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