BIO

EDUCATION

MFA, American University, Washington, D.C.
BFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Studied with Rackstraw Downes and Neil Welliver)
BA, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA (Studied with Ingolf Qually who earned MFA and BFA degrees from Yale University)

TEACHING

Penn / Yale Life Drawing Workshop (May 2023)
Art Institute of Pittsburgh (Life Drawing, Graphic Design, 2012-2015)
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama (Adjunct Professor Drawing, 2009 & 2010)
Carnegie Mellon University, Pre-College Program (Painting & Drawing, 2003-2013)
Carnegie Museum of Art (Adult Figure Painting and Drawing, 1998-2013)
- International Workshops
  ASSOCIATIONS BY JURY

Salmagundi Art Club (NYC), Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and NAWAMA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, Juried Group Exhibit, Proverbs, Adages and Maxims, NYC (Aug 2025-April 2026)

Ceres Gallery, new ‘Tapestry of Nature / Unraveling’, Chelsea, NY (Oct 2025)
Cultural Center for Cape Cod, Juried Group Exhibit, Cape Cod, MA (April 2025)
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Juried Annual Group Exhibit, Ligonier, PA (Nov - Feb 2025) JUROR: Becky Blosser, Chair of the Fine Art Dept, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery, AAP Featured Artist Exhibit, Pittsburgh, PA (March 2025)
Robert Morris University Gallery, Visions & Voices, Juried AAP Exhibit, Pittsburgh, PA (Jan 28, 2025 - Mar 7, 2025)

