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