RESUME
B. 1971- Raleigh, North Carolina
EDUCATION
1995-2001 Michael Aviano, private instruction, New York, NY
1993-1995 National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1991-1993 Art Students League, New York, NY
1985-1991 North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Bad Romance – Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2023 Fake It When You Make It: New Trompe L’oeil Paintings- Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 High Quality Fakes: New Trompe L’oeil – Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2021 Faux Sho: Trompe L’oeil Double Visions– Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2020 Greatest Hits: The All New Trompe L’oeil Review – Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Crafty B*tch – Meyer Gallery- Santa Fe, NM
2018 Showcase – Maxwell Alexander, Los Angeles, CA
2017 The Art of Story – Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2016 The Art of Thinking Outside the Box – Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe , NM
2015 New Works– Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Fire Sale! Everything Must Go!- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2013 Deceptions and Illusions – New Trompe L’oeil- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Recent Trompe L’oeil– Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011 New Work– Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Still Life Goes On: New Trompe L’oeil – Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 New Work– Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Too Good to be True- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 The Best Magic Show Ever– Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Trick the Eye, Tempt the Tongue– Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Suitable for Framing– Meyer-Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Just Desserts– Portals Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 New Work – Munson-Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 New Work– Portals Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Still Life Goes On– Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Paired – Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, NC
“Wild At Heart” – Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2023 Art Palm Beach – Rehs Gallery, NYC
Tight, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
The Soul of the Sitter, The Gilbert Stuart Museum, Sanderson, RI
American Artists Professional League, The Butler Institute of American Art, Kimberly, OH
2022 Newport Art Museum Biennial, Newport, RI
Many Moons, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
2021 Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists – National Juried Show
15th Art Renewal Salon– Sotheby’s, NYC and the Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain
Small Works – Maxwell Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Subject: Insentient Bits and Bobs – Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Honoring – Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2020 Contemporary Realism- Cavalier Galleries, NYC
Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition- Providence, RI
Red Ribbon- Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
Art Renewal Center Awards Show- Rehs Contemporary, New York, NY
Still Women Run Deep- Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2019 Trompe L’oeil Meets Photorealism- The Peto Museum, Island Heights, NJ
Art Renewal Center Awards Show- Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
Mondo Tondo- Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
The Perfectionists- Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
Five and Under- Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
Making Her Mark- Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2018 Masters of Illusion: The Legacy of John F. Peto- Morven Museum, Princeton, NJ
Five and Under- Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
Small Works- Maxwell Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fool Me Once, Invitational Trompe l’Oeil Show- Robert Lange Studios, SC
2016 The Altitude Project- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2015 The Lollipop Guild- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
The Birds– Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK
2014 Miniature Show– Saks Galleries, Denver, CO
2013 Femme Fatale– Saks Galleries, Denver, CO
2012 Caution: Wet Paint!- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK
2012 Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
2011 Flora and Fauna– Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
2010 American Miniatures– Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2009 Trompe L’oeil Invitational– Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion
2009 Small Works– Arcadia Fine Arts
2009 American Miniatures– Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008 Santa Fe Food Fest- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Big Talent, Small Works– Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
American Master’s Invitational– Settler’s West, Tucson AZ
30th Anniversary Show– Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale. AZ
2006 Small Works– Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
Art LA, Art Miami, Art Boston, Art Philadelphia- Arcadia Fine Arts
2005 Small Works Show– Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
Art LA, Art Miami, Art Boston, Art Philadelphia- Arcadia Fine Arts
2004 Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Russeck Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Re-Presenting Realism VI– The Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY
Trompe L’oeil– Century Gallery, Alexandria VA
2002 New Year, New Talent- Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
Images 2002– University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Summer Invitational, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, New York, NY
2000 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
First Street Gallery, NYC
1999 Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich, CT
J&W Fine Arts, New Hope, PA
1996 Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
AWARDS
2024 Best In Show, Richeson 75 International, “Small Works Show”
2024 Winner, Publishing Award, Arts to Hearts Project, “100 Emegring Artists”
2023 Best In Show, Art Fluent – “Wanderlust”
2023 Finalist, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize
2023 First Place, Richeson 75 International, “Small Works 2023”
2023 Finalist, 16th Art Renewal Salon
2023 Best In Show, Wanderlust with the Art Fluent International Salon
2021 Winner, Best Trompe L’oeil – 15th Art Renewal Center Salon
2021 The Award of Excellence, American Women Artists National Juried Open
2021 Finalist, Southwest Art Magazine, Award of Excellence Competition
2021 Finalist, Jackson’s Painting Prize
2021 Finalist, Boynes Emerging Artist Award
2020 The Mary Castelnovo Award- Providence Art Club National Open Juried Show
2019 Winner of the Rehs Gallery Award and Finalist- 14th Art Renewal Center Salon
2018 Winner of the Arcadia Contemporary Award and Finalist- 13th Art Renewal Center Salon
2001 First Place, Still Life –The Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition
2001 President’s Choice Award –Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2001 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, New York, NY
2000 Still Life Finalist- The Artists Magazine Annual Still Life Competition
2000 Art Times Award- Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
Mr. Alice Cooper
Mr. Larry Luchino, Co-Owner of the Boston Red Sox
Mr. J.J. Abrams
Mr. Alex Kurtzman, Universal Studios
Mr. Paul Feig
Ms. Toni Morrison
Ms. Danielle Steele
Mr. Graydon Parish
Mr. Jeremy Lipking
Mr. Logan Maxwell Hagege
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krakoff
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Godel
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adorni
Mr. Alex Williamson
PUBLICATIONS
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Issue #45, June 2024
Create Magazine, Issue #36, 2023
Western Art Collector, June 2021
American Art Collector, November 2020
Forbes Magazine, September 2020
Fine Art Connoisseur, March 2019
Southwest Art Magazine, October 2018
Western Art Collector Magazine, October 2018
Boston Voyager Magazine, June 2018
Southwest Art Magazine, April 2010
Focus Magazine, September 2007
Santa Fean Magazine, September 2007
Art Talk Magazine, March 2007
Southwest Art Magazine, January 2007
American Art Collector, May 2006
Santa Fean Magazine, September 2005
The New Mexican Magazine, September 2005
Pasa-Tiempo, Weekly Magazine of Art And Culture, September 16-22, 2005
The Artists Magazine, December 2001