EDUCATION:
Cooper School of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 1968-1973 (Certificate, 1973)
Art Students League, New York, NY, Spring 1972, Spring 1974
Further Study: Albert Handel, Pastel
Daniel Greene, Pastel
AWARDS:
The President’s Award–American Artists Professional League, NYC, 1993
Honorable Mention—Pastel 100 Competition, 2006
Honorable Mention–Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, NYC, 1993
Finalist–The Artist’s Magazine National Portrait Competition, 1998, 1992, 1989
Honorable Mention–All Ohio, The Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH, 1990
Gold Medal of Honor–Allied Artists of America Annual Exhibition, NYC, 1989
Pastel Society Plaque–Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, NYC, 1989
First Prize–Beck Center Proscenium Juried Show, Lakewood, OH, 1983
Mae Berlind Bach Award–Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, NYC, 1983
Second Prize–Beck Center Proscenium Juried Show, Lakewood, OH, 1983
Certificate of Merit–Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual Exhibition, NYC, 198l
Honorable Mention–TAG Annual, Trumbull Art Guild, Warren, OH, 1980
Finalist–American Artist Magazine’s First National Art Competition, 1978
First Prize–Baycrafters Juried Show, Bay Village, OH, 1974
Honorable Mention–Jewish Community Center Show, Cleveland Hts., OH, 1972
Cooper School of Art Student Concours–1st-Life Drawing, 2nd-Portrait Painting,
3rd-Life Drawing, Honorable Mention-Life Drawing (1968-1973)
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo:
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “Women + Paint” (two-person exhibition) 2009
Intown Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, 2007
Lakeland Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Kirtland, OH, 2002, 1996
Cleveland Play House Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 1991, 1986
Chime Art Gallery, Summit, New Jersey, 1985
Kennedy Center Art Gallery, Hiram College, Hiram, OH, 1980
Women’s City Club Gallery, Cleveland, OH, 1979
Baycrafters’ Gallery, Bay Village, OH, 1975
Central National Bank, Cleveland, OH, 1975
Selected Group Invitational:
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, “Looking Inward” 2011
Lakeland Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, 1996-2013
U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, 2004-2011
Cleveland Artists Foundation, “A Century of Portraiture” 2002
Brenda Kroos Gallery at WKYC TV Bldg., “A Celebration of Cleveland Art” 2001
Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH, “Ohio Artists Paint Themselves” 1998, “Interiors” 1990
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, “The Flower in American Art” 1991
Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI, “Best of All Ohio 1990” 1991
BP America Gallery, Cleveland, OH, “Art in the Atrium” 1989
Willoughby Fine Arts Association, Willoughby, OH, “Working Portrait Artists” 1981
The Intown Club Gallery, Cleveland, OH, “Six Points of View” 1980
Circle Gallery, NYC, “American Artist Magazine First National Competition” 1978
Cain Park Gallery, Cleveland Hts., OH, 1973
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS 1973-2014:
National & Regional
The New Now, The Best of the Western Reserve
Butler Institute of American Art Mid-Year Show, Youngstown, OH
September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana
Allied Artists of America Annual, National Arts Club, NYC
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual, National Arts Club, NYC
American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, NYC
Three Media Realism Exhibition, Farrington-Keith Creative Arts Center, Dexter, MI
Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Studio of Long Grove, Illinois
All Ohio, The Canton Art Institute
Self Portrait Competition, Massillon Museum
TAG Annual, Trumbull Art Guild
COLLECTIONS:
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland State University
The Cleveland Play House
InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center, Cleveland, OH
Playhouse Square Association, Cleveland, OH
United Cerebral Palsy Association
Koenig Sporting Goods, Solon, OH
Rav Financial, Beachwood, OH
Becker & Mishkind & Co. LPA, Elyria, OH
Carney & Carney, Westlake, OH
PUBLICATIONS:
The Archives Speak: Insights and Images of Ohio Artists
Looking Inward, The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
The Pastel Journal
United States Embassy Quito, Ecuador ART in Embassies Exhibition
Art in Embassies Program United States Embassy Chisinau
Art in Embassies Program 2006 Desk Diary
Cardiovascular Diagnosis & Therapy, Art and Medicine, The Power of Painting
Marquis’ Who’s Who of American Women
Marquis’ Who’s Who in America
Marquis’ Who’s Who in the Midwest
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Archived Artist
Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
Instructor
Fine Arts Department, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH, 1996 – 2013
Portrait and Figure Painting, Bay Arts, Bay Village, OH, 1976-1979
Juror
National and regional exhibitions, 1993-2011
Invited Speaker
Women’s City Club, Cleveland, OH, Art Appreciation Course Studio Tour, 1996
Akron Society of Artists, Akron, OH, 1993
Board of Trustees
Young Audiences of Cleveland, 2002-2006