EDUCATION
  Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
  Tokyo, Japan - studied with Gaston Petit
  London England - studied with Kristina Shackleton Dziesko, Terry Shave, John Davidson
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
2011 Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2008 Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Cooper and Colley, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 Inside Art, Chicago, IL
1995 Ohio Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991 Erie Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 Galleria Renata, Chicago, IL
1989 Knapp Gallery, London, England
1988 Camden Art Centre, London, England
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 "Wild" Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Sofa Chicago 2012 Navy Pier Chicago, IL
"Objects" Jean Albano Gallery Chicago, IL
"Objects Extraordinaire" Highland Park Art Center, Highland Park, IL
2011 SOFA Chicago 2011, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
The Paper Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Blurred Perception, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
Grouplings, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 SOFA Chicago 2010, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Members Show, The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2009 SOFA Chicago 2009,  Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Twentieth Anniversary Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 SOFA Chicago 2008, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
The Baseball Show, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007

The Wornick Collection, The Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Relationships, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Works on Paper", Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Member's Show, Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2006 SOFA Chicago 2006, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Rockford Midwestern, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Within and Beyond: Interpretations of the Grid, Tall Grass Gallery, Park Forest, IL
Threads, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2005 Magnificent Extravagance, Racine Art Museum , Racine , Wisconsin
Members Show, The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2004 Red, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago , IL
Materials Regional, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend , Indiana
Illinois Committee for the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Olympia Centre, Chicago, IL
2003 Art Chicago 2003, Jean Albano Gallery
January White Sale, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Emergence: Women Artists in the New Millennium, Northern Indiana Arts Association,
William J. Bachman Gallery, Munster, IN
Sofa Chicago 2003,  Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2002 SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Unconventional Threads, Rockford College, Rockford, IL
2002 Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN
2001 SOFA Chicago, 2001, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Artists of SOFA, Jean Albano Gallery, IL
2000 SOFA Chicago 2000, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
The Collectors Select, Jean Albano Gallery
Mini-Millenium, Women’s Caucus for Art, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Chicago Comes to the Suburbs, KL Fine Art Gallery, Highland Park, IL
SOFA Chicago 1999. Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
SOFA New York, New York, NY
1998 Primary Colors, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA ‘98, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
A Slice of Chicago, Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Invitational, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
1997 Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Women's Caucus for Art National 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Inland Exhibition XXXIII, San Bernardino County Museum, CA
1995 Ohio Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Greater Midwest Invitational IX, Central Missouri State University, MO
Open Spectrum, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL
CWAC Members Show, Chicago, IL
Stateline Victory Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, IL
1994 Gallery A, Chicago, IL
Art Expo, CWAC, Chicago, IL
Environmental Concerns, CWAC, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 Open Spectrum, David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL
Gallery A, Chicago, IL
Inner Eye, CWAC, Chicago, IL
Art Expo, CWAC, Chicago, IL
Environmental Concerns, CWAC, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 National Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
CWAC Member's Show, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL
Artistic License x Nine, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 New Horizons in Art 1990, Chicago, IL
1989 Imagery Gallery, Glyn Ellen, IL
1987 New Academy Gallery, London, England
COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Fine Art, The Wornick Collection, Boston, MA
Supercuts, San Francisco, CA
Liquid Carbonic, Chicago, IL
The Habitat Co., Huron Plaza, Chicago, IL
University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL
Information Resources, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Phillips Petroleum, Tokyo, Japan
Kirkpatrick Enterprises, London, England
Private Collections in Asia, Europe and the United States
AWARDS & HONORS
2004 Merit Award South Bend Regional Museum
2003 Illinois Art Education Association Poster
1999 Panelist – SOFA, New York City -  American Craft Museum , NYC
1999 Panelist – SOFA, Chicago – Chicago , IL
1992 Grumbacher Award – San Diego Art Institute, San Diego , California
REVIEWS
Chicago Sun Times, Centerstage Chicago, Justin Sondak, May 1, 2008
  Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, February 21, 2003
  Chicago Sun Times, Margaret Hawkins, March 7, 2003
  Dialogue Magazine, John Brunetti, May-June 2003 Issue
  Chicago Tribune, Barbara B. Buchholz, January 2, 1998
  CWCA  Newsletter, Fall 1997
  Chicago Tribune, Lori Gray, January 20, 1995
  Chicago Reader, Fred Camper, January 27, 1995