Biography

There is a basic human tendency to seek order in the current of experience in which we are constantly swimming. There is a variety of languages (scientific, artistic, and spiritual, as well as ordinary discursive) by which we attempt to organize our worlds, and they frequently borrow from one another–thus the richness of metaphor.

Interlocking systems in my compositions allow structures to form and build larger aggregate systems. Densely layered material speaks, hopefully, metaphorically to the layering of meaning. The traces seen through the transparency of the material allude to the passage of time, fracturing and rebuilding of connections, weather maps exploding on our computer screens warning of volatile weather patterns, the instability of global political systems… Accretion and repetition express, in abstract pictorial language, dramatic environmental changes.

I want to explore ideas about climate, weather, history (both art and geopolitical), personal emotional and psychological states, what it means to have relationships, being a mother, the enormity of what it means to be human being. Parched landscapes, extreme flooding and uncontainable wild fires speak to a natural world out of balance.

One and two person exhibitions

2019 Ames IA, Christian Peterson Art Museum, Iowa State University

Dayton OH, Wright State University

Des Moines IA, Olson-Larsen Gallery

2018 New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery, In (of) Our World

2016 Des Moines IA, Olson-Larsen Gallery 

Quincy IL, Quincy Art Center 

2015 New York, NY, Littlejohn Contemporary, Accordion Drawings

Maryville, MO, Missouri State University Deluxe Gallery 

2014 Decorah, IA, Luther College, FLASH POINT

2013 New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery, Medusa

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Galería Atenea, Arbol De Santos

Sioux City, IA, Sioux City Art Center, Attempt To Translate (catalog)

2012 Des Moines, IA, Olson-Larsen Gallery, Fractured Language, Paintings and Sculptures 

Iowa City, IA, Hudson River Gallery

2011  Des Moines IA, Artstop / project spaces

2010 Indianola IA, Farnham Gallery, Simpson College, Recent Work

2009 Des Moines, IA, Olson-Larsen Galleries, New Work, paintings and sculpture 

Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College, Milagro del Dia

2008 Des Moines, IA, Olson-Larsen Galleries

Cedar Rapids, IA, Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College

2006 Hudson, NY, John Davis Gallery, Paintings and Works on Paper 

New York, NY, Littlejohn Contemporary Gallery, Synesthesia 

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Karsh-Masson Gallery

Cincinnati, OH, Chidlaw Gallery, Recent Paintings, Art Academy of Cincinnati

2002 Cedar Falls, IA, UNI Gallery of Art, Pandemonium

2001 New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery, Psychedelia, (catalog) 

Cedar Rapids, IA, McAuley Gallery, Mount Mercy College

2000 Hudson, NY, Davis & Hall Gallery

1999 New York, NY, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, Women on Women

1997 New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery

San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Galería Atenea

1995 New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery

Galería Atenea, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

1993 Philadelphia, PA, Janet Fleisher Gallery

1992 New York, NY, Curt Marcus Gallery

Philadelphia, PA, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Catacomb

1991  Greensboro, NC, The Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina, Susan Chrysler White: Falk Visiting Artist

1989 Philadelphia, PA, Janet Fleisher Gallery

Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Visiting Artist Exhibition

Group Exhibitions

2019  New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery VERVE

Grand Rapids, MI, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, SPECTRA

2018  Miami, FL, Art Miami CONTEXT booth Kim Foster Gallery

2017  Jerusalem, Consulate-General, Current Abstraction, through Art in Embassies program

2015  London, UK Sluice Art Fair, October

Miami Art Fair, MADE & LABspace +1+1

San Antonio, TX, McNay Museum Art To The Power Of Ten

San Antonio TX, Cinnabar Gallery Professor’s Pick ( Two faculty pick two former students)

Davenport IA, Figge Art Museum, University of Iowa Faculty Biennial Exhibition

Akron, OH, Akron Museum of Art, Beauty Reigns: A Baroque Sensibility in Recent Painting, large 2D/3D room installation, curator, Jan Dreisbach, (traveled from McNay Museum) Dec 2014-May 2015

Mt Vernon, IA, Peter Luce Gallery, Cornell College, UI Grads and Faculty Exhibition

