Bio / Resume

 

born 1975 - Franklin, Pa.

10 month pregnancy, delivered via cesarean - 11 lbs.

 

Awards & Grants

 

2006

DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Artist Fellowship

 

Bethesda Painting Awards Finalist       

 

Cummings MFA grant

2005   

DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Young Artists Program Grant

 

Bethesda Painting Awards Finalist

2004

DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Young Artists Program Grant

 

Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award in Visual Arts: Painting

 

2002   

Maryland Institute College of Art Graduate Painting Award

Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Fellowship nominee

 

2000   

Maryland Institute College of Art Graduate Fellowship

 

Selected Exhibitions

 

2008

       

        Get Me Off This Rock! & other new works (Solo) Rodger Lapelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

       

        Color Invitations (Group) R Street Gallery, Washington, DC

        Curator: F. Lennox Campello

 

2007

Strictly Painting 6: Color Field Remix (Juried) McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

Curator: Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

        Zapp! Comic Books and the Arts (Group) VisArts, Rockville, MD

Does Gender Still Matter? (Group) Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue, IL

Curator: Elizabeth Mix

 

Narrative Paintings (Group) The Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

Celebrating CSM Faculty (Group) Tony Hungerford Memorial Gallery, La Plata, MD

 

Fraser Gallery Summer Group Exhibit (Group) The Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

9x10 : WPA\C  Member Show (Group) WWP Gallery, Washington, DC

 

Artomatic (Group) Arlington, VA

2006

PEACE (Group) Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC

Curator: Molly Ruppert

 

DCCAH Artist Fellowship Applicant Show (Group) MOCA-DC, Washington, DC

 

Coulrophobia and Other New Paintings (Solo) Old Dominion University Gallery, Norfolk, VA

 

Bethesda Painting Awards (Group) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

Celebrating CSM Faculty (Group) Tony Hungerford Memorial Gallery, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD

 

Persephone & other paintings (Solo) Rodger Lapelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

 

INTERFACE: Art & Technology (Group) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

2005   

Sequences; New and Revisited Paintings (Solo) Tony Hungerford Memorial Gallery, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD

 

Lucha Libre! (Solo) Fraser Gallery, Washington DC

 

Where is the PEACE? (Group) Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC

Curator: Molly Ruppert

 

SEVEN (Group) Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC

Curator: Art Critic F. Lennox Campello

 

Summer Group Show (Group) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

Bethesda Painting Awards (Group) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

What's So Terrible about Being Beautiful (Group) Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, DC

Curator: Peter Photicoke

 

Art on Paper International Competition (Juried) Gallery International, Baltimore, MD

Juror: Pamela Wilson, Executive Director, Maryland Federation of Art

2004   

Anonymous Returns (Group) Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, Washington, DC

All Media and Competition Show (Juried) Gallery International, Baltimore, MD

Juror: Art Critic F. Lennox Campello

Summer Group Show (Group) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

Figurative Work (Group) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

2003   

100th Exhibit (Group) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

Summer Group Show (Group) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

Recent Paintings (Solo) Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

2002   

Self Portraits (Juried) MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD

Juror: Carolyn Carr, Deputy Director & Chief Curator, The National Portrait Gallery

Failure (Group) Catalogue Exhibition

Organizer: Sarah Hromack

 

MFA Thesis Show (Group) Myerhoff Gallery,

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

 

Six Degrees in Cold Storage: CAA MFA Exhibition (Group) Philadelphia, PA

 

Healing Art / Arts that Heal (Group) Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD

 

Contemporary Realism (Group) The Atheneum, Alexandria, VA

Curator: F. Lennox Campello

2001   

The Real Future (Group) Fraser Gallery, Washington, DC

MFA 2002 (Group) Fox 3 Gallery,

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2000   

Hoffberger School of Painting (Group) Fox 3 Gallery

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Curator: Grace Hartigan

It’s Too Darn Hot! (Juried) Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

Juror: Britta Konau, Assistant Curator, National Museum of Women in the Arts

Still Life with Food (Juried) Best in Show Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC

Juror: Ken Kipperman, postage stamp and picture engraver, U.S. Bureau of Engraving

Mirror Images - Portrait of an Artist (Juried) Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC

Juror: Artemis Zenetou, Curator - Manager, World Bank Art Program

How I’m Getting to Graduate School (Solo) Peppers Gallery, Washington, DC

 

Favorites from the 20th Century (Juried) Capitol Hill Art League, Washington, DC

Juror: Debra Pincus, independent scholar & guest curator, National Gallery of Art

1999   

Scary Art (Group) Eyeclopes Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA

5th Annual Exhibition (Juried) Mattawoman Creek Art Center, Indian Head, MD

Juror: William de Louper; curator emeritus, Phillips Collection

1996    

Identity Crisis (Solo) Bates Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA

 

Publications

Rousseau, Claudia.  “Comic Books are Culture at Visarts”, Gazette.net, October 17, 2007; reproduction

 

Schwartzman, Paul. “D.C. Adds Local Art to Downtown Palette”, Washington Post, November 16, 2006; DZ11; reproduction

 

