Biography
Exhibitions and Art Shows
1994 Juried into Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
Exhibiting at KY Art and Craft Foundation Gallery, Louisville,KY
Aug 94 - Aug 95 Exhibit - Gallery on the Square, Louisville, KY
1995 Three person Fiber Art Show - Pennyroyal Area Museum, Hopkinsville, KY
The Mannings - National Handweaver’s Show, East Berlin, PA
Award winning Visual Arts Show “ Share the Vision” , Madisonville, KY
Solo Show - Murray Art Guild , Murray, KY
Solo Exhibit - Commerce Bank , Hopkinsville, KY
Awards (2) winning Art Show, Hopkinsville, KY
1996 Modern Weaving Show, Hopkinsville, KY
Award winning Visual Art Show, Madisonville, KY
Invitational Show - HCC, Hopkinsville, KY
Best of Show Award and “Jackson Purchase Award” , Murray, KY
Solo Show - HCC, Hopkinsville, KY
Invitation to demonstrate Art on the “Smithonian Art Train”, Murray, KY
First Place Award - 26th Annual Art Exhibit, Hopkinsville, KY
“Woven Words and Words Woven”
Two Person Fiber Art/Poetry Show - Fine Arts Center, Madisonville, KY
Sole Show - First City Bank , Hopkinsville, KY
1997 Invitational Solo Show - Cultural Center, Greenville, KY
Solo Show - Tennessee Art League Gallery, Nashville, TN
Invitational Regional Women’s Art Exhibit, Hopkinsville, KY
Solo Show - Chamber of Commerce, Hopkinsville, KY
Award winning Group Show, Hopkinsville, KY
" The Regionalists" - Invitational Exhibit, Evansville, KY
Honoring the 50 Most Achieved - Contemporary
Artists from Kentucky and surrounding States
All Kentucky Juried Art Exhibit - Houchens Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
1998 Solo Show - Public Library, Hopkinsville, KY
Solo Show - Holiday Inn, Hopkinsville, KY
1999 Solo Show - Barns & Nobles, Federal Way, WA
Fusion - Invitational Juried Art Show - Dumas Centre, Federal Way, WA
Juried Fiber Art Show -West Coast Paper, Seattle, WA
Juried Art Show, Puyallup, WA
2000 Juried Fiber Art Show - West Coast Paper, Kent, WA
2001 Public Art - Allied Arts Foundation Grant - Resource Center, Kent, WA
2009 Fusion - Invitational Juried Art Show - Dumas Center, Federal Way, WA
Juried Art Show, Puyallup, WA
Peninsula Art League Juried Art Show, Gig Harbor, WA
Invitation/Solo Show - Tacoma EXPO, Tacoma,WA
ArtSlam - Cultural Arts Event, Tacoma, WA
2010 "Resident Alien" Group Exhibit CoCA- Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Featured Artist - April - City Hall Gallery, Covington,WA
HCC - Invitational Solo Exhibit - May - Aug
Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA
"Fusion" - Invitational Juried Art Show - Dumas Centre, Federal Way, WA
“Heaven and Earth II” - Outdoor Sculpture Group Art Exhibit
at Carkeek Park June - Sept, Seattle, WA
“Overgrowth & Understory” - Outdoor Sculpture Group Art Exhibit
Cougar Mt. July - Oct, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Supply “Straight Forward” Solo Show Sep - Oct, Tacoma, WA
CoCA - Center on Contemporary Art, 2010 Marathon
an invitational 24 Hour Art Event 7- 8 Oct, Seattle, WA
CoCA - Group Show Marathon Artists, Globe Building, Oct, Seattle, WA
CoCA - Insider/Outsider Group Show, a unique Show of previously
exhibited sculptural outdoor works inside CoCA’s Gallery, Seattle, WA
ArtSlam - Cultural Arts Event Tacoma, WA
KONA KAI Cafe - Solo Show “Different Viewpoint"
Nov 2010 - Jan. 2011 Kent, WA
Solo Photography Exhibit “ Obscure Perception” Feb, HCC, Des Moines, WA
Chair Affair - Fundraiser NWF, Glass Museum, Tacoma, WA
"Seductive Movement" - Solo Installation - April - June
Dumas Bay Centre Gallery, Federal Way, WA
"Last Call" Airports - International Traveling Photography Exhibit
Curated by Susana Lopez Fernandez
"Another Approach" - Solo Exhibit Paintings/Photography - June
City Hall Gallery, City of Covington, WA
"Heaven and Earth 3" - Outdoor Sculpture Group Exhibit
at Carkeek Park July- Oct Seattle, WA
"Fusion" - Invitational Juried Art Show - Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way, WA
"Forms within Forms" Artscape Tacoma, Storefront Installation
July - Nov, Tacoma, WA
Chair Affair - Fundraiser NWF, Glass Museum, Tacoma,WA
Artist Lecture "Inspired by Trees", Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
Small space exhibit, Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA Feb-May
"Blue Poppy Day" Rhododendron Gardens, Federal Way, WA
2012
Upcoming/Ongoing
"Women in Arts" 4 women art show at Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
3 May - 4 Aug
Fusion, Dumas bay Centre, Federal Way, WA 1 August 3-9 p.m.
