Woman Made Gallery Artist Registry

2001 - present: Southwest Cooperative for Special Education - Art Therapist
1999 - present: Counseling Center of Lakeview - Art Therapist
1994 - 1996: Freelance Artist, Editorial and Bookcover Commissions, Minneapolis, MN

Artist's Statement

The figure has the power to capture mood and emotion, the complexities and subtleties of human experience. Our lives are not simple; they are, more often, somber, contemplative, a process of integrating our inner and outer experiences.

For several years, I have been working almost exclusively with acrylic and found wood. Acrylic dries quickly, which allows me to spontaneously layer my thoughts and feelings until I find a sense of balance in the image. I like to allow the raw, weathered and sometimes flawed quality of the wood to come through. I have learned that there is a certain beauty in accepting and working with these imperfections. The fit between the image and the material is very important to me. I work towards a union between the two. Bringing together the warm, sacred, and imperfect qualities of the wood with radiant yet somber figures becomes a way of exploring life’s duality and the human experience. Creating meaning from objects that have been discarded is a very gratifying, and symbolic process.

Although I believe that all art is a unique reflection of the artist’s being, it is my hope that others will also connect with these images in a way that is both personal and universal.

Selected Exhibitions

2004

Deeper Parts, Solo Show, Triangle Gallery, Old Town Art Center, Chicago, IL
Poetic Dialogue, Group Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Around the Coyote, Winter Arts Festival, Chicago, IL

2003

Forgotten Meaning, Solo Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Spiritus, Group Show, CCT Gallery, Chicago, IL
CS:33/The Curated Show, Group Show, Chicago Arts District Open House
Around the Coyote, Fall Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
Visions and Reflections, Solo Show, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Pilsen Spring Art Event, Group Show, Chicago, IL
Membership 2003, Group Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Landmark Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
30th Anniversary Group Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paintings, Solo Show, Uncommon Ground, Chicago, IL
Around the Coyote, Winter Arts Festival, Chicago, IL

2002

Portraits and Figures, Group Show, High Risk Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Arts District Open House and Curated Exhibit, Group Show, Chicago, IL
Around the Coyote, Fall Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
Awakened Dreams, Solo Show, Benedicta Arts Center, St. Joseph, MN
Monkey Business, Grand Opening Group Show, Chicago, IL
Equilibrium, Group Show, Thirteenth Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL
Membership 2002, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
A Capital Commute, Gallery 10Ltd., ARC Members Exchange Show, Washington, DC
Around the Coyote Curator's Choice Exhibit, Chicago, IL
Renewal, Group Show, Thirteenth Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL

2001

Holiday Show, Pilsen East Gallery, Chicago, IL
Pilsen East Artists Open House, Chicago, IL
Fourth Annual Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
Around the Coyote Fall Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
Around the Coyote Curators Choice Exhibit, ATC Space, Chicago, IL
Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival, Chicago, IL

2000

Alice and Arthur Baer Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
Women's Day Conference - Group Show, Koehnline Gallery, Oakton Comunity College, Des Plaines, IL
Pilsen East Artists' Open House, Chicago, IL
Pacific Cafe, Chicago, IL

1999

Creating and Connecting: Art by Jewish Women, Alice R. Rogers and Dayton Hudson Galleries, College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN
Keepers Of The Flame, juried group exhibition, sponsored by the Illinois Art Therapy Association, Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL

1997

Creating and Connecting: Art by Jewish Women, Juried Group Exhibition, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

1996

Illustration To Human Response, Invitational, Oscar Howe Art Center, Dome Mural Gallery, Mitchell, SD
Master Framer's Gallery, St. Paul, MN
YY Gallery St. Paul, MN
Open Studio Exhibit, St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, MN

1995

Alumni Show, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN

Bibliography

*Mandy Burrell, "Starving Artists, Or Savvy Real Estate Spectators, "Chicago Journal, p. 15 & 17, October 23, 2003
*Kerrie Kennedy, "It Takes a Village; The Community of Pilsen/Little Village," Chicago Free Press, p. 32 & 34, September 17,2003
*Chicago Artists’ Month Catalogue, "Artists on the Map," Featured Artist, p. 5, Published by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, September, 2003
*Fred Camper, Critic’s Choice Review, Chicago Reader, p. 27, June 20, 2003
*ARC Gallery; 30th Anniversary Catalogue, p. 63, March, 2003
*Current Psychiatry, Magazine Editorial Art, Montvale, NJ, January, 2003
*Women’s History Month Calendar, cover art, published by the City of Chicago’s Commission on Human Relations and the Advisory Council on Women, 2002
*Chicago Reader, photo, p. 19, January 25, 2002
*Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival Catalogue, Chicago, IL, 2002
*Susan Ellis, "Pilsen Holiday Show," Static Multimedia online art review, 2002
*Fourth Annual Chicago Art Open Catalogue, Chicago Artists’ Coalition, 2001
*Around the Coyote Winter Arts Festival Catalogue, Chicago, IL, 2001
*CSB/SJU Fine Arts Series Catalogue, Alice R. Rogers and Dayton Hudson Galleries, St. Joseph, MN, 1999
*Sharon Zweigbaum, "Multiple Identities and Myriad Expressions," Creating and Connecting Catalogue, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Paul, MN, 1997
*College of Visual Arts Catalogue, St. Paul, MN, 1996
*Nancy Correll, "Art Center Shows Feature Life’s Whimsy, Emotion," Daily Republic, August 22, 1996
*Twin Cities City Pages, Editorial Cover Art, Minneapolis, MN, February 28, 1996; September 20, 1995
*CoffeeHouse Press, The Mirror of Monsters and Prodigies, Bookcover Art, Minneapolis, MN, 1995

Affiliations

ARC Gallery, Vice President of Grants
Chicago Artists Coalition
Around the Coyote Arts Organization
American Art Therapy Association
Illinois Art Therapy Association

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