EDUCATION

1991         MA, Marital and Family Therapy with specialization in Clinical Art Therapy, Loyola Marymount University

1989        BA, Art, California State University, Northridge

 

RESIDENCIES

2022         Desert Dairy Artist Residency, Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA

2023        Desert Dairy Artist Residency, Desert Dairy, Twentynine Palms, CA

 

AWARDS

2023        STUDIO CHANNEL ISLANDS Art Center Collectors Choice, Second Place (Dani Dodge, Juror)

2022         MOAH: CEDER, 37th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition, Parks, Arts, Recreation & Community Service Director’s Award

2021         MOAH: CEDER, 36th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition, Director of PARCS Award

                  Collage Artists of America, Parallel Dimensions, Second Place Award

Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions (SCORE), New Beginnings, Award of Distinction

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022         RECLAIM, Desert Dairy, 29 Palms, CA

2021         WHAT WE HIDE: Exploring Hidden Disability and Identity, Shoebox Projects, CA

2024        INSIDE VOICES, Shoebox Projects, Brewery Artist Colony, CA

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024       

 

TAG Gallery Los Angeles Open, Los Angeles, CA

Opulent Mobility, Opulent Mobility, The Los Angeles Makery, CA

                 

2023

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Beloved Planet, Juried by Betty Ann Brown, The Los Angeles Makery, CA

Ancestral Connections, Juried by Chelo Montoya, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Brand 51 National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA

Diverted Destruction 16: Plastics, The Loft at Liz's, Los Angeles, CA

Ancestral Connections, Southern Cal Women's Caucus for Art (juror Chelo Montoya) Ave 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA

Summer Camp, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA 

Text/Message, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Featured Artist, The Artist Tree, Riverside, CA

Afterimage, Los Angeles Art Association (juror Walter Maciel), Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

Pushing Boundaries, Collage Artists of America, Betsy Lueke Art Center, Burbank, CA

ARTwork, California Creative Arts, Encino Terrace Gallery, Encino, CA

Spring Invitational, The Los Angeles Makery, Los Angeles, CA

Angel House (Featured Artist in lobby displays), The Mondrian Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

Cybercat, The Cat's Paw, Neotropolis, Edwards, CA

Unrequited Love, California Creative Arts, The Colony Theatre, Burbank, CA

Unloveable, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

L'Amour and More, LELA (Lantern of the East - Los Angeles) International, The Los Angeles Makery, Los Angeles, CA

Seeing Red, Southern California Women's Caucus for Art, Shelley Heffler Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

Intergalactic, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

Jewish Artists Capturing Sense of Self and Community – Jewish Artists Initiative, UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles, CA

 

2022        

 

CANceptual, Artshare LA, Los Angeles, CA

Joyful, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Los Angeles, CA

Unscripted; Art that makes it all up as it goes, California Creative Arts, The Colony Theatre, Burbank, CA

Vergessen, Kunstaus RoZig, Los Angeles, CA

18 Exhibition and Celebration, Jewish Artists Initiative, Los Angeles, CA

Perceive Me, Coastline College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

What’s Next?, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Burbank, CA

Ink & Clay 45th Sapphire Anniversary On-Site Exhibition, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA

Realization, CSUN Arts Alumni, California State University, Northridge Art Gallery, Northridge, CA

Black & White with a Touch of Color, Lusanet Collective, Burbank, CA

One Year Anniversary Reception Artists’ Show Opening (One of four featured artists), Bird Dog Arts, Tejon Ranch, CA

MADE IN THE USA, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Perceive You, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA

37th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art and History: Cedar, Lancaster, CA

Please Touch Exhibition, Arts at Blue Roof Summer Festival, Shoebox Projects at Arts at Blue Roof, Los Angeles, CA

Begin/Again – An Exhibition Celebrating Possibility, CSUN Arts Alumni, Santa Monica, CA

Play Time, The Makery, Los Angeles, CA 

Who We Are: Portraying Identity, Cabrillo Gallery, Aptos, CA 

Putting the Pieces Back Together: A National Juried Exhibit of Collage and Constructions, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

 

2021        

 

Ink & Clay 45th Sapphire Anniversary Online, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA

The Really, Really Good Abstract Art Show, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

Upcycle, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

Beginnings with No Endings: Hope & Optimism, Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI), Los Angeles, CA

Shoebox Projects’ Sculpture Garden/High Beams, ULTRA!, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

36th Annual All Media Juried Art Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, MOAH: CEDER

Unprecedented: Art Responds to 2020, View Center for Arts & Culture, Old Forge, New York

Maternochronics Exhibition, Maternochronics, Indiana

That’s Effin’ Funny!, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Los Angeles Open (One of only 21 artists selected to exhibit), TAG Gallery, Los Angeles

FAT CITY, Gallery 825: Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA 
Tarzana Village Walk’s Art Along the Boulevard, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Tarzana, CA

Thick, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA, 

HOT DAMN - An All-Female Group Exhibition, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

The Home Sick International Juried Art Exhibition, The Art Effect at the Trolley Barn, Poughkeepsie, NY

Intergalactic 2, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

 

2020        

 

The Winter Show 2020, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA

Minimalism, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

​2021?, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

Words on a Printed Page, Gallery 825: Los Angeles Artists Association, Los Angeles, CA​

WORD, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA​

realART Summer Juried Show, realART, Agoura, CA

Don't Touch Your Face, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

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2020

 

Human Rights Art Exhibition, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA

Love Hurts, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA

What If, Collage Artists of America, Topanga, CA
 

2019        

 

In Gold We Trust, Ashton Gallery, Art on 30th, San Diego, CA​

Just Your Imagination, Collage Artists of America, Los Angeles, CA

The Art of Creative Aging IV, San Fernando Valley Arts Alliance, Los Angeles, CA

Give Me Shelter, San Fernando Valley Arts Alliance, Los Angeles, CA

Reality is Highly Overrated, Collage Artists of America, Burbank, CA
 

LECTURES

2023        How the Holocaust and its connection to Jewish American identity informs creative imagination, Cal State U, Northridge

2022        How the Holocaust and its connection to Jewish American identity informs creative imagination, Cal State U, Northridge

 

PRESS

2022         The Other Masks: Cabrillo Gallery presents Who We Are: Portraying Identity, The Cabrillo Voice

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Collage Artists of America (CAA)

Jewish Artist Initiative (JAI)

Los Angeles Artist Association (LAAA)

Shoebox Arts

Southern California Art Therapy Association (SCATA)

Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art (SCWCA)

Women's Eco Artists Dialog (WEAD)

 

GALLERIES

Bird Dog Arts, Outlets at Tejon, Arvin, CA

Artlounge Collective, Los Angeles, CA

 

ARTWALKS/FESTIVALS

Fall 2022 Brewery Artwalk, Jesus Wall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2021, 2022 CANOGA POP, Canoga Park, CA