Recognition/Awards
1995 Feature Article - Kentucky New Era
Purchase Award - Trover Clinic
2nd Place - Western Kentucky State Fair
1st and 2nd Place - Hopkinsville Juried Art Show
1st Place - Kentucky Mother’s Association Award
1996 2nd Place - Hopkins County Juried Exhibition
Best of Show - Jackson Purchase Award
Featured on TV 43, KY
1st Place - Hopkinsville Juried Art Show
1997 Kentucky Arts Council Selection:
- Feb 99 Artist in Residence Program - 3 Year Term
1997 Hopkins County Purchase Award
1st and 3rd Place - Hopkins County Juried Art Show
Feature Article - Kentucky New Era
Feature Article - Maysville, KY Newspaper
2nd Place and Honorable Mention - Hopkinsville Juried Art Show
Most Creative Art Award and Purchase Award - Hopkinsville ,KY
1998 1st Place and Purchase Award - Hopkins County Juried Art Show
1999 Grant for Public Art - Allied Arts Foundation - Seattle, WA
2010 “Resident Alien” Lulu Publications - Seattle, WA
Feature Articles - Covington/Maple Valley Reporter, Covington, WA
Feature Article “Thunderword”, HCC Newspaper, Des Moines, WA
4th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
5th Showcase Winner Abstract Painting, ArtSlant
Participating Artist in “ Art Walk Tacoma” - Tacoma, WA
“Heaven and Earth II” CoCA Book/Catalogue - Seattle, WA
Lulu Publications
“Overgrowth & Understory” CoCA Book/Catalogue- Seattle,WA
Lulu Publications
2011 Feature Article "Thunderword" , HCC Newspaper, Des Moines, WA
2nd Showcase Winner Photography, ArtSlant
"200,000 Straws That Don't Suck" Feature article, Tacoma Artscape Blog
5th Showcase Winner Sculpture, Artslant
6th Showcase Winner Mixed-Media, Artslant
2012 1st Showcase Winner Sculpture, Artslant
Artist Lecture "How Trees influence my Work", Premier Gallery, Puyallup, WA
Featured Artist at Gallery 3, Puyallup,WA
2nd Showcase Winner, Photography, ArtSlant
3rd Showcase Winner, Photography, ArtSlant
Residencies and Workshops
Jefferson County Youth Center - Artswatch Grants(4) - Louisville, KY
North Drive Middle School - Pennyroyal Arts Council School Grant, KY
Christian County Middle School - Pennyroyal Arts Council School Grant, KY
Flemingsburg Elementary Schools (4)- 3 months AIR- Flemingsburg, KY
Simon Middle School - TIP Grant, Flemingsburg, KY
Walnut Street Center - Pennyroyal Arts Council School Grant, KY
Aaron McNeil Center - Pennyroyal Arts Council School Grant, KY
Public Library - Mask making Workshop, PACSG, KY
“ Born of many Hands” JCYC- sponsored by Artswatch - Louisville, KY
Three Months CAR grant, sponsored by KAC and 5 civic Organization,
Hopkinsville, KY
Eastern Elementary School - 3 months AIR - Georgetown, KY
TIP Grant at JCYC sponsored by KAC and JCYC, Louisville, KY
Resource Center - Allied Arts Foundation Grant, Seattle, WA
Working with the physically and mentally challenged Adult Population of
the Greater Kent Area - Kent, WA
Seattle Art Center - TIP Grant - Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Center - West Coast Paper Grant - Kent, WA
Pro Bono Classes/Demonstrations in Schools - Civic Centers and
Colleges throughout KY and WA
Education
1962-1970 Visual Art Studies under Wolfgang Vogel, Art Professor/ Artist
Titisee/Neustadt , Germany
1971 Art Institute Freiburg, Germany BA Art/Photography
1971 Internship Photo Studio Berthold, Freiburg, Germany
1992 - 1996 Extensive Studies/Workshops in Fiber/Textile
Berea, Murray, Flemingsburg, Georgetown, Louisville, KY
1993 Clay - Studies and Workshops, Crofton, KY
1994 Studies - Paper Making, Hopkinsville, KY
1997 Artist in Education Training/ Workshops, Faubush KY
