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Collections
Museum of Modern Art, Franklin Furnace Archive, New York City
Museum of Modern Art, PAD/D Archive, New York City
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Library of Congress National Serials Program, Washington DC
New York Public Library, Rare Books Division, New York City
New York Public Library, Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, New York City
New York Public Library, Research Division, Periodicals, New York City
The University of Iowa Library, Special Collections, Iowa City IA
Tulsa City/County Library System, Permanent Art Collection, Tulsa OK
New York University, New York City
University of Iowa School of Art, Iowa City IA
American Council on Education, Washington DC
Pfizer World Headquarters Inc., New York City
AIG Inc., New York City
Reboul, MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynard and Kristol, New York City
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain
Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York City

Awards
2005
Puffin Foundation Grant
Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant, NYC DCA and LMCC, New York City

2003
The Anderson Center, Residency Fellowship, Red Wing MN

2002
Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, Residency Fellowship, Ciudad Colon, Costa Rica

2001
Fundacion Valparaiso, Residency Fellowship, Mojacar, Spain

2000
Millay Colony for the Arts, Residency Fellowship, Austerlitz NY

1999
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Residency Fellowship, Ithaca NY
Manhattan Graphics Center, Studio Fellowship, New York City

1998
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency Fellowship, Mt. San Angelo VA

1989-97
New York Public Library, Tompkins Square/Ottendorfer Branches, Artist-in-Residence, New York City

1989/90
Artists Space, Independent Projects Grants, New York City

1988
New York State Council on the Arts, ABC No Rio Gallery Exhibition Grant, New York City

1982
New York State Council on the Arts, CAPS Graphics Finalist

1981
New York State Council on the Arts, CAPS Painting Finalist

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
Thacher Proffitt & Wood, Meditations on Nature, curated by Elizabeth Levine, New York City

2006
Mid-Manhattan Library, Art in the Windows, curated by Arezoo Moseni, New York City

2005
New York Public Library Tompkins Square Gallery, Color in Nature, New York City

2002
New York Public Library Tompkins Square Gallery, In the Landscape, New York City

2001
Binghamton University Rosefsky Studio Art Gallery, From Nature, curated by James Stark, Binghamton NY
Pfizer World Headquarters, Pastels, curated by Ingrid Fox, New York City
Shakespeare’s Sister Gallery, Monotypes, Etchings and Pastels, curated by Aaron Barlow, New York City

2000
Fleet Bank, Monotypes, curated by Margaret Bodell, New York City
New York Public Library Tompkins Square Gallery, American Landscapes, New York City

1999
Brooklyn Public Library Walt Whitman Branch, And Then, New York City
Shakespeare’s Sister Gallery, Work on Paper, curated by Aaron Barlow, New York City
Cornelia Street Gallery, Work on Paper, curated by Bob Siegel, New York City

1998
New York Public Library Tompkins Square Gallery, New Work, New York City

1996
New York Public Library Tompkins Square Gallery, From Memory: Travel in Thailand, New York City

1995
Fairleigh Dickinson University Edward Williams Gallery, Nests, curated by Ray Friedberg, Hackensack NJ

1993
New York Public Library Tompkins Square Gallery, Nests, New York City

1992
Morning Calm Gallery, Works on Paper, New York City
Erector Square Gallery, Journey to Italy, curated by Jane Miller, New Haven CT

1989
New York Public Library Tompkins Square Gallery, Journey to Italy, New York City

1988
Binghamton University Rosefsky Studio Art Gallery, Journey to Italy, curated by Linda Sokolowski, Binghamton NY

1985
Saugatuck Gallery, Making it Home, Westport CT

Selected Group Exhibitions
2006
mdh fine arts, Earth in Paint and Clay and 17, curated by Michael Henry, New York City
CUNY Kingsborough Community College, WEAD East, curated by Jeanne Wilkinson, New York City (catalogue)
Seton Hall University Law School, Minus More, curated by Ben Goldman and CWOW, Newark NJ
’temporary Museum, The Impermanent Collection III, curated by Cathy Quinlan, New York City
Spencertown Academy, Reframing Nature, curated by Gwenn Mayers and Nancy Van Deren, Spencertown NY
Center Gallery at Old Church Cultural Center, curated by Paula Madawick, Demarest NJ (2-person)

2006
First Presbyterian Church, Color, curated by Barbara Sherman, New York City

2004-06
Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, Multiple Encounters, curated by Vijay Kumar, New Delhi, India (catalogue)

