2024​

• Existing is Political, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL

• Policy of Truth, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

• Year 11, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL

• Unfavorable Conditions, CSI Project Space, Chicago, IL

• Poetry of Sculpture, Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL

2023

• Elemental Impact: Chicago Sculpture International, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL

• POP!, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

• Evanston Biennial 2023, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

• Off The Wall 3, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL

• 11th Annual Juried Art Competition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

• Year 10, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL

• Intersection, Chicago Sculpture International Project Space, Chicago, IL

• ENVIRONMENT/S/TALLATION, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

• Artoma: Metastasis, Empty Corner Gallery, Arlington Heights, IL

2022

• Little, But Bold, Chicago Sculpture International Project Space, Chicago, IL

• OFF THE WALL, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL

• El Futuro Es Queer, PRPG.MX, Mexico City, Mexico

• 56 Milwaukee, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL

• Visible Invisible, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL. 

• Continuous Span: Bridge Program Exhibition. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.

• Artist’s Vision 2022, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA

2021

• Words Matter, The Art Center of Highland Park, Highland Park, IL. 

• Off the Wall, Side Street Studio Arts, Elgin, IL

2020

• Where’s the Revolution, Bridgeport Art Center. Chicago, IL.

• Create-in-Place Art Created During COVID 19:11th Anniversary Show, Water Street Studios. Batavia, IL

• Black Lives Matter, DragonFLY Gallery. Chicago, IL

• Voices and Visions; Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease, The Art Center Highland Park. Highland Park, IL

• Figures of Speech, Anderson Museum of Art. Anderson, IN. 

• Artoma: The Art of Cancer, Chicago Art Department. Chicago, IL. 

2019

• Fight or Flight: The Spectacle of Violence, LOLA Gallery. Nashville, TN

• Truth as a Contested Concept, Woman Made Gallery. Chicago, IL. 

• 64 ARTS Exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts. Monmouth, IL. 

• Everything Has Changed: Life Altering Health Care Experiences in 21st Century USA, Agitator Cooperative Gallery. Chicago, IL

• Figures of Speech, Anderson Museum of Art. Anderson, IN First Place Award

• Sculpture at the Kavanagh, Fine Line Arts Center. St Charles IL.  

• Inside the Box, Open Gallery, Arts of Life, Glenview IL.

• Emerging Artists II, Morpho Gallery, Chicago IL

• “6”, Side Street Studio Arts Center. Elgin IL Juror’s Choice Award.

• Emerging Artists I, Morpho Gallery, Chicago IL.

2018

• AbOUT Art, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago IL

2017

• Forms and Expressions, Oggi Gallery, Chicago.

• Continuous Span: Bridge Program Exhibition. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

1992

• The Queer Show. Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL

• The 1st Annual Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Art Exhibit. Columbia College Chicago, Hokin Center, Chicago, IL.

1990

• Foundation Program Exhibition. The Ohio State University, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH. Honorable Mention

Performance

1998

• Metem-Psychosis by The Group, Around the Coyote Festival. Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL

1996

• Semi-sweet. Hook Torture Gallery, Chicago, IL. January 19-20, 1996.

1995

• Bon Bon, Glass Layers: A Mixed Media Performance Festival. Links Hall, Chicago, IL

1994

• Confessions, P-Form Psycho Circus. Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

• In the Spirit of Fluxus: Fluxus for Kids. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

1993

• Tape Piece and More: In the Spirit of Fluxus. Museum of Contemporary Art: The New Group, Chicago, IL.

• Wrap and Tear: In the Spirit of Fluxus. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.

• Music for the Tooth Filing Ceremony. Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL.

• Fluxus Symphony, Fluxus: A Conceptual Country. The Marion Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

• Music for the Tooth Filing Ceremony. The Blue Rider Theater, Chicago, IL

1992

• Weaver’s Knot. Corner of 11th St and Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL.

• Protection, FRESH: New Interdisciplinary Art. N.A.M.E Gallery, Chicago, IL.

 

Awards / Residencies

• Projecto Residencia, June 2022, PRPG.MX, Mexico City, Mexico

• Artist Incubator Online, March-May 2022, PRPG.MX, Mexico City, Mexico

• Honorable Mention, Artist’s Vision 2022, Marin Society of Artists. San Rafael, CA Jan 2022.

• Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Oct 2021-Jan 2022

• First Place Award, Figures of Speech, Anderson Museum of Art. Anderson, IN.  Aug 2019.

• Juror’s Choice Award, “6”, Side Street Studio Arts Center. Elgin IL. February 2019

• Bridge Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Oct-Dec 2017

• Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP), Chicago Dept of Cultural Affairs 1999

• Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP), Chicago Dept of Cultural Affairs 1995

• Albert P Weismann Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago, 1993

• Dwight W Follett Graduate Student Fellowship, Columbia College Chicago. 1991

 

Publications

• Glam and Doom: A Review of “Environment/s/tallation” at the Bridgeport Art Center, New City, Feb 8, 2023

• Artoma: The Art of Cancer, New Art Examiner, Vol 34, Number 5, p53, July 2020

 

Education

• Hyde Park Art Center, Bridge Program, Chicago, IL Oct 2021-Jan 2022

• Hyde Park Art Center, Bridge Program, Chicago, IL Oct-Dec 2017

• Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts Education. December 1993.

• Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Bachelor of Fine Arts in History of Art and Expanded Arts. March 1991.

With honors in the arts, Cum Laude.

 

 

Administration

• Bosco Productions, Chicago, IL Studio Manager.  Apr 2004-Apr 2005.

• Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL Bookkeeper and Trainer.  Jul 1996-Oct 1996.

• Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL Business Manager.  Mar 1995-Jun 1996.

• Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL Business Director.  Oct 1993-Mar 1995.

• The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Marketing Accounting Inventory Control Assistant Manager.  Jun 1993-Oct 1993.

• The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Accounts Payable Assistant.  Oct 1991-Jun 1993.

• N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice President, Board of directors, Jun 1994-Jun 1996.

• N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL Time Arts Committee Member, Board of directors, Jun 1993-Jun 1996.

• Exposures Student Gallery, The Ohio State University, Exhibitions Coordinator. 1990-1991

• History of Art Club, The Ohio State University, Vice President, 1990-1991