I used to ride the city bus from my stop to the end and back in order to observe and draw the people on the bus during my junior high school years. I met someone on the bus who told me about the children’s Saturday School at Columbus College of Art and Design. I took the bus there and showed them my sketch book. They allowed me to attend for free. While in high school I received the governor’s award for the arts in Ohio. The award was a solo show at The Ohio State Fair and a place for me to demonstrate. I did portraits every day for 5.00 each for anyone able to trust a teenager.
My drawings earned me a full scholarship at Columbus College of Art and Design and later a scholarship and fellowship at The University of South Carolina. After earning my BFA degree I married and began a family teaching art at the elementary and university level.
Making marks on paper was ingrained in me from a very early age. During my formal studies I searched for a medium that would allow me to incorporate the integrity of my gestures and lines. I began with sculpture, but the department was too misogynistic to allow me to continue. While pursuing this line of studies, I met Louis Nevelson who encouraged me to distance myself from these male teachers. I morphed to printmaking and discovered lithography. I was fascinated with the multitude of processes that informed my love of drawing. In addition, I fell in love with handmade and organic papers.
I taught printmaking and drawing at the university level until I retired from a tenured position to practice art full time in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Images can be seen in print in the 2010 and 2012 West divisions of New American Paintings. I was honored to be featured in “Art on the Edge” at the New Mexico Museum of Art, and one of five women in New Mexico nominated as Women to Watch, representing the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. Among my public collections are: The Baatan Building in Santa Fe, Uinversity of New Mexico, Central New Mexico Community College, Eastern New Mexico University, USAO in Oklahoma, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Virginia Hospital.
EDUCATION
University of South Carolina, Master of Fine Arts Degree
Columbus College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Art
Arizona State University MA Film Theory and Criticism
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Arbor3 Arts - Three Oaks, Michigan
Blue Print Gallery - Dallas
Blue Raven Gallery - Maine
Kay Contemporay - Santa Fe NM
Thornwood Galleries – Houston Texas
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Kay Contemporary Art Santa Fe
2020 Blue Print Gallery - Dallas
2019. Blue Print - Dallas
2018 David Anthony Fine Art
2016 David Anthony Fine Art
2015 The William and Joseph Gallery
2014 Artspace 111, Fort Worth Texas
JRB Fine Arts, Oklahoma City OK
2013 Mathews Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2012 Paseo Originals, Oklahoma City
Living Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma – April
2011 Mathews/Deloney Newkirk Galleries
2010 Istvan Gallery OKC
Artprize Grand Rapids Michigan.
Fort Worth Community Arts
Istvan Gallery OKC
2009 City Arts Solo October-November - Oklahoma City
Conduit Gallery March Dallas, Texas
2008 MFA Gallery Dallas Texas, June-August
2005 Solo Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri
2004 IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
SELECTED GROUP EXHBITION’S
2021/22/23/24. Blue Print Gallery - Dallas
2020 Women to Watch New Mexico- National Museum of Women in Art Washington, -Center for Contemporary Arts.
Grand Opening - Kay Contemporary - Santa Fe NM
2019 Santa Fe Community Gallery CSA Project
2018 Thornwood Gallery
Joseph Gierek Fine Art
JRB at the Elms.
2017 Farmington Art Museum – Best of Show - Juried
2016 Group Show – David Anthony Fine Art
2015 New Mexico Museum of Art – Art on the Edge
2014 Meyer Gallery – Park City Utah
2013 A.C.A Gallery, NYC group Exhibit
2012 New American Paintings – west division – exhibition in print.
2011 Red Dot IAO Gallery
Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition 12X12
Benrimon Contemporary, New York, New York.
