Teaching Experience
PROFESSOR OF ART/GRAPHIC DESIGN- ART PROGRAM COORDINATOR
CT STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: HOUSATONIC (Bridgeport, CT), 8/99 to Present
COMPUTER GRAPHICS INSTRUCTOR
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, CE (Providence, RI), 1/98- 7/03
ART INSTRUCTOR
MYSTIC ART ASSOCIATION (Mystic, CT), 4/99- 8/99
GRANITE STREET GALLERY (New London, CT), 1/98- 4/99
LYMAN ALLYN ART MUSEUM (New London, CT), 4/97- 1/98
Exhibitions
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
• Fragments, Framemakers Picture Framing and Art Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2017
• Stories, Watermark Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2014
• Our Experienced Struggles, New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven, CT, 2013
• Dichotomy, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2004
• Drawings and Paintings, 30/30 Park Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2004
• Reality and Perception, Paul Mellon Art Center, Walingford, CT, 2002
• Protagonist Struggles and Empathetic Boundaries, York Square Cinema Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1992
• Recent Works, Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Ma, 1986
SELECT EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS:
* Inertia: The Persistence of Form and Motion Exhibition 2025, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT, 2025
• Salon Des Independants, Hygienic Art XLVI, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2025
* Fluid Realities, Crown Gallery, Metro Art Studios, Bridgeport, CT, 2024
* Creature, Maggie Daly Arts Cooperative Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2024
* Faculty Art Exhibition 2024, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT, 2024
• Salon Des Independants, Hygienic Art XLV, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2024
* Small Works Art Exhibition, Maggie Daly Arts Cooperative Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2023
* Gestalt, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT, 2023
* Seeing Red, Maggie Daly Arts Cooperative Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2023
* Inspired Views, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA, 2022
* Portes Ouvertes, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2022
* The Art of Teaching Art, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester, CT, 2022
• Salon Des Independants, Hygienic Art XLIII, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2022
* New Haven Paint & Clay Club Members Exhibit 2020, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, 2021
* Inspired Views, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA, 2021
* New Haven Paint & Clay Club Members Exhibit 2020, Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT, 2020
* Online Faculty Exhibition, Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, CT, 2020
* Inspired Views, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA, 2020
* Salon Des Independants, Hygienic Art XLI, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2020
* Inspired Views, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA, 2019
* Salon Des Independants, Hygienic Art XL, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2019
* Faculty Exhibition, Burroughs- Saden Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2019
* Inspired Views, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA, 2018
* Blue, Red, and Grey, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2018
* Salon Des Independants, Hygienic Art XXXIX, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2018
* Visions of Connecticut, Union Station, New Haven, CT, 2017
* New Haven Paint & Clay Club Members Exhibit 2017, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, 2017
* Crossing Borders, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2017
* Selfie, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2017
* Salon Des Independants, Hygienic Art XXXVIII, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2017
* Bridgeport Art Trail, Reed Artspace, Bridgeport, CT, 2016
* New Haven Paint & Clay Club Members Exhibit 2016, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, 2016
* Inspired Views, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA, 2016
* Visions of Gaia, Gallery RIVAA, New York, NY, 2016
* Aesthetic Allusions, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2016
* Salon Des Independants, Hygienic Art XXXVII, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2016
* Bridgeport Art Trail, Reed Artspace, Bridgeport, CT, 2015
* 114th Annual Juried Exhibition, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, Awarded the Roger Van Damme Prize, 2015
* Forever Young, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2015
* Phase I, The Atrium Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2015
* Parallels, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2015
* One Plus One, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2014
* 6th Annual Bridgeport Art Trail, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2014
* The Symmetry Of Thought And Being, The Octagon Gallery , New York, NY, 2014
* (A) Muse, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2014
* Faculty Show, City Hall Annex, Bridgeport, CT, 2014
* Form and Content, The Atrium Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2013
* 112th Annual Juried Exhibition, The John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, 2013
* On The Road To Finding Out, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2013
* 68th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, 2012
* Faculty Exhibition, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2012
* 42th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, 2011
* Progressions, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2011
* Hygienic Art XXXI, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2010
* Faculty Exhibition, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT 2010
* 40th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, New Britain Museum of American Art, 2009
* Transitional Moment, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2009
* 66th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, 2009
* Hygienic Art XXX, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2009
* En Masse, Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT, 2008
* 52nd Regional, Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT, 2008
* Faculty Exhibition, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2008
* Lineal Investigations, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT, 2007
* Faculty Exhibition, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2007
* Trash Art Exhibition, Nest Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2006
* Hygienic Art XXVII, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2006
* Faculty Exhibition, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2005
* Hygienic Art XXVI, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2005
* Faculty Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2003
* 60th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, 2003
* 59th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, 2002
* Hygienic Art XXIII, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 2002
* Transformation, Faculty Exhibition, Burt Chernow Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, 2001
* Annual Faculty Exhibition, Burt Chernow Gallery Bridgeport, CT, 2000
* Faculty Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI, 1999
* Hygienic Art XX, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 1999
* Silent Auction and Exhibit, Granite Street Gallery, New London, CT, 1998
* Hygienic Art XIX, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT, 1998
* Winter Exhibition, Pacific Street Gallery, New London CT, 1998
* Group Show, Pacific Street Gallery, New London CT, 1997
* Generations, Essex Art Association, Essex, CT, 1996
* 53rd Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, 1996
* 38th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Mystic Art Assoc. Gallery, Mystic, CT, 1994
* 37th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, Mystic Art Assoc. Gallery, Mystic, CT, 1993
* 36th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, MAA Gallery, Mystic, CT, Awarded First Prize in Painting, 1992
* 48th Annual Connecticut Artist's Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT, 1990
* British/American Art Show, Wortzel Gallery, Newbury Street, Boston, MA, 1989
* Figures and Faces II, Wortzel Gallery, Newbury Street, Boston, MA, 1989
* Figures and Faces I, Wortzel Gallery, Newbury Street, Boston, MA, 1989
* Figurative Exhibition, Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA, 1988
* Artist's Liaison Exhibition, Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA, 1988
* Mt. San Jacinto International Painting Competition, San Jacinto, CA, Awarded First Prize and Purchase Award, 1987
Education
BACHELOR OF ART
BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE (Bridgewater, MA), 1978- 1983
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY (Commerce, TX), 1983- 1985
CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (Providence, RI), 1993- 1997