Bedford, NY, Clover Barn Gallery (affiliated with Littlejohn Contemporary NYC) 30 small paintings, February 2015

2014  San Antonio, TX, McNay Art Museum, Beauty Reigns: A Baroque Sensibility in Recent Painting, large 3D sculpture and paintings, Rene Paul Barilleaux, museum curator, (book published) June 2014-Dec 2015

New York, NY, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, Oblique Strategies, curated by Emmy Mickelson

New York, NY Lehman College Art Gallery, Source Material, curated by Susan Hoeltzel

New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery, Particle/Physical

Doha, Qatar, Katara Art Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Visiting Artist Print Project Collection, Fall 2014

2013 Davenport, IA Figge Art Museum, Faculty Exhibition, catalog Iowa City, IA, Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City and Solon public libraries, and Hardin Library for Health Sciences, Nuclear Neighborhoods…11,000 Generations (organized by Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility) 

2012  Auburn, NY, Schweinfurth Art Center, Super Saturated, (traveled from Larchmont, NY)

2011   Larchmont, NY, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Super Saturated

Hudson NY, John Davis Gallery, Painting / Sculpture installation, large sculptural installation

Sioux City, IA, Sioux City Art Center, Legacy ll Collection Exhibition, purchase to build Art Center collection, (catalog)

Mount Vernon, IA, Cornell College, Peter Paul Luce Gallery, SHOW…. R.E.S.P.E.C.T (The Symbiotic Relationship Between Teacher and Student), (curated an exhibition of work by former students and myself)

Davenport, IA, Figge Art Museum, Faculty Exhibition, (catalog)

2010  Wilmington, DE, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, In Canon, (curated by Margaret Winslow, Assistant Curator, Delaware Art Museum), (sculptural installation and paintings)

Larchmont NY, Kenise Barnes Gallery, Crazy Beautiful ll,

2009  Larchmont NY, Kenise Barnes Gallery, The O Show, (curated by Katarina Wong)

Des Moines, IA, Olson-Larsen Gallery, Gallery Artists

2008 New York, NY, Parts and Labor Gallery, New York, NY, Chandelier

Fairfield, IA, ICON Gallery, Large Painting Show

Fairfield, IA ICON Gallery, Group Show

2007  Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Art Center, Iowa Artists, (Invitational)

Iowa City, IA, University of Iowa Museum of Art, School Of Art Faculty Show, (catalog)

Phillips de Pury, New York, NY, Rxart Invitational Exhibition and Auction, (catalog) invited by Jeff Fleming, Director, Des Moines Art Center

2006  Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Making Room, curated by Heather Nicol Hudson, NY,

John Davis Gallery, Group Exhibition, New York, NY, AAS Contemporary Art Fair

2004 Los Angeles, CA, LA ART (through Littlejohn Contemporary)

New York, NY, Littlejohn Contemporary, Gallery Artists

Iowa City, IA, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Faculty Art Exhibition

2003 New York, NY, Affordable Art Fair

New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery, Selections

2002 New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery, An Hors d’oeuvre

Buffalo, NY, Albright Knox Museum, New York Selections

2001 New York, NY, Kim Foster Gallery, Black and White

Iowa City, IA, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Faculty Show (catalog)

1997 Philadelphia, PA, Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, Inaugural Show

Rome, Italy, Tyler School of Art, Temple Gallery, Visual Arts Faculty: Past and Present

1996 Portland, OR, Butters Gallery, Looking East

Chicago IL, Art Chicago (with Kim Foster Gallery New York, NY)

Housatonic, MA, Spazi Contemporary Art, Selections

1995 New York, NY, Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, Painting Faculty Exhibition (catalog)

1993 Philadelphia, PA, Vox Populi Gallery, Mentors
Chicago, IL, Art Chicago

1992 Lincoln, MA, DeCordova Museum, The Politics of Cloth: Selection from the Fabric Workshop

Chicago, IL, Art Chicago

1991  New York/ Rome, Italy Molica Guidarte Gallery, Works on Paper (catalog)

Kutztown, PA, Sharidan Gallery, Kutztown University, The Expressive Moment: Four Painters

