EXHIBITIONS: (Select Highlights)

Papercuts
Traveled to:
Centre for the Living Arts, Space 301
, Mobile, AL; 2011

ArtPrize
, Cathedral Place, Grand Rapids, MI; "Eglise", Ron Pederman, curator, 2011

Page Bond Gallery
, Richmond, VA; "Spectrum", 2011

The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center
, Hampton, VA; "Assemblage, Collage, and Mixed Media by Virginia Artists", James Warwick Jones, curator, 2011

University of South Alabama
, Mobile, AL; "Thermal Traces", 2011

Gallery @220
, Chicago, IL; "Big Paper", Shayne Wulbert, curator, 2011

Constructs

Traveled to:
Centre for the Living Arts, Space 301, Mobile, AL, 2011
Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA, 2011
Virginia Center for the Arts
, Portsmouth, VA, 2011
Staniar Gallery
, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, 2010
Fine Arts Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 2009
Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA, 2008
Longwood Center for the Arts, Farmville, VA, 2007
Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA, 2006
Dupont Gallery, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA, 2005
Plant Zero, Richmond, VA, 2005

H. Scott November Gallery, Richmond, VA; "Putting It Together", Sally Bowring, curator, 2010

1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA; "Curiouser", Joe Seipel, juror, 2010

The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center
, Hampton, VA; "Virginia Artists 2010", Nancy Sausser, juror, 2010

Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA; "Summer Solstice", 2010

Montserrat College of Art
, Beverly, MA; "Best Foot Forward", 2010

ArtPrize
, Old Federal Building, Grand Rapids, MI; "Paper Cuts", curated by Urban Institute of Contemporary Art 2009

Space 301, Mobile, AL; "Art in Academia", Paul Richelson, Chief Curator, Mobile Museum of Art, juror, 2009

The Divas and Iron Chefs of Encaustic
Traveled to:
Staniar Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA, 2009
Museum of the Arts, Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA, 2008
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, 2008
The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX, 2008
UTSA Gallery, University of Texas-San Antonio, 2007
Ingram Studio Art Gallery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2006

Artspace, Richmond, VA, "think small! International Miniatures"
Chuck Scalin, curator, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001

Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, "Small Claims", 2008

Montserrat Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
"National Encaustic Conference", Zola Solamente, juror, 2007

Pivot Points
Traveled to:
Western Carolina University Art Museum, Cullowhee, NC, 2006
Riverviews Gallery, Lynchburg, VA, 2005
Humanities Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2005
Museum of the Arts, Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA, 2005
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2004
Galeria ICPNA Miraflores, Lima, Peru, 2004
The Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 2004
Boyden Gallery, St Mary’s College of Maryland, St Mary City, MD, 2003

Bridging Three Generations
Traveled to:
Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2005
DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI, 2004

Convergence
Traveled to:
South Carolina Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, 2004
Ewing Gallery, University of TN-Knoxville, 2003
The Gallery Carillon, Charlotte, NC, 2003
Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA, 2002

Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
"Juxtaposition", 2004 (solo)

University of South Carolina Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
"Circled and Squared", 2004 (solo)

McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, "Strictly Painting 4"
Sarah Finlay, Director Fusebox Gallery, Washington, D.C. and Deborah McLeod, Director Emerson Gallery, jurors, 2003

Villa Terrace Museum of Decorative Arts, Milwaukee, WI
"(R)evolving", 2002 (solo)

Daegu Culture and Art Center, Daegu, Korea
"The Korean and American Exchange", 2002

South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
Robin Waite, curator, 2001

Signature Gallery, Stoughton, WI
"The Art of Elizabeth Kord, Reni Gower, Belle Hollon", 2001

1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA; "G0-FISH", a citywide multi-site and multi-sponsored public arts project; “A Rockfish of Quite a Different Stripe #2”, Bank of America, sponsor, 2001

Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA, Andrea Pollan, juror, 2001

Belknap & Covi Galleries, Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville Louisville, KY, John Begley, juror, 2000

Emerson Gallery, McLean Art Center, McLean, VA
"Strictly Painting III", Terrie Sultan, juror, 2000

D’ART Center, Norfolk, VA
"The Bridge", Deborah McLeod, curator, 2000

Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA, "A Decade Decoded", 2000 (solo)

Trace / QuaTrace
Traveled to:
Signature Gallery, Stoughton, WI 1999
Museum of the Arts, Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA, 1998

1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, "5th National", Gretchen Bender, juror, 1997

Crossing Borders
Traveled to:
JCC Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1998
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel, 1997

Galeria ICPNA Miraflores, Lima, Peru
"Works on Paper", 1997, 1996

Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
"Artstravaganza 9", Sam Gilliam, juror, 1996

Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
Mark Johnson, Director of Montgomery Museum of Art, juror, 1995

Gallerie Corti, Brussels, Belgium, 1995

Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA, 1995 (solo)

Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
"Painting '94", Donald Kuspit, juror, 1994

Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL, 1994

Proctor Silex Corporate Headquarters, Richmond, VA, 1994

Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1988 (solo)

Virginia
Traveled to:
Cultural Center, Moscow, U.S.S.R. 1991
Cultural Center, Kishinev, Moldova

