EXHIBITIONS

2005

What Happened Here? Christian Brothers University Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee

Temple Arts Festival Congregation Ohabai Shalom, Nashville, Tennessee (Invitational, April)

Kings Bridge Biennial, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia (Curator:Erica Mohar, July)

2004

pARTy Salon exhibition, Huntsville Arts Council, Huntsville, Alabama (invitational)

Live Art space 301, Mobile, AL (Juror: Wanda Sullivan)

Damage/Radiance Union Grove Gallery, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama (solo)

Recent Work Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia (solo)

Dog Days Show Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC (Juror: Kathleen Ewing)

7th International Open Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Juror: Claudia Demonte)

Exploring Gender Roles Walsh Library Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey (Juror: Sue Scott)

Paper in Particular Larsen Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia Missouri (Juror: David Leach)

The Body in Perspective Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia
(Juror: Katherine Shaw Sweeny)

2003

1st Annual Non-Cowboy Art Show Eleven East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix Arizona (Juror: David Cook)

2003 Open National Exhibition Long Beach Arts Association, Long Beach California (Juror: Roland Reiss)

Disclosing October Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman Montana (Juror: Ellen Ornitz)

Faculty Exhibition Union Grove Gallery, University of Alabama, Huntsville Alabama

28th Juried Exhibition Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia (Juror: Rachael Blackburn)

Master of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens GA

46th Annual Awarded Exhibition 2003 San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California (Juror: Hugh Davies)

Lesbian Emergences, Athens Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia (Curator: Sarah Harbin)

Mixed Media 2003 Slidell Cultural Center, Slidell, Louisiana (Juror: Emery Clark)

2002

Male Purviews Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia (Curator: Paul Galloway)

The Game Show St. Andrews School Gallery, Sewannee, Tennessee (Curator: Christi Teasley)

little objects little others Studio 2 Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia (Solo)

Summer Salon Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida

Dimensions Monroe Art Center, Monroe, Georgia (Curator: Larry Millard)

Digigraphical Main Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia
(Curators: Kathryn Refi, Samantha Barnum)

Recent Work Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida (2 person)

Raw Womyn Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia (Curator: Lizzie Zucker-Saltz)

27th Juried Exhibition Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia (Juror: James Rondeau)

2nd Annual Regional Graduate Honors Exhibit Florida Community College, Jacksonville, Florida

2001

HERart 3 Woodenhead Gallery, Key West Florida (Curators: Jenny Zeller, Shari Schemel)

Eclectic Electric Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia (Juror: Lizzie Zucker-Saltz)

InFlux Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida (4 person)

The Orange Blossom Queen & Other Visions of Florida Madness Covivant Gallery, Tampa, Florida (Kathie Olivas)

Graduate Painting Exhibition Main Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia

Graduate Drawing Exhibition 2000 Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia

2000

3 Faces Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida (3 Person)

Winter Salon Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida

Women’s Week Exhibition Key West Museum of Art and History, Key West , Florida (Curator: Jill Zdanaw)

HERart 2 Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida (Curator: Danielle O’Rhan-Horlick)

Goddess Burning Bread Gallery, Key West, Florida (Curator: Alfonse Manosalvas)

day job Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida (4 Person)

2nd Annual Valentine Peep Show Hyde Park Fine Arts & Gallery on Florida, Tampa, Florida
(Curators: Cat Thompson, Kathie Olivas)

Ars Eroticus Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida

Woodenhead at Home Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida

1999

Y2K New Genres/New Millennium MCCA Court House Cultural Center, Stuart, Florida (Juror: Terry Thommes)

Y2K Survival Sale Covivant Gallery, Tampa, Florida

Made in Tampa Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida (Curator: Kathie Olivas)

Portfolio Exhibition Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida (Curator: Kathie Olivas)

The Best of Tampa Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida (Jurors: Deborah Jo Radke, Jim Beeler )

All Florida Show Centre Gallery, Tampa, Florida ( Juror: Joan Kropf)

Lucky Street Summer Show Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida

He Said, She Said Hyde Park Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida (Curator: Kathie Olivas)

