, and productive. My process—creating and assembling monoprints, painted papers, photographs, assortments of materials, and adding marks using acrylic, encaustic, gouache, graphite, ink, or markers—has become a perfect way to express ideas about memory fragments, visual patterns, and learned or retained gestures. While abstract, these collages draw from history, news events, landscapes, or emotions.
My work has been featured in group shows at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital and the Sitar Art Center—both in Washington DC.
I earned my BFA in painting from Pratt Institute and my MA in Art History from the American University.
I served as Head of the Exhibition Program at the National Library of Medicine from 1996-2022.
Currently, I live and work in Washington DC.
Resume
Education
Master of Arts—The American University, Washington DC, 2010
Art History (American Art)
Bachelor of Fine Arts —Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY, 1979
Painting
Coursework
Abstract Painting and Perception—MassArt New England, 2025
with Alfredo Gisholt
Joomchi Papermaking—Pyramid Atlantic, 2023
with Jiyoung Chung
Collage—Hudson River Valley Arts Workshop, 2022, 2021, 2015
with Fran Skiles
Thinking Feeling (silkscreening)—Women’s Studio Workshop, 2022
with Emmy Bright
Figure Drawing Marathon—MassArt New England, 2018
with Gwen Strahle
Exhibitions
Juried exhibition—Hill Center DC, 2024
Group Show
Juried exhibition—Sitar Arts Center, 2022
Group show
Juried exhibition— Hill Center DC, 2016
Group show
Group show—Washington Studio School,1997
Residencies, Awards, and Grants
Hamiltonian Artists—Washington DC, summer 2025
Black Maria Film and Video Festival
Honorable Mention for Butterflies/If it wasn’t for us, 2005 (Wrote, edited, and produced seven-minute independent film)
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Grant to support further development of a manuscript AMERICA: Information 1981 1983