Art Complex Museum, Juried Exhibit, (NAWAMA), Duxbury, MA (Apr 28 - Sep 1, 2024)
Ceres Gallery, Juried Exhibit, War on Women, ‘Tapestry of Nature III / Endangered’ Chelsea, NY (Apr 23 - May 18, 2024)
National Association of Women Artists NYC, 135th Anniversary Group Exhibit, Solveig Stromsoe Palmer Memorial Award for Conservative Portraits, NYC (2024) JURORS: Dr. Ksenia Nouril, Gallery Director and Curator of Exhibitions & Programs, The Art Students League of New York; Christinea Mossaides Strassfield, ED, Southampton Arts Center and previously Museum Director and Chief Curator, Guild Hall Museum; Grave Yeonsook Ji, Curator at One Art Space and Member of the organizing committee for Seoul Han River Biennial
Spinning Plate Gallery, Group A, Pittsburgh, PA (June 2024) CURATOR: Nicole Capozzi, Boxheart Gallery
Arc Gallery, Ceres Group Exhibition, Chicago (May 2 - 25, 2024)
Scollay Square Gallery, The Galleries at Boston City Hall, Boston Muse: Womxn’s Art, Boston, MA (NAWAMA) (Mar 4 - Apr 14, 2024)
Ceres Gallery, 40th Anniversary Group Exhibit, Chelsea, NYC (Jan 2024)
Jack Tomayko Foundation, Permanent Collection Opening, Pittsburgh, PA (Dec 2023)
Rockport Art Association & Museum, National Juried Exhibition, Rockport, MA (Sept 30 - Nov 3, 2023) JUROR: John C. Traynor
Crary Museum Art Gallery, Solo Invitational Exhibit, Warren, PA (Oct 2023) CURATOR: Thomas Paquette
Salmagundi Art Club, Members Exhibit, NYC (Aug 2023)
Cotuit Center for the Arts, Group Juried Exhibit (NAWAMA), Cotuit, MA (May - Jun 2023)
Mark Rengers Gallery, Solo Invitational Exhibit, Sewickley, PA (Spring 2023) CURATOR: Melanie Vera, MFA Museum Studies John Hopkins
Spinning Plate Gallery, Group A, Pittsburgh, PA (Dec 2022) CURATOR: Nicole Capozzi of Boxheart Gallery
One Art Space, National Association of Women Artists, Bobbi Mastrangelo Environmental Art Award, Tribeca, NYC (Oct 2022)
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Wide Open 12, Award, NYC (Jun - Jul 2022) JUROR: Sadaf Padder
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Biannual Members Auction Exhibit, NYC (Mar - Apr 2022)
Ceres Gallery, Solo Exhibit: ‘Tapestry of Nature II (Endangered)’, Chelsea, NYC (Mar 31 - Apr 23, 2022)
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ned J. Nakles Memorial Award/Second Place Award, Ligonier, PA, (Nov 2021 - Jan 2022) JUROR: Thomas Paquette
Spinning Plate Gallery, Group A, Pittsburgh, PA (Jun 2021) JUROR: Prof. Patricia Bellan-Gillen, Carnegie Mellon University
Ceres, Artsy, Pachamama (Mother Earth) Artsy Exhibit, NYC (May 2021)
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Annual Members Exhibit, D. Wu & Elsie Ject-Key Memorial Award, NYC (May 2021)
ArtHouse, Johnstown, PA (May 2021) CURATOR: Marcene Glover
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried, ‘Black & White’ Exhibit, NYC (Mar 2021)
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried, ‘Figuratively Speaking’ Exhibit, NYC (Feb 2021)
Living with Art, Online Exhibit, AAP (2020) CURATOR: Stacey Weiss
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Annual Members Exhibit, NYC (Fall 2020)
Avelon’Arts, Lavelanet, France (Nov - Dec 2020) CURATOR: Marcene Glover
See / Me Online Exhibit, (May 2020) JURORS: Jerry Saltz, Art Critic of the Village Voice & Author; Christine Kuan; Marine Tanguy; Brendan Ciecko; and Poppy Simpson
Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, Boros VII Exhibit, Chelsea, NYC (Jan - Feb, 2020) CURATOR: Denise Bibro
Ceres Gallery, Solo Exhibit, “Tapestry of Nature (Endangered body of work)”, Chelsea, NYC (Sep 2019)
Salmagundi Art Club, Annual Members Juried Exhibition, NYC (May 2019)
Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, Boros VI Exhibit, Chelsea, NYC (Dec 2018 - Feb 2019) CURATOR: Denise Bibro,
BE Galleries, Curated 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Lawrenceville, PA (Dec 2018) CURATOR: Joy Borelli Edwards
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Thumb Box Exhibition, JURORS: Exhibition Committee, NYC (Dec 2018)
Salmagundi Art Club, Annual Members Exhibition, Henry Nordhausen Memorial Award, NYC (Aug 2018)
Ceres National Open Competition, Award, NYC (Jun – Jul 2018) JUROR: Sara Softness, Assistant Curator of the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Group 100th Anniversary Exhibit and the Annual Juried Group Exhibit (Feb - Mar 2018)
Thompson Gallery, Juried Group Exhibition (NAWA), Weston, MA (Dec 2017 - Spring 2018) “Seeing Complementaries (Diversity body of work)” used for Advertising/Invitation CURATOR: Todd Bartel, Gallery Director, Cambridge School of Weston
Denise Bibro Fine Art Gallery, Boros V Curated Exhibit, Chelsea, NYC (Nov 2017 - Jan 2018) CURATOR: Denise Bibro
Sylvia Wald/Po Kim Gallery, Group Exhibit National Association of Women Artists, “The Vision (Endangered body of work)”; Medal of Honor for Painting and Elizabeth Stanton Blake Award, NYC (Fall 2017)
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Group Nautical Exhibit, NYC (Jul 2017)
Ceres Gallery, Group Exhibition, Chelsea, NYC (Jun - Jul 2017)
Mansion at Strathmore, Juried Group Exhibit, Honorable Mention, Bethesda, MD (Sep - Nov 2016)
