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Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI  2003

MFA in Printmaking and Drawing

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI  2001

BFA in Studio Art and State of Michigan Teaching Certification in Art

Art Educator

Plymouth Canton Community Schools

2005-present 

Lecturer at Eastern Michigan University 

Ypsilanti, MI 2003-2005

Teaching Foundation Courses both Studio-based and Art-History based

Part-time Art Teacher in Brighton Area Schools

Brighton, MI 2004-2007

Solo Shows 

2022  September   

Livingston Arts Council, Howell, MI

2015   January 

Plymouth Community Arts Council, Plymouth MI

2008  Nov-Dec 

 Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI

2008 November 

 Cherry Hill Village Theatre and Gallery, Canton, MI

2008 December

 DaVinci’s on Main Street in Ann Arbor, MI

2007  May

 Uptown on Grand River, Howell, MI

2006   Nov-Dec

   Defiance College, Defiance OH

2005  June 

   Babs in Ann Arbor in conjunction with 555 Studio & Gallery, Detroit, MI

2005 May 

   Left Bank Gallery, Flint, MI

2005 Dec-Mar

  Pfizer Headquarters, Ann Arbor, MI

2005 Oct-Nov

   Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2004 October

   Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti, MI

2004 October

 Serendipity Studio, Saline MI

2004 May 

 Ford Galley, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Group Shows

2024 January - February

53rd Annual INT'L Paperworks Exhibit

Minot State University, ND

2024 December - January

Phantasia Art Exhibit

PARC Art Gallery, Plymouth, MI

2024 December- January

Solstitium Show, 

Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2024  December

Think Small Annual All Media Exhibit, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI

2024 October

 Plymouth Community Arts Council, “The Evolving Exhibition” Invitational Exhibit

2024  September

 Art Prize, DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, MI

2023 May-July

   Life and Death Group Exhibit Biafarin Online Exhibition, by Gallerium

2021  February 

   Annual MEA Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI

2020  February 

   Annual MEA Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI

2015 November   

  Brighton Art Guild 16th Annual Exhibit 

2015 July

 Brighton Art Guild Plein Air “Paint Out” and Exhibit 

2009  Jan-Feb

 Marygrove College, Local Area Printmakers Exhibit, Detroit, MI

2008 February 

   Annual MEA Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI 

2008 March-April

 Great Lake Drawing Biennale, Eastern Michigan University 

2008 April

 Plymouth Canton Teachers Exhibit, Cherry Hill Village Theatre, Canton, MI

2008  May 

Buckham Gallery Five Artist Group Show, Flint MI

2008 May-June 

ReAction Kinetic Exhibition,

Ann Marie Sculpture Gardens/Smithsonian Institution, Solomons, MD

2008 Sept-Oct  

Ann Arbor Chamber and District Designs, Ann Arbor, MI

2007   July-August

      Buckham Gallery, Flint MI,  Traveling Printmaking Exhibition

2007     April-May 

  Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan, MI Printmaking Exhibition

2007  Aug-Sept

  Ann Arbor Art Centers’ 25thAnnual: The Print, Ann Arbor, MI

2007 August

 Lawrence Street Gallery 20thAnniversary Invitational, Ferndale, MI

2007 July-Sept 

Work! An Artists Impression, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2007 July-Aug

Northern National Juried Art Competition, 

Northers Arts Council, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI

2007 January-February 

William Bonifas Art Center, Escanaba, MI Printmaking Exhibition

2007 October

  15th Annual Canton Fine Arts Exhibition Cherry Hill Village Theatre, Canton, MI

2007  October

 Second Annual Livingston County Invitational Fine Art Exhibit Howell Opera House, Howell, MI

2007 Oct-Nov

 Ann Arbor Art Center, Annual All Media Exhibition

2006 October

   Alma College: 26th Annual Statewide Printmaking Competition

2006 October

 First Annual Livingston County Invitational Fine Art Exhibition, Brighton, MI

2006 October 

Think Small All Media Juried Exhibit, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI 

2006 July

 Red, White and Blue, Benefit for the Howell Opera House, Howell, MI

2006 February-March

 Great Lake Drawing Biennial, Ypsilanti, MI

2006 February

 Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI The Body Eclectic, Figurative Works

2006 February

  Invitational Exhibition, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI 

2005  October

 7th Annual Abstraction International Juried Art Exhibition, 

Upstream People Gallery,  Omaha, NE

2005  September

  14th Annual National Juried Show, Art Institute and Gallery, Salsbury, MD

2005 August

 555 Studio and Gallery, Detroit MI

2005 August

   Local Artists Invitational, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2005 August

 14th Annual National Competition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

2005 July 

Invitational Exhibition ’05, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI

2005 June-July

 16th National Juried Competition, Veridian Artists @ Chelsea, New York, NY

2005 June

 Rome Art Coterie National Juried Show, Rome, GA

2005  June

 Elaine L. Jacob Galley, Regional Printmaking Exhibit, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

