Resume
EDUCATION
1993 M.A. School of the Art Inst. Of Chicago (20thc. Art History, Theory and Criticism) (Thesis: Demoiselles d’Avignon; published at SAIC)
1987 MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1975-78 Studied Art Therapy Adler Inst; Gestalt Inst. Mildred Chapin ATR
1962 B.A Northwestern University (English Literature)
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2006 Koehnline Museum of Art, IL-“Travel Documents”
1997 Sedona Museum of Art – One person Retrospective
1993 Sedona Museum of Art – Group: “Creation Themes”
1990 Haggin Museum Stockton, CA – 5th National Print and Drawing Show
1990 State of Illinois Museum Gallery, Chicag0: “Monuments and Memorials”, an exhibition with 6 sculptors and 3 architects;
Curator: Victor Cassidy (catalog)
1986 Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL-“Fetish Art: Obsessive Expressions” – Installation Invitational; Curator: Robert Middaugh
1982 Museo de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico – “Chicago Paper”
1981 Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL -33rd Invitational; Curator: Robert Evans
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Imagine Art Gallery, Sedona AZ “Shamanic Visions” painting & poetry (catalog)
2001 Imagine Art Gallery, Sedona AZ Paintings, Monoprints, Poetry, Installation (catalog)
1998 Gardens For Humanity, AZ: Artist Studio and Garden Tour
1997 Sedona Museum of Art, Retrospective
1990 Three Illinois Center, Chicago: Large Paintings; Curator: Dennis Adrian
1990 Prairie Ave.Gallery, Chicago:“Thresholds” site-specific sculptural installation (catalog)
1990 Jung Institute, IL: Small Works (“A Bird’s Eye View”)
1988 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago: Paintings (Ophelia’s Visions)
1982 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago: (Tantric Journeys) (catalog)
1980 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago: (Personal Geologies – textural Paintings)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
17 years of representation with Jan Cicero Gallery in Chicago
2010 Sedona Visual Artist Coalition “Pathways”
2009 Sedona Visual Artist Coalition “Music of the Earth”
2006 Columbia College Art & Design, Chicago, IL – “Travel Documents"; Curator: Corey Postiglione (catalog)
2006 Robert Roman Gallery –Scottsdale, AZ
2006 Sedona Visual Artist Coalition – “Random Acts of Art”
2004 Evanston Art Center, IL – “A Moment in Time”; Curator: Corey Postiglione)
2004 Yavapai Center For the Arts, – “Eden Rediscovered” and “Dreams”
2002-03 Gallery WOW, Sedona AZ
2002 Nassan Gobran School of Fine Arts, Sedona. – “Masters Show”
2002 Sedona Art Center Gallery Shop
2001 Betty Rymer Gallery: Chicago IL- “2001 Space Oddities”
2001 Nassan Gobran School of Fine Arts, Sedona = Faculty Exhibition
2001 Sedona Visual Artist Coalition (Installation FOSP)
2000 Nassan Gobran School of Fine Arts, Arizona: Faculty Exhibition
1989 R.H. Love Gallery, Chicago: “The Very Top: Chgo. Women Painters
1988 Judith Racht Gallery; Chicago
1988 Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago: “Discoveries”
1988 Columbia College Gallery, Chicago: Pougialis Mentor/Apprentice Show
1988 Art Institute of Chicago: Fellowship Exhibition
1988 School of the Art Institute Chicago Gallery: “Paper Products”
1988 Northwestern University Dittmar Gallery, IL: “Rites/Rights of Passage” (Sue Taylor, catalog)
1988 Paper Press, Chicago: “Paper Chase:-Handmade Paper
1988 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago: “Her Infinite Variety: Women in Sculpture” Installation
1986 Northern Illinois University, Swen Parson Gallery: “Art in Paper” (catalog)
1986 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago: “Drawings
1985 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago: Two Person Show: Paintings
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
2005 “Travel Documents, curated by Corey Postiglione
2002 Coconino Center for the Arts, AZ “Embracing Time: A celebration of Aging”; Yavapai Community College Arts and Technology Center; ASU West
1983 “Chicago Paper: North Dakota Arts Council; Power Plant Visual Art Center Fort Collins, CO, Stables Art Center, Taos, NM; Carlsbad Art Center, Carlsbad, NM; Museo de Bellas Arts: Mexico City, Mexico; Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; Fontbonne Gallery, St. Louis MO; University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI; Loyola University, Chicago; New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, Indiana
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1987 Edward L. Ryerson Foundation Traveling Fellowship-Schl. Of Art Inst.Chgo
1988 Finalist, Art History Fellowship: School of the Art Inst. Of Chicago
1987 Teaching Assistant Art History: School of the Art Insititute of Chicago
1987 Juror: “Multiformity: Art by SAIC Fiber Students” School of Art Inst. Of Chicago
1988 Pougialis Fellowship Mentor/Apprentice Program-Columbia College
1986 Honorable Mention, Harper College Annual Drawing Show IL