Omelet Party Fundraiser for Oklahoma Museum of Art
2010 12X12 Fred Jones OKC September
The Art of the Doll – OKC
Arkansas Art Center Delta Show
Leslie Powell
Art Prize Michigan
2009 Suzanne Mears Art Holiday Show
IAO Gallery Red Dot
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 12X12 Art Show and Auction
Suzanne Mears Art Art of the Dog
MSCC Forsyth Center Galleries Texas A&M University - BEST OF SHOW
VAST Visual Arts Society of Texas
Oklahoma Friendly: National Juried Exhibition
CafCity Arts Group Invitational
13th Biennial Oklahoma Centerfold University of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma
2008 9X12 Works on Paper Fort Worth Community Arts Center
13th Biennial Oklahoma Centerfold” Leslie Powell Lawton
QX.net Nude International 2008
Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition juror Robert Mueller
Lexington Art League January-February Loudoun House Gallery
2007 ISTVAN Gallery Grand Opening
50th Annual Delta Exhibition Juror James Surls Arkansas Arts Center
Oklahoma Suite II Leslie Levy Fine Arts
Seven State Biennial USAO Art Gallery
Leslie Levy Fine Arts Oklahoma
The Figurative Impulse Art Corridor II Fort Worth, Texas Group Invitational
Oklahoma Suite II - Two Year Traveling Exhibit
Edge Art Now IAO Gallery
Oklahoma Friendly National Juried FIRST PLACE Mixed Media OCU
2006 Paseo Art Gallery Group Juried Show
Heroes and Outlaws Oklahoma Centennial Exhibit
Oklahoma Art Guild National Juried Exhibition April First Place
Facets of the Feminine
2005 Seven State Biennial Purchase Award
Oklahoma Painting and Drawing Biennial VIII
The Shafer Regional Invitational Art Exhibition
Café City Arts Exhibit
2004 24 Works on Paper Traveling Exhibit
Goddard Center 35th Annual Juried Show
OVAC Artful Experience Printmaking Oklahoma
2003 Not So Silent Night Invitation
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Biennial OKC
Mixed Media/Collage Juried Exhibition Best of Show Norick Art Center - Oklahoma
2002 Goddard Center 33rdAnnual Art Exhibit First Place
Lawton Oklahoma Monotype Invitation Group show
IAO Mixed Media Juror Laura Wariner
Biting the Apple 2002 Sex Machines IAO Gallery,
Oklahoma Arts Guild 34th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition
2001 Three Person Invitational Murray State College
Mixed Media Norick Art Center Oklahoma City University
Four Person Independent Artists of Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
2000 Southwestern University Three Person Invitational
Independent Artists of Oklahoma Eleventh Annual Mixed Media
Mixed Media/Collage Exhibition; Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City University
Museum/Public Collections - selection
Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, Meridian, Idaho
University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville Virginia – Purchase: 2018
State of New Mexico – Bataan Building - 2016
Central New Mexico Community College - 2017
Eastern New Mexico University - 2016
Oklahoma State University
East Central University
Texas A&M - Library
University of Science and Art Chickasaw OK
Publications
Trend Magazine - Fall/Winter/Spring 2019/2020
New American Paintings - 2018
New American Paintings 2014, Issue 114
Trend Magazine Fall/Winter 2013/2014
New American Paintings, West Issue #103, juror Bill Arning 2012
The Magazine September 2012
Studio Visit Magazine 2011/2010
Southwest Art July 2011
The Santafean August 2011
SELECTED AWARDS and GRANTS
Nominated: National Women in Art Museum - Washington DC
New Mexico Art in Public Places 2017
Prospectus #239 2016 AIPP Large Scale Purchase Initiative
New Mexico Art in Public Spaces – finalist 2014/2015
Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition 2009 Fellowship Award
BEST OF SHOW TEXAS A&M FORSYTH GALLERY
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER - FELLOWSHIP
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Framing Grant – 2009
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Education Grant 2008
University of Science and Arts OK 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 First Place Award
East Central University Education Grant
IAO Gallery Best Use of Mixed Media
Norick Art Center One of Two First Place Awards
East Central University - Dean Travel Award for Scholarly Activity
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES PRESENTED
Oklahoma Visual Artists Coalition: Gallery Representation.
Artspace 2010 - lecture
Mixed Media Workshop Oklahoma Art Guild June 2010
Quartz Mountain panel artist - topic: residencies
Zacryl Intaglio Printmaking Untitled ArtSpace 2008
Smart Plate Digital Printmaking Untitled Artspace 2006
Book Arts Manchester England, March 2005
Lithography Demonstration Artful Experience OKC 2005/2004
Monotype Lecture Nelsen Atkins Print Consortium October 2003
Paper CAA Conference February 2002 (Philadelphia) The On-Going Debate of the
MFA Degree.
Paper Presentation Problems in Academia, and Investigation of Professional
Practices. SECAC Conference 2001, Columbia, SC
Portrait Drawing and Painting Demonstration, Columbus, Ohio
RESIDENSIES, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES
Santa Fe Art Institute July August (Residency) 2010
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
Zacryl 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 ASSISTANSHIPS
Arizona State University Teaching Assistantship
University of South Carolina Teaching Assistantship and Fellowship
Ford Foundation Scholarship
Columbus College of Art and Design Three Year Full Scholarship
Columbus College of Art and Design Outstanding Junior Studio Major Full Year
Scholarship
