EDUCATION
2024 Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah, GA, SCADnow, Summa Cum Laude M.F.A. painting
2021 West Chester University – West Chester, PA Summa Cum Laude B.F.A. in painting
EXPERIENCE
2002-2024 Climbing The Walls Designs – Gibsonia, PA, Owner and Instructor
* Created commissioned fine art and portraiture
* Taught private and group instruction.
2015-2016 Advanced Orthodontics – Aurora, CO, Marketing and Design Coordinator
* Planned and implemented promotional events.
* Maintained website and social media presence.
1998-2004 Arrow Electronics – Inverness, CO, Instructional Designer
*Created global interactive graphic interface and educational toolset.
1998-1999 Briarcliff College – Bethpage, NY, Adjunct Professor
*Professor of graphics design specializing in the Adobe Creative Suite.
1997-1998 Xerox Corporation – NYC, NY, Designer
1990-1995 Long Island Business News – Ronkonkoma, NY, Art Director
SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 Pop Up Gallery -Gibsonia, PA, “Portals: A Cathartic Journey of Healing”
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Christine Frechard Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA, Hearts Healing Arts
2022 August Wilson African American Cultural Center - Pittsburgh, PA, Healing Hearts
2022 Cranberry Municipal Center - Cranberry, PA, Martinis and Monet
2022 Hoyt Art Center - New Castle, PA, Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition
2021 Merrick Art Museum – New Brighton, PA, Merrick Masters
2021 Cranberry Municipal Center- Cranberry, PA, Winter Show
2020 Knauer Gallery - Westchester University, PA, Graduate Exhibition
2020 Nemacolin Resort - Farmington, PA, Summer Show
2019 Christine Frechard Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA, Irreversibility of Time
2019 Merrick Art Museum – New Brighton, PA, Merrick Masters
2019 Nemacolin Resort - Farmington, PA, Glorious Wilderness
2019 Cranberry Municipal Center – Cranberry, PA, Martinis and Monet 2
2019 Christine Frechard Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Society of Artists Members
2018 Nemacolin Resort - Farmington, PA, Winter Show
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA, “Pine artist shares her ‘cathartic journey’ in a solo exhibit at her home”, April 11, 2024
2021 Daedalus Magazine, Westchester, PA
2018 My Blue Skies blogspot.com, “Artist’s Tell Their Stories.”
AWARDS
2022 Merrick Masters, Autism Puzzle 2nd Place.
2022 Camelback Gallery, Pastel Competition, Red Hat, 5th Place.
2022 Camelback Gallery, Pastel Competition, Weight of the World, Finalist.
2019 Cranberry Municipal Center, Martinis and Monet, Wednesday’s Child, 1st Place.
2019 Merrick Masters, Eyes to the Soul, Honorable Mention.
VISITING ARTIST TALK
2021 Merrick Art Museum – New Brighton, PA, Beaver Valley Artists
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2024-present Society of Sculptors Pittsburgh
2020-present Associate Artists of Pittsburgh
2020-present Portrait Society of America
2018-present Pittsburgh Society of Artists
2016-present Cranberry Art Association
2018-present Pittsburgh Pastel Artist League
2017-present Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators
