Experienced artist with 15 years of related work experience and an international career portfolio of award winning artwork, whose growing success has been attributed to excellent project management, art history research, exhibition design, social networking, team collaboration, and event planning skills.

EDUCATION

Art in Health Certification
Penn State Health and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2019-2021

MA, Integrated Marketing Communications-
Eastern Michigan University
2007-2009

BA, Fine Art and Graphic Design
Roberts Wesleyan University
2002-2006

• Member Philadelphia / Tri State Artists Equity Association

• Represented Artist, Arnot Art Museum (2023 - present)

• Represented Artist, Bellefonte Art Museum (2022- present)

• Represented artist Teravarna Gallery (2022-present)

• Represented Artist, 45 West Gallery, Mifflinburg, PA (2021-2023)

• Art in Health Instructor, Wilmot Pluta Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center (2020-2022)

• Exhibiting artist, BirchLight Gallery, Syracuse, NY (2021-present)

• Pennsylvania State Insurance Commissioner’s Office Permanent Rotating Artist (2013-2022)

• Onsite Artist, Penn State Hershey Medical Center  (2012-present)

• Onsite Artist, House of Care, Geisinger Medical Center (2013- 2020)

• Rotating Exhibiting Artist, The Kind Café, Selinsgrove, PA (2012-present)

• Member, Lewisburg Arts Council (2009 – present)
  
  

• Exhibiting Artist at the Bellefonte Arts Museum Holiday Market (2023)

• Exhibiting Artist at the Arnot Art Museum’s Holiday Market (2023)

• “Falling Into Winter” Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI (2023)

• "The Drama of Light and Shadow" Modern Visual Arts Gallery, Bethlehem, PA (2023)

• “74th Anniversary Annual Fall Juried Show”, Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA (2023)

• “6th Annual Color”; “4th Water” Exhibition, Teravarna Gallery (2023)

• “Color,” Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Brooklyn, NY (2023)

• “Letting the Light In,” Solo Exhibition, Gallery 225, Lewisburg, PA (2023)

• “Making Waves: Waterscapes in Art”; “Amethyst Remembrance: A Purple Show;” “Rise and Shine: The Art of Sunrises and Sunsets,” Southern Tier Art Center, Chautauqua, NY (2023)

• “Waters” Exhibition, Gray Cube Gallery (2023)

• “9th Abstract Art” Exhibition, Teravarna Art Gallery (2023)

• “5 for 5 5th Anniversary” Exhibition; “Landscapes” Exhibition, J Mane Gallery (2023)

• “6th Animal” Exhibition; “5th Flower” Exhibition; “6th Landscape” Exhibition, “Flower” Exhibition; “Landscape” Exhibition, Art Show International Gallery (2022)

• Corn Hill Arts Festival (2016-present)  

• Canandaigua Art & Music Festival (2021-2022)

• Lakefront Fine Art Festival, Canadaigua, NY (2022)

• Syracuse Fine Art Festival, Syracuse, NY; Hershey ArtFest, Hershey, PA (2021)

• Pennsylvania Winter: People, Places, and Things, Central PA Festival of the Arts, State College, PA (2020)

• “Open” Light Space and Time Virtual Gallery (2020)

• “Seasons 2020”, J. Mane Virtual Gallery (2020)

• “90th Annual Juried Open Exhibition”, National Art League (2020)

• “Small Works”, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY (2015, 2020)

• “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” Solo Exhibition,  Gallery 225, Lewisburg, PA (2019)

• Lyndhurst Mansion Fine Art Festival, Tarrytown, NY (2018)

• “The Color of Love,” The Coop Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2018)

• Morristown Fine Art Festival (2017, 2018)

• “Invitational Exhibit,” Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY (2017)

• “Local Color: Finger Lakes Palette Knife Paintings,” Solo Exhibition, Damiani Winery Gallery, Burdett, NY (2017)

• “Palette Knife Impressions,” Solo Exhibition, Zaza’s Cucina, Ithaca, NY (2016)

• “Impressionism,” Front Street Gallery, Watkins Glen, NY (2016)

• Eagles Mere Arts Festival, Manayunk Arts Festival, Allentown Mayfair Arts Festival, Mount Gretna Arts Festival (2016)

• “Ushering Autumn,” Solo Exhibit, Old Forge Brewing Co., Danville, PA (2015)

• “Contemporary Impressionism: Facets of Nature,” Solo Exhibition, Zero Day Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA (2015)

• “Blue,” Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY (2015)

• “Small Works,” Green Point Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2015)

• “Changing Hues”; “Family Ties”; “Homegrown Arts,” Franklin Street Gallery, Watkins Glen (2015)
  
  

• Award of Distinction in Southern Tier Art Center's “Rise and Shine: The Art of Sunrises and Sunsets,” (2023)

• Best of Show in Southern Tier Art Center's “Amethyst Remembrance: A Purple Show” (2023)

• Award of Distinction in Southern Tier Art Center's “Making Waves: Waterscapes in Art” (2023)

• Featured Onsite Artist, Thrive for Life Foundation’s 2023 Cooking for Cancer Fundraising Gala. Completed piece sold for $10,000.

• Talent award winner in Teravarna Gallery’s 6th annual “Color” Exhibition (2023)

• Honorable Menion in Teravarna Gallery’s 4th “Water” Exhibition (2023)

• Talent award winner in Teravarna Art Gallery in 9th Abstract art competition (2023)

• Silver award winner in J Mane Gallery’s Landscapes Exhibition (2023)

• Bronze award winner in J Mane Gallery’s  5 for 5 5th Anniversary Exhibition (2023)

• Finalist Award, “Flower Exhibition,” Art Show International Gallery (2022)

• Honorable Mention, “Landscape Exhibition,” Art Show International Gallery (2022)

• Best in Show. “Homegrown Arts: A Celebration of Abundance,” The Franklin Street Gallery, Watkins Glen NY (2013)

• Best in Show, “Earth and Fire,” The Franklin Street Gallery, Watkins Glen, NY (2013)