about me
I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1967, but having spent about 22 years of my life off and on in the northeast, I’m something of a Bostonian at heart. I moved to Encinitas from Boston in 2003 and since then have met Xavier, my now husband, and we have made two beautiful babies together - Hugo, who is four years old, and Esmé, who is two and a half.
I received a B.F.A., graduating with honors, from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts in 1999.
My work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums across the United States, including WorkSpace in New York City, The Copley Society of Art, The Photographic Resource Center and Forest Hills Trust in Boston, Massachusetts, Eric Phleger Gallery, the San Diego Art Institute and the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, California, the Long Beach Museum of Art and the Torrance Art Museum. My work is also included in the esteemed Allan Chasanoff Bookworks Collection in New York City, and is referenced in the book A Companion to Herman Melville edited by Wyn Kelley, in the chapter entitled “Creating Icons: Melville in Visual Media and Popular Culture’, written by Elizabeth Schultz, as well as a book entitled ‘Four-Word Self-Help by Patti Digh.
I’ve received a number of awards and honors, including a fellowship at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire (otherwise known as heaven), juror’s awards in numerous group exhibitions, a travel grant from the Massachusetts College of Art to create work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and publication in the fall 2008 issue of Studio Visit Magazine, an ‘exhibition in print’ from the Open Studios Press (publishers of New American Paintings).
In other news, I recently found out I am one of the Nominated Emerging Artists for the 2011 San Diego Art Prize, which means I’ll be a part of the New Contemporaries IV exhibition at Alexander Salazar Gallery in August 2011, in the company of some amazing artists! Check out the San Diego Visual Arts Network web site here for more about the San Diego Art Prize and the other great things they do for the San Diego arts community!
Thumbprint Portraits
My thumbprint portraits got a mention in this month’s ‘Arts & Power’ issue of Riviera Magazine! If you’re interested in finding out more about the thumbprint portraits, start HERE.