HERart Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida (Curator: Barbara Vogel)

Avant Hop Hyde Park Fine Arts, New Heights Gallery & The Image Brewery, Tampa, Florida (Curators: Angela Dickerson, Kathie Olivas)

Articulated Identity Centre Gallery, Tampa, Florida

Who shall I say Is Calling? Centre Gallery, Tampa, Florida (Solo)

The Fall: Work from the Honors Studio USF Teaching Gallery, Tampa, Florida

CO- Gallery 145, St. Petersburg, Florida (Curator: Tiffany Szlilage)

1998

USF Juried Student Exhibition USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida ( Juror: Todd Levin)

Ain’t I a Woman 2 Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida

Shotel Tahitian Inn, Tampa, Florida (Curator: JSG Boggs)

Ars Eroticus Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida

Ain’t I a Woman Woodenhead Gallery, Key West, Florida

1997

Drawing 4321 USF Theater I, Tampa, Florida

FKCC Juried Student Exhibition FKCC, Key West, Florida

1994

True Colors Beyond the Rainbow East Martello Museum, Key West, Florida (Honorable Mention)

1993

Cheap Art 4 Memphis, Tennessee

Accessorize after the Fact Marshall Arts, Memphis, Tennessee (Curator: Crosby McCloy)

1992

Living Rooms Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis College of Art Juried Summer Exhibition Tobey Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee

Cheap Art 3 Memphis, Tennessee

PERFORMANCE

2000

(Circle One) 8/31/00 3:45-5:14 p.m.
Time based site specific action, downtown, Athens, Georgia

1999

USF College of Fine Art Graduation Celebration
Multimedia Performance, USF Theater 2, Tampa, Florida

ArtHouse Multimedia Performance, USF College of Fine Arts, Tampa, Florida

1993

Accessorize: after the fact
Multimedia Performance, Monologue, Interactive Performance, Marshall Arts, Memphis, Tennessee

Threshold Monologue, Marshall Arts, Memphis, Tennessee

Vestigial Gestures Reading, Barristers, Memphis, Tennessee

Checkered Paths Reading, Gay Community Center, Memphis, Tennessee

AWARDS & HONORS

Instructional Mini-Grant 2003 University of Alabama, Huntsville

Research Grant 2003 University of Alabama, Huntsville

Merit Award 2002 27th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center

Teaching Assistantship 2001, 2002 Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia

Graduate Assistantship 2000 Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia

Purchase Award 1999 Best of Tampa Exhibition

John Smith Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts 1999 USF College of Fine Arts

Robert Gelinus Honors Studio Scholarship 1999 USF Art Department

Contemporary Art Museum Award 1998 USF Juried Student Exhibition

Frank Spain Scholarships & Honors Program Scholarships 1998-1999 University of South Florida

Full Scholarship 1997 Key West Literary Seminar Workshop

Full Scholarship 1996 FKCC Writer’s Workshop

Honorable Mention 1994 True Colors Beyond the Rainbow Exhibition

Portfolio Scholarship 1991 Memphis College of Art

PUBLICATIONS

Review of Cross/ing. Time. Space. Movement , Paradise, May 11, 2000 p. 17

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Kacky Walton, Interview, WLRH, Radio, Memphis, Tennessee January 7, 2004

Wanda Sullivan, catalogue Live Art, 2004 p.11 (with photographs)

Renee Brock “Grad Student Uses Wood as Canvas For Drawings” Red & Black, August 22, 2002, p.4 (with photograph)

Mary Jessica Hammes “Big Vulnerabilities for Little Ones” Marquee, August 15-21, 2002, p.7 (with photographs)

Flagpole, Exhibition announcement with photograph, August 7, 2002 p.15

Mark Howell “ The Girrrls are Back”, Solares Hill, Vol. 25 Number 11, p. 17 (with photograph)

Nancy Lukasiewicz, catalogue 27th Juried Exhibition Lyndon House Arts Center, 2002 p. 17 (with photograph)