Museo Pedro De Osma, Barranco' Lima, Peru; "Encuentro Americano", 1991

Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
"Zebo - An Inner Space", 1989 (solo)
"Contemporary Modes of Expression", 1987

The Southeast 7
Traveled to:
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 1987
Gallery of Fine Arts; University of the South; Sewanee, TN, 1984
Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Spirit Square Arts Center; Charlotte, NC

Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN
"Works on Paper", Ivan Karp, juror, 1987

A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, 1986

Anton Gallery, Washington, DC, 1986, 1983 (solos)

Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 1986 (solo)

33 Gallery, Baltimore, MD, "Works on Paper", Nancy Lurie, juror, 1985

JCCT Gallery, Norfolk, VA, "Galaxy '85", Lisa Lyons, juror, 1985

Virginia Women Artists
Traveled to:
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 1985
Portsmouth Art Center; Portsmouth, VA
Piedmont Art Association; Martinsville, VA
University of Richmond; Richmond, VA
Mary Miss, Ellen Lanyon, Mary Ann Harmon, jurors

Southwest Texas State University,
San Marcos, TX, Judy Pfaff, juror, 1984

Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, VA, 1984 (solo)

Two Flights Up Gallery, Syracuse, NY, 1984 (solo)

Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, VA,
"Tredegar Iron Works I and II", 1984, 1983

Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA,
"The Next Juried Show", Jim Dine, juror, 1983

Brixton Gallery, London, England, 1983

Museum of the Arts, Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA
"Bless This House", 1983 (solo)

Minot Gallery, Minot, ND, 1982 (solo)

Associate Artist Gallery, Fayetteville, NY, 1981 (solo)

Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA
"International Open", Nancy Castro, juror, 1980

Munson-Williams-Procter Institute, Utica, NY
"Artists of Central New York"
Thomas Leavitt, juror, 1980
Ivan Karp, juror, 1979

The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
"The Syracuse Show", Stephen Prokopoff, juror, 1980

Bloomington Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1979 (solo)

Marshall Performing Art Center, Duluth, MN, 1978 (solo)

Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
"Arrowhead Exhibition", Lois Whitmore, juror, 1978

Holden Fine Arts Center, Superior, WI
"Women in the Arts", K. Milner-Wright, juror, 1977

Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
"Group 5", William Boyce, curator, 1977

Gallery 853, Madison, WI
"Mostly Paint", Victor Kord, curator, 1976

Wisconsin Center Gallery, Madison, WI, 1974 (solo)


AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS: (Select Highlights)

VCUArts Project Grants 2011, 2008, 2006, 2003, 2001

Award of Distinction 2010
The Charles H Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA; "Virginia Artists 2010", Nancy Sausser, juror

VCUArts Award of Excellence
2008
Excellence in Research, Teaching, and Service

VCU Center for Teaching Excellence Grants 2008, 2001

Virginia Commission for the Arts Project Grants 2007, 2004-2003

Southeastern College Art Conference Award 2007
Regional Award for Excellence in Teaching

VCUArts Faculty Research Grant 2007

First Place Award, TAF, Art Fair, Nashville, TN 2007
Kevin Grogan, Director, Morris Museum of Art, juror

Virginia Atelier International Cité Residency Award (July/Aug) 2006

Southeastern College Art Conference Award 2005
Outstanding Exhibition and Catalog of Contemporary Materials in the Southeast, Pivot Points

Pivot Points Symposium 2005
College of Humanities and Sciences, VCUArts School of the Arts
Painting and Printmaking Department, English Department


Southeastern College Art Conference Award 2004
Outstanding Exhibition and Catalog of Contemporary Materials in the Southeast, Convergence

Artist-In-Residence Award 2003
The Artist House, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

VCU Materials and Stipend Grants 1999, 1993, 1986, 1982

Juror's Choice 1996
Sam Gilliam, “Artstravaganza 9”, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN

NEA/SECCA Southeastern Artists Fellowship 1983-1984


COLLECTIONS / COMMISSIONS:

Tweed Museum of Art; Duluth, MN

Library of Congress Print Collection; Washington, D.C.

Pleasant Company / Mattell, Inc; Middleton, WI

Media General Incorporate; Richmond, VA

Capital One; Richmond, VA

American Embassy; Lima, Peru

American Embassy; Osaka, Japan

Cultural Center; Kishinev, Moldova

Banco De Credito Del Peru; Lima, Peru

Federal Reserve Bank; Richmond, VA

Virginia Commonwealth University Collections; Richmond, VA
Ambulatory Care Facility Commission
Shafer Court Dining Hall Facility Commission

Dick and Betsy DeVos; Grand Rapids, MI

Mark and Hillary Kaplan; Nashville, TN

Harry L. Davis; Leesburg, VA

Richard and Elizabeth Young; Staunton, VA

Morgan Massey; Richmond, VA

Walter and Mary Ann Hooker; Richmond, VA


EDUCATION:

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Master of Fine Arts/Studio Arts

University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN
Master of Arts/Studio Arts

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Bachelor of Science/Studio Arts
Graduated with Honors