Exhibitions
2023
/ Vivid Art Gallery, Landscape Alchemy, Winnetka, IL
/ Arbor 3 Arts, Affordable Art Fair, Group Show, New York, NY. Selected as one of “Five Artists to Watch For.”
/ Gallery 1871, New Directions, Group Show, Chicago, IL
2022
/ K Imperial Gallery, Leaping from Wave to Wave in Search of Water, February, San Francisco, CA
/ Walker Fine Art, Casting Currents, Group Show, May, Denver, CO
2021
/ Hyde Park Art Center, Universe in a Teardrop, Group Show, Chicago, IL
/ Gallery 1871, Winds of Change, October, Chicago, IL
/ Vivid Art Gallery, Wave to Wave in Search of Water, Winnetka, IL
/ K Imperial Gallery, Wave to Wave in Search of Water, San Francisco, CA
2020
/ Kuperkuparipaja, Fiskar Village, Finland
/ Walker Fine Art, Power and Fragility, Group Show, Denver, CO, May
2019
/ Vivid Art Gallery, Fractals from the Native Prairie, July, Winnetka, IL
2018
/ Residency at Lyselotte Ort fur Kulturschaffende in Basel, Switzerland, June
/ Vivid Art Gallery, Insula Cyan, May, Winnetka, IL
/ Chicago Art Source, July, Chicago
/ Walker Fine Art, September, Denver, CO
/ Krasl Art Center, September, St. Joseph, MI
2017
/ I Have Vivid Memories of Lightning, Donnelly Foundation, Chicago, curated by Kate Pollasch, July-December
/ 50/50 Year of Public Art, selected artist for 47th Ward, Chicago, October
Bloudel Reserve Residency, Bainbridge Island, Washington October
Walker Gallery, Denver, Colorado November 10
2016
/ Your Body is a Battle Ground, Weinburg Newton Gallery, Chicago
/ Vortices public art installation, Nashville International Airport, Terminal C
/ Ebb and Flow, Chicago Art Source, 2 person show with Bassmi Ibrahim, April, May, June
/ Highland Park Art Center, May
/ Ruminate, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, opening June 3rd
/ Chicago Tree Project, September
/ Prairie State University, November
/ Mingara Gallery, Phillip Island, Australia, December
2015
/ Hemera Foundation Fellow, Japan
/ Today and Tomorrow Series, New Albany Biennial, Carnegie Art Center, Louisville
/ Transcendence, Emery Arts Center, University of Maine
/ Permeated Surfaces, Beverly Art Center, 3-person show, Chicago
/ Mandala, Expo 2015, Artmeet, Milan, Italy
2014
/ Mandalas, Project Room, Chicago
/ Permeated Surfaces, Evanston Art Center, 3-person show, Evanston, Illinois
/ Surge, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Art Prize, Michigan
/ Mandalas solo show, Artmeet, Milan, Italy
/ Permeated Surfaces, Saugatuck Art Center, 3 person show, Saugatuck, Michigan
2013
/ Out of Darkness, Comes Light, Project Room, Chicago
/ Vortices, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Art Prize, Grand Rapids, Michigan
/ Land of the Rising Sun, South Haven Art Center, Michigan
/ Pulp, Carnegie Art Museum, solo show, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012
/ Art Stop, Des Moines Art Museum, Iowa
/ Form and Flora, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago
/ Art Comes Alive, solo show winner, Cincinnati, Ohio
/ Centering, solo show, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago
2011
/ Ways of Making: Works on Paper, Governors State University, Illinois
with Michelle Grabner, Zach Mory, Matt Woodward
/ Mandala, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Art Prize, Top 25
/ Kite Mandalas, Prudential Plaza Lobby, Chicago
/ Big Paper, Gallery 220, Chicago
Residencies
/ Vermont Studio Center, fellowship 2015
/ 33 Officina, Toffia, Italy, September 2014
/ Brush Creek, Wyoming, 2013
/ Ragdale, Lake Forest, Illinois, 2012
/ Works on Paper Residency, studio space, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 2010-11
Corporate Collections
/ Hilton, Barbados
/ Intercontinental, Guatemala City
/ Westin, Pittsburg
/ Hilton, Dubai
/ Ritz Carlton, Abu Dhabi
/ Sonesta, Hilton Head
Publications, reviews and links
/ Permeated Surfaces, Evanston Art Center. Click here to see the pdf
/ Hemera Foundation, Tending Spaces Fellowship,
/ Form in Flora III at Lincoln Park Conservatory
/ Governors State University — Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park. Click here to see the pdf newsletter
/ "Centering" Dorothy Thiel Gallery, South Suburban College, Holland, Illinois 4
/ "Organic Matter" Coalition Gallery, Museum Examiner, Chicago
/ "Organic Matter", Praeterita
/ Joseph Becherer's ArtPrize 2013 Top 10: Focus on poetry of works
"ArtPrize exhibition center review: Feeling at home at the Grand Rapids Art Museum”
Workshop/Teaching Experience
/ School of the Art Institute of Chicago, paper sculpture workshop
/ Japanese Cultural Center, Chicago, sumi-e instructor
/ Lill Street Art Center/Lill Street Loft, instructor, 2000-present
/ Brushcreek Endowment for the Arts, Wyoming, watercolor workshop
/ Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, sumi-e workshop
/ Grand Rapids Art Museum, Children’s Mandala workshop
/ Old Town School, Chicago, instructor, 1997-present
/ Chicago Children’s Museum
/ College of DuPage, 1998-99