Jennifer Conway “Exhibit Highlights Darker, Erotic Side of Life” St. Petersburg Times, July 5, 2001 (with photograph)

Lizzie Zucker-Saltz, catalogue Eclectic Electric, 2001 p.9 (with photograph)

Mark Howell, “Four Artists Go Beyond Their ‘day jobs’”, Paradise April 20, 2000 p.17 (with photograph)

Solares Hill, Exhibition announcement with photograph, April 19, 2000 p.15
“ Artists Take a Break to Exhibit ‘day job’” Celebrate, April 20, 2000 p.12 (with photograph)

Esther Hammer, “Three USF Graduates Present Art Show” The Tampa Tribune February 24, 2000 p. 3

“ Local Women Bring out their Art at Woodenhead” , Celebrate, September 10, 1999 p1, 13 (pictorial)

“ HERart Exhibit Features Seven Local Women Artists”, Celebrate , September 3, 1999 p.1

Mark Howell “Woodenhead Celebrates Womanfest”, Paradise September 2, 1999 p.8

Solares Hill, Exhibition announcement with photograph, September 2, 1999 p.17

Jess Heron, “The Color of Questions”, The Oracle, April 16, 1999 p.6 (with photographs)

EDUCATION

University of Georgia MFA 2003

University of South Florida BA Fine Arts Summa Cum Laude 1999 (Studio Art)

Florida Keys Community College AA GPA 4.0 1997 (Academic Core, Art)

Memphis College of Art GPA 3.86 1991-92 (Foundations)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Alabama, Huntsville 2003-present Assistant Professor-Painting, Drawing, Time Based Arts

Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia 2001-2003 Teaching Assistant
Instructor of Record for foundation courses“Color & Composition” “Drawing I” and “Intro to Art & Technology” including class planning & development of syllabi.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Montevallo, Foundations Juried Exhibition, Juror 2005

Huntsville Museum of Art, VAAP 2005: Visual Arts Achievement Program student exhibition, Juror 2005

Huntsville Art League, Visiting Artist Lecture, Huntsville, Alabama, 2004

How I spent my summer Vacation… Union Grove Gallery, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2004, curator

V-day Art, University Center Gallery, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2004, Curator

Panoply Arts Festival, Huntsville Alabama, Juror 2003

Flying Monkey Arts Recycled Art Exhibit, Huntsville Alabama, Juror 2003

ACC Leisure Services: Project Reach, Athens, Georgia, summer 2002, Art Coordinator Developed & implemented summer arts curriculum for 40 special needs students ages 8-21. Adapted equipment and activities to meet the individual needs of students whose physical, intellectual, and emotional disabilities ranged from mild to severe & profound.

Monroe Council of the Arts, Key West, Florida, 1999-2000, Administrative Assistant Assisted in compiling and writing successful grants to the DCA, ACE, Very Special Arts and private funding sources. Created centralized system for managing reporting statistics for the agency’s multiple programs and funding sources. Expanded, updated and promoted the Arts Council’s web site, www.keysarts.org, including outreach to community, development of link exchanges and evaluation and improvement of search engine results. Helped organize community workshops, contests and grant review panels.

Haitian Art Company, Key West, Florida summer 1998, Intern
Collaborated with staff on the design of extensive (200+ Pages) web site at www.haitian-art-co.com.
Wrote HTML code, edited and composed text, scanned and adjusted images in PhotoShop.
Assisted in daily gallery operations.

USF Fine Arts Forum (student arts organization), Tampa, Florida, 1997-1998
Instrumental in the production of annual student exhibitions, auction and Art Department open house.
Primary organizer of student curated exhibit The Fall: Works from the Honors 2-d Studio.

Centre Gallery, Tampa Florida, Spring 1998
Served on selection committee for fall 1999 exhibits.

1992-93 Organized and promoted independent alternative exhibitions, performances and literary events at a variety of venues in Memphis, Tennessee.

ORGANIZATIONS

College Art Assocition 2000-Present

Foundations in Art: Theory & Education (FATE) 2002-Present

Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) 2002-Present