Resume
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| EDUCATION | |
| 1986-88 | Advanced Studies in Figure Drawing, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL |
| 1978 | M.F.A, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 1976 | B.F.A, Bradley University, Peoria, IL |
| SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2022 | Heads and Masks Solo Feature Exhibition, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI |
| 2020 | Reflections, Solo Exhibition, Exhibit A, Peoria, IL |
| 2019 | New Ceramic Sculpture Solo Exhibition, Art@830, Key West FL |
| 2017 | Blood and Iron Solo Exhibition, Abel Contemporary, Paoli, WI |
| 2016 | The Warrior Series Solo Exhibition, Exhibit A, Peoria, IL |
| 2013 | The Girl Series Two-Person Exhibition, Art@803, Key West, FL |
| 2012 | New Work Solo Exhibition, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI |
| 2010 | New Work Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL |
| 2009 | Small Works Two-Person Exhibition, Art@803, Key West, FL |
| 2008 | New Work Solo Exhibition, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI |
| 2008 | New Work Two-Person Exhibition, Prairie Arts Center, Peoria, IL |
| 2007 | The Girl 1990-1996 Solo Exhibition, Figge Museum, Davenport, IA |
| 2007 | Erdklumpen Solo Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL |
| 1998 | Solo Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawing 1985-1995, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL |
| 1987 | Solo Exhibition of Drawing and Watercolor, Illinois Central College, East Peoria |
| 1986 | Solo Exhibition of Sculpture, Allegheny College, Allegheny, PA |
| 1983 | Portraits of Appalachia Two-person exhibition, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL |
| 1982 | Two-person Exhibition, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA |
| 1980 | New Sculpture in Clay Solo Exhibition, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL |
| INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2019 | 14th International Ceramics Exhibition, Aveiro, Portugal Museum of Art |
| 2017 | 13th International Ceramics Exhibition, Aveiro, Portugal Museum of Art |
| 2011 | 10th International Ceramics Exhibition, Museum of Ceramics, Manises, Spain |
| 2009 | 9th International Ceramics Exhibition, Aveiro, Portugal Museum of Art |
| 2007 | 8th International Ceramics Exhibition, Aveiro, Portugal Museum of Art |
| 2007 | SOFA Chicago, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects, and Functional Art, Navy Pier |
| 2004 | SOFA New York, 7th Regiment Armory, NYC |
| 2004 | SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier |
| 1995 | Fletcher Challenge International Ceramic Exhibition, Auckland Museum Auckland, New Zealand |
| 1992 | Fletcher Challenge International Ceramic Exhibition |
| 1992 | International Biennial of Ceramics, Chateau-Musee of Vallauris, France |
| 1991 | Faenza International Ceramics Exhibition, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, IL |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2024 | Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson,NY |
| 2023 | 20th National Ceramics Invitational, Abel Contemporary Gallery Stoughton, WI |
| 2022 | Beautiful Fiction, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI |
| 2021 | Meltdown, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY |
| 2020 | National Ceramics Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX |
| 2019 | Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY |
| 2018 | Celebrate Illinois: 200 Years in the Land of Lincoln Exhibition, Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL |
| 2018 | Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. |
| 2017 | Emergence, Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL |
| 2016 | 13th Ceramics Invitational, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Paoli, WI |
| 2015 | Three Person Exhibition, Liz Solaro Gallery, Quincy, IL |
| 2015 | Little Ones Invitational, Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL |
| 2014 | Cornell Museum of Art Exhibition, Delray Beach, FL |
| 2012 | Ink and Clay, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA |
| 2010 | Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Best in Show |
| 2009 | A Contemporary Look at Abraham Lincoln, Peoria Art Guild |
| 2007 | Ink and Clay, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA |
| 2006 | The Other, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR |
| 2004 | Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ |
| 2003 | Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. |
| 2002 | Inspired in Illinois, Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL |
| 2001 | Illinois Women Artists, Illinois State Museum, Chicago; Illinois State University, Normal; Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL |
| 2000 | Ceramics Invitational, Texas A & M University, Commerce, TX |
| 1999 | Guest Curator and Exhibitor, Narrative and Poetic Expressions: The Human Figure in Clay, Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL |
| 1997 | Figurative Ceramics, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1994 | Ceramics Now, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA |
| 1993 | Regional Art Exhibition, Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, IA, First Place Purchase Award |
| 1993 | 29th Ceramics National, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY |
| 1991 | Clay USA, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA |
| 1990 | National Ceramics Exhibition, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH |
| 1989 | Ceramics Now, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA |
| 1987 | Whirlpool Foundation National Sculpture Traveling Exhibition |
| 1986 | Interior Images, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1985 | Ceramics National Traveling Exhibition, Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA |
| 1984 | Erotica, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee |
| 1984 | Southwest/Midwest Exchange Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts of New Mexico, Santa Fe and Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 1982 | What’s New in Clay, University of Houston, Houston, TX |
| 1980 | Tradition in the Making, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA |
| 1979 | Clay / Form, Function, and Fantasy, Long Beach Gallery, CA |
| 1979 | Objects ‘79, Western Colorado Center of the Arts, Grand Junction |
| 1978 | Clay from Molds: Multiples, Altered Castings, and Combinations, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
| 1978 | Crafts ‘78, Women’s Cultural Trust Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| AWARDS / HONORS | |
| 1976 | Two Year Graduate Fellowship Award, Syracuse University |
| 2002 | Illinois Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Award |