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Group Exhibit ‘Urban’, NYC (May 2016)
Carnegie Museum of History, (Discoverers Group), Artist’s Talk and Presentation of ‘Endangered’ work, Pittsburgh, PA (Apr 2016) CURATOR: Dr. Richard Moriarty
NAWA Gallery, Small Works, NYC (Jul 2016)
Salmagundi Art Club, Winter/Spring Exhibitions, NYC (2015)
BE Gallery Solo Exhibition, ‘Endangered/Between the Lines’, Pittsburgh, PA (Sep-Oct 2015)
Morris Museum of Art, Juried Group Exhibit, 125th Anniversary NAWA, Morristown, NJ (2014) JUROR: Jeffrey Wechsler, Senior Curator Zimmerli Art Museum
Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA (2014) JUROR: Barbara Jones, Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Sylvia Wald/Po Kim Gallery, NYC (Fall 2014)
Point Park University, Juried Group Exhibit (NAWA), Pittsburgh, PA (2014) JUROR: Sarah Hall, Director Curatorial Affairs, Frick Museum of Art
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Instructors Exhibition, Step Up/Step Down, PA (2014)
Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Group Exhibit, Noble Nocturnes, Patrons Award, NYC (2014)
Viridian Gallery, Juried International Competition, First Place International Award, NYC (Aug 2013) JUROR: Dr. Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Borelli Edwards Gallery, Solo Exhibit ‘ENDANGERED’, Lawrenceville, PA (2013)
Williamsburg Art and History Center, Annual Exhibit, Brooklyn, NYC (2013) CURATOR: Yuko Nii,
Viridian Gallery, International Photography Director’s Choice Exhibit, Chelsea, NYC (2013)
Westmoreland Museum of Art, Juried Group Biennial and Artist’s Talk, Greensburg, PA (Summer 2012)
Amarillo Museum of Art, National Juried Figure Drawing Competition, First Place National Award, TX (2011) JUROR: Martha Mayer Erlbacher, MFA Department Head, NY Academy of Art, and Professor of Anatomy
St. Vincent’s University Museum Gallery, Invitational “20 x 2 Notable Regional Artists”, PA (Fall 2011)
Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, NAWA, Audrey Hope Shirk Award (2011), SOHO, NYC (Fall 2011 & 2012)
Village Studio, Honorable Mention, Delray Beach, FL (2011)
Carnegie Museum of Art, 2-Minute Film Competition, Pittsburgh, PA (Summer 2011)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Annual Juried Group Exhibit (AAP), Pittsburgh, PA (2011) JUROR: Al Miner, Curatorial Assistant Washington, D.C. Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Salmagundi Art Club, Artist’s Talk with Digital Presentation of Work, NYC (Spring 2010)
Point Park University, “Four Artists” Curated, Pittsburgh, PA (Summer 2010)
University Exhibits, Traveling Exhibit (AAP), Juror’s Award, PA (Summer 2010)
World of Artists, ‘International Women’s Exhibit’, Beacon, NY (2010)
Cultural Trust, AAP Presidents Choice Exhibition, Invitational, Pittsburgh, PA (Summer 2010)
Art Institute of Pittsburgh, 100th Anniversary AAP Group Exhibit, PA (2010)
National Arts Club Gallery, NAWA Annual, Jeffrey Childs Willis Memorial Award, NYC (2010)
State Museum of Pennsylvania, ‘Art of the State Juried Exhibit’, Harrisburg, PA (2009)
Fein Gallery, Generation to Generation, AAP Juried Group, Pittsburgh, PA (2008 & 2009)
Frank Melega Art Museum, Solo Exhibit, Brownsville, PA (2007)
American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Juried Group Exhibit, Washington, D.C. (2007)
Mendelson Gallery, Solo Exhibit ‘US’, Pittsburgh, PA (2007)
Regina A Quick Center for the Arts Museum, St. Bonaventure University, Solo Exhibit, St. Bonaventure, NY (2007)
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Juried Group Exhibit, Harrisburg, PA (2006) JUROR: Susan Fisher Sterling, Chief Curator, Washington, D.C National Museum of Women in the Arts
Dimensions, National Juried Exhibit, First Place National Award, Winston-Salem, NC (2006) JUROR: Brooke Davis Anderson, Director and Curator of the American Folk Art Museum NYC
Westmoreland Museum of Art, Biennial AAP Exhibition, Greensburg, PA (2006) JUROR: Virginia Mecklenburg, Curator Smithsonian American Art Museum
Carnegie Museum of Art, AAP Group Juried Exhibit, Pittsburgh, PA (2005) JUROR: Douglas Fogle, Curator Carnegie Museum of Art
Southern Allegheny Museum of Art, Annual Juried Group Exhibit, First Place Award, Ligonier, PA (2006)
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Juried Group Exhibit, New Castle, PA (2005)
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Solo Exhibit, Pittsburgh, PA (2004) JUROR: Liz Thomas, Assistant Curator, Carnegie Museum of Art
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Group Juried Exhibit, New Castle, PA (2004) JUROR: Kurt Shaw, Art Critic, Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Ceres Gallery, Invitational from 2002 National Exhibition Artists, NYC (2003)
Ceres Gallery, National Juried Art Exhibition, NYC (2002) JUROR: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Chairperson of Department of Painting & Sculpture
American Institute of Architects, Annual Fitz Award for the Advancement of Women Exhibition, PA (1999)
National Arts Club Gallery, Pastel Society of America Annual Exhibition, NYC (1998)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Juried Group Exhibition, AAP, Pittsburgh, PA (1987, 1994, 1998)