1985 Purchase Award, Illinois State Percent for Art – State of IL building
1985-87 Unendowed Scholarship (Hoggins Fund: SAIC)
1984 Pougialis Fellowship Mentor/Apprentice Program-Columbia College
1981 National Endowment for the Arts and Illinois Arts Council: Project Completion Grant for “Tantric Journeys”
1979 7-month Artist in Residence Grant from Illinois Arts Council
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF NOTE
Deloitte and Touche, Chicago IL Schiff, Hardin, Waite Atty.,Chicago IL
Harris Bank and Trust, Chicago, IL Oakbrook Hyatt Regency, Chicago IL
State of Illinois Building Urban Gateways Administrative Offices, Chicago IL
St. Ailbe Parochial School, Chicago Communications Resource Group, Evanston, IL
Goldberg & Cohen Law Offices Howard Tullman
PROFESSIONAL and TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Art/ Art History/ Humanities)
2009, 2010 ,2011 Lecturer Sedona Visual Artist Coalition
1992-to date Director of The Center for Creativity and Balance, Sedona AZ offering art classes and retreats in nature
1996-to date Instructor of Qi Gong/Tai Chi at Hilton Resort and Spa; Mii Amo Spa at Enchantment Resort
1991-to date Jin Shin Jyutsu Certified Practitioner and Self-Help Instructor
1999-2002 Nassan Gobran School of Fine Arts, Sedona AZ: Instructor-2D Design; aesthetics/color theory/composition; abstraction/realism art seminars; drawing
1995-2003 Northern Arizona University Elderhostel Arts Program (Instructor: watercolor, begin/intermed; drawing)
1995 Curator “Creation Themes” Sedona Museum of Art
1990 Panelist for Illinois Arts Council Artist as Resource Grant Selection Panel
1989 and 1980 Panelist for Illinois Arts Council Visual Arts Residency Selection Panel
1982-2005 Instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Painting and Drawing; Color Theory; Critique; and Oxbow Summer Institute; landscape drawing
1988-89 Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL (Instructor Art History; Humanities; Painting)
1983-86 Northeastern Il. Univ. (Chicago Teacher Center): Instructor in Teacher Training; Curriculum Devel.; Perspective; Portrait
1984 Curator- “Images Toward Peace” Dittmar Gallery Northwestern University
1981-84 Art Institute of Chicago – Museum Education Program: Lecturer
1980-90 Art Consultant: Flick Reedy Corp. (Bensenville, IL); Amoco Corporation planning for Annual Conference in Calgary, ALTA; Urban Gateways Chicago: A Center for Arts in Education (Curriculum Devel. And Design); training seminars for artist residencies; teacher institutes in watercolor techniques; understanding modern art; color & the senses; figure & landscape; Interdisciplinary workshops in “Dance and Drawing”. “Writing and Drawing”
1979-80 Artist in Residence (7 months) Bensenville IL Pioneered art curriculum development for entire elementary school district and recreation programs in the community
1978-81 Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Art Encounter (Education & Enrichment in the Visual Arts: Program Development; fundraising; grant writing, gallery-museum tours
PUBLICATIONS: REVIEWS
2006–10 Articles and Announcements in Sedona Red Rock News, Kudos, (“Shamanic Visions”) and on the Internet by Jim Peterson and Sedona Visual Artist Coalition
2006 Chicago Sun Times: “Travel Documents”
1997 Red Rock News, Sedona AZ, Janice Hightower
1989 New Art Examiner Magazine (January) “Reviews”, Mitchell Stevens
1988 Michael Bonesteel, “Picture Perfect” Review: Pioneer Press (Evanston IL. December)
1987 James Yood, “Reviews”, New Art Examiner (January)
1987 Deven Golden, “Chicago Art Scene Year in Review”, Chicago Artist Coalition Newsletter
1986 Michael Bonesteel, “Turow Tops Trio in Cicero Show”, Pioneer Press-December
1984 Margot Shermeta, “Papermaking in Chicago”, Fiber Arts Magazine (Spring)
1981 Teresa Callahan, “Chicago Paper”, New Art Examiner (December)
1980 David Elliot, “Critic’s Choice”, Chicago Sun Times (June)
1979 C. L. Morrison, “Abstract Artt – The Writer’s Crisis:, Format Magazine (January)
1978 D. Nodus, “Handmade Paper Art in Chicagoland”, Chicago Artist Coalition Newsletter
1977 Keith Morrison, “Reviews” New Art Examiner Magazine (October)
PUBLICATIONS: FEATURES
1995-97 Red Rock News (Re:” Creation Themes” retrospective)
1989 Marion Kabaker, “Art Lovers Gain Insight..” Chicago Tribune (October)
1986 Marcia Froelke Coburn, “Women’s Works”, Chicago Tribune (December)
1984 ”150 Chicago Artists”, Chicago Magazine, (May)
1984 “Chicago Paper Exhibit at Mind’s Eye Gallery”, Dickinson Press, ND (Sept.)
1984 Sanna Longden, “Portfolio”, North Shore Magazine (Oct.)
1982 “Tantric Journeys”, Pioneer Press
1981 “Arts Programs for Seniors” North Shore Magazine
1980 Bettine Kotrich, “Threesome Shares All Perspectives” Chicago Tribune
1978 Suzanne Weiss, “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”, Pioneer Press
1976 Judy Moore, “Sculpture-watching: It’s all…” Chicago Sun Times
1976 Dorothy Andries, “Experience Can be Good Art Teacher” Pioneer Press
1976 Marion E. Kabaker, “Triple Vision”, Chicago Tribune