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Education

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts: The University of Massachusetts at Amherst

School of the Worcester Art Museum

 

Recent and Future Exhibits and Awards

 

2008  2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art

2008  Line, Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN

2008  Hanging Around, Peg Harvey Gallery, Roxy Regional Theater, Clarksville, TN

2008  Skeletons in Closets, Tennessee Art Commission Gallery, Nashville, TN

2008  First Growth and Perennials, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

2008  Positive Negative 23 National Exhibit, Slocumb Gallery,

           East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

           Juror: Antoine Guerrero, Director of Exhibitions, PS1/MOMA, NY

2008  Woman's Work Exhibit, Deka Bakari Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2007  2nd Tennessee Biennale, Clarksville Custom House Museum, Clarksville, TN

            Juror, Vickie Eaton

             Arts &Heritage Creative Award

2007   Knoxville Art and Culture Alliance National Juried Show, Emporium Center

            Juror: Nandini Makrandi Jestice, Curator of Contemporary Art, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN

           Third Place Award

2007  9th Annual Renaissance Regional Art Exhibition, Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN

            Juror: Jamie Tracy, Professor, Manatee Collage, Bradenton, Florida

            Best in Show Award

2007  ARTSCAPES Auction, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

            Museum Selection Committee

2007  Annual Open Show, Oak Ridge Art Museum, Oak Ridge, TN

            Juror: Richard Mills, Chairman, Auburn University Art Dept.

             Honorable Mention Award

2007   Stalked  in the Quarry: 1. Rodman Townsend Sr. Gallery, 

            1. Rodman Townsend Sr. Gallery, Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN

            2. Johnson City Arts Council Gallery, Johnson City, TN

2007   Dangenart International Juried Exhibition, Dangenart Gallery, Nashville, TN

            Juror: Daniel Lai, curator, and gallery staff

2007   Positive/Negative Twenty-Two National Exhibit, Slocumb Gallery,

             East Tennessee State University, Johnson City

            Juror: Toby Kamps, Senior Curator at the Contemporary Arts Center,   Cincinnati

2007   Stalk Shoot Draw, Fine Art Center Gallery, Maryville College.  Maryville TN

2007   Solo Show, Tennessee Art League Premiere Gallery, Nashville, TN

2007   Past and Present Tennessee, Tennessee Valley Unitarian-Universalist  Church

             Knoxville, TN

2006   8th Annual Renaissance Center Juried Exhibit, Dickson, TN

              Juror: Dr. Carl Gombert, Professor, Maryville College. Maryville, TN

2006    First Tennessee Biennial Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Clarksville Custom House Museum

            Clarksville, TN

           Juror: John Mominee, Artist and former University of Wisconsin Gallery Director

           Honorable Mention Award

2006   Eat My Dust, SECCA, Southeaster Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

2006   Dogwood Diva Art Competition, Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville, TN

           Juror: Nicole Pietrantoni, Director of visual arts, crafts, and media program

           Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN

           First Place Award

2006   Fresh Produce, 16 Patton, Asheville, NC

2006   Just Hanging Around, The Tomato Head, Knoxville TN

2006  The Human Presence, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN

2005  7th Annual Renaissance Center Juried Exhibit, Dickson, TN

           Juror: Dana Holland Beickert, Independent Curator, Memphis, TN

2005  ARTSCAPES Auction, The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

           Museum Selection Committee

2005  Face Value, Associated Arts of Winston-Salem, NC National Juried Exhibit

          Juror: Marc Pachter, Director, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.

           Honorable Mention Award

2005  A Sense of Place 2005, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA

          Juror: Carmon Colangelo, Director, Lamar Dodd School of Art, The University of Georgia

2005  South Cobb Artists' Alliance 17th National Juried Exhibition, Mableton, GA

          Juror: Robert Detamore, Professor, Atlanta College of Art and Gordon College

           SCAA Award of Distinction

2005  40th Annual South Tennessee Art League Exhibition, Nashville, TN

          Juror: Joseph H. Sulkowski, Painter

           TAL Members' Award

2005  27th Annual First Tennessee Bank Show, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN

          Juror: James Allen Hoobler, Senior Curator, Tennessee State Museum

2005  Dimensions 2005, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC National Juried Exhibit

          Juror: Philip Koch, Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art

          Honorable Mention Award

2005  Dogwood Arts Festival, TVA Juried Show, Knoxville, TN

          Juror: Roger Walton, Professor, Savannah College of Art

           Honorable Mention Award

2005  Art Market Gallery, Annual Open Show, Knoxville, TN

          Juror: Carl Gombert, Professor, Maryville College

          1st Place, 2D

2005  Women's Work, Eternal Questions, Oak Ridge Art Museum, Oak Ridge, TN

2004  Flying Solo, Large-Scale Installation, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN

          Jurors: Jim Brooks, President of Watkins College of Art and Design; Katherine Dettwiller, Artist;

          Carlyle Johnson, Chair, Department of Art, Tennessee State University; Susan Knowles, Art

          Papers Nashville Editor; Phil Ponder, Artist; Carolyn Carlisle, Airport Community Affairs

          Coordinator

          Tennessee Arts Commission Grant, National Endowment for the Arts Grant

2004  Eye Candy, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN

          Juror: Susan Knowles, Art Papers Nashville Editor

          Juror's Award

2004  ARTSCAPES Auction, The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

          Museum Selection Committee

2004  Annual Open Show, Oak Ridge Art Museum, Oak Ridge, TN

          Juror: Richard Mills, Chairman, Auburn University Art Department

          Best of Show Award

2004  Denise Stewart-Sanabria and Cynthia Markert, Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2004  South Cobb Artists' Alliance 16th National Juried Exhibition, Mableton, GA

          Juror: Gregor Turk

          Honorable Mention Award

2004  Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance Open Exhibit, Knoxville, TN

          Juror: Peter Baldaia, Chief Curator, Huntsville Museum of Art

          Gold Award, 3D

2004  Large Works on Wood, Centre at Millennium Park, Johnson City, TN

2004  Dogwood Arts Festival, TVA Juried Show, Knoxville, TN

          Juror: Marya Rowland, Professor of Art, Western Carolina University

          Two Separate Merit Awards

2004  Annual Juried Show, Art Market Gallery, Knoxville, TN

          Juror: Anne Kinggard, Art Department Director, Pellissippi State

2003  ARTSCAPES Auction, The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

          Juror: Elizabeth Le, Curator, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN

2003 Annual Open Show, Oak Ridge Art Museum, Oak Ridge, TN

         Juror: Kevin Grogan, Director, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

          Honorable Mention Award

2003  Playing Possum, Invitational Touring Exhibit, Kaleidoscope Artist Group, Knoxville TN

          1.Johnson City Arts Center, Johnson City, TN

          2. Clarksville Custom House Museum, Clarksville, TN

          3. Rose Art Center, Morristown, TN

2003  Morristown Art Association Annual Juried Show, Morristown, TN

          Juror: Todd Smith, Director, Knoxville Museum of Art

           Brenda Dugger Memorial Award

2003  25th Annual First Tennessee Bank Show, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN

          Juror: Peter Baldaia, Chief Curator, Huntsville Museum of Art. Huntsville, AL

           First Place Award

2003  Art with a Southern Drawl, University of Mobile, Mobile, AL

          Juror: Joseph Mella, Curator, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery

2003  Woman's Work: 50 on 50, Oak Ridge Art Museum

2002  Annual Open Show, Art Market Gallery, Knoxville, TN

          Juror: Marcia Goldenstein, Professor of Art, University of TN, Knoxville

2002  Underground Art, Rodman Townsend Memorial Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2002  Holiday Big Mix Exhibit, Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN

2002  Art Celebrating Historic East Tennessee, East Tennessee Historical Society Museum,

           Knoxville, TN

2002  Annual Open Show, Oak Ridge Art Museum, Oak Ridge, TN

          Juror: Richard Mills, Chairman, Auburn University Art Department

           Best of Show

2002  24th Annual First Tennessee Bank Show, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN

          Juror:David J. Brown, Senior Curator/Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,

           Winston-Salem, NC

2002  Collage, February Artist Exhibit, Rodman Townsend Memorial Gallery,

           Knoxville, TN

2001  The Arts Council of Greater Knoxville, TN, ArtFest Exhibition

          Juror: Peter Baldaia, Chief Curator, Huntsville Museum of Art. Huntsville, AL

2001  Morristown Art Association Annual Juried Show, Morristown TN

          Juror: Billi Rothgove, Independent Curator and artist

          Merit Award

          Honorable Mention Award

 

Corporate Loans

2003-2004/ 2006 Art @ Work in Chattanooga/Association of Visual Artists

 

16 Patton Gallery, Asheville, NC

Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN

Slide Registry, The Drawing Center, NY, NY

 

Publications

 

2002  Metro Pulse, May 2

2002  The Oak Ridger, Oct.4

2003  Metro Pulse, Jan. 30

2003  Metro Pulse, April 3

2003  The Knoxville News Sentinel, May 11

2003  Johnson City Press, May 4

2003  Johnson City Press, July 19

2003  The Leaf Chronicle, Aug.23

2003  The Oak Ridger, Oct. 3

2004  Johnson City Press, April 11

2004  The Knoxville News Sentinel, Aug.1

2004  The Oak Ridger, Sept.

2004  The Oak Ridger, Oct. 15

2004  December Issue, The Artist's Magazine

2005  The Oak Ridger, Feb. 11

2005  The Leaf Chronicle, July 29

2005  Metro Pulse, May 2

2005  Metro Spirit, Augusta, GA, Sept.

2005  The Leaf Chronicle, July 29

2005  The Oak Ridger, Oct. 14

2005  The Winston-Salem Journal:Relish, Nov. 6

2006  The Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jan 1

2006   Winston-Salem Journal, Aug.20

2006    Metro Pulse, Aug. 30

2006    Knoxville News-Sentinel, Sept.17

2006    Eva Magazine/Cover Story- Nov. Issue

 

Associations:

Visual Arts Columnist, Knoxville Voice

Freelance Writer, Number: an Independent  Arts Journal, Art Papers

A1LabArts, Knoxville, TN, Board

Kaleidoscope Artist Group

Association of Visual Artists, Chattanooga, TN

Knoxville Arts and Culture Alliance