CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

5/05 - 9/02 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, MFA, Painting

12/98 - 9/94 Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, BFA, Painting

AWARDS AND HONORS

10/09 Honorable Mention, 2nd Annual Easthampton Plein Air Paint Out Competition, Nashawannuck Gallery, Easthampton, MA

11/06 Juror's Award, Vacancy : Albany’s Abandoned Buildings Through Artists’ Eyes, Albany, NY

2/06  Award of Excellence, 16th Annual Midwest Winter Show, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI

11/05 Juror’s Award, Vacancy:Albany’s Abandoned Buildings Through Artists’ Eyes,Albany, NY

5/05 Considered for a Mellon Trust’s Blanche E. Colman Fellowship, Boston, MA

6/04 Nomination for a Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship by the Chair, Graduate Director and faculty of the Art Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

5/98 President’s Award for Humanitarianism, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

8/05 Recent Paintings, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA

5/05 Look Both Ways Before Crossing, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hampden Gallery,University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS

2/07 Paintings of People and Places, Albany Unitarian, Albany, NY

7/06 Fringe City, Watkins Gallery, Northampton, MA

5/04 Urban Landscapes, Northampton Center for Fine Arts, Northampton, MA

8/97 Duo Exhibition, Shoreline Coffee House, Old Lyme, CT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

10/09 2nd Annual Plein Air Paint Out, Nashawannuck Gallery, Easthampton, MA

8/09  These Local Things, Front Street ArtSpace, Chicopee, MA

7/09  Cardboard Fetish, The Baseball Reliquary, Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena California

9/08-12/08 AmericAura, Cameroon, West Africa

06/08 Impressed: Celebrating 10 Years of Printmaking at LymeAcademy of Fine Arts, LACFA, Old Lyme, CT

2008-10  US Embassy, N'Djamena, Chad, Africa; ART in Embassies Program.***Canceled

11/07 Views and Visions, A Faculty Exhibition, Herter Art Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA

10/07-12/07 AmericAura, Augusta Savage Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA

11/06  Vacancy : Albany’s Abandoned Buildings Through Artists’ Eyes, Albany, NY‡, Juror's Award

8/06   Summer Sampler, Watkins Gallery, Northampton, MA

1/06   16th Annual Midwest Winter, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI *

11/05 Vacancy : Albany’s Abandoned Buildings Through Artists’ Eyes, Historic Albany Foundation, Washington Park Lake House, Albany, NY *

5/05 Blanche E. Colman Fellowship Award Exhibition, Boston University Art Gallery,Boston, MA*

2/05 Art Faculty Exhibition, Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

1/05 15th Annual Midwest Winter, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI *

9/04 Home Grown, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

9/03 Perspectives, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

9/03 Beyond the BFA, LACFA, Old Lyme, CT. Curated by Philip Pearlstein *c

4/03 Works on Paper 2003, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD *

6/01 B.A.R.E. Exhibition, Pfizer Headquarters, Groton, CT *

5/98 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT

11/97 Small Wonders Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT*

6/97 Group Exhibition, Black Hall Country Club, Old Lyme, CT

5/97 21^st Annual Student Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT*

12/96 Small Wonders Exhibition, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT*

     * Juried Exhibitions    c Catalog

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Present - 9/07 Adjunct Faculty, Basic Drawing, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke,MA

5/05 - 1/05 Instructor, Advanced Drawing Problems 202, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

12/04 - 9/04 Visiting Faculty, Drawing 120, Sect. IV, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

12/04 - 9/04 Instructor, Painting 220, Sect. II, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

8/04 - 6/04 Instructor, Drawing 104 – Basic Studio/Drawing Non-Majors, College of Continuing Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

5/04 - 1/04 Teaching Assistant, Foundations Drawing 120, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

12/03 - 9/03 Teaching Assistant, Foundations Drawing 110, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Current - 8/04 Data Entry and Research for the Estate of Painter, Gregory Gillespie, Belchertown, MA

3/04 - 9/03 GASA Treasury Agent, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

5/03 - 9/02 Assistant Gallery Director of Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

5/03 Curator, American Landscapes by Roger D. Patrick, University of Massachusetts, South College Gallery, Amherst, MA

3/03 Curator, Recent Paintings by Susan Stephenson,University of Massachusetts, South College Gallery, Amherst, MA

11/02 Co-Curator, Motif and Meaning: The Prints of Fred Becker, University of Massachusetts, South College Gallery, Amherst, MA

6/99 - 3/98 Private Instruction, Personal Studio, New London, CT

5/98 - 9/95 Manager, Art Store, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT