Artist Resume
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts
1993
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Installation/Ceramics; First Class Honors.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Canada
1987
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB.
Thesis – Ceramics; First Class Honors.
Bachelor of Science
1981
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON. Canada.
Honors – Marine Biology
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Mizu Sushi Restaurant
Laramie, WY
DNA and ASCENSION
September 2017 – June 2018
Coal Creek Coffee
2 venues; Laramie, WY
MANDALA MEDLEY
September 2017 – October 2017
Blossom Yoga Studio
Laramie, WY
YOGINI ART
September 2016 – March 2017
Sticky Fingers Café
Minturn, CO
SYMBOLS & SACRED SPACE
June 22 – Aug. 30, 2017
Harwig’s Gallery upstairs
Steamboat Springs, CO
HEARTS, HANDS & SACRED SPACE
June 3 – 28, 2016
Night Heron Book Store
Laramie, WY
HEART CENTERED INSPIRATIONS
Sept. – Nov. 2015
South Dakota School of
Mines & Technology
Rapid City, SD
DIVINING THE BODY-MIND
Nov. 14 – Dec. 18, 2004
Dublin Arts Council
Dublin, OH
MEDITATIONS on BEING:
One Body, Mind & Spirit.
July 1 – 29, 2000
Goodstein Gallery, Casper
College, Casper, WY
MEDITATIONS on BEING:
One Body, Mind & Spirit.
Apr. 5 – 29, 1999
Jay County Arts Council
Portland, IN
POSTURES & PASSAGES
Oct. 16 – Nov. 17, 1998
Triangle Gallery, Sinclair
College, Dayton, OH
ABSENCE of WHITE LITE
Feb. 5 – Mar. 1, 1996
Neutral Ground
Regina, SA, Canada
ABSENCE of WHITE LITE
May 13 – June 10, 1995
Gallery 234
Laramie, WY
ABSENCE of WHITE LITE
Nov. 29 – Dec. 16, 1994
Phantom Gallery
Tucson, AZ
STILL LIFE / NATURE MORTE
Nov. 30 – Dec. 30, 1992
The SW Art Gallery of MB.
Brandon, MB. Canada
ELEMENTAL DIVINITY
Oct. 5 – 28, 1989
Whitewater Gallery
North Bay, Ont. Can.
ELEMENTALS
Aug. 31 – Sep.23, 1989
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ArtConnect Gallery,
Laramie, WY, USA
Celestial and Circular
Sept. 3 – Sept. 26, 2020
Lotus Apartments,
Cheyenne, WY, USA
Pop Up Art Exhibition
July 17 – July 18, 2020
Craven Arts Council & Gallery,
New Bern, NC, USA
Bank of the Arts National 2020
Aug 7 – Sept. 21, 2020
Art Connect Gallery,
Laramie, WY, USA
Sacred Water
April 2 – 25, 2020
Tomahawk Ridge Community Center,
Overland Park, KS, USA
Art at the Center
April 3 – May 31, 2020
Art Connect Gallery,
Laramie, WY, USA
Young & Young At Heart
Mar. 5 – 28, 2020
Old Courthouse Arts Center,
Woodstock, IL, USA
Women’s Works 2020
Mar. 5 – April 11, 2020
Jones Gallery
Kansas City, MO, USA
January 2020 Group Show
January 2 – 30, 2020
Sacramento Fine Arts Center
Sacramento, CA, USA
Bold Expressions – Honorable Mention
Oct. 1 – 27, 2019
Art Connect Gallery,
Laramie, WY, USA
Pollination: Bees and Buddies
Oct. 1 – 26, 2019
Encaustic Art Institute,
Santa Fe, NM, USA
50 States, 200 Artists
July 20 – Sept. 15, 2019
Encaustic Art Institute,
Santa Fe, NM, USA
No Creative Boundaries – Anything Goes
May 25 – July 7, 2019
Coos Art Museum,
Coos Bay, OR, USA
Expressions West 2019
April 19 – June 29, 2019
Tomahawk Ridge Community Center,
Overland Park, KS, USA
Art at the Center
April 5 – May 31, 2019
Athens Art Museum,
Crawfordsville, IN, USA
[Untitled] A Juried Exhibition
April 6 – May 4, 2019
Old Courthouse Arts Center
Woodstock, IL, USA
32nd Women’s Work Anniversary
Mar. 6 – Apr. 14, 2019
Lincoln Gallery
Loveland, CO, USA
Regional Fine Art Show – Artistic Merit Award
Nov. 9 – Dec. 14, 2018
Tubac Center of the Arts,
Tubac, AZ
BEES and WAX – Best of Show Award
Sept. 14 – Oct. 21, 2018
Laramie Pop Up Gallery
Laramie, WY
POP Up Art Walk
Sept. 8-9, 2017
Laramie Artists Project
Laramie, WY
Touchstone Exhibition
Nov. 11 – 13, 2016
Laramie Pop Up Gallery
Laramie, WY
POP Up Art Walk
Sept. 16-17, 2016
Works of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
WOW Fall Exhibition
Nov. 29, 2013 – Jan. 6, 2014
Works of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
WOW member Exhibition
Jan. 21 – Feb.21, 2011
Laramie Artists Project
Laramie, WY
Touchstone Exhibition
Nov. 19 – 21, 2010
Laramie Artists Project
Laramie, WY
Touchstone Exhibition
Nov. 17 – 19, 2008
Laramie Artists Project
Laramie, WY
Touchstone Exhibition
Nov. 13 – 15, 2006
Hayward Gallery
Laramie, WY
Art for Women’s Human Rights
Dec. 7 – 29, 2001
College of Visual Arts
St. Paul, MN
Virtue – on the Seven Virtues
Mar. 27 – Apr. 22, 2000
Katherine Nash Gallery
Univ. of Minneapolis, MN
By the Palette, For the Palate
Feb. 9 – Mar. 17, 2000
Broward Community College
Orlando, FL
Indigenous Source
2 person show
Oct. 5 – Nov. 5, 1999
Valencia Community College
Orlando, FL
Visions & Voices
Mar. 3 – Mar. 30, 1998
Artwest Gallery
Jackson, WY
Artwest Open
June 8 – July 15, 1997
Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center
Mesa, AZ.
Global Warning
June 10 – July 12, 1997
EMU Gallery, University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Art for Environmental Advocacy
Mar. 9 – Apr. 14, 1997
Smithtown Township Arts Council
St. James, NY
The Burning Bra & other Bedside Tales
A 90’s View of the Feminist Movement
Mar. 2 – Apr. 17, 1996
Ashwell Gallery
Beverly, MA
Hearts & Other Body Parts
Jan. 27 – Feb 17, 1996
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
New Castle, PA
Hoyt National Art Show
Oct. 8 – Nov. 4, 1995
New Visions Gallery Inc.
Marshfield, WI
Culture & Agriculture
May 8 – June 20, 1995
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
TX
10th annual San Angelo Ceramics Competition
Apr. 20 – June 4, 1995
Matrix Workshop for Women Artists
CA
Matrix International
Apr. 8 – May 6, 1995
Austin State University
Austin, TX
Texas National 95
Apr. 8 – May 13, 1995
Octagon Center for Arts
Ames, IA
Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibition
Mar. 5 – Apr. 23, 1995
Klamath Arts Council
Klamath Falls, OR
Klamath Annual International
Sept 18 – Oct. 20, 1994
Orlo Invitational
Portland, OR
Smoke Screen
July 15 – Aug. 27, 1994
Lincoln Arts Center
Lincoln, CA
Feats of Clay
May 21 – June 18, 1994
Mesa Arts Center
Mesa, AZ
Still Life Redefined
May 10 – June 11, 1994
Maude Kerns Art Center
Eugene, OR
Art & the Environment
Apr. 8 – May 29, 1994
U of AZ Museum of Art
Tucson, AZ
Absence of White Light
Apr. 2 – 28, 1993
MU Art Gallery, ASU
Tempe, AZ
Earthbound
Mar. 1 – 6, 1993
E New Mexico Univ
Portales, NM
Creating Ourselves
Mar. 27 – Apr. 24, 1992
The Capitol
Phoenix, AZ
Earthbound
Apr. 1 – 22, 1992
Pima College Art Gallery
Tucson, AZ
3 Person Show
Jan. 15 – Feb. 4, 1992
Reaction Gallery
Tucson, AZ
Graduate Student Show
Sept. 1991
Main/Access Gallery
Winnipeg, MB. CANADA
Urban/Rural Landscape
Mar. – Apr. 1989
Brandon Allied Art Gallery
Brandon, MB
Urban/Rural Landscape
July – Aug. 1989
Walter Philips Gallery
Banff, AB
The Thickness of Matter
July 24 – Aug. 14, 1987
GALLERY MEMBERSHIP
Steamboat Springs Center for Visual Arts, CO
Works of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
October 2015 – December 2016
March 2013 – May 2017
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
July 2000 – May 2001
Wetland Interpretive Committee: Cheyenne, WY
This interdisciplinary committee oversaw the DEVELOPMENT OF A WETLAND on the grounds of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. As an educational forum, my duties were to guide the artistic interpretation of the site. One aspect involved helping 6th graders develop interpretive postcards & bronze plaques for the wetland.
March, 2001
BATtallion Bat House
Students from the Fall 2000 ‘Art & Ecology’ class, in Cooperation with city hall and Mosquito Control, erected a large SCULPTURAL BAT HOUSE. It is a public art project intended to aid mosquito control.
OUTDOOR ARTWORKS
Cheyenne Botanic Garden
Community Labyrinth
Cheyenne, WY, USA
Member of 4 women group – created a permanent labyrinth, with indigenous plants; wheelchair accessible.
2002, 2003
Community Labyrinth Project
Nelson, B.C. Canada
Design consultant for a community 7-circuit labyrinth.
Fall 2002 – 2004
Nachuochee Middle School
Hambidge Center
Rabun Gap, GE
Seven-Circuit Labyrinth, worked with students.
April, 2001
The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Ritual Hut – adobe earth hut on site in woods.
July – Aug, 1987
The Banff Centre
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Spiral Ramp – adobe, installation on hillside.
June, 1987
SELECTED COMMISSIONS / PUBLIC WORKS
Series of Commemoration Plaques honoring Donors
Commissioned by College of Arts & Sciences, University of WY
1996
Snake Goddess 8.5’ Ceramic Sculpture
Purchased by Manitoba Council of the Arts, Winnipeg, MB
1990
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1994 – 2001
LECTURER – UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, LARAMIE, WY.
Summer 2001 – Art & Ecology Studio, Costa Rica field station
Sept – Dec 2000 – Intro. Drawing (2 sections), Art & Ecology
Sept – Dec 1999 – General Art Studio, Art & Ecology (Art 4640)
Summer 1999 – General Art History
Sept – Dec 1998 – Ceramics: Hand-building, Art Appreciation
Summer 1998 – Ceramics: Hand-building
July – Dec 1997 – Art & Ecology (taught twice)
Sept – Dec 1996 – Art, Gender, Race & Class
Sept 1994 – May 1996 – Intro Sculpture (1-2 sections each semester)
Jan 1994 – May 1994 – Contemporary Art History Seminar
Sept – May, 1990 – 1993
TEACHING ASSISTANT – instructor of record
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Introductory Ceramics – 6 semesters
Oct. 1987 – Mar. 1988
VISUAL ARTS ASSISTANT
The Banff Center, Banff, AB, Canada
Sept. 1986 – Mar. 1987
CERAMIC TECHNICIAN
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Jan. 2003 – present
YOGA TEACHER – YOGA STUDIO OWNER/MANAGER
Teaching a variety of yoga classes, workshops, courses & private sessions.
Summers 1990 – 1997
WILDERNESS GUIDE – WOODSWOMEN, MINNESOTA, MN
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
June, 2016: Hands, Hearts and Sacred Space, Harwig’s Restaurant Gallery Upstairs, Steamboat Springs, CO
Nov, 2004: Divining the Body, SDMT Gallery, Rapid City, SD
April, 1999: Meditations on Being, Goodstein Gallery, Casper WY
Feb, 1996: Absence of White Lite: Triangle Gallery, Dayton, OH
May, 1995: Absence of White Lite: Neutral Ground, Regina, SA, Canada
Mar. 1993: Absence of White Lite, University of AZ, Tucson
Aug. 1989: Elemental Divinity, Brandon, MB, Canada
Oct. 1989: Elementals – North Bay, ON, Canada
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Reviews/ Articles/Catalogues)
Global Warning, Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, 1997.
Kathy Whyde Jesse, “Artist’s work is rooted in the environment”, Dayton Daily News, Feb. 11, 1996.
All Arts Newsletter (WY Arts Council), front cover & p. 11. Aug./Sept. 1996.
Greg Beatty, “Pushing New Dimension” Leader-Post, Regina SA, Canada, May 20, 1995.
Victoria Dalkey, “Surreality Bites” The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA, April 23, 1995.
Texas National 95, April 8 – May 13, 1995, p. 18. (multi-artist catalogue)
Robert Rosenthal, “MFA candidates exhibit artwork” Arizona Daily Wildcat, Tucson, AZ, April 19, 1993.
New Visions’ Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI, May, 1995.
Margaret Regan, “In Search of An Artist’s Identity”, Tucson Weekly, April, 1993.
Creating Ourselves – Eastern New Mexico University. catalogue 1992,
David S. Schlosser, “Local Female artists show work in 3 media at CFA”, Axtec Press, Tucson, AZ, Feb 6, 1992.
Earthbound, AZ Women’s Caucus for Art, Phoenix, AZ. Catalogue for traveling exhibition, 1992
NCECA Journal 1991-92 p.39.
Goddessence: Imaging the Elemental Connexions, Gallery 1.1.1., The University of Manitoba, 1990 (Catalogue 1990; ISBN No. 0-921958-04-8)
Diane Nelson, “Unique art show is now on exhibit”, Brandon Sun, Oct. 25, 1989
Gil McElroy, “This desert is bountiful”, The Nugget, North Bay, ON, Canada. Sept, 1989.
Michele Young, “Artists react to their environment”, Today, Brandon, MB, Canada, July, 1989.
Randal McIlroy, “Six young ceramicists celebrate the roots of time.”, Winnipeg Free Press, June 6, 1987.
PUBLICATIONS
‘What is Ecofeminist Art?’ In WE (Women & Environments International), Spring 2002.
ART RESIDENCIES (educational programs)
Cold Wax Workshop
May 11, 2019
Encaustic Art Institute
Santa Fe, NM
Photo Encaustic
June 8-13, 2015
Anderson Ranch
Snowmass, CO
Encaustic Immersion
June 3-5, 2013
Wyly Art Center
Basalt, CO
Collage w. Kate Leonard
June 1 – 15, 2012
Anderson Ranch
Snowmass, CO
Sculpture Residency
April 1 -13, 2001
Hambidge Center
Rabun Gap, GE, USA
Sculpture Residency
March 24 – April 21, 2000
Vermont Studio Center
Johnson, VT, USA
Ceramic Sculpture Program
June 1987 – Apr 1988
The Banff School of Fine Arts
Banff, AB. Canada