EDUCATION:
Metropolitan State University of Denver - Denver, CO BA in Fine Art
Brooklyn College/City University of NY- Brooklyn, NY BA in Education
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
Koehnline Museum - Des Plains, IL
Littleton Museum - Littleton, CO
Mizel Museum - Denver, CO
Denver Art Museum - Denver, CO
Museum of Modern Art – New York, NY
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art – Ridgefield, CT
Contemporary Museum - Baltimore, MD
Loveland Museum- Loveland, CO
The National Museum of Women in the Arts - Washington, DC
COLLECTIONS
The National Museum of Women in The Arts – Washington, DC
Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY
Mizel Museum – Denver, CO
The City of Karmiel - Karmiel, Israel
Nu-West Development Corporation - Phoenix, AZ
Storage Technology – Louisville, CO
Tulsa City –County Library System - Tulsa, OK
American Express – Denver, CO
Mountain States Employers Council- Denver, CO
Western Federal Savings and Loan - Denver, CO
Fox and Carskadon Financial Corporation – San Mateo, CA
Arthur Anderson and Associates – Denver, CO
Saratoga Inn - Saratoga, WY
The City of Greenwood Village – Greenwood Village, CO
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITS
Iowa State University Print Society International Exhibition and Postcard Exchange: Insects in Their Environment - Gallery 181 College Of Design - Ames, Iowa - 2024
Iowa State University Print Society International Exhibition and Postcard Exchange: Anarchy, Rules We Should Break, And Mutual Destruction - ISU Memorial Union Art Gallery - Ames , Iowa 2024
Paper Boats - la Habana Cuba - Cuba - 2023
(Im)Migration - Los Angeles Printmaking Society Traveling Exhibit - 2019-2023
WOMEN OF PRINT MAKING - 40 West Arts - Lakewood, CO. 2022
Iowa State University Print Society International Print Exchange and Exhibition - Gallery 181 College Of Design - Ames, Iowa - 2020 - 2021
Iowa State University Print Society International Exhibition and Postcard Exchange - Gallery 181 College of Design - Iowa State University - Ames, Iowa 2021
Womens Caucus for Art 30th Anniversary Exhibit - Core Gallery - Lakewood , CO. 2020
Paper Boats - Los Angeles Printmaking Society - Self Help Graphics and Art - Los Angeles , CA 2020
EVOLUTION: Women"s Caucus for Art 25th Anniversary Exhibit - Bemis Library - Littleton, CO 2015
Grant Street Art Center’s 30 Year Reunion – Zip Gallery – Denver, CO 2013
Chai 5 Art Project – Jewish Community Center - Denver, CO 2012
Confluence, Returning to the Source: Celebrating 35 years of Art and Community – Emmanuel Gallery – Denver, CO 2011
Games Artists Play – Curtis Art Center - Greenwood Village, CO 2007-2008
Windows To The Devine - Seawell Grand Ballroom - Denver CO 2003
Hallelujah ’99, Hallelujah 2002 – Ceres Gallery – New York, NY 1999, 2002
Zip 802 - Emmanuel Gallery - Denver, CO 1996
The Art Of Women - Republic Plaza - Denver, CO 1996
Art of The West – Curtis Art Center – Greenwood Village, CO 1995-1996
WSW XX Years, A Retrospective - Women’s Studio Workshop Invitational Exhibition – State University of New Paltz – New Paltz, NY 1994
Artist’s Toys/Humor in Art - Northern Arizona University- Flagstaff, AZ 1988
As Inspiration The Doll - Arvada Center For The Arts 1987
Winner's Circle - Jewish Community Center - Denver, CO 1984
SELECT LIST OF EXHIBITS
Art in Public Places - Colorado Coalition For The Homeless - Restorative Health Building - Denver, Colorado - 2025
Art in Public Places - Colfax Clinic - Denver Colorado, 2015 - 2025
Art in Public Places - Colorado Coalition For The Homeless offices and residences - Denver, CO - 2013 -2025
6X6 International Exhibit - Rochester Contemporary Art Center - Rochester NY 2009 - 2024
Spark Gallery Solo Exhibitions 1986 - 2019 , 2023- Spark Gallery - Denver, CO
Don't Drag Me Down: Today's Battle for Liberation - Koehnline Museum of Art - Des Plains, IL -2023
My Body, My Health:Koehnline Museum of Art - Des Plains, IL - 2022
I Invent it, My Hands Draw a Cloud, community mural - Martin Building - Denver Art Museum - 2021
Bad@ssery: Women Creating a Just Environment and World, International Juried Virtual Exhibition of Art by Women - Koehnline Museum of Art - Des Plains, IL - 2021
Where Are We Now? : Activisim of the Everyday - International Juried Virtual Exhibition - Oakton Community College - 2020
Virtual Relief - Spark Gallery - 2020
The Meanwhile Show - Spark Gallery - 2020
( Im ) Migration International Print Exhibit SG Gallery - Venice, Italy - 2019
Fashioning the Self: You Are What You Wear? -International Exhibit - Koehnline Museum of Art - Des Plaines, IL - 2019
( Im ) Migration Print Exhibit Union Gallery - Denton, TX - 2019
Women of Courage, Tenacity, and Strength - International Exhibit -Koehnline Museum of Art - Des Plaines, IL 2018
Seven Deadly Sins: Excellence in Photography -International Exhibit - Cotuit Center For The Arts - Cotuit, MA 2018
Pink Progression International Exhibit - Center for Visual Art - Denver, CO 2018
Pink Progression International Exhibit - Boulder Public Library Canyon Gallery - Boulder, CO 2018
SideKicks - Spark Gallery - Denver, CO 2018
This is Spark - Spark Gallery - Denver, CO 2017 - 2018
Give & Take Los Angeles Print Making Society's Exhibition & Exchange Portfolio - Los Angeles, CA 2017 - 2018
Women and Anger:Resistance, Power and Inspiration - International Exhibition - Koehnline Museum of Art - Des Plaines, Il 2017
Outsider Show at Pirate Contemporary Art - Lakewood, CO 2017
This Is Spark - Spark Gallery - Denver, CO 2016 - 2017
Beyond Rosie the Riveter:Women and Work - International Exhibition - Koehnline Museum of Art - Des Plains, Il 2016
59th National JAS Art Exhibition - Maria V. Howard Art Center - Rocky Mount, North Carolina 2016
Man and Nature Photography Exhibit - Curtis Art Center, Greenwood Village, CO. 2016
Mo'Print Month of Printmaking/Community Print Show/Edge Gallery - Denver, CO 2016
50th Annual Eye of the Camera Exhibition - Littleton Museum - Littleton, CO 2016
Feminism Across the Generations - International Exhibit Koehnline Museum - Des Plains, Il 2015
Women's Caucus for Art 25th Anniversary Exhibit - Bemis Library - Littleton, CO 2015
58th National JAS Art Exhibition - Maria V. Howard Art Center - Rocky Mount, North Carolina 2015
The Past, The Present, The Future, Photography Exhibit - Curtis Art Center - Greenwood Village, CO. 2015 - Jurors Choice Award
Sidekicks - Spark Gallery - Denver, CO 2014
57th National JAS- Maria V. Howard Art Center – Rocky Mount, North Carolina 2014
Give and Take – Los Angeles Printmaking Society Exhibit – Los Angeles, CA 2014
Sparked – Spark North Gallery – Denver, CO 2014
The Fine Art of Photography - Curtis Art Center - Greenwood Village, CO - Juror's Choice Award 2014
Gendering Desire:Liberation, Power and Pleasure - Koehnline Museum - Des Plains, Il 2014
Snail Mail Art Exchange, Global Exchange - Downtown Aurora Visual Arts - Aurora, CO 2014
All Colorado Art Show - Curtis Art Center - Greenwood Village, CO 2014
4/6/6/4 Postcard Exhibition - CO Mesa University - Grand Junction, CO 2013
The Real and The Abstract Photo Exhibition – Curtis Art Center – Greenwood Village, CO 2013
The Story – Photographic Exhibition – Curtis Art Center – Greenwood Village, CO 2012
Art in Public Places - Tallyn’s Reach Library - Aurora, CO 2011
Western Colorado Center For the Arts – Grand Junction, CO 2011
Art in Public Places - Aurora Municipal Center Art Gallery – Aurora, CO 2011
Spark on the Road - Tointon Gallery – Greeley, CO 2011
Spark Biennial – Spark Gallery – Denver, CO 2010
Colorado Art Open - Foothills Art Center Golden, CO 2009
And You Think That’s Funny? – Woman Made Gallery - Chicago, IL 2009
Solo Exhibition – Dazzle Gallery– Denver, CO 2008
Visions of The West - Depot Art Gallery - Steamboat Springs, CO 2007
The Best of Colorado Artists – Denver International Airport 2006-2007
Snapshot – University of Wyoming – Laramie, Wyoming 2005
The Metro Effect – Center for Visual Art – Denver, CO 2005
Show Us The Light – The Gallery.org- Brooklyn, NY 2005
Generatively Slide Quilt Project – Phoenix Gallery – New York, NY 2002
Eventful Art/Millennium Exhibit - Mainline Gallery Haverford, PA 1999-2000
Streams of Consciousness Traveling Exhibition - Lewiston Art Center - Lewiston, ID
Moscow Arts Commission - Moscow, ID Edge Gallery – Denver, CO 1998
Creative Diversions – Three-Person Exhibit - LRC Gallery – Dayton, OH 1996
The World’s Women On Line - U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women – Beijing, China 1995
Here We Are…..The Women of Today! Alive & Well & Making Art!!! Photo Mural Installation 42nd Street Subway – New York, NY 1993-1994
Creating Ourselves – Eastern New Mexico University – Portales, New Mexico 1992
An American Album - Spirit Square Center for the Arts- Charlotte, NC 1987
Focus International/American Women in Art – U.N. World Conference on Women – Nairobi, Kenya 1985
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