Resume

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Selected Exhibitions

2022 — Members Show — Art League of Long Island Dix Hills, NY

2021 — Wet Paint Festival — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2021 — Members Show Mills Pond Gallery Smithtown Arts Council St. James, NY

2021 — Deck the Halls — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2020 — Members Show Mills Pond Gallery Smithtown Arts Council St. James, NY

2020 — Wet Paint Festival — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2020 — Brooklyn Museum Sketchbook Project Brooklyn, NY

2019 — Life on Long Island, Art at 50 Plus — Islip Art Museum curated by Holly Gordon Islip, NY

2019 — Members Show — Art League of Long Island Dix Hills, NY

2018 — Wearable Art — Huntington Arts Council Huntington, NY

2018 — Summer Song — Mills Pond Gallery Smithtown Arts Council Juror Carol Strickland St. James, NY

2018 — Wanderlust — Long Island Museums at Stonybrook Juror Debbie Wells Stonybrook, NY

2018 — Interpreting the Flower — Solo Exhibition Holbrook Public Library Holbrook, NY

2018 — Cannabis East End Arts Council Juror Mary Cantone Riverhead, NY

2017 — Members Show Art League of Long Island Dix Hills, NY

2017 — Winter Solstice Darkness into Light — Huntington Arts Council — Juror Laura Power Swiggett Huntington, NY

2017 — Baby It’s Cold Outside — Long Island Museums Stonybrook, NY

2017 — Colors of the Night — Smithtown Arts Council Mills Pond Gallery Juror Tim Newton St. James, NY

2017 — Wet Paint Festival — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2017 — Portrait of an Artist — Huntington Arts Council — Juror Dan Christoffel Dix Hills, NY

2017 — A Quotidian Life, Finding Beauty in the Ordinary Art League of Long Island — Juror Franklin Hill Perrell — Dix Hills, NY

2017 — Collage — East End Arts Council Juror Gail Levin Riverhead, NY

2017 — SCALA — Suffolk County Art Leaders Association — BrickHouse Brewery Patchogue, NY

2017 — Long Island Artists Exhibition — Art League of Long Island — Jurors Robert Dimin, Director & Elizabeth Deny Owner Denny Gallery NYC, NY Dix Hills, NY

2017 — The Art of Eating — Gallery North — Juror Judith Levy Setauket, NY

2017 — Inspired By — Long Island Museums Stonybrook, NY

2016 — Colorworks — Launchpad Huntington, NY

2016 — Deck the Halls — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2016 — Botanicals — Gallery North — Juror Judith Levy Setauket, NY

2016 — Members Show Art League of Long Island Dix Hills, NY

2016 — Balancing Light and Form — Invitational Show, Huntington Arts Council — Curator Linda Lewis Huntington, NY

2016 — Bridges — Gallery North — Curator Judith Levy Setauket, NY

2016 — Wet Paint Festival — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2015 — Art Comes Home — LIU Post Graduate Alumni Exhibition B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library Brookville, NY

2014-2007 — Wet Paint Festival — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2007 — Outdoor Art Show — Gallery North Setauket,NY

2005 — Colegno Restaurant — NYC, NY

2004 — Solo Show — Tompkins Square Gallery NY Public Library NYC, NY

2001 — Outdoor Art Show — Gallery North Setauket,NY

2001 — Winners Circle Exhibition — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2000 — Holiday Show — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2000 — Outdoor Art Show — Gallery North Setauket, NY

2000 — Faculty Exhibition — Usdan Center Gallery Wheatley Heights, NY

2000 — 42nd Annual Artists Exhibition — Heckscher Museum Huntington, NY

1996 — Two Person Show — Alfred Van Loen Gallery South Huntington Public Library South Huntington, NY

1993 — Figures Forms and Fragments — Discovery Art Gallery Glen Cove, NY

1992 — Solo Exhibition — Shoreham Wading River Library Shoreham, NY

1990 — Mandalas Two Person Show — Manhasset Public Library Manhasset, NY

1990 — “Je Ne Sais Quo” Hempstead Harbor Artist’s Association Glen Cove, NY

1989 — “Beyond Status Quoi” — Bryant Library Roslyn, NY

1988 — Midge Karr Art Centre — NY Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY

1987 — Under 30 and Hoping to Be Discovered — Discovery Art Gallery — Glen Cove, NY

1987 — Two Person Show Atmosphere and Landscape — Hutchins Gallery — B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library Brookville, NY

1987 — M.F.A. Thesis Exhibitions C.W. Post Campus Long Island University Brookville, NY

1984 — Huntington Art League Outdoor Art Show Village Green Huntington, NY

1984 — Juried Members Show Huntington Township Art League Huntington, NY

1978 — 20th Annual Artists Exhibition Heckscher Museum Huntington, NY

1974 — Huntington Art League Outdoor Show Village Green Huntington, NY

1973 — Huntington Art League Outdoor Show Village Green Huntington, NY

Awards

2018 — 2nd Place Winner “Summer Song” Juror Carol Strickland Mills Pond Gallery Smithtown Arts Council St. James, NY

2017 — Honorable Mention Members Show Art League of Long Island Juror Robert Carter Dix Hills, NY

2014 — Honorable Mention Members Show Art League of Long Island Juror Seung Lee Dix Hills, NY

2000 — 2nd Place Winner in Drawing Annual Outdoor Art Show Gallery North Setauket, NY

1998 — Educator of the Week Channel 55 WLNY-TV NY

1989 — “Summer Six” Fellowship for High School Art Teachers Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY

1986 — Scholarship Art Students League of NY, NYC

1974 — 1st Place Winner Huntington Township Art League Outdoor Show Huntington, NY

1973 — 1st Place Winner Huntington Township Art League Outdoor Show Huntington, NY

Reviews

2019 — Newsday November 50 Plus Show Islip Art Museum

2017 — Pulse Magazine December “Winter Arrives at the Long Island Museum”

1987 — Newsday Under 30 and Hoping to be Discovered - Karin Lipson

1984 — The New York Times December 9 “Variety Marks Huntington Show” - Helen Harrison

Education

1984

BFA — Rhode Island School of Design Providence, Rhode Island

1987

MFA — Long Island University C.W. Post Campus Greenvale, NY Graduate Assistant for Professor Stan Brodsky

1988

New York State Permanent Certification Art Education Grades K-12

2001

Certificate of Completion Expressive Arts Therapy Glass Lake Studio Albany, NY — Dr. Marcus Scott Alexander (Teacher)

Teaching Experience

1988-2020

Public School Art Educator K-12 New York State Education Department

2017-2018 summer

Farmingdale State College Suffolk County, NY

2005-2019 summer

Long Island Museum Stonybrook, NY

1999-2003 summer

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts Wheatley Heights, NY

1995 summer

Huntington Art League Huntington, NY