Dijulio, Betsy. “Clowning Around”, Portfolio Weekly, August 15, 2006; 30; reproduction

 

Stauss, R.B. "A Stunning Debut at Rodger LaPelle", The Kennett Paper, February 16-22, 2006, A-13; reproduction

 

Strauss, R.B. "February's First Friday is full of firsts", The Weekly Press, February 1, 2006, 12

 

Cudlin, Jeffry. "Talking Pictures", Washington City Paper, November 4, 2005; 42; reproduction

 

Taylor, Sara. "Sound off on local artist's shows", Maryland Independent, October 28, 2005; C-2; reproduction

 

Berger, Arion. "Talking Back to Art", Washington Post Express, October 20, 2005; E14; reproduction

 

Jacobson, Louis. "Summer Group Exhibition - City Lights", Washington City Paper, August 19, 2005

 

Mason, Angie. "Bringing the Art studio to school", Maryland Independent, March 2, 2005; C-4; reproduction

 

Rousseau, Claudia. "Painting the ominous: Masks, nudes, fairies and more", Gazette.net, February 24, 2004; reproduction

 

Massey, Bob. "Go, Figure", Washington Post Express, February 12, 2004, 13; reproduction

 

Saunders, Gwyenth. "High Five Shows Off Teen Talent", Southern Maryland Weekend, January 12, 2004, 1/16; reproduction

 

Howard, Nate (interviewer). "Artworks This Week", Maryland Public Television, April 9, 2003

 

Dawson, Jessica. "Two Bids for Greatness Result in a Cry for Help", The Washington Post, April 24, 2003, 5 (C); reproduction

 

Shaw-Eagle, Joanna. "Galleries: Pagan Gods and Patriarchs", The Washington Times, April 22, 2003; reproduction

 

Ungar, Nancy. "Artists Getting Real in Bethesda at Fraser Gallery". Gazette.net, August 15, 2002

 

Longaker, Mark. "Art Works; Students Show at the Fraser", The Georgetowner, August 30, 2001, 30; reproduction

Public Collections

Government of the District of Columbia

Education

 

2002   

Master of Fine Art

Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, MD

Hoffberger School of Painting

1997   

Bachelor of Science in Art Education

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; Edinboro, PA

Summa Cum Laude, Honors Program

Juror

 

2007

Festival Judge. Gosport Arts Festival, Porstmouth, VA

2006-07

Festival Judge. ArtFest at Anne Marie Gardens, Solomons Island, MD

 2004

Festival Judge.  21st Annual Stockley Garden Arts Festival, Norfolk, VA

 

Travel and Study Abroad

 

2001   

EF Educational Tours Group Leader, Bella Italia; Italy – lead tour of 12 students for 10 days through Venice, Florence, Rome, and Pompeii

2000   

EF Educational Tours Group Leader, A Capital Connection; Paris, France and London, England – lead tour of 10 students for 10 days through Paris and London

1996   

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Honor Scholarship in Vienna, Austria; Concentration in work of architect Otto Wagner

1996   

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Study Abroad at Oxford, England; Exeter College Concentration in English Literature and Life

Personality Type

ENTJ - Extravert, Intuitive, Thinking, Judging

ENTJ's represent approximately 5% of the American Population

 

Potential Strengths

 

ENTJs are friendly, energetic people who like to be in charge and make things happen.  They are strong willed decision makers who are good at seeing the logical consequences of their choices.  They tend to be organized and logical in their approach to all situations, readily seeing and correcting flaws in organizations and systems.  ENTJs love challenges and face problems head on.  They strive to be more competent in all they do and enjoy learning new things and adding to their impressive store of knowledge.

 

Good leaders and communicators, ENTJs command respect from those around them and are able to express their long range vision to others.  They value honesty, so they are truthful and direct.  ENTJs often know a lot of people and enjoy making connections between unrelated parties to bring about change and improvement in their communities.

 

Potential Weaknesses

 

Given their strong and authoritative style, ENTJs can easily over run others and take charge of situations that are not theirs to direct.  They can be harsh and blunt in their criticism.  They sometimes don't listen or finish other people's sentences when they erroneously assume they know what was going to be said.  ENTJs run the risk of being all-business and not spending adequate time and energy on their personal lives.

 

In their eagerness to move ahead with new challenges, ENTJs sometimes make decision too quickly, especially missing important practical information or considering how their decisions may affect other people.  While they pride themselves on their ability and intellect, ENTJs sometimes do not invite the input or suggestions of other people and can unknowingly communicate a superior attitude that may offend others.

 

ENTJs are good at...

  • Working towards a goal and marshalling available resources

  • Grappling with complex problems and seeing possible solutions

  • Making tough and logical decisions

  • Being productive and organized in work

  • Looking beyond what is already known

  • Long range planning; considering many, unrelated variables

ENTJs have a tendency to...

  • Consider only creative or unusual approaches to problems

  • Be critical and demanding of others

  • Forget to appreciate others or express encouragement

  • Lose sight of the personal side of life while chasing ambitions

  • Not think things through in enough depth to see all sides

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The Personality Type Tool Kit

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