About Me

BACKGROUND
I was born in Munich, Germany and raised in Sioux City, Iowa. My BFA is in painting from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, where I also received an MA in metalworking and jewelry. I moved to Staten Island, NY in 1982 and now reside in Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Tango Embraces, Lafayette Grill and Bar, NYC, 2010
Plazoleta del Tango, Klatch Coffee Bar, NYC, 2006;
Becoming Myself, Wagner College Gallery, SI, NY, 1999;
Remembrances and Reminiscences, Access Gallery, Snug Harbor, SI, NY, 1998;
Beneath the Skirts of the Virgin Mary, Access Gallery, Snug Harbor, SI, NY, 1998
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Michael Ingbar Gallery, NYC, 2017/2018
Women Under Siege; It's Happening Here, Ceres Gallery, NYC, 2017
Robbins Reef Lighthouse: A Home in the Harbor, The Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island, NY, 2015 - 2018
One Step Beyond: Art Off the Charts, Fountain House Gallery, NYC, 2016
Exposure 2014, Ceres Gallery, NYC
Embrazo Argentina, (2 person) Tottenville Public Library, Staten Island, NY, 2013
Juried Art Exhibit, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY, 2012
Titanic, The Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island, NY, 2012
MAXIMUS/minimus, ART at Bay, SI, NY, 2011
Miniature Show, Art Haus, SI, NY, 2010
Residual Effects, ART at Bay, SI, NY, 2010
HUGE unHUGE, Access Gallery, Snug Harbor, SI, NY, 2009
Tango, Pritzker Gallery, Highland, NY, 2007
Small Works Invitational, Soho 20 Chelsea, NYC, 2007, 2005, 2003
Silver, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Snug Harbor, SI, NY, 2005
Good and Plenty, Art in General, NYC, 1993
The American Family Inside Out, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, curated by Faith Ringgold, 1993
Windows on White, NYC, 1991
1990 Sculpture Festival, Snug Harbor, SI, NY
PUBLICATIONS
Modern Tango World, No. 8, Spring 2017
Arts Digest (a New York University publication), No. 4, Fall 2016
Staten Island Advance (various)
New York Times 10/17/93
Art in America 1/93
GRANTS
COAHSI/NYSCA Encore grant (for a collaboration), 2013
Staten Island Decentralization Grant for the Arts, 1998, 1997
Greater New York Arts Development Fund Grant, 1993
RESIDENCIES
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 1993
Blue Mountain Center, 1990