ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My paintings and drawings are visual metaphors for personal experiences and synchronistic events. My visual language has developed from multiple influences: universal symbols – ancient to contemporary, historical and philosophical references, to psychology relationships from person to place. My art questions these connections with a strong emphasis on saturated color, line, shape, pattern and texture.
EDUCATION
1987 MFA Studio Arts – Painting, Drawing: University of Minnesota
1983 BFA Studio Arts – Painting, Drawing: University of Minnesota
1959 BS Art Education – Speech-Communication Minor: University of Minnesota
SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Instructor-Student Exhibits Edina Art Center, Edina, MN
2015 Chose for 2016 Bluff Country Art Tour
Works chosen for Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Muse of website gallery
Illustrated a booklet for a group history
2014 “Wheel Art” Spye Corporation, Minneapolis MN
West End Coffee Shop, Bloomington, MN
2012-2014 Bates Art Gallery, Bayfield, WI
2013-2014 “Stage North” Instructor-Student Art Exhibit, WTITC, Washburn, WI
2013 Flander’s Contemporary Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Flander’s Contemporary Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Washburn Cultural Center, Washburn, WI
Boynton Health Services Calendar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2010-2011 Bloomington Arts Center, Bloomington, MN
2009-2010 Banfill-Locke Art Center, Fridley, MN
Group Show “The Eight”
First Street Gallery, Bayfield, WI
Bates Art Barn, Bayfield, WI
Washburn Cultural Center “The Gathering”
2007-2008 Burt and Francies, Bayfield, WI
Art Barn Gallery, Bayfield, WI
2006 Washburn Cultural Center, Washburn, WI
2001-2002 Art Collective, Minneapolis, MN
Weber State University “What is Drawing Now?”, Ogden, UT
Minneapolis Institute of Art “Foot in the Door”, Minneapolis, MN
1994-2002 Flanders Contemporary Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Intermedia Arts, Women’s Art Registry of MN, 20th Juried Exhibition for Women Artists
International Children’s Fund ARts Auction, Memphis, TN
1996-1999 Winchester Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1993-1998 Minnesota Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, St. Paul, MN
Phipps Art Center, Hudson, WI
1997 Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
1996 Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
1992-1995 Senator Paul Wellstone’s Offices, St. Paul, MN
1994 Gallery 788, Toronto, Canada
Northfield Fine Arts Guild
NBA All Star Invitational Fine Arts Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
1986-1994 Women’s Art Registry of MN, Minneapolis, MN
1993 Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
1985-1993 Lakewood Community College, White Bear Lake, MN
1992 North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN
Wilensky Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Del Bello Gallery, New York, NY
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
1986-1991 Bloomington Arts Center, Bloomington, MN
1990 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
1987-1988 Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1986 Art Center of Minneapolis, Wayzata, MN
1984 Normandale College, Bloomington, MN
1983 Coffman Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1982 North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park, MN
PUBLICATIONS
2002-2016 Daily Press, Ashland, WI
2002-2008 County Journal, Bayfield County, WI
1998 Women’s Art Registry of MN, St. Paul, MN
Artifacts, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1991 Physician’s Journal, Minneapolis, MN
1988 Arts Magazine, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
2015 Edina Art Center Instructor for Drawing Experiences
2006-Present Art Instructor – Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Ashland, WI
2002-2010 Owner – First Street Gallery, Bayfield, WI
2009 Judge at Chequamegon Bay Art Exhibition, Ashland, WI
2008 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College, Hayward, WI
2002 Instructor – Washburn Museum, Washburn, WI
Judge – Wisconsin Regional Art (WRAP)
1999 Guest Lecturer – Arts 1101, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN
1998 Instructor – Mixed Media, Compleat Scholar, University College, Minneapolis, MN
1996 Lecturer Pool – Watercolor, Department of Art, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN
1994-1995 Instructor Pool – Watercolor, Department of Art, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN
1992 Guest Lecturer – “Images of Women, Women’s Images”, University of MN, Minneapolis,
MN
1991 Instructor – Dakota County Center for the Arts, St. Paul, MN
1990 Judge Exhibit -Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
1988-1990 Art Lab Instructor – Minneapolis Community College, Oak Park Heights, MN
1989 Lecturer – Teaching in Corrections, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN
Panel Discussion – Art in Corrections, Studio Arts, Oak Park Heights, MN
1988 Instructor - Spring Quarter, University of MN State Correctional Facility, Oak Park
Heights, MN
1987-1988 Instructor – The Studio, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN
Instructor - Bloomington Art center, Bloomington, MN
1986-1987 Teaching Assistant - Studio Arts, University of MN, Minneapolis, MN
1986 Exhibit Committee - Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
Lecturer - Guest Artist, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
Board of Directors - Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
1978-1980 Exhibit Coordinator - Cinema I-II, Edina, MN
1977-1979 Gallery Directory - Minnesota Artists Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
CORPORATE COLLECTION
Boynton Health Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Physicians Journal Offices, Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
American State Bank, Bloomington, MN
CLA Office of Institutional Relations, University of MN, Minneapolis MN
Diner’s Club, Chicago, IL
CelluLand, Eden Prairie, MN
Edina Public Library, Edina, MN
3M, St. Paul, MN
Pillsbury Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
City Bank, Office of Patrick Morgan, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Weiss-Barret, Petty, Salt Lake City, UT
Geospiza, Seattle, WA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
New York, NY
Graz, Austria
Starnberg, Germany
Japan
Canada
China
Atlanta, GA
Portland, OR
Seattle, WA
Miami, FL
Phoenix, AZ
San Francisco, CA
Bayfield, WI
Duluth, MN
St. Paul, MN
Minneapolis, MN
ACADEMIC AWARD
1986 Academic Scholarship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota