EDUCATION

University of South Carolina, Master of Fine Arts Degree
Columbia, South Carolina

Columbus College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Art
Columbus, Ohio

Arizona State University
Tempe Arizona

James Madison University
Harrisonburg Virginia

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Deloney Newkirk Galleries – Santa Fe New Mexico

Istvan Gallery – Oklahoma City

Suzanne Mears – Oklahoma City

Conduit Gallery – Dallas, Texas (works exhibited)

SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010

Fort Worth Community Arts Opening May 7th

 

Istvan Gallery OKC – August 2010

 

Deloney Newkirk Galleries – TBA

2009

City Arts – Solo – October – November 2009– Oklahoma City

 

Conduit Gallery March 28th – Dallas, Texas

2008

MFA Gallery Dallas Texas, June 28th – August 5th

 

Istvan Gallery – Oklahoma City OK – September 2008

2003

Solo Exhibition, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – September-October

 

Solo Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri – October – November

2001

Solo Exhibition, East Central University, Recent Paintings, Drawings, and Prints. Ada, Oklahoma – February

1999

Two-Person Exhibition, Williston, North Dakota

1998

Solo Exhibition, Slouign International Gallery

1994

Solo Exhibition, Lithographs and Intaglio, Shemer Art Center, Scottsdale, Arizona

1986

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Columbia South Carolina

1985

Lithographs and Drawings, Two-Person Exhibition, Weekend Gallery, Columbia Museum of Fine Art, Columbia, South Carolina

1983

Prints and Drawings, Solo Exhibition, Evangel College Art Gallery, Springfield, Missouri

 

Recent Serigraphs, Solo Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Fine Art

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

52nd Annual Delta Exhibition – Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas – January 20 – March 14, 2010. Juror Martha Tedeschi. Honorable Mention.

2009

Suzanne Mears Art – Holiday Show – Dec

 

IAO Gallery Red Dot – November

 

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 12X12 Art Show and Auction – October

 

Suzanne Mears Art – Art of the Dog – July

 

MSCC Forsyth Center Galleries – Texas A&M University – Regional Juried Art Exhibition March 27th – May 11th. AWARD - BEST OF SHOW

 

VAST – Visual Arts Society of Texas – April 23rd – May 31st

 

Oklahoma Friendly: National Juried Exhibition Marh 6-Aprill 11

 

Café City Arts Group Invitational. February - OKC

13th Biennial “Oklahoma Centerfold” –University of Arts and Sciences – Chickasha, Oklahoma - January

2008

9X12 Works on Paper – Fort Worth Community Arts Center – December

 

13th Biennial “Oklahoma Centerfold” – Leslie Powell – Lawton Nov/Dec

 

“Gastronomia-ero’tica y estimulante” McKinney Ave. Contemporary - July

 

29th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition – juror Robert Mueller – Columbia College – February 3rd – March 2nd.

 

QX.net Nude International 2008 – Juror Jay Gorney – Lexington Art League – January 5th – February 24th. Loudoun House Gallery Award

2007

ISTVAN Gallery – Grand Opening – Gallery Artist

 

50th Annual Delta Exhibition – Juror James Surls – Arkansas Arts Center – December Through January

 

Red Dot – IAO Gallery – Juried Show and Sale

 

Oklahoma Suite II – Leslie Levy Fine Arts – Lawton Oklahoma – November

 

Seven State Biennial – USAO Art Gallery – Leslie Levy Fine Arts Oklahoma November 2007 – February 2008

 

The Figurative Impulse – Art Corridor II – Fort Worth, Texas – Group Invitational - October

 

12 x 12 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition – Annual Art Auction

 

Five x Seven On the Road: Dallas – Hosted by Conduit Gallery – August

 

Oklahoma Suite II (Two Year Traveling Exhibit – Artsplace Ponca City July

 

Edge Art Now – IAO Gallery – Juried Show – April

 

Oklahoma Friendly – National Juried Show – March 18-April 7 –Norman - FIRST PLACE

 

Mixed Media – Oklahoma City University Juried Show – HONORABLE MENTION

2006

Paseo Art Gallery – Group Juried Show – December 2006 –January

 

Heroes and Outlaws – Oklahoma Centennial Exhibit January 2006

 

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 12 by 12 Art Auction – October

 

Oklahoma Art Guild National Juried Exhibition – April – First Place, Honorable Mention

 

Facets of the Feminine - March

2005

Seven State Biennial – Purchase Award

 

Oklahoma Painting and Drawing Biennial VIII - Honorable Mention

 

12 * 12 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalitions

 

The Shafer Regional Invitational Art Exhibition January 18 – February 20

 

Café’ City Arts Exhibit – January 21 – February 26

2004

12 by 12 OVAC Annual Auction and Show

 

24 Works on Paper Traveling Exhibit

 

Goddard Center 35th Annual Juried Show, One of Five Equal Merit Awards.

 

OVAC Artful Experience Printmaking Oklahoma – April

 

Ada Artists Association – Honorable Mention

2003

Not So Silent Night – Invitation – Art Auction

 

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition – Biennial – OKC – April

 

Mixed Media/Collage Juried Exhibition – Best of Show – Norick Art Center – Oklahoma city University – Juror: Jim Bray

 

National Juried Small Works – Murray State University, Oklahoma East Central University – Faculty Show – March

2002

Small Works – Juried show – East Central University – Third Place

 

Goddard Center’s 33rd Annual Art Exhibit – One of Five Equal First Place

 

Lawton Oklahoma Monotype Invitation – Group show

 

Ada Artist’s Association – Equal Merit Award

 

East Central University Faculty Show

 

IAO Mixed Media – Juror – Laura Wariner April 6-27

 

Biting the Apple 2002 Sex Machines – IAO Gallery, March 1-30th

 

Oklahoma Arts Guild 34th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition – March 9th-April 15th.

 

Three Person Invitational – Murray State College

 

Mixed Media – Norick Art Center – Oklahoma City University Feb. 17th –March 15th

 

Four Person – IAO (Independent Artists of Oklahoma) Oklahoma City January 4-31

2000

Southwestern University – Three Person Invitational – October

 

Small Works – East Central University – Honorable Mention

 

The Goddard Center’s 32nd Annual Ardmore Art Exhibit, Juror: Roger Huebner, May

 

National Small Works Juried Exhibition, Murray State College, April

 

Independent Artists of Oklahoma – Eleventh Annual Mixed Media Juried Exhibition – juror Jon Burris – Best Use of Mixed Media

 

East Central University Faculty Show – April

 

Ada Centennial Art Exhibit, April, One of Four First Place Equal Merit Awards

 

Mixed Media/Collage Exhibition; Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City University, One of two equal (first) merit awards.

1999

Yuma Consortium Invitation

 

Rough Rider Invitational, North Dakota

1998

James Memorial Art Gallery, Group Juried Exhibition

1995

Glendale Community College Faculty Show

1994

A.P.Tell Gallery, Phoenix, AZ Group Show

1993

Shemer Art Center, Phoenix Area Invitation

 

Act-Up, Group Show and Auction, Scottsdale AZ

1992

CIVA Group Exhibit, Bethel College, Minneapolis Minnesota

 

Expressions of Faith – Juried – Phoenix AZ

 

Act Up, Group Show and Auction, Scottsdale, AZ

 

Faculty Show – Grand Canyon University, PHX AZ

 

Multiples, Shemer Art Center – Group Invitation

1991

Arizona Artists Showcase – Flagstaff AZ

 

Act Up, Group Show and Auction, Scottsdale, AZ

1990

Scottsdale Invitation – Borgata, Scottsdale, AZ

1989

Arizona Past, Present and Future, State Capitol, Phx. AZ

 

Contemporary Artists’ Guild, Mesa AZ

1986

McKissick Museum, Columbia, SC

 

Spring Mills Art Exhibition, Lancaster, SC

 

Eastern United States Print and Drawing Exhibition, Charlotte, NC

 

South Carolina Artists’ Guild Group Show, Spartanburg SC

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

University of Sciences and Arts – Oklahoma

Charlotte Art Museum – North Carolina

SELECTED AWARDS and GRANTS

52nd Annual Delta Show – Honorable Mention

Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition 2009 Fellowship Award

BEST OF SHOW – TEXAS A&M FORSYTH GALLERY

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition – Framing Grant - 2009

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition – Education Grant – 2008

Jay Gorney – Award of Merit

Vermont Studio Center

USAO – Purchase Award

Oklahoma Painting and Drawing Biennial VIII – honorable mention

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Materials Grant

Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Travel Grant

Norick Art Center – Oklahoma City University – Best of Show

Goddard Center One of Four First Place Awards

East Central University Education Grant

IAO Gallery – Best Use of Mixed Media

Ada Centennial - First Place Award

Norick Art Center – One of Two First Place Awards

East Central University’s Dean Travel Award for Scholarly Activity

Ohio Governor’s Award for the Arts

WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES – PRESENTED

Quartz Mountain – panel – artist’s residencies – April 2009

Z’Acryl Intaglio Printmaking – Untitled Artspace – March 2008

Smart Plate – Digital Printmaking – Untitled Artspace – February 2006

Book Arts – Manchester England, March 2005

Lithography Demonstration – Artful Experience OKC April 2005,2004

Workshop Leader – Mixed Media and the Monotype Jan. 04

Artistic Advisor – Ada Gifted and Talented – Collage 2004 – An Oklahoma Centennial Project.

Monotype Lecture – Nelsen Atkins Print Consortium October 2003

Paper – CAA Conference – February 2002 (Philadelphia) – The On-Going Debate of the MFA Degree.

Ada Artists Association – Matting and Framing Artwork

Workshop leader – Watercolor – East Central University

Paper Presentation – Problems in Academia, and Investigation of Professional Practices. SECAC Conference 2001, Columbia, South Carolina

Intaglio Workshop, & Slide Lecture, CIVA Conference, Grantham, PA

Serigraphy Demonstration and Show, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO

Portrait Drawing and Painting Demonstration, Columbus, Ohio

RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS– ATTENDED

Z’Acryl – Non-toxic printmaking – Los Milagros Print Studio – October 2005

The Business of Art – Untitled Gallery – November 2004 –OVAC

Going Digital – Oklahoma City University – October, 2004 - OVAC

Nontoxic printmaking – Santa Fe New Mexico August 3 – 20, 2004

Monotype Workshop - Ron Pokrasso – Santa Fe, New Mexico

Monotype Workshop – Quartz Mountain - 2001

Monotype Workshop – Quartz Mountain - 2002

SCHOLARSHIPS AND ASSISTANTSHIPS

Columbus College of Art and Design Three Year Full Scholarship

Columbus College of Art and Design Outstanding Junior Studio Major Full Year Scholarship

Ford Foundation Scholarship

University of South Carolina Teaching Assistantship and Fellowship

Arizona State University Teaching Assistantship

INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Board Member – 2005-2008 - Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

ASK Committee co-chair (ovac committee) 2005-PRESENT

12 * 12 committee – OVAC 2006,2007

Untitled Artspace – Print Advisory Committee 2005 - 2008

Faculty Senate – Elected member 2006,2007 - East Central University

Cultural Activities Committee –2002 – 2005
Committee Chair - 2003/2004, 2004/2005

Art Club Director - 2000 through 2004

Gallery Director - 2002 to present, rotating every third semester.

Originals Magazine - Art Sponsor, 2004 – present

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Association of Schools of Art and Design

The College Art Association

Southeast Coalition of Art Colleges

Southern Graphics Council

Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition

Individual Artists of Oklahoma

Ada Artists Association

Ada Sunrise Rotary

JUROR

2007

Ada Artists Association Spring Show - Juror

2004

2003Madil Oklahoma Art Guild Spring Show – Juror

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2010

Persistent Breach – Feb. 12th - March 12th – Pogue Gallery

2009

Three Women from Texas – October 2009 – East Central University Gallery

2002

Three Oklahoma Printmakers

1999-2000

Gallery Milepost Nine – Curator

 

Yuma Photography Invitation

 

Alan Petersen – Paintings

1990-1993

A.P.Tell Gallery - Phoenix, Arizona – Curator

 

Feast of the Eyes (Large-scale photographs of traditional Japanese cuisine)

 

Expressions of Faith VI (religions of the southwest)

 

Randy McCabe and R. Mike Johns (The fragile porcelain teapots of Johns juxtaposed with McCabe’s large mixed media sculpture

 

Visions From Two Deserts – Arizona Artist, Ann Coe and Israeli sculptor Tova Beck-Friedman

 

Dolls, Kites, and Tops of Japan (Held in conjunction with the Phoenix Japanese Festival

 

Arizona Designer Craftsman and Craftsman Living Amongst You – featured Maurice Grossman

 

The Human Form as Mythical Vessel – Held in conjunction with the NECECA Conference. – A selection of artists whose primary medium is clay, David Aguirre, Adrian Arleo, John Baron, Gary Benna, Janit Fichtinger, Arthur Gonzales, Ka Graves, Lauren Grossman, Trish Hawkins, R. Mike Johns, Jane Kelsey-Maple, Sandra Luchrsen
Anne Scott Plummer, Paula Rice, Dorothy Rissman, Randall Schmidt, Nina Ilitzky Soloman, and Yoshio Taylor