1990 Atlanta, GA, High Museum, Contemporary Concerns in Drawing (catalog)

Collegeville, PA, Berman Museum, Ursinus College, Working on Paper: Contemporary American Drawings, (catalog)

Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Now (catalog)

Philadelphia, PA, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Text in Contemporary Art Chicago, IL, Art Chicago

Greensboro, NC, The Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina, Works on Paper

1989 Reading, PA, , Albright College Gallery, Art About Aids (curated by David Rubin) (catalog)

Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Perspectives from Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Four Painters Chicago, IL, Art Chicago

Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Visiting Artist Exhibition

1988 Philadelphia, PA, Fleisher Art Memorial/Philadelphia Museum of Art Ten x Twelve (catalog)

Elkins Park, PA, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art Faculty Exhibition

Rome, Italy, Tyler School of Art Abroad, Faculty Exhibition

Philadelphia, PA, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Gallery Artists

1987 Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, A Telling Impulse, Aspects of Narrative in Contemporary Art curated by Judith Stein

Philadelphia, PA, Paul Cava Gallery, Selected Works on Paper

Philadelphia, PA, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Gallery Artists

1986 New York, NY, Cavin Morris Gallery, The Fabric Workshop Show

Philadelphia, PA, Janet Fleisher Gallery, Group Exhibition

1985 Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia Painting Exhibition, curated by Patterson Sims and Kay Larson (catalog)

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Five Years of Acquisitions (catalog)

Trenton, NJ, Trenton State University, Four Philadelphia Painters

Elkins Park, PA, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, New Faculty Exhibition

1984 Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Painting and Sculpture Today (catalog)

Knoxville, TN, University of Tennessee, First Invitational Drawing Exhibition (catalog)

Chicago, IL, Peter Miller Gallery, Four Emerging Expressionists

Philadelphia, PA, Kling Gallery, Finale ’84

Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Mary Cassat Art Festival: Women in Art

1983 Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Six Artists, An Invitational
Philadelphia, PA, Nexus Gallery, Nexus Gallery Retrospective

State College, PA, Pennsylvania State University, Recent Paintings

Philadelphia, PA, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia Museum of Art Challenge Exhibition

Philadelphia, PA, Fleisher Art Memorial, Five Years of Challenge Exhibitions (catalog)

Philadelphia, PA, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Untitled 1983

1982 New York, NY, The Drawing Center, Selections 16

New York, NY, The Drawing Center, Anniversary Show/ Five Years of Exhibitions (catalog)

Camden, NJ, Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Rutgers International Works on Paper (Purchase Award) (catalog)

1981  Cheltenham, PA, Cheltenham Art Center, Annual Painting Exhibition (Purchase Award by the Philadelphia Museum of Art)

1980 Baton Rouge, LA, Louisiana State University, L.S.U. Faculty Show
Sacramento, CA, Crocker Kingsley Museum, Crocker Kingsley Biennial (curated by Judy Chicago) (Best of Show award) Davis, CA, University of California, Davis, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition

1979 Stockton, CA, Haggin Museum, Painting Exhibition, (Best of Show award)

Richmond, CA, Richmond Art Center, Group Exhibition

1978 Berkeley, CA, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, Young Women in Art

Berkeley, CA, U.C. Berkeley Faculty Club, Three Painters

Public and Important Private Commissions

2018 Hilton Hotel, Iowa City, Iowa, permanent installation

2017 Unity Point Clinic, Cedar Falls Iowa, permanent installation

Iowa State University, Ames, IA Friley Dining Hall mural installation 

Art in Embassies, Taipei, Taiwan, permanent art installation 

2016 Art Place at Fort Totten, Washington D.C. permanent installation

Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation, Project Spaces, Bus Wrap 

2015 Kirkwood Community College at Oakdale in Coralville, IA 

Iowa City, IA, Art in State Buildings Program, University of Iowa, West Campus Transportation Center, Flash Point, permanent 70 ft. mural

2013 Cedar Rapids, IA, PCI (Physicians Clinic of Iowa) St Luke’s Hospital, Baroque Garden, permanent sculptural installation Cedar Rapids, IA,

