CV/Bio

EDUCATION

The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MA 1971-74 ; 1978-79, BFA 2002

The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. 1977

The University of Maryland, College Park, MA, 1979 Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, 1997

WORK EXPERIENCE

Special Exhibition Fabrication and Design Assistant,The Sixties The Ronald Reagan Museum, California,1996

Painting Instructor, The Nantucket Island School of Arts & Design,1984

Artist in Residence, Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, MO, 2003

Banner Design, First Friday Art Walk, Springfield, MO, 2003

Teaching Instructor, Missouri State University 2006

AWARDS
MOAK, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Watercolor USA, 2012, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

Award of Merit, 1999, Winter Park Arts Festival, Winter Park, FL

Best of Show, Two Dimensions, 1998; Hidden Glen Arts Festival, Olathe, KS

Purchase Award, 1998, Hidden Glen Arts Festival, Olathe, KS

Watercolor USA, 1997, 1996; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO

Best of Show, Charlotte Arts Festival, Charlotte,NC

PUBLICATIONS

Connecting Canvas to Nature, Ozarks Signature Magazine, The Arts Issue , July-August 2008

Best of 417, 417 Magazine December 2006

Defining Hinduism: A Reader, Equinox, London; Routledge, New York, cover artwork,2005

Springfield News Leader, August 2005 417 Magazine, Upfront Places, November, 2004

Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion, Artist Directory, October, 2004

The Ginko Tree, cover artwork, 2004

417 Magazine, People, Artist Profile, May, 2004

Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion, Pet Portraits, December, 2003

Springfield’s News Leader, September, 2003

Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion, Artist’s Profile, August, 1998

Springfield News Leader, June, 1996

Springfield News Leader, March, 1996

The Washington Post, December, 1990

COLLECTIONS
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

The Garth Newell Music Center, Hot Springs, Virginia

BKD, Springfield, Missouri

Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.

Seward and Kissel, Washington, D. C.

The Pickwick Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama

Blue Cross & Blue Sheild, Philadelphia

Reliance Standard Insurance Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Employers Mutual Company, Des Moines,Iowa

LaMair, Mulock & Condon, Des Moines, Iowa

EXHIBITIONS
2013
"Personal Perspectives", Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
WAGS, SW Missouri Human Society Auction, Obelisk Home, Springfield, Missouri
2012
WAGS, SW Missouri Human Society Auction
MOAK, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
ARTCETERA,
The Doula Foundation, Springfield, Missouri
OBELISK Home,  Springfield, Missouri
The Guild The Artful Home , Catalog & Website  WWW.GUILD.COM
2011 
ARTCETERA, The Doula Foundation, Springfield, Missouri
OBELISK Home,  Springfield, Missouri

2010

Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, Virginia

The Guild The Artful Home , Catalog & Website WWW.GUILD.COM

Obelisk Home, Springfield, Missouri 

2009

"As I See It",  Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Guild The Artful Home , Catalog & Website WWW.GUILD.COM

Obelisk Home, Springfield, Missouri 

2008

Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, Virginia

Hawthorn Gallery, Springfield, Missouri

The Guild The Artful Home , Catalog & Website WWW.GUILD.COM 

2007-2006

Hawthorn Gallery, Springfield, Missouri

The Gillioz, Springfield, Missouri

The Guild The Artful Home , Catalog & Website WWW.GUILD.COM

Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Greater Ozarks Arts Tour GOAT, Southwestern Missouri

Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, Missouri

2004

MOAK, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, Missouri

2003

Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Door County, Wisconsin

William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado

MOAK, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, Missouri

The Jane Troup Gallery, Springfield, Missouri

2002

MOAK, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri

William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Up with Art 2, Little Rock, Arkansas

2001

Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Door County, Wisconsin

William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Alpha Art Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas

2000

Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Door County, Wisconsin

1999

William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado

Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, Iowa

1998

Winter Park Arts Festival, Winter Park, Florida

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Plaza Arts Festival, Kansas City, Missouri

Saint Louis Art Festival, Saint Louis, Missouri

Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado

1997

Milwaukee Art Museum, Lakefront Festival of Arts, Milwaukee,

Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, Missouri

Two Rivers Arts Festival, Des Moines, Iowa

Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri

Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado

Vail Festival of Art, Vail, Colorado

1998

Winter Park Arts Festival, Winter Park, Florida

Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor USA, Springfield, Missouri

1989

Percival Galleries, Des Moines, Iowa

1987

Laumeier Art Festival, St. Louis, Missouri

Percival Galleries, Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines Art Center, Art in the Park, Des Moines, Iowa

The Joy Berman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Laumeier Art Festival, St. Louis, Missouri

1986

The Joy Berman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Des Moines Art Center, Art in the Park, Des Moines, Iowa

Springfield Art Museum, MOAK, Springfield, Missouri

Provident Art Exhibition, Invitational One Person, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1985

National Drawing Competition, The Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia

1984

Foxhall Gallery, Neo-Deco, Two-Person Show, Washington, D.C.

Nantucket School of Art & Design, One Person Show, Nantucket, Massachusetts

Marsha Mateyka Gallery,Washington Artists, Washington, D.C.

National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia

Three Women,The Mayor’s Office, Washington, D.C.

Brandeis Exhibition, Rockville, Maryland

Artists Space, Washington, D.C.

1983

Gallery K, A Garland of Flowers, Washington, D.C.

1981

Washington Project for the Arts, Open Studio, Washington, D.C.

Gallery K, Mindscapes, Washington, D.C.