About The Artist

ENTER A WORLD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN REAL AND IMAGINED

Life is never what you expect it to be. It’s my experience that living happens in a gray area – it is neither black nor white. Euphoria and true love coexist with loss and disappointment – this is my truth and the inspiration for my artwork.

Depicting an ‘almost-but-not-quite-real’ world somewhere between authentic and imagined, my art echoes my life experience, challenging me to celebrate ambiguity, explore my perspective of reality, and question previous ideas and established thoughts. 

My intention is to invite you into the world I create in my work and compel you to consider:

• Where is it?

• What is it?

• What do you see?

• What do you feel?

• Do you find yourself in it, or not?

I am inspired by 19th and 20th century African sculpture, as well as the Constructivism, Geometric Abstraction and Cubism (Picasso, Braque, Lipschitz) art movements. Artist Giorgio de Chirico had a major impact on me with his ‘illogical perspective’ works. Also, Joseph Cornell’s shadow boxes and Frank Stella’s metal reliefs were major influences.

My training at Boston University (BFA, sculpture) and Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA, sculpture), compels me to see sculpturally, creating my pieces in bas-relief, building and lifting certain elements to emphasize the spatial dynamics of the piece. Juxtaposing forms and shapes, I highlight their points of contact and the shadows they cast.

I invite you to glimpse into my interpreted world and discover where you find yourself. 

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EXHIBITS AND AWARDS

2021

• Featured Artist, Art Gallery 118

• 110th Annual Exhibit, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mixed Media Award

• First Virtual National Exhibit, Denise Bibro Fine Art (NYC)

• Lumiere (Light) Exhibit, Art-Fluent Online Gallery

• That Which Surrounds You Exhibit, Arts Benicia (CA)

• Solo Exhibit Emerald Award, Gallery Ring 

• Artists to Follow in 2021, Michael Rose Fine Art

• Leaders in Abstraction - Vol. 1, The Art House Gallery, Chicago, IL

• Abstractions Exhibit, Broward Art Guild, Honorable Mention

• Featured Artist, Visionary Art Collective

• Art & Soul 2021, Business for the Arts of Broward

• 16th Annual Art Competition, Studio 18, Pembroke Pines, FL, 1st Place Mixed Media

• Featured Artist, Artsy Shark

• Colors Exhibit, Art Room Gallery Online, Honorable Mention

• Abstract Exhibit, Gallery Ring, Crystal Award of Merit

• Nature Exhibit, Grey Cube Online Gallery, 1st Place

• Abstract Exhibit, Art Show International, Honorable Mention

• Black and White Exhibit, Fusion Art Online Gallery, 4th Place

• Landscapes Exhibit, Art Room Gallery Online, Honorable Mention

• Abstract Exhibit, Grey Cube Gallery, Merit Award

• Art in the Time of Corona Exhibit, Artist Table Online Gallery, 2nd Place Award

• Black and White Exhibit, Art Room Gallery Online, Merit Award

2020

• Colorful Abstractions Exhibit, Fusion Art Online Gallery, Honorable Mention

• Small Works Exhibit, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Finalist

• Landscape Exhibit, Art Show International, Honorable Mention

• 78th Annual Exhibit, Audubon Artists, Silver Medal of Honor, Collage and Mixed Media

• Trees and Fields Exhibit, Art Room Gallery Online, Special Merit Award

• Elemental: Earth, Fire, Water, Air - Maryland Federation of Art, Juror's Choice

• Art + Stroll 2020, Business for the Arts of Broward, Featured Artist

• Patterns Exhibit, Grey Cube Gallery, Honorable Mention

• 90th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Art League

• Landscape Exhibit, Grey Cube Gallery, Special Merit Award

• Land, Water, Sky Exhibit, Gallery Ring, Juror's Choice Award

• Botanicals Exhibit, Grey Cube Gallery, 2nd Place Award

• Artists Choice 2020, Foundry Gallery, Washington, D.C.

• Fresh Air Exhibition, Ridgefield (CT) Guild of Artists

• Nature Exhibition, Art Room Gallery Online, Honorable Mention

• Nature Exhibition, Grey Cube Gallery, Honorable Mention

• Landscape/Still Life Exhibit, Gallery Ring, Crystal Award of Merit

• International Artist Magazine, 2020 Art Prize Challenge: Landscapes, Finalist

• Botanicals Exhibit, Broward Art Guild, Honorable Mention

• Continuum 2020 Exhibit, West Palm Beach, FL

• Winter Spectacular Salon, 2019/20, Broward Art Guild, Best in Show

• 5th Annual Landscapes Exhibit, Fusion Art Online Gallery, Honorable Mention

2019

• Tri-County Biennial Exhibit, sponsored by Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Honorable Mention and People's Choice Award, 2019

• All Landscape Art Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online, First Place and Judges Choice winner, Mixed Media and 3D Category, 2019

• Landscape Competition, Light Space Time Gallery 9th Annual International Online, Special Recognition, 2019

• 555 Special Art Exhibition, Light Space Time Gallery 2nd Annual Online Competition, Special Merit Award, Painting and Other Media Category, 2019 

• Nature Exhibition, Art Room Gallery International Competition, Merit Award, 2019

• No Walls, Just Great Art Exhibit, Bauhaus Prairie Gallery International Competition, Honorable Mention, 2019

• A Show of Her Own, Artist Table Online Gallery, Honorable Mention

• Land and Sea Exhibit, 2019, Broward Art Guild, Judge's Recognition Award

• 2019 Island City Juried Art Exhibit, Art Gallery 21, Wilton Manors, FL, Honorable Mention

• All Planet Earth Exhibit 2019, Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 5th Place, Mixed Media

• Hills and Valleys Landscape Exhibit, 2019, ArtistTable Online Gallery, 1st Place

• Nature Exhibit, 2019, Light Space Time Online Gallery, Special Merit

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