• CURRENT/UPCOMING NEWS

    Pattern
    Manifest Gallery
    Cincinnati, OH
    July 8 - August 6, 2021

    Abstracted Abstraction
    St. Louis Artists' Guild
    St. Louis, MO
    Ken Wood, Juror
    July 30 - August 28, 2021

    Words Matter
    The Art Center
    Highland Park, IL
    Makeba Kedem-DuBose, Juror
    August 6 - September 25, 2021

    43rd National Small Works Exhibition
    Harper College
    Palatine, IL
    Carrie Johnson, Juror
    September 20 - October 28, 2021

    Two-person show with Scott Mossman
    The Saw Room at the Alley Gallery
    Evanston, IL
    Postponed

    SELECTED RECENT JURIED & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS & PUBLICATIONS

    2021
    9th Annual Art Exhibition
    Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
    Jeffrey Hirst, Yaounde Olu, Jurors
    May 21 - July 2, 2021

    Momentum
    Springboard Arts Chicago
    1910 W. North Ave. Chicago
    March 1 - May 31, 2021

    2021 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial
    Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
    Alpha Bruton, Dan Devening, Kate Pollasch, Jurors
    January 16 - February 14, 2021

    2020
    77th Annual Salon Show
    South Shore Arts Center, Munster, IN
    Lauren M. Pacheco, Juror
    November 21, 2020 - January 24, 2021

    Rockford Midwestern Biennial 2020
    Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
    Jim Dempsey, Juror
    October 9, 2020 - January 31, 2021

    8th Annual Art Exhibition
    Bridgeport Art Center
    Chicago, IL
    Ilze Arajs, Alan Leder, Jurors
    May 15 - July 3, 2020

    41st Annual Juried Exhibition
    Monmouth Museum
    Lincroft, NJ
    Grace Graupe-Pillard, Juror
    January 18 - March 15, 2020

    2019
    Constructed Visions 2019
    CSI Exhibition at Bridgeport Art Center
    Chicago, IL
    Lelde Kalmite, Curator
    November 19, 2019 - January 3, 2020

    Global Village
    CSI Exhibition at Veeck Gallery
    Catholic Theological Union
    Chicago, IL
    Alexia Trzyna, Curator
    September 16 - December 13, 2019

    76th Annual Salon Show
    South Shore Arts (David Klamen, Juror)
    Munster, IN
    September 14 - November 10, 2019

    Fayum 21
    Union Street Gallery
    Chicago Heights, IL
    September 26 - October 26, 2019

    IMPACT Color/IMPACT Black & White
    The Art Center
    Highland Park, IL
    Rhonda K. Brown, Cesar Conde, Sheri Rush, Jurors
    August 9 - October 2, 2019

    Contemporary Ancients
    South Haven Art Center
    South Haven, MI
    August 24 - September 21, 2019

    Variations in Wax
    State Street Gallery at Robert Morris University.
    Chicago, IL
    March 11 - April 25, 2019

    40th Annual Juried Exhibition
    Monmouth Museum
    Lincroft, NJ
    January 11 - February 8, 2019

    Painting with Fire
    Zhou B Art Center
    (Sergio Gomez, Curator)
    Chicago, IL
    January 11 - February 8, 2019

    Beyond Fayum
    Arts Place, Inc.
    (Carrie Baxter, Curator)
    Portland, IN
    January 7 - February 3, 2019

    2018
    42nd Annual Beverly Arts Center Exhibition
    Non-Representational Award
    (Paul Nudd & Bert Green, Jurors)
    Beverly Arts Center
    Chicago, IL
    November 10, 2018 - January 2, 2019

    Rockford Midwestern Biennial 2018
    Rockford Art Museum (Aron Packer, Juror)
    Rockford, IL
    June 8 - September 30, 2018

    Design is a Verb
    Best of Show Award
    Chicago Sculpture International Biennial (Alyssa Brubaker, Curator)
    Evanston Art Center
    Evanston, IL
    July 27 - August 26, 2018

    Organic to Geometric II
    (Carol Pelletier, Curator)
    Provincetown Art Association and Museum
    Provincetown, MA
    May 25 - June 24, 2018

    The Blues
    Adam Peck Gallery Invitational
    Provincetown, MA
    June 1 - 6, 2018

    Artlink Regional Exhibition
    (Danielle Riede, Juror)
    Artlink Contemporary Gallery
    Fort Wayne, IN
    January 5 - February 5, 2018

    Studio Visit Magazine
    Volume 39, January 2018 (George Kinghorn, Juror)

    2017
    In the Abstract
    (CarolAnn Brown, Curator)
    Lubeznik Center for the Arts
    Michigan City, IN

    South Shore Arts 74th Annual Salon Show
    (Gregg Hertzlieb, Juror)
    South Shore Center for the Arts
    Munster, IN

    The Vital Art Project
    (Mimi Peterson, Curator)
    Racine, WI

    Northeastern Illinois University Alumni Show
    (Shannon Keck, Juror)
    NEIU Fine Arts Gallery
    Chicago, IL