2005
Binghamton University Museum of Art, Alumni Invitational, Binghamton NY
W.A.H. Center, Unfamiliar Destinations, curated by James Pinney, New York City
Spike Gallery for NurtureArt, Nurturing the New 2005, New York City
VanDeb Editions, Fundraiser Auction, New York City
Morehead State University Claypool-Young Gallery, Contemporary Images of Landscape, Morehead KY
The Garage, Winter Print Salon, The New York Society of Etchers, Inc., New York City
Manhattan Graphics Center, Annual Prints, New York City

2004
Gallery Boreas, Horizontal Waves, curated by Robert Herman and Robin Dann with NurtureArt, New York City
Queens Theatre Gallery, Nature of Investigation, curated by Maria Spector, New York City (2-person)
Concepto Gallery, Abstraction, curated by Kiyoshi Ike, New York City
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, In the Face of Others, curated by NurtureArt, New York City
RKL Gallery, All Terrain, curated by Lisa Lawley, New York City

2003
Binghamton University Art Museum, Alumni Invitational, Binghamton NY
The Anderson Center, Holiday Invitational, Red Wing MN
NurtureArt Chelsea, Nurturing the New 2003, New York City

2002
Kentler International Drawing Space, Drawings for Peace, New York City
St. John’s University Gallery, Contemporary Printmaking, New York City
National Arts Club Marquis Gallery, Subtext: RealismPlus, curated by Jimmy Wright, New York City
The Cooper Union Institute’s Great Hall Gallery, Faculty, New York City
31 Artystow Grafikow z Manhattan Graphics Center, traveling to several Eastern European cities (catalogue),
The Maude Kerns Art Center, Focus on Five, Eugene OR

2001
Galerie Delta, 29 Graveurs New Yorkais a Paris, curated by Maddy Rosenberg, Paris, France (catalogue)
Russell-Cotes Museum, Artists from the Manhattan Graphics Center, curated by Diane Miller, Bournemouth, England
Galeria Slad, 29 Grafikow z Manhattan Graphics Center, Elk, Poland (catalogue)
University of the West of England, Bristol, Artists’ Mugs, and traveling to London, The Netherlands and New York City
Federal Reserve Bank, Artists of the Second District, curated by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York City

2000
The Cooper Union Institute’s Great Hall Gallery, Faculty, New York City
Margaret Bodell Gallery for NurtureArt, Nurturing the New 2000, New York City
Gallery Solvay, Manhattan Graphics Center/ZPAP Print, Cracow, Poland
Saltonstall Foundation at State of the Art Gallery, Two to Three Visible Dimensions, Ithaca NY

Selected Bibliography
Health Proxy by Robert Roth, cover photograph, 2007
And Then, volumes 1-13, cover artwork and design, 1987-2007
Women & the Environment: WEAD East I, catalogue, 2006
Multiple Encounters, catalogue, 2005
Widdershins, volume 1-3, artworks, 2003-2005
11211, Curators Grow in Brooklyn, Kaia Monroe, Volume 4, Number 6, July
Brooklyn Courier 24-7, Horizontal Waves: Artists Changing the Way You Think about Landscape, July 5, 2004
Town & Village, Arts and Entertainment, October 3, 2002/August 2004
Alumni Connect, Alumni in the News, Binghamton University, October 2002
American Artist, Oppartunities, June 2001
Brooklyn Journal, Up & Coming, March 29 - April 5, 2001
Binghamton Alumni Journal, Summer 2000
Gallery & Studio, New York Notebook, Ed McCormack, Spring/Summer 2000
Ithaca Times, Cara Ben-Yaacov, September 2, 1999
The Villager, James Dellafiora, May 15, 1996
The New Jersey Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins, October 10, 1993
Downtown, Ellen Aug-Lytle, May 30, 1990; December 12, 1990
Women Artist News, Amy Winter, Fall 1989
New Haven Register, Maxine Olderman, July 11, 1989
Art New England, Roger Baldwin, June 1985

Teaching Engagements
1990- The Cooper Union, Continuing Education Faculty, New York City
2002 Maude Kerns Art Center, Guest Lecturer, Eugene, Oregon
2001 Binghamton University, Guest Lecturer, Binghamton, New York
2000 The Print Club of New York, The National Arts Club, Guest Lecturer, New York City
1989-97 New York Public Library, Tompkins Square/Ottendorfer Branches Drawing Program, Coordinator/Instructor, NYC
1989-95 Marymount Manhattan College, Adjunct Faculty, New York City
1994 Dartmouth College, Guest Lecturer, Hanover, New Hampshire
1988 Binghamton University, Guest Lecturer, Binghamton, New York

Education
The University of Iowa, MFA, MA; Binghamton University, BA

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