SELECTED AWARDS

AAP Featured Artist Exhibit, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (March 2025)
Solveig Stromsoe Palmer Memorial Award for Conservative Portraits, National Association of Women Artists NYC, 135th Anniversary Group Exhibit, NYC (2024) JURORS: Dr. Ksenia Nouril, Gallery Director and Curator of Exhibitions & Programs, The Art Students League of New York; Christinea Mossaides Strassfield, ED, Southampton Arts Center and previously Museum Director and Chief Curator, Guild Hall Museum; Grave Yeonsook Ji, Curator at One Art Space and Member of the organizing committee for Seoul Han River Biennial
Bobbi Mastrangelo Environmental Art Award, National Association of Women Artists, One Art Space, Tribeca, NYC (Oct 2022)
Award, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Wide Open 12, NYC (Jun - Jul 2022) JUROR: Sadaf Padder
Ned J. Nakles Memorial Award/Second Place Award, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ligonier, PA, (Nov 2021 - Jan 2022) JUROR: Thomas Paquette
D. Wu & Elsie Ject-Key Memorial Award, Salmagundi Art Club, Annual Juried Members Exhibit, NYC (May 2021)
Henry Nordhausen Memorial Award, Salmagundi Art Club, Annual Members Exhibition, NYC (Aug 2018)
Award, Ceres National Open Competition, NYC (Jun – Jul 2018) JUROR: Sara Softness, Assistant Curator of the Brooklyn Museum of Art
Medal of Honor for Painting and Elizabeth Stanton Blake Award, Sylvia Wald/Po Kim Gallery, Group Exhibit National Association of Women Artists, “The Vision (Endangered)”, NYC (Fall 2017)
Honorable Mention, Mansion at Strathmore, Juried Group Exhibit, Bethesda, MD (Sep - Nov 2016)
Patrons Award, Salmagundi Art Club, Juried Group Exhibit, Noble Nocturnes, NYC (2014)
First Place International Award, Viridian Gallery, Juried International Competition, NYC (Aug 2013) JUROR: Dr. Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
First Place National Award, Amarillo Museum of Art, National Juried Figure Drawing Competition, Amarillo, TX (2011) JUROR: Martha Mayer Erlbacher, MFA Department Head, NY Academy of Art, and Professor of Anatomy
Audrey Hope Shirk Award, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, NAWA, SOHO, NYC (Fall 2011)
Honorable Mention, Village Studio, Delray Beach, FL (2011)
Juror’s Award, University Exhibits, Traveling Exhibit (AAP), PA (Summer 2010)
Jeffrey Child’s Willis Award, National Arts Club Gallery, NAWA Annual Group Juried Exhibition, NYC, 2010
First Place National Award, Dimensions, National Juried Exhibit, Winston-Salem, NC (2006) JUROR: Brooke Davis Anderson, Director and Curator of the American Folk Art Museum NYC
First Place Award, Southern Allegheny Museum of Art, Annual Juried Group Exhibit, Ligonier, PA (2006)
Annual Fitz Award, American Institute of Architects, PA (1999)
Artistic Merit and Community Activism includes: Congress of the United States of America; Pennsylvania House of Representatives;
Pennsylvania State Senate

SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

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Painters and Poets, Exhibition Brochure, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA (2024)
The Bradford Era, October 2023
The Jamestown Gazette October 2023
Erie News, October 2023
Times Observer, October 2023
Your Daily Local
Pittsburgh Quarterly, Online, May 1, 2023
Antiques and The Arts Weekly, Female Artists Drive Up Bids at Salmagundi’s Spring Auction, April 29, 2022
LiveAuctioneers.com, Story and Image of ‘Tree of Knowledge Aflame (Endangered)’, March 28, 2022
Arts Magazine, Lavelanet, France, Fall 2020
How Art Heals, a book by Andra Stanton. Among other works, Ms. Stanton also authored, Dimension Cloth: Sculpture: by Contemporary Textile Artists, Schiffer Publishing. ‘Finished?(Endangered body of work)’ and “Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (Endangered body of work)” are to be included in the Art of Connection. May 2021
With Eyes Open, by Todd Bartell, Paperback, 122 pages, (EMC’s,“Seeing Complemetaries” painting is the Front Cover) 2018