    Encaustic 2017: Rebirth of an Ancient Medium
    (Lelda Kalmite, Curator)
    Bridgeport Art Center
    Chicago, IL

    InterAction
    Christopher Art Gallery (Beth Shadur, Juror)
    Prairie State College
    Chicago Hts., IL

    Sense of Place
    Castle Hill Center for the Arts (Patricia Miranda, Juror)
    Truro, MA

    Like, Uh, You Know What I Mean
    Brickton Art Center (Mimi Peterson, Curator)
    Park Ridge, IL

    Bridgeport Art Center 5th Annual Competition
    Third Place Award
    (Fred Camper & James Yood, Jurors)
    Bridgeport Art Center
    Chicago, IL

    Small But Mighty
    (Aron Packer, Juror)
    Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College
    Chicago Hts, IL

    Studio Visit Magazine
    January 2017 (Jessica Roscio, Juror)


    2016
    True to Form
    Brauer Museum of Art (Gregg Hertzlieb, Gloria Ruff, Jurors)
    Valparaiso University
    Valparaiso, IN
    August 23 - December 11, 2016

    Rockford Midwestern Biennial
    Rockford Art Museum (Sarah Krepp, Juror)
    Rockford, IL
    June 10 - September 25, 2016

    39th Harper College National Juried Exhibition
    Harper College (Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Juror)
    Palatine, IL
    August 29 - September 29, 2016

    Making Nature
    Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Gallery
    (Shencheng Xu, Deanna Krueger, Jurors)
    Chicago, IL
    June 6 - July 15, 2016

    Touch of the Blues
    ARC Gallery (Sarah Krepp, Juror)
    Chicago
    February 3 - 27

    Shelley Gilchrist, "Form and Iteration Across Mediums," ProWax Journal, No. 14

    Studio Visit Magazine
    Volume 31, January, 2016 (Mary M. Tinti, juror)

    Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century
    E. Ashley Rooney, ed., 2016
    (more info here)

    2015
    Far-Flung
    Arts on Elston (Rebecca George, Arthur Connor, jurors)
    Chicago

    Continuous Span
    Hyde Park Art Center (Jen Tremblay, curator)
    Chicago

    Sculpture Invasion
    Koehnline Museum of Art (Nathan Harpaz, curator)
    Oakton Community College, Des Plaines

    Expansive Vision
    Prairie State College (Beth Shadur, curator)
    Chicago Hts., IL

    Organic to Geometric: Investigations in Structure and Surface
    Endicott College (Carol Pelletier, curator)
    Beverly, MA

    Studio Visit Magazine
    Volume 27 (Carl Belz, juror)

    Arbitrary Values
    Chicago Cultural Center
    Chicago, IL

    2014
    38th Annual Art Competition & Exhibition
    Beverly Arts Center of Chicago
    (Edra Soto, Alberto Aquilar, jurors)

    South Shore Salon Show
    Second Place Award - Renee and Sam Denmark Memorial Award
    South Shore Arts (Ron Reason, juror)
    Munster, IN

    2014 Rockford Midwestern Biennial
    First Place Award (William Lieberman, juror)
    Rockford Art Museum
    Rockford, IL

    Square
    The Red Head Gallery
    Toronto, Canada

    Roam (solo show)
    ARC Gallery
    Chicago, IL

    17th International Open
    Woman Made Gallery (Myra Greene, juror)
    Chicago, IL

    Fused
    Union Street Gallery (Jessica Segal, curator)
    Chicago Hts., IL

    2013
    Abstract Impulse
    Prairie State College (Beth Shadur, curator)
    Chicago Hts., IL

    Chicago Sculpture International Exhibition
    Bridgeport Art Center (Lelde Kalmite, curator)
    Chicago, IL

    Six to the Third
    The Cliff Dwellers
    Chicago, IL

    Sculpture, Where It's At!
    Bloomingdale Museum
    Bloomingdale, IL

    Rhythm in Wax
    Norris Cultural Arts Center
    St. Charles, IL

    Material Difference
    Art Museo (Dan Addington, curator)
    Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago

    12 FUSED Artists
    Robert T. Wright Gallery
    College of Lake County
    Grayslake, IL

    2012
    Encaustic Works 2012, R&F Biennial Published Exhibition
    Portfolio Artist (selected by Joanne Mattera)

    Tactile Encounters
    Kemper Gallery
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

    Six to the Third
    Chicago Sculpture International at EXPO CHICAGO

    Inspired By . . . Celebrating Illinois Women Artists and Artisans
    Woman Made Gallery (Mary Stoppert, juror)
    Chicago, IL

    Confluence: Water & Light
    Kobalt Gallery (Francine d'Olimpio, curator)
    Provincetown, MA

    Forms & Fragments
    Art Museo (Martha Schneider Gallery, curators)
    Intercontinental Hotel, Chicago


    For more information, see resume.