2005 May-June

 48th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC

2005 April

 16th National Drawing and Print Competition Exhibition,

   College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

2005  April 

   Lemon Street Gallery: 4th Annual Juried Exhibition. Kenosha WI

2005 March

  The Art of Art Techers Exhibition, 555 Studio / Galley, Detroit, MI

2005 March 

Berkley Carroll / Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

2005 March

  Ann Arbor Art Center’s 23rd Annual: “The Print” Ann Arbor, M

I

2005 February

 Left Bank Gallery: All Media Exhibition, Flint, MI

2005  February 

Art Master’s Association Exhibit, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI 

2005 January 

 Annual Faculty Exhibit at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

2004 November

 The Great Frame Up, All Printmaking Exhibit,  Birmingham MI

2004 October

  Lawrence Street Gallery, An Exhibit in the Uniqueness of Printmaking, Ferndale, MI

2004 October

 Daimler Chrysler and The Community House: Our Town Art Exhibit,  Birmingham, MI

2004 March

 Graduate Exhibit Invitational, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

2004 April 

Crooked Tree Art Council, Petoskey, MI

2004 May

 Graduate Thesis Art Exhibition, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

2004 February 

   Kellogg Community College, Battle Breek, MI

2003 October

 Michigan Independent Film Festival, Imagine Theatre, Novi, MI

2003 October

 Sights Unseen, Intermedia Gallery Group (40 years of printmaking at EMU)

2003 November 

  Alma College: 23rd Annual Statewide Print Competition

2003 March

 Annual Graduate Student Exhibition, Ford Galler, Eastern Michigan University

2003 May 

   Featured Artist at Gandy Dancer Courtyard Art and Jazz Group Exhibit, Ann Arbor MI

2003  January

 Art Masters Association Winter Exhibit, Ypsilanti Library, Ypsilanti, MI

2002 October

 Featured Artist at St. John The Baptist Annual Fall Fest, Ypsilanti, MI

2000

Metals 2000, University Of Michigan Annual Metals Showcase of student Artwork

Awards

2024 February

 Rehmann Red Wings Art Contest Top Finalist

2023 August

 Soaring Eagle Arts, B & E: Award of Excellence in Drawing

2023 July 

Ann Arbor State Street Art Fair 2nd Place Best in Show

2022 August

 Soaring Eagle Arts, B & E: Award of Excellence in Drawing

2021 July

 Wyandotte  Art Fair, Wyandotte, Michigan: Best in Show

2020  February

  Annual MEA Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI: Jurors Choice Award & Purchase Award

2016   August

    Pentwater, MI Sand Sculpture Contest 1st place

2015 November

   Brighton Art Guild 16th Annual Exhibit: 1st Place and an Honorable Mention

2015 August 

  Pentwater, MI Sand Sculpture Contest 2nd place

2008 February

 Annual MEA Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI: Jurors Choice Award

2008 July

 Brighton Art Fair , Brighton, MI: Honorable Mention

2007  February

 Annual MEA Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI: Two purchase awards

2007  March

 Ann Arbor Art Center, The Print, Ann Arbor, MI: Purchase Award

2006 February

 Great Lake Drawing Biennial, Ypsilanti, MI: Purchase Award

2006 October

 First Annual Livingston County Invitational Fine Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention

2005 August

Brighton Art Festival

3rd Place

2005  June

   National Juried Show, Rome, GA: Honorable Mention

2005 February

 Left Bank Gallery, All Media Exhibition, Award Received

2004  October

   Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI:  Uniqueness of Printmaking Award

2004  November

  The Great Frame Up, Birmingham, MI: Printmaking Award

2003  January

   Purchase Award, Annual Graduate School Art Exhibit,  Excellence Award 

  Eastern, Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

TV and Press

September 31, 2024

 Channel4 News Detroit

Optical Illusions

September 19, 2023

 Turnables Art on Live in the D Channel 4 News Detroit

May-July 2023

   Life and Death Group Exhibit Biafarin Exhibition, Catalogue page 175

June 2022

The Rock, Plymouth News and Lifestyle Magazine

"Bringing Concrete to Life"

September 4, 2021

 Chanel 7 News Detroit

October 5, 2008

Canton Observer

"Students get Hands on"

May 22, 2008

Livingston Press and Argus

Page 1A

"Artist Fostering Next Generation of Talent" 

May 18, 2008 

Flint Courier / Entertainment Page  E5

"Emerging Artists are Thick on Thought..."

May 12, 2008

 The Flint Journal

October 21, 2007 Ann Arbor News, Entertainment Page C1

October 21, 2007

The Ann Arbor News

Page C1

"The Beauty is in the Details..."

November 7, 2005

 Ann Arbor News

June 10, 2005

The Livingston Community News Page B5

"Adult Ed. Students Paint Mural"

May 18, 2005

Lansing City Pulse

Volume 4 Issue 41

Page 10

May 12, 2005

The Flint Journal

"Familiar Shapes, Images Blend into Artist's Vision at Left Bank"

April 3, 2005

 The Ypsilanti Community News Page 2

"The Print, Honed, Edgy..."