I lived in Cairo, Egypt in the late 1980s and am forever touched by the beauty and grace of the culture but also by the brutality and dogmatism. There is a duality that is powerful to me, it says something about human truth, and I try to reflect it in my work—

I am interested in: spirituality/sexuality | sacred/profane | private/public .

The female body is the theatre of this war of dualities. Try as I may, I cannot escape this body, because my work is the artifact of processing my personal navigation/narrative.  

The visceral and hallucinatory depictions of Jesus I encountered on a recent visit to Mexico has rekindled my interest in portraiture. Currently, I am working on paintings of women, exploring what it means to see women as idol/individual | muse/personality.

RESUME
                   

EXHIBITIONS

2014   "Moonlighting": Exhibition of Work by Crossroads Teaching Artists, Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica CA 

2013   Solo Show "Family Totems", Space Gallery, Pasadena CA 

2013   "Them": Surrogate Gallery Projects. Show Curated by Holly Boruck. Pasadena CA

2011     Solo Show: “Day By Day”, Indie Collective Gallery,

Culver City CA

2011     Solo Show: “Imaginary Homelands”, Gallery 825,
Los Angeles CA

2011    “Paper Trail”, Happy Gallery, Hollywood, CA
           
2010     “This Is My Education”, Art in General Gallery,
New York,NY    

2010,2009 “Gem”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles CA

2009     “My New Country”: Curated by Rita Gonzales, Gallery 825,
Los Angeles CA
               
2009, 2008,2007    Solo Shows: “House Work”,“A Girl’s Work Book”, “Play and Prophecy”, Indie Collective Gallery, Culver City, CA

2007     “Second Nature”, Tinlark Gallery, Hollywood CA

2006,2008   Capital Group, Artwork represented in collection,
Los Angeles, CA

2005      “Portraits” Show, L Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA

2003-present   Lendrum Fine Art:  Represented by consulting group,
Los Angeles, CA

2009, 2005, 2003  “Fresh Start”: Group Show, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles,CA

2003       Solo Show: Axel Raben Gallery, New York, NY

2002       “Fantasyland”: D’Amelio Terras Gallery New York, NY 

2002       “Abundant Sugar” ,Brewery Art Center, Los Angeles, CA

2001       “Alternative Photographic Processes”, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

2001       “Spitting Image: Myth and Creation of Feminine Identity”
Art Gallery at Stamford, University of Connecticut, Stanford, CT
   
2000       “Flat File”, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2000       “Bridges”, Waqas Wajahat, Curator, DUMBO Art Center, Brooklyn, NY

2000        ArtAdvocate.com. Artwork featured on website

1999        "Size Matters", Mike Weiss, Curator, GAle GAtes et al., Brooklyn, NY

1999        "National Competition", Graham Nickson, Juror,First Street Gallery, New York, NY

1999       "National Competition", Lisa Dennison, Juror, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY

1998       "What's in a Dress", Laurie Seeman Gallery, W. Nyack, NY

1997       "Winter Show", Cecile Kahn, Curator Painting Center,
New York, NY

1997        Group Show, William Bailey, Juror, Bowery Gallery,
New York, NY

1997         "Color Schemes", Anne McKeown, Curator, Axis Gallery, Philadelphia,PA

1996         “Pet Paintings” Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston MA

1996          Works on Paper, Jonathan Shimony, Curator, Z Space,
Paris, France

1994          "A Change of Perception", Elizabeth Hazan, Curator, New York Studio School, New York, NY 

1991, 92     McGuffey Art Center, Solo Painting Shows,
Charlottesville, VA 

 
EDUCATION

1995            Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
M.F.A. Degree in Painting and Printmaking, 1995
           
1991-1993    New York Studio School, New York, NY
           
1988            Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
B.A. Magna Cum Laude with Highest Honors

WORK EXPERIENCE

2011-present  Crossroads Elementary School, Santa Monica C
Head of Elementary School Art Program. Grades K-5

2010            Artstarcamp, Los Angeles CA (artstarcamp.com)
Founder and teacher. Fine arts education for children ages 6-12

2010            IKAR Preschool, Los Angeles CA
Preschool’s Art Teacher and Art Consultant

2011            Hands On 3rd, Los Angeles
Teacher of adult art classes

2009-2010     Larchmont Charter School, Los Angeles, CA
Part-time Art Teacher for grades 2nd- 5th and teacher of after-school classes

2004- 2006    Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA
Instructor in Drawing and Painting

2000             Pratt School of Art and Design, Department of Education, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Assistant Professor

 2000            NYU Department of Art, New York, NY
Instructor in Painting

1999- 2000    92nd Street Y Art Center, New York, NY
Instructor in Painting and Drawing

1997-2000      Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
Lecturer in Painting/Printmaking
           
1996 - 1997    Brandeis University, Waltham, MA   
Artist-in-Residence       

1995-96        Learning Through Expanded Arts Program (L.E.A.P.), New York, NY
Teaching consultant for art workshops designed to enrich the curriculum in
public schools in New York City


HONORS AND AWARDS

2009              Los Angeles Artists Association (LAAA) : Admission by juried screening process. LAAA is a non-profit organization that exhibits and champions emerging artists. 

1998               Vermont Studio Center, Yale School of Art Fellowship:  Full scholarship for residence at the Center

1995               Alice Kimball English Travelling Fellowship:  Funds awarded to study tribal painting in village India, Yale University School of Art

1994               Arnold Bittleman Memorial Prize: Outstanding first-year student in drawing, Yale University School of Art

1994               Prize for Overall Excellence and Distinction in Painting, New York Studio School

1992               The Vera List Scholarship, funds to study at New York Studio School

1988               The George P. Gardner Travelling Fellowship:  Funds awarded to study Islamic calligraphy and miniature painting in Egypt, Harvard University