Reside in California
Born in Connecticut - Raised in Slovakian Family
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Mantra Wines & Art Gallery, Novato CA Love Is A Rebellious Bird
2013 St. Andrew’s Celebration Center, Pleasant Hill, CA Glorious Creations
2012 Orinda Library Art Gallery, Orinda CA Another World
2010 Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, CC14 Journey
2005 Galerie Shokat, Oakland, CA Circles, Cylinders & Spheres
Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, CC14 Personal Places
Artscape Gallery, San Ramon, CA Wine, Women & Song
2004 Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, CC14 Modern Myth
2003 Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, CC14
Gender: A Visual Conversation
2001 Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA The Art Of A Community
Impulse Gallery, Pittsburgh, CA, PACO Winter Arts Invitational
2000 Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Fairfield, CA
1998 Gallery Concord, Concord, CA
1997 Solo Exhibition Civic Arts Gallery, Martinez, CA
1996 Lafayette City Offices, Lafayette, CA
1995 Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA Rebirth
1994 Phantom Galleries, Sacramento, CA Death And Transformation
1993 Three Artist Exhibition Art Works Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA
1990 Witt Gallery, Sacramento, CA Raymond W. & Joyce Witt Memorial
Fellowship Award Show
1989 Sacramento Savings & Loan Association, Sacramento, CA The Art Show
Sacramento Fine Art Center, Sacramento, CA Northern California
Arts Exhibition
1987 San Francisco Design Center, San Francisco, CA Spring Design
Awards ~ Residencies
GAP Art Residency, Lecce, Italy 2023
Raymond W. & Joyce Witt Memorial Fellowship, Sacramento, CA
Private Collections
Carolyn Hamilton, San Ramon, CA
Dr. James Cole, Walnut Creek, CA
M. J. Ryan & Donald McIlraith, Walnut Creek, CA
Jill Clark, Sacramento, CA
John Steinbacher, Boise, ID
Critiques ~ Papers ~ Presentations
Ann Harrold Taylor, New Paintings and Drawings 1990
Remedios Varo, Critique of Selected Spiritual Works, 1990
Mary Cole, A Modern Day Woman Artist 1990
The Gypsy Experience 1990
Peruvian Mummy Bundles 1989
Images of Africa Through African Art 1989
The Hidden Side of Abstract Art 1989
Robert Longo, A Guardian of our Culture 1989
Bibliography
Martinez News-Gazette, C.J. Daft, “Modern Myth" 2004
Martinez News-Gazette, Nicole Sharputis, “Art Fills…” 1997
Education
Post BA Art Studies::
DIABLO VALLEY COLLEGE, Pleasant Hill, CA Painting with Michael Almaguer
PAINTING STUDIES with Leigh Hyams and with Rhoda London
Bachelor of Art CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Sacramento CA Magna Cum Laude
Special Studies LOUISE SALINGER ACADEMY OF FASHION & DESIGN, San Francisco, CA