Statement

I use intuition and creative zeal to discover forms and plumb my experiences, emotional, physical and aesthetic, which I recast as shape, line, color, and dimension. From childhood I have experienced my most moving and intimate experiences as gesture, which has always been a vital component of my work. My work springs from nature in as much as I am a creature born of nature.

I often use geometric forms, most often the circle to allude to an ideal of physical perfection and emotional stability and a reference to order and equilibrium.

Education

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, M.F.A 1978
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, B.A. (art education) 1975
Art Students League, New York, 1968-69
Brooklyn Museum Art School, NY, 1954-1959
Pratt Institute, NY, 1946-1949

Awards

2005	Vermont Studio Center, Residency Grant Offer
2004	Virginia Center for the Cultural Arts, Amherst, Virginia, Artists Residency
2003	Julia and David White Art Colony, Costa Rica, Artists residency
2002	Fundacion Valparaiso, Mohaca, Spain, Artists residency
2001	Award of Merit, Herstory Competition, Manhattan Arts International
1999	Richard Florsheim Foundation Art Fund Grant for Catalog
1988	New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Award
1983	New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Award
	Edward Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY, Residence Fellowship
1965	Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, Painters and Sculptors Society, Essex award
1964	Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ, Festival of Fine Arts
	Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ, New Jersey State Exhibition
1963	Atlantic City Annual, New Jersey, First Prize, selected by Stewart Klonis, Director, Art Students League
1960	Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ, New Jersey Artists
1958	Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, Art School Alumni, Grumbacher Award
1953	Art Students League, New York, Scholarship Award

