Education:
Bachelor of Arts,
Photography and Communication Arts, 1990. Norwich
University—Vermont College—Montpelier, Vermont.
Associate of Science,
Photography, 1982. City College of San Francisco, CA.
Work Experience:
1999—2000 Program Coordinator.
Urban Heritage Area, Saratoga Springs,
NY. Duties included: program
development, exhibition design & installation, publicity, consultant and
photography.
1985—2000 Self-employed
photographer and writer. Clients included: AAA Northway Auto Club, Image Dynamics, ABC Planning Associates, Mural Concepts, Capital Design Works,
Inc., Londonderry.
1985—1988 Adult Education
Teacher, New York. Taught beginning, intermediate and advanced photography
courses to adults at Fulton/Montgomery Community College, Burnt Hills Jr. High,
Ballston Spa Central, Scotia/Glenville High School and Mohanasen High School.
Volunteer Work:
2007—2011 Galway
Preservation Society. Installation of the Galway Town Hall
displays.
2000—2003 Mystic Art Association. Exhibition and
special program support.
1995—1999 Co-Chair of the Visual Artists Networking
Group, Saratoga County Arts Council, NY.
1995—1999 Photographer for the New York Forest
Owners Association—Southeastern Adirondack Chapter,
NY.
1991 Board
member and Treasurer of the Association of Hawaii Artists, Honolulu, HI.
1991 Board
member of Image Foundation, exhibition coordinator of the Image XVII Exhibition and newsletter
editor, Honolulu, HI.
Lectures and Appearances:
Sept. 2012—April 2013
The
Maya: An Artistic Homage. Presentations about processes and inspirations at FMCC, NY, SUNY at Albany and in Galway, NY
Oct.
2009—Dec. 2012
“Who Are You, Galway, NY?” Presentations and photographic displays
in New York: Galway, Ballston Spa, Charlton and
Clifton Park.
December
2009
WAMC public radio—Pictures for All Time— interview about “Who Are You, Galway, NY?”
March 1998
Slide and Gum Bichromate presentation. Schenectady Photographic Society, NY.
November
1997
Public radio
interview, Pacific Island—The Asia
Report. Honolulu, HI. Spoke about life and change in Hong Kong and my exhibition, Hong
Kong—A Window Ajar, showing At Ramsay's in Chinatown.
September
1997
Slide presentation
of Hong Kong—A Window Ajar. The Arts
Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, and the US-China Peoples Friendship Association
at the Albany Library, NY.
May 1995 & Oct 1996
Gum Bichromate lecture and
demonstration, SUNY at Albany, NY.
October 1991
Slide presentation and reading from my book in
progress, Revealing the Root by Way of
the Road, for
the Association of Hawaii Artists, Honolulu, HI
Selected Individual
Exhibitions:
Sept—December 2012 The
Maya: An Artistic Homage. Perrella Gallery, FMCC, Johnstown, NY.
May 2010 "Who
Are You, Galway, NY?” Maplewood
Manor, Ballston Spa, NY.
February-April 2010 “Who
Are You, Galway, NY?” Brookside
Museum, Ballston Spa, NY.
October 2009 “Who Are
You, Galway, NY?” Galway Town Hall,
Galway, NY.
January 2000 Ten
Years After—A Gum Print Retrospective. The Arts Center, Saratoga Springs,
NY.
November 1997 Hong Kong—A
Window Ajar, Part 1 & 2. Ramsay
Galleries, Honolulu, HI.
August 1997 Hong
Kong—A Window Ajar, Part 1 & 2. Urban
Cultural Park Visitor Center, Saratoga Springs, NY.
June—July 1996 Hong Kong—A Window
Ajar, Part 1. Village Gallery, Galway, NY.
November 1995 Hong Kong—A
Window Ajar, Part 1. Shelnutt Gallery, RPI, Troy, NY.
Selected Group
Exhibitions:
Nov—March 2008 Artisan’s of Galway. Galway
Preservation Society, Town Hall, Galway,
NY.
Nov—Dec. 2006 Regional
2006: Works On Paper. Perrella Gallery, FMCC, Johnstown, NY.
Sept—Nov 2003 Connecticut Women Artists. Mystic Art Association, Mystic, CT.
July—Sept. 2000—2003 44th,
45th, 46th and 47th Regional Exhibition. Mystic
Art Association, Mystic, CT
March 1999 Moon
Tribe Tales, International Women’s Day. Medicine Show Theater, New York,
NY.
July—August 1996 4 Galway Artists. Village Gallery, Galway, NY.
June—August 1996 Borders/Crossings/Passages.
Ann Grey Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY.
May 1987, 1993, 1995 9th, 15th and 17th Annual Photography Regional. RCCA, Troy, NY.
June 1992 & 1996 14th and 18th Annual Photography Regional. The Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY.
May 1991 Image
XVII Exhibition. The Amfac Plaza Exhibition Room, Honolulu, HI.
February 1991 Transformations of Hawaii, a three
person show. Honolulu Hale Lane Gallery,
Honolulu, HI.
Selected Awards:
2009 Artist
Grant—Saratoga County Program for Arts Funding (SPAF), Saratoga Springs, NY.
2002 Second
Place—Elected Artists Show. Mystic Art
Association, Mystic, CT.
1999 21 for 25 Anniversary Grant—Women’s
Studio Workshop (NYSCA), Rosendale,
NY.
2009, 1998, 1997, 1995 Special Opportunity Stipend—NY Foundation
for the Arts and RCCA, Troy, NY.
1997 Saratoga County Program for Arts Funding—NYSCA
and SCAC, Saratoga Springs,
NY.
1996 Fine
Art Award—Art in Bloom. Saratoga Springs, NY.
1994 Juror's
Award—Sixth Annual Celebration of Romance.
Saratoga Springs, NY.
1991 The
Image Foundation City
Arts Award—The Image XVII Exhibition,
Honolulu, HI.
1990 Association
of Hawaii Artists Frame Shack Mixed Media Award—Annual Aloha Exhibition, Honolulu,
HI.
Significant Travel:
2000—2010
Mexico,
Guatemala, Belize, Honduras. Results: an on-going photographic and clay sculpture
study.
March—June
1997
Hong
Kong. Results: black and white print and color slide photographic
series: Hong Kong—A Window Ajar, Part 2, and a
handmade photographic book: A Gwaipoh in
Hong Kong.
February 1992
Hong Kong and Australia.
Results: gum bichromate portfolio: Hong
Kong—A Window Ajar, Part 1.
Feb—Dec 1984
United States—39
states, 17,500 miles. Results: two black and white photographic series: Passing Through and Women Alone, and a narrative: Revealing the Root by Way of the Road.