Born: Beloit Wisconsin
Lives: Marquette, Michigan
1976 Parson’s School of Design, New York, NY, BFA
Full Merit Scholarship
Silver Thimble Merit Award
Gold Thimble Merit Award
FURTHER ART STUDIES:
NY: Art Student’s League, School of Visual Arts, New York Academy of Art (Atelier), NM: Santa Fe Institute/Fine Art
Northern Exposure 2012, Group Show, William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, Escanaba, Mi, 2012
North of The 45th Parallel, Group Show, De Vos Art Museum, Marquette, Mi, 2012
Private Portrait Commissions, LA, CA, 2011
Radio Free Albemuth (Film), John Alan Simon, Featured Artwork, Studio, for film, LA, CA, 2009
The Globe And Mail, Canada, Interview/Art Review on LA Art Scene with Leah McLarin, February 16, 2008
Shark Television Show, Artwork of Character, LA, CA, 2007
TiVo, art piece in commercial, 2007
The Lost Weekend (Black Dahlia 60th Anniversary), Group Show, LA, CA, 2007
Phantom Galleries, Downtown Artists Go To The Movies, Group Show, LA, CA, 2007
Whitney Museum Benefit, Where Fashion Meets Art, Group Show, New York, NY, 2006
Splash Magazine Worldwide, Lisa Martinez, Editorial on Whitney Show (Review With the Artist and Painting Image), May 16, 2006
The New York Times, Image and Commentary on the artist, Whitney Benefit Show (Supplement/Catalogue for Whitney Benefit Show), April 25, 2006
CalTrans Multi-Media Event, Gallery Gardens, Group Show, LA, CA, 2006
Bedlam Art Gallery, Fin, Group Show, Los Feliz, CA, 2006
Bedlam Art Gallery, Group Show, Downtown LA, CA, 2006
Private Portrait Commissions, LA, CA, 2006
Victorian Homes Magazine, Todd Culpepper, Living In Art (Editorial and Photos on the Artist in her studio), December, 2005
A Lot Like Love, Artwork and Victorian House for film, LA, CA, 2005
Private Portrait Commissions, 2005
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Group Show, LA, CA, 2004
HBO’s Six Feet Under, (Artwork for Claire Character/Students in Art School) 3rd Season, LA, CA, 2003
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Group Show, LA, CA, 2003
Bert Green Gallery ( AKA Circle Elephant Art), Six California Painters, LA, CA, 2002
Moving Arts Gallery, Group Show, San Diego, CA, 2002
Echo Park Arts Festival, Open Studio Show, LA, CA, 2002
The Division (Lifetime Network’s Television Show), Artwork and Home Studio in Show, LA, CA, 2002
Private Portrait Commissions, LA, CA, 2002
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Group Show, LA, CA, 2001
Benefit Against Violence, Group Show, Beverly Hills, CA, 2001
Lowe’s Home Furnishings Commercial, (Artwork, Studio in commercial), LA, CA, 2001
Private Commissions, LA, CA, 1999
Palance Wilding Gallery, Solo Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1998
Nina Bean Gallery, Solo Show, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997
Routledge Press, The Adolescent Psyche: Jungian and Winnicottian Perspectives, Richard Frankel, (painting/book cover), Oxford, UK
Nina Bean Gallery, Group Show, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1997
United Albuquerque Artist’s Juried Show (Curator Elizabeth Smith/Museum Contemporary Art, Los Angeles), Solo Exhibition Merit Award, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1996
Consultant to Max Cohen Film and Video Productions, New York, NY, 1986-1990
Fabric Designer, Commissions/Michael diSantis Interiors, New York, NY, 1982-1985
South Hampton Showcase House, Hand-Painted Fabrics, South Hampton, NY, 1984
Trump Tower, Hand-Painted Fabrics for Model Apartment, New York, NY, 1984
Kim-Zee Dane, Fashion Designer, Owner, (Editorials in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Wear Daily), New York, NY, 1980-1984
Betsey Bunky & Nini, Fashion Designer, Fabrics, New York, NY, 1979
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute (Assistant/Diana Vreeland/Diaghilev Exhibition) “Costumes/Designs of the Ballet Russes,” New York, NY, 1979
Giorgio di Sant’Angelo, Assistant Designer, New York, NY, 1976-1978 (The Rolling Stone’s ’76 Tour, Costumes for Mick Jagger), 1976