Current Position
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Hartwick College, Oneonta NY 13820

Education
1998 Ph.D. Boston University; Philosophy
1988 BA, Colby College; Painting, Art History, American Studies, Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Distinction in both majors
1987 Tyler School of Art in Rome, January-May Semester
1986 Rhode Island School of Design Summer School

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2008

• (Forthcoming) Goggleworks, Reading, PA, June
• Light and Dark: 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY, Feb 22 - March 29 (two person)

2007

• Recoil, National Association of Women Artists, 80 Fifth Ave., Suite 1405, New York, NY 10011 (solo)
  

2005

• Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY (two person)
  
• Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT (solo)
  
  

2004

• Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts (UCCCA); Wilbur Mansion. Oneonta, NY (two person)
• Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (solo)
  
  

2001

• The First National Bank of Damariscotta, Camden, ME (solo)
  
  
  

Selected Invitational Exhibitions
2008

• In-Site, Sculptors Guild, Governor's Island, NY, NY, May 30-September 28
• Supermarket 2008, Stockholm, Sweden, represented by the Sculptors Guild, NY, NY

2007

• Cologne Fine Art Fair, Cologne, Germany (portfolio only; represented by the Sculptors Guild, NY, NY) 10/31 -11/4
• National Association of Women Artists, 118th Annual Exhibition. Monroe Center for the Arts, Hoboken, NJ
• Art In the Loft: Long Reach Arts, Millbrook Vineyards, Millbrook, NY
• Celebration II: Long Reach Arts (formerly known as Summergroup),  Pritzker Gallery, Highland, NY
• Celebration I: Long Reach Arts (formerly known as Summergroup),  Donskoj Gallery, Kingston, NY
• National Association of Women Artists; Personal Totems Juried by Faith Ringgold Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
• 74th Annual Exhibition; National Sculpture Society. Venues to include:
  National Sculpture Society, 237 Park Ave, NY, NY (Feb 19 - June 1)
  Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (June 21- Sep 30)

2006

• Foreplay, Monkdogz Urban Art, 547 West 27th St, 5th Floor, Chelsea, NY, NY
  
• Skydancer, Monkdogz Urban Art, 547 West 27th St, 5th Floor, Chelsea, NY, NY
• (projected images of work), Gateway to the Quarter Project, Finkle
  Street,York, England. Curated by Aesthetica Magazine, funded by the York Renaissance Project
• (Oct - Nov) Autumn's Being, Summergroup collective show, Washington Art Gallery, DCC, Poughkeepsie, NY
• 2005 Award Winners, Group Show, Pen and Brush,16th East 10th St, NY, NY
• Locus, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, NY
• 60th Annual Sculpture Exhibition. Pen and Brush,16th East 10th St, NY, NY
• Sculpture Exhibit 2006. York Arts,York, PA
• National Association of Women Artists; 117 Annual Exhibition, GoggleWorks, Reading, PA
  
  

2005

• International Assemblage Exhibition, Gallery Twenty-Four, Berlin, Germany
• Made in New York, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY.
• Women in Woodworking, Northeastern Woodworkers Association, Saratoga Springs, NY
  
  

2004

• A Show of Heads, October 30-November 27, Limner Gallery, Phonecia, NY
• Boston International Fine Art Show, Nov. 11-14, The Cyclorama at The Boston Center for The Arts
  
  

2003

• Eleven County Regional Exhibition, juried by W. Ouellette, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
• December Small Works 2003, Limner Gallery, 870 6th Ave., NY, NY
• Recent Work Showcase, Limner Gallery, 870 6th Ave., NY, NY
• Made in New York, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
• Distinguished Woodworkers Show, Northeastern Woodworkers Association, Saratoga Springs, NY
  
  

2002-7

• (Ongoing) Captive Passage: The Translatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas. Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virginia; April 6th, 2002 - January 5th, 2003. Afterwards, the entire show will tour the United States. Venues to include:
  The Smithsonian (Anacostia Building); Feb - Sept. 2003, Washington, DC
  South Street Seaport Museum, Dec.- April, 2003-4, NY, NY
  Missouri Historical Society; Feb - Aug 2005, St Louis, MO
  (Forthcoming; Feburary 2007) Museum of Mobile, Mobile Alabama
  

2002

• “Mutation,” 31 Grand, Brooklyn (Williamsburg), NY.
  
  

2001

• New Directions ’01; juried by C. Kotik. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
  
• Photograph of "Figurehead" shown in Art-e-mail; International Exhibition of E-mails of Artists. Exhibited in conjunction with
  
• MAC21, International Contemporary Art Fair, Marbella Exhibition and Congress Centre, Costa del Sol, Spain
  
• The Fine Art House, 45 South Main St., Derry, NH
  
• Showcase 2001, the annual Northeastern Woodworkers Association Show, Saratoga Springs, NY
  
  

2000

• The Design in Wood Show, Del Mar , California
  
  

1998-1999

• Esther Wells Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
  
  
  

Selected Group Exhibitions
2003 Members’ Show; Mission Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY
2001 Mugz Cafe, New London, CT
1998 The Mission at San Juan Capistrano, CA
1998 The Multicultural Art Center, San Juan Capistrano, CA


Selected Collections (public and private)
The Clearwater: Hudson River Sloop, NY
Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA
Pat Abe, CA
Heath Harris, MO

Selected Commissions
2004-2005 Abstraction of a Triathlete (3 part sculpture); private collector, Los Angeles, CA

2004 "Fist;" carved on the end of a 10 foot tiller, belonging to the The Clearwater, Hudson River, NY

Selected Awards
2007

• Dr. H.A. Fadhli Award for a Carved Work, 74th Annual Exhibition; National Sculpture Society
• Honorable Mention, Harris Sculpture Award, National Association of Women Artists

2006

• First Prize, Carving; Wightman Specialty Woods Annual Woodworking Contest
• Elizabeth Stanton Blake Memorial Award, for "Ghastly Nights." National Association of Women Artists; 117 Annual Exhibition, GoggleWorks, Reading, PA. Juried by: Elizabeth Osbourne, Kate Moran and Stacy Smith
• .2nd Prize awarded to "Something to do with Being Terrified." 60th Annual Sculpture Exhibition. Pen and Brush,16th
  East 10th St, NY, NY. Juried by: Denise Bibro, Jonathan Shahn and Peter Trippi
  
  

2005

• Selected for inclusion in the December issue of the Catskill Mountain Region Guide
  
• Selected for June Exhibition, Projekt 30 (projekt30.com)
• International Art Contest hosted by Art Dept. First Prize (2004) in Mixed Media Category awarded to "Ghastly Nights"
  
  

2004

• George Sugarman Foundation Grant
• .Special Opportunity Stipend, awarded by the New York Foundation of Arts (declined; unable to attend event)
  
  

2003

• A page feature awarded by Direct Art; Volume 8, Spring
  
  

2002

• International Art Contest hosted by Art Dept. First Prize (2001) in the Mixed Media Category awarded to "Figurehead"
  
  

2001

• Showcase 2001; Northeastern Woodworker’s Association: Judge’s Commendation in the Carving Category, awarded to.“Figurehead.”
  
  
  

Work Featured/Reviewed in (books)
2007

• Sculpting in Wood, by Peter Clothier, A & C Black, London, England
• The Best of America: Sculpture, Kennedy Publishing, Williamsburg, VA
• The Best of America: Woodworking, Kennedy Publishing, Williamsburg, VA

2006 The Sculpting Techniques Bible, Quarto Publishing, London, England, p. 151.

2005 The Sculptor's Bible: The all-media reference to surface effects and how to achieve them, A & C Black, London, England, pp. 100, 102


Work Featured in (Music CD)
2006 28-200 (Colorado Rock Band)


Work Featured/Reviewed in (print periodicals)
2008

• The Ledger, Corning, NY, March 21st.

2007

• Wood Technic Magazine (Turkey)
• National Sculpture Society News Bulletin, 73 #3
• National Sculpture Society News Bulletin 73 #2
• The Villager, Vol. 76, #42, March 14-20, NY, NY
• The Village Soup, Camden, ME, February 25

2006

• The Taconic Weekend, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 19
• The Reading Eagle, Reading PA, Sunday, June 4
  
• Aesthetica Magazine, #12 (United Kingdom)
  
  

2005

• Catskill Mountain Region Guide, December
  
• ROJO Magazine; Mabu edition (Spain)
  
• The Manchester Journal, Manchester, VT, July 29-August 4
  
• Craft Arts International, July, #64, pp. 66-67 (Australia)
  
• Southern Vermont Art Center; 2005 Catalog
  
• Direct Art, Vol. 11, Spring/Summer
  
• Pictures and Words, March
  
  

2004

• Arts and Antiques (included in the ad for the 2005 Emerging Artist Fair) July, September issues
  
• Sculptural Pursuit (follow up from 2003 article)
  
• Direct Art Vol. 9 Spring/Summer, p. 5
  
• The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY, April
  
• .Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie NY, January
  
  

2003

• Arts and Antiques. November
  
• Sculptural Pursuit. (cover story); Vol. 2 #4; pp. 17-20
  
• Direct Art. Vol. 8. Spring/Summer
  
• Naturstein Magazin. Vol. 4; p. 90 (Germany)
  
• .Direct Art. Vol. 7. Fall/Winter, p. 48
  
  

2002

• Add!ict Magazine. #15 “Mutation,” part of the “New York Mutation Project”
  
  

2001

• Creative Woodworks and Crafts. June; pp. 40-41
  
• Bostonia Magazine. Spring, p. 59
  
• The New London Day, New London, CT, March 29
  
• The Colby Magazine. Winter, p. 57
  
• The Camden Herald, Camden, ME, January 18
  
• The Courier Gazette, Rockland, ME, January
  
  

2000

• Woodshop News . Vol. XIV, No. 6, pp. T27-28
  
  
  

Work Featured/Reviewed in (ezines)
2008

• Featured on the homepage of talentdatabase.com, March

2006

• Woodcarver Online Magazine, Vol 10, #2, March/April (part II)
  
  

2005

• Monkdogz, August
  
• “Making DfSC Decisions Re:Common, Re-Used, & Industry Standard Parts” Hewlett-Packard: Internal Webinar.
  
• Head Magazine, August
  
• Enfuse Magazine, June
  
• Art Department Art Contest Interview
  
• Reactiv-Zone
  
  

2004

• Pictures and Words (electronic version; November/December)
  
• Sculptural Pursuit (e-newsletter, August)
  
• Art Fix, August, #25
  
• .Arts and Antiques
  
  

2002

• Papa Ink, the International Children’s Art Archive
  
• The Secrets of Perfection (Lithuanian)
  
• The Carver’s Resource
  
• Slackerbonding
  
  

2001

• ArtIndustri
  
• WWWoodcarver Online Magazine. Vol. 5, Issue 6; November/December
  
• The Jimmy Sellars Online Magazine
  
• Art Department Art Contest Interview
  
  

2000

• No Frames
  
• Moondance
  
• Prima Donna
  
• Studio211
  
• Woodworker's Journal. Vol, I, No. 1
  
• Artsfusion
  
• .artbabyart.com
  
  

Memberships
The Sculptors Guild, NY, NY, 2007-present
National Sculpture Society, NY, NY: 2006-present
National Association of Women Artists, NY, NY: 2005-present
Long Reach Arts (formerly Summergroup), Poughkeepsie, NY: 2006-2007

Talks/Presentations
2008 Gallery Talk: Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
2007 New Member Presentation of Work to the Sculptors Guild, The New Art Center, 580 8th Ave, NY, NY
2004 Gallery Talk: Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts (UCCCA); Wilbur Mansion. Oneonta, NY
2001 “Carving Faces, Muscles and Hair,” Showcase 2001, Saratoga Springs, NY
2000 “Carving; How to Get Started, ” Showcase 2001, Saratoga Springs, NY
(ssssaaSlide Presentation of Work; The Northeastern Woodworker's Association; Fiske Fund Memorial Lecture, Albany, NY

Visiting Artist Positions/Workshops Taught
2008 "Wood sculpture, all levels." Goggleworks, Reading, PA. June 26th-29