Selected *One Person and Group Exhibitions

2007	Westbeth Gallery, New York City, NY
2006	* Pleiades Gallery, New York City, NY
2005	Pen and Brush, New York City, NY, 59th Annual Sculpture Exhibit
	Pleiades Gallery, New York City, NY, New Members Exhibit
2000	* Retrospective Exhibition "Changing Perspectives" Westbeth Gallery, NY. Catalog award Richard Florsheim Art Fund
1999	Farleigh Dickenson University, Edward Williams College, Hackensack, NJ. Curated by Rachael Freidberg
1996	Broome St. Gallery, NY, curated by Grace Glueck
	*Fourteen Sculptors Gallery, NY, aluminum wall sculptures
	La Mama La Galleria, NY, curated by Lawry Smith
1995	Nabisco Corporate Headquarters, East Hanover, NJ
	Fourteen Sculptors Gallery, NY, "The Raw and the Cooked"
1994	William Paterson University, Ben Shahn Gallery, NJ. Curated by Michael Bzdak, Director, Montclair Museum
1992	William Paterson University, Ben Shahn Gallery, Alumni Juried Exhibit, NJ
1990- 2003	Kergma Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ, featured artist and group exhibits
1990	*William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, NJ
	"Wall Constructions". Manhattan Community College, NY, "Women's Caucus for Art" Exhibit
1988	Monmouth College, NJ, Lincroft, NJ, Fellowship Exhibit (catalog) New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1986	* Fairlawn Library, Fairlawn, NJ, "Paintings and Sculpture"
	Pavilion Gallery, Memorial Hospital, Mt. Holly, NJ, "The Cutting Edge"
	New York University Graduate School, NY, "Womens Caucus for Art". Curated by Marcia Marcus
	Muhlenberg College, PA. Curated by Miriam Shapiro (catalog) New Visions of the Family
1985	Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, New Jersey Artists, curated by Susan Delahanty, Dir., Neuberger Museum and Douglas Schultz, Dir. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, (catalog)
	Glassboro State College, Concert Hall Gallery, NJ, Womens Caucus for Art, "Beyond Tradition"
	Jersey City State College, Vodra Gallery, Jersey City, NJ Womens Caucus for Art "Grand Illusions"
	Ramapo College, The Gallery, Mahwah, NJ, Womens Caucus for Art, "Beyond Tradition"
1984	City Without Walls Gallery , Newark, NJ, "Innovation, 10 Approaches". Curated by Samuel Miller, Dir. Newark Museum
1983	Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ, Fellowship Award Exhibition (catalog)
1982	Rutgers University, Mable Smith Library, New Brunswick, NJ, "Women in Art in New Jersey"
	Federal Plaza, New York, Womens Caucus for Art, "Pieced Work"
	*Fairleigh Dickenson University, Edward Williams Gallery, Hackensack, NJ
1980	Rutgers University, Paul Robeson Center Gallery, curated by Edith Innes and Irene Krugman, State Museum (catalog with photograph)
	* Fairleigh Dickenson University, Edward Williams Gallery, Hackensack, NJ
1977	*Pleiades Gallery, NY, "Transformations"
1976	* Pleiades Gallery, NY, "Works in Aluminum, Drawings"
1975	* Rockland County Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
1974	Krushaar Gallery, NY, "New Talent Festival"
	*Bloomfield College, NJ, "Sheet Metal Works
1973	National Academy Gallery, NY, National Assoc, of Women Artists Annual
	Morristown Museum of Art and Science, New Jersey Group Exhibit
1971	* Bergen County Museum, Paramus, New Jersey
	New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey "Art from New Jersey"
	* Bergen County Museum, Paramus, NJ
1970	New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, Art from New Jersey, curated by Philip Pearlstein, Richard Stankiewicz, Harold Altman
1969	Philharmonic Hall,Lincoln Center, New York, (catalog)
1968	New Jersey State Museum, Trenton NJ, New Jersey Artists, curated by Jose De Rivera, Kyle Morris
1966	Lever House, NY
	Monmouth College, West Long Branch NJ curated by Alice Neel, Jersey City Museum, NJ, Painters and Sculptors Society, National Annual
1965	Silvermine Guild, New Canaan, Conn. New England Annual
	Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA. "The Six"
	Sterns New York,"All American Invitational Group"
	New York Worlds Fair, NY, New Jersey Pavillion
	Jersey City Museum, Painters and Sculptors, Annual National (catalog)
1964	Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ, curated by James Wines
	Newark Museum, NJ, New Jersey State Triennial,-catalog
	Roko Gallery, New York City, NY, Invitational Group
	Art Center of Northern New Jersey, Tenafly, NJ, Annual Juried exhibit
	Montclair Museum, New Jersey, New Jersey State Annual, Curated by Hana Geber, Leon Golden, Fairfield Porter-catalog
	National Academy Gallery, New York City, NY, Audubon Artists Annual National Exhibit, Curated by Leo Quanchi, Sol Wilson- catalog
1963	Montclair Museum, NJ, New Jersey State Annual, Curated by Xavier Gonzales -catalog
	National Academy Gallery, New York City, NY, Audubon Artists Annual National Exhibit, Curated by Isabel Bishop -catalog
	Riverside Museum, New York City, NY, Modern Artists Guild Invitational
1962	Montclair Museum, NJ, New Jersey state Annual, Curated by Ad Reinhardt, Adolf Dehn
	Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ, Curated by Elaine DeKooning, Lawrence Campbell -catalog
1961	Newark Museum, NJ, New Jersey Artists, Curated by Harvard Arnason, Kyle Morris -catalog
	Montclair Museum, NJ, New Jersey State Annual, Curated by John Ferren, and Robert Gwathmey -catalog
1960	Montclair Museum, NJ, New Jersey State Annual -catalog
1958	Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, Art School Alumni Fourth Annual

Teaching and Professional Experience

Textile designer, Worked in design Depts. and did freelance design 1949-1957

Riverdell Community School, Riveredge, NJ, Painting and Drawing, 1965-1971

Fort Lee Community School, Ft. Lee, NJ, Painting and Drawing, 1970-1971

Edward Williams College, Hackensack, NJ, Painting and Drawing, 1970

Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ, Painting and Drawing, 1978

Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ, Art Appreciation, Drawing, Design, 1980-1986

Manhattan Psychiatric Center, NY, NY, Recreation and Art Therapist, 1986-1999