Education
1994 M.F.A. Milton Avery School of the Arts; Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, N.Y.
1979 B.A. Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.
Fellowships and Awards
2019 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; Artist Residency
2014 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; Artist Residency
Blue Mountain Center; Mini Artist Residency
2012 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; Artist Residency
2011 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; Artist Residency
2007 Gottlieb Emergency Grant
2003 Blue Mountain Center; Artist Residency
2002 Web Artist of the month (May); Artist Space, N.Y.
2000 Change Inc.; Artist Grant
Center for Contemporary Performance Art; Artist Grant
Macdowell Colony; Residency, Petersboro, N.H.
1995 Yaddo; Residency, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
1990 Cummington Community for the Arts; Residency, Cummington, MA.
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2022 "In These Times", Plus/Space Five Myles Gallery; Hanne Tierney curator. Brooklyn, New York
"Wood Drawings and Configurations", 490 Atlantic Gallery; Jim Edwards, curator. Brooklyn, New York
2008 "From this hour”, Humanities Gallery; Long Island University. Solo installation.
Nancy Grove, curator. Brooklyn, N.Y.
2007 "Pleasure Beach", Five Myles Gallery; Two-person show with Juana Valdez.
Hanne Tierney, curator. Brooklyn, N.Y.
2003 “Reflections”, Brooklyn Public Library; Solo installation in the main branch
at Grand Army Plaza. Brooklyn, N.Y.
2000 “Sites Unseen”, Katonah Museum; Solo installation in the sculpture garden.
Susan Edwards, curator. Katonah, N.Y.
Group Exhibitions
2023
"The Thin Film of Living", Private Public Gallery; Chris Freeman, curator. Hudson, New York
2021
"Year of the Unicorn", Store for Rent Gallery; Jane Fine, curator. Brooklyn, New York
2020
“UNRELATED”, Park Place Gallery; Peter Dudek, curator.
2019
"Amongst Friends”, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center; Collaborative fundraising project; Patricia Fabricant, Alexandra Block, Beth Drary; organizers
2018
"Billboards and Broadsides", Humanities Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
Emily Feinstein and Matt Freedman curators and fabricators.
"The Nature Lab" – LabSpace Gallery, Hillsdale NY; Eric Wolf curator.
2017
"Excessive Frugalities"; Odetta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Ellen Hackl Fagan, curator.
"Through the Rabbit Hole 2” Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2016
"Through the Rabbit Hole" A collaboration between Life on Mars and Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Kentler Gallery Benefit", Brooklyn, New York.
"Five Myles Benefit", Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2013
"100 Drawings", Kentler Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2011
“Site Specific 2011”, Islip Art Museum – Carriage House; Karen Shaw, curator.
2010
“Governors Island Art Fair”, Governors Island, N.Y.; 4 Heads collective.
2009
“State Fair”, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, N.Y.; Marc Dion, Alyson Baker, Marichris Ty, curators.
“All Roads Lead to Coney Island”, A&M Richard Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Andrew Garn, curator.
“Stayin Alive”, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2006
“125 Works on Paper”, Kentler Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2002
“20/02”; Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. ; Janet Riker & Meredith McNeal, curators.
“Reactions”, Traveling exhibition, Art Center College of Design; Pasadena, CA.
2001
“A Collaborative Fusion”, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, N.Y.; Elisabeth Condon, curator.
“Cities and Desire”, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Janet Riker & Meredith McNeal, curators.
“Reactions”, Exit Art, New York, N.Y.
2000
“Invented Spaces”, Workspace Gallery, New York, N.Y.; Leslie Heller, curator.
1999
“Neighbors Against Garbage Benefit Show”, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.
“War- Bulletin Board”, Postmasters Gallery, New York, N.Y.
“Sculpture Center Benefit”, Sculpture Center, New York, N.Y.
“Section 33”, D.U.M.B.O. Art Center, Bklyn, N.Y.; Charolotta Kotik & Waqas Wajahat, curators.
“Six Sculptors”, Long Island University, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Marian Griffiths, curator.
“Sculpture Center Benefit”, Sculpture Center, New York, N.Y.
“Domain”, Islip Art Museum, Islip, N.Y.; Karen Shaw, curator.
1997
“Momenta Benefit Show”, Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1995
“The Indoor-Outdoor Sculpture Show”, Century 28 Gallery, Bklyn, N.Y; Caroline Cox, curator.
“Material Matters”, Art In The Anchorage, Bklyn, N.Y.,Creative Time, Hope Sandrow, curator
“Split Level”, Art in General, New York, N.Y.; Sally Heller, Lisa Davis, curators.
“Currents”, 8th Floor Gallery, New York, N.Y.; Alexandra Rowley, curator.
“Raw Materials”, Police Building, O.I.A., New York, N.Y.; Matt Schwede, curator
“Little Things”, Art in General, New York, N.Y.; Holly Block, curator.
1993
“Sculpture Survey”, One Main Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Mariella Bisson, curator.
1987
“Endangered Species”, Puck Building, New York, N.Y.; Lori Ledis, curator.
1986
“10 on 8”, Windows on 8th avenue, New York, N.Y.; William Olander, curator.
1985
“Small Works Show”, BACA Downtown; Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
Dore Ashton, curator.
Bibliography
Piri Halasz, “From the Mayors Doorstep” Blog; February 2017
Khristina Narizhnaya, “Brooklyn’s Activists Act to Save Coney Island”, Greenpoint Gazette, June ‘09
Fitch, Gordon, “A State Fair in Queens”, Artezine, June ‘09
Haber, John, “I Cover the Waterfront”, Haber Art Reviews online, May ‘09
Ken Johnson, “Invented Spaces”, New York Times, Jan 19th & 26th , Feb 2nd; ‘01
Robert Mahoney, "Section 33", Time Out New York, August 26th, '98. p.59
Grace Gleuck, "For Art, Too, A Summer In the Sun", New York Times, August 21st, '98, p.E35, 37
Ken Johnson, "Section 33", New York Times, Aug. 14th,'98.
John Lee, “Domain”, Islip Bulletin, Feb. 28th , ‘98
Roberta Smith, "Anchor and Balm For Restless Souls" New York Times; Aug. 4th,'95, p. C1,22
Catalogues
New Observations #133 –Love; Real and Abstract: Guest artist editor – Peggy Cyphers-2020
The Nature Lab An Homage To The RISD Nature Lab And Its Founder Edna Lawrence, Curated by Eric Wolf; Essays by Neal Overstrom and Patrick Neal
Site Specific ‘11 – New Work in the Carriage House. Islip Art Museum-2011
Sites Unseen – Essay by Susan Edwards; Katonah Museum - 2000
Six Sculptors – Essay by Robert Taplin; Sculpture Center – 1998
Domain – Islip Art Museum - 1998
Art in General Manual; '93-'94, '94-‘95