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Artist’s Book: “Illuminated Mind”, Publisher: Electric Company (Trillium Press), California, 2007
Featured Artist: DePaul University, Chicago, Women in Buddhism Conference, Feb. 24, 2007
One Woman Show: Flatfile Gallery, Chicago August 2006
One Woman Show: The Healing Goddess Takohl Gallery, Chicago, May 2006
Featured Artist: DePaul University, Chicago, Women in Buddhism Conference, March 2006
Featured Artist: Grand Opening, Gallery 60035, Highland Park, Il, 2005
Three Person Show: The Garden of Eden Takohl Gallery, Chicago, February 2004
One Woman Show: Hearing Stillness, Seeing Silence Cliffdwellers Gallery, Chicago, May 2003
Two Woman Show: Making Friends With Heaven and Earth Palette & Chisel Academy of Art October 2000
Juried Shows:
Art Chicago, The Artist Project, April 2008
Gallery 180 of The Illinois Institute of Art, Finding Center, May 2007
College of Lake County, Recent Works, October 2006
Woman Made Gallery, Her Mark Calendar, October 2005
Border’s Bookstore, City Gallery 2005
Saks Fifth Avenue, City Gallery 2005
Artistic Connection, Art League Alliance Inaugural Exhibit, Nov 2004
Cleveland State University, Buddha Project Exhibit, May 2004
Suburban Fine Arts Center 9x12 Show, 2002
Suburban Fine Arts Center 12x12 Show, 2001
Suburban Fine Arts Center 9x12 Show, 2000,Curator: Mary Bell
Suburban Fine Arts Center Noir show, curator: Ed Paschke 2000
American Academy of Art 1999
American Academy of Art 1998
American Academy of Art 1996
Palette & Chisel Portrait Show 1998
Palette & Chisel Black and White Show 1998
Awards and Prizes:
2004 Finalist, Artist Magazine Innovations Competition
1999 First Place Fine Arts: American Academy of Art
1998 Second Place: Palette & Chisel Black and White Show
1997 Honorable Mention: American Academy of Art
1995 Honorable Mention: American Academy of Art
Work Experience:
1999- Present: Zoe Kaufman Studio, downtown Highland Park
2001- Present: Healing Power Yoga, 2Hot Yoga, Niyama Yoga, Silken Tent; Instructor: Yoga and Meditation
1999- 2003 Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Il Instructor: Classical Drawing Techniques
1985-1995 Designer, Sculpture Industries, Inc., Chicago, Il
Illustrations for Encyclopedia Britannica, Scott Foresman Co., Harper & Rowe, Chestnut House Publishing, Chicago Sun Times,Chicago Tribune, Furniture Today, Pl ayboy Magazine, Oui Magazine
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Education:
2002 Palette & Chisel Academy of Art- Clayton Beck Workshop
2002 Palette & Chisel Academy of Art-Greg Kreuts Portrait and Still Life Workshop
2001 Palette & Chisel Academy of Art-Greg Kreuts Portrait and Landscape Workshop
2000 Peninsula Art School- Ingweson Portrait Workshop
1999 Palette & Chisel Academy of Art- Scott Burdick Workshop
1999 Palette & Chisel Academy of Art-Greg Kreuts Portrait and Still Life Workshop
1999 Art Institute of Chicago Prints and Drawing Room - copying directly from 16th c Italian Masters, 35 Hours
1997 Dillard’s Creative Arts Foundation Workshop: Problem Solving with Greg Kruetz
BFA American Academy of Art
BS Northwestern University
BJS Spertus College of Judaica
Additional Studies: Art Institute of Chicago
Professional Organizations:
Chicago Artist’s Coalition
Member:
Chicago Zen Center, Evanston, Il.
Corporate Collections:
Motorola Corp, Chicago, Il; Lake Shore Hospital, Chicago; Sachnoff & Weaver Attorneys at Law, Chicago; The Kitchen and Bath Show Cable Network, Boston; Illinois Holocaust Foundation, Mr. Sam Harris, President, Skokie, Ill; National Kidney Foundation, Dr. Joel Kopple, President, Los Angeles; Susan Aurinko, Director, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago
Publications:
Inquiring Mind, vol 24, no2, Spring 2008 p 21
Inquiring Mind, vol 23, no2, Spring 2007 pp10, 11
East on Central Journal of Arts and Letters Vol 5, 2006
East On Central Journal of Arts and Letters Vol. 4, 2005
Rochester Zen Center Quarterly, Winter 2004
East On Central Journal of Arts and Letters Vol. 3, 2004