Convention Center (new facility) Two painting commissions

Iowa City, IA, Potash Collection, private commission, Hydra (painted sculptural installation)

2012 Malibu, CA, permanent sculptural installation in private collection of Cheryl Lewis, (through Olson Larsen Gallery)

2011  University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Giardini reconfiguration (with new elements added) of previous 2006 installation following renovation of the facility)

2009 Kirkwood Community College, New Arts Building, Bloom permanent sculptural installation, 2007

University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Main entry, Migration, permanent sculptural installation suspended in entry

2007 University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Menagerie, Hospital Dentistry Semi-transparent sculptural installation in waiting area

2006 University of Iowa Foundation, 30 small sculptures and cards for the major donors to the University of Iowa Foundation University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Center of Excellence in Image-guided Radiation Therapy, Giardini, large sculptural installation suspended in entry

2002 University of Iowa Foundation, Large- scale painting for the Iowa Foundation building, Process of making the painting was filmed for the Foundation’s “Good, Better, Best” fundraising campaign

2000 Hispanic Heritage Awards at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC (broadcast on NBC Television). Executed paintings and projected images for the presentations

1999 Hispanic Heritage Awards at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC (broadcast on NBC Television). Executed paintings and projected images for the presentations

1998/99 Executed paintings for projections for Backstreet Boys Concerts in New York.

Awards

2008-09 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award, (one of twenty-five in US)

2007 Filmed for Iowa Master Artist Series produced for Iowa Public Television

1998 AMACUP Award (Mexican Association for Arts and Popular Culture): for Milagro del Día Project: most creative new project, México City, México,

1999 Greenwich World Hunger Association Grant: for Milagro del Día Project

1989 National Endowment for the Arts: Visual artist’s fellowship for works on paper

1986 Fabric Workshop Artist in Residence: Philadelphia, PA, January–March

1986 Yaddo Fellow: Saratoga Springs, NY, Summer

1982 Philadelphia Museum of Art Purchase Award: Philadelphia, PA,

1982 First Place Purchase Award: Rutgers International Works on Paper, Camden, NJ

1980 Best of Show: Crocker Kingsley Museum, Sacramento, CA (juried by Judy Chicago)

1979  U.C. Regents Fellowship in Art

1978  U.C. Regents Fellowship in Art

1977  President’s Fellowship in Art: U.C. Berkeley, CA,  (fully funded semester in New York with studio)

1976 Anne Bremmar Award in Art: U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA,

University of Iowa Awards

2014-16 Collegiate Scholar Award

2009-11 Faculty Scholar Award, (Three semesters research without teaching)

2007 Travel Grant, International Programs, CLAS Deans office and VP Research Career Development Award

2006/07 Dean’s Scholar Award: University of Iowa recognizes newly promoted faculty members who excel in both teaching and scholarship or creative work. (2 year award, one of 3 people at UI)

2003 Career Development Award, University of Iowa

2001 Arts and Humanities Initiative Grant: University of Iowa

2001 Old Gold Fellowship Grant: University of Iowa, CIFRE Grant: University of Iowa

Collections

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden NJ
Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar
Michigan State University, Lansing MI
Hilton Hotel, Iowa City, Iowa
Art Place at Fort Totten, Washington, D.C.
Brunnier Museum of Art, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Art in Embassies, American Embassy in Algeria, Algiers
Fidelity Investments, New York, NY
Citicorp, New York, NY
Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Palo Alto, CA
The Prudential Insurance Company of America, New York, NY
Linklaters, New York, NY
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Meniscus Medical Communications, Philadelphia, PA
Kirkwood Community College, Conference Center (four paintings and permanent sculptural commission), Cedar Rapids, IA
Iowa State University, permanent installation in dining facility, Ames IA
University of Iowa Foundation, Iowa City, IA
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA (Seven pieces, 3 large scale commissions)
Physicians Clinic of Iowa, St Lukes Hospital, (new facility), Cedar Rapids, IA
Cedar Rapids Convention Center, (new facility) Cedar Rapids, IA
University of Iowa, West Campus Transportation Building
Kirkwood Community College at Oakdale in Coralville, IA (Nine paintings)