GRANTS, RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS

DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Artist Fellowship Grant, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024–2026
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection — Acquisitions, 2018, 2023–2025
2022 Best in Show, Art in Bloom, Martha Spak Gallery
2024  VCCA, Art Fellow Grant
2021   Golden Apple Art Residency, Art Fellow Grant
2019   VCCA, Art Fellow Grant

SELECTED SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2026 Vista da Qui, Quattro Archi Gallery, Barga, Italy
2026 The Shape of Things, 1440 New York Avenue, Washington, DC
2025 All That We Gather, Georgetown Lombardi Center, Washington, DC
2024 Contemporary Still-Life, Jo Fleming Contemporary Art, Annapolis, MD
2023 Take Me Away, Dwell Fine Art + Craft, Hume, VA
2022 The In Between, Taylor Whitmore Interiors, Kensington, MD
2021. Passages, MiXt Corner Gallery, Brentwood, MD
2021 Abstractions, 39th Street Gallery, Brentwood, MD
2021 Ins and Outs, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2020 Selected Works, Wall Gallery, Main Street, Rockville, MD
2020 Abstract Landscapes, Workroom Coop, Washington, DC
2017 ColorShock, Red Dirt Gallery, Mt. Rainer, MD

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 Artist Feature - Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2026 Up and Comping Invitational Juried Exhibition– Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2025 Women Artists of the DMV, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
2024 Transcendence, Transformer’s 20th Annual Exhibition, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
2024 DC Art Now! 2024 Art Bank Program Finalist Exhibition, Washington, DC
2024 Teeny Tiny Trifeca, 2nd Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2024 2nd Annual DMV Exhibit, Susan Calloway Fine Art, Washington, DC
2023 DC Art Now! 2023 Art Bank Program Finalist Exhibition, Washington, DC
2022 Art in Bloom, Martha Spak Gallery, Washington, DC
2021 Landscape, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2020 Landscape, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2020 Flowers and Fauna, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2019 Wills Creek 20th Annual Exhibition, Alleghany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD
2018 Abstract Perspectives, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
2018 Hisaoka Gallery Invitational, Washington, DC 
2018 Bring It! Lowe House Office Building, Annapolis, MD
2016 Yellow Barn Juried Exhibit, Glen Echo Gallery, Cabin John, MD
2016 Believing is Seeing, Artists and Makers Gallery, Rockville, MD

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2027 Obracadobra Art Residency, Oaxaca, Mexico (upcoming)
2026. Quattro Archi Artist Residency, Barga, Italy
2025 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY
2025 Craigardan Art Residency, Elizabethtown, NY
2024 Studio Raven Artist Retreat, Santa Fe, NM
2023 Fundación Valparaíso, Spain
2021 Golden Apple Artist Residency, Maine
2019 Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Virginia
2017 Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Virginia
2015 Gateway Arts Center, Maryland

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Art Bank Collection, Washington, DC 
The Bernstein Companies, Washington, DC
The Hotel at The University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Landex Development, LLC, Silver Spring, MD
Innova Fair Oaks, Fairfax, DC
LilyMae Design, Washington, DC
Really Great Reading, Bethesda, MD
Various Private Collections

WORK EXPERIENCE

Co-Owner, Schwa Design Group, 1994-Present. Graphic Design, Web Design, Murals and Custom Painting

EDUCATION

Miami University, Bachelor of Fine Art
Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy – Semester of Studio Art and Art History Study