Selected Solo Exhibitions 2008 Kurka Series, The Nook, 4738 Main St.Lisle, IL 2008 Earthworks I,II.Bountiful Market and Cafe, Lisle,IL 2007 The Art of Seeing, Bountiful Market and Cafe, Lisle, IL 2007 Past to Present, Darien, Indian Prairie Public Library 2007 Hinsdale South High School, Three Series, Darien, IL 2006 Thomas Moser Cabinetmaker Showroom, Chicago, IL 2006 Skateboard Connection,Hinsdale South High, Darien,IL 2006 Chicago Art Exchange, Chicago Title and Trust, Amata Suites, Chicago 2005-2006 State Street Gallery, Robert Morris College, IL 2005 University Club of Chicago, IL 2005 Marmion Academy Dr. Scholl Exhibit Messanine, Aurora, IL 2005 West Suburban Banks, Darien, IL 2004 "It's a Crow thing" Hinsdale South High School, Darien, IL 2004 Mezzanine Gallery, St.Charles, IL 2003 "Faces of an Artist" Moondance Diner, Burr Ridge, IL 2002 "Gift from the Sea" Hinsdale Center of Arts, Hinsdale, IL 2002 "Encaustic Collage" Downers Grove Public Library, Downers Grove, IL 2002 Collage, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL Selected Group Exhibitions 2008 Jun Abstract and Modern Art Exhibit, LaGrange, IL 2008 May-July,The Galaxie, 2nd Square Foot Show, Chicago, IL 2008 May HCA Faculty Exhibit, Hinsdale, IL 2008 Feb The Galaxie Art Jam, Chicago, IL 2008 Mar Best of Best, Mayslake, Oakbrook, IL 2008 Jan-Mar It's Only Paper, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL 2008 Jan Living Color, Napeville Art League, Naperville,IL 2008 Jan Fresh Start, DuPage Art League, Wheaton, IL 2008 Jan-Mar The Beat of My Art, Naperville, IL 2008 Jan Hot and Cool, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2008 Jan-Mar Essence of Color, McCord Gallery and Center, Palos Park, IL 2008 Jan White on White, MCS, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL 2008 Jan Utrecht Art Supply, Chicago, IL 2007 Nov-Dec Layers II, MCS, Elmhurst Artist Guild Gallery, Elmhurst, IL 2