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Born in 1969 in Springfield, Pennsylvania, USA

Resides and works in Columbus, Ohio, USA

Education/training:

1999: Certificate of Craft, Drawing (honors), Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon

1992: BA, Psychology (magna cum laude), Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut

Selected exhibitions:

2025 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Arts Center, Columbus, OH

OAL Spring Juried Show, The Works, Newark, Ohio

The Art of Loss (group exhibition), Broad Street Church, Columbus, Ohio

Dots (solo exhibition), Global Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2024 The Art of Gratitude (group exhibition), Broad Street Church, Columbus, Ohio

Centered (group exhibition), Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio

Northland Exposed (group exhibition), Elevate Northland Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

Biennial Juried Exhibition (group exhibition), Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

2023 Day of the Dead (group exhibition), Cemetery/Loft Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

Four Visions of Abstraction (group exhibition), John Glenn Airport, Columbus, Ohio

2022. OAL Spring Juried Show (group exhibition), Pennington Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

Four Voices of Abstraction (group exhibition), First Unitarian Church, Columbus, Ohio

CAC Faculty/Student Show (group exhibition), CAC Main Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

OAL Fall Juried Show (group exhibition), Studio 18, Columbus, Ohio

2021 Four Abstract Artists (group exhibition), CAC Loft Gallery Columbus, Ohio

2020 Two Abstract Painters (2-person exhibition), Citywide Training Center, Columbus, Ohio

Awards/Grants:

2025 Individual Artist Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ohio

2024 Individual Artist Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ohio

2022 Best of Show (winner), CAC Faculty/Student Show, CAC Main Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

Professional Contributions:

2024-present: Art teacher (3/4), Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio

2005: Into and Out of Abstraction (artist talk with Eric Murphy), CAC, Columbus, Ohio

2020-2024: Art teacher (PK-8), Clintonville Academy, Columbus, Ohio

2020: Process and Meaning in Abstract Art (artist talk), CAC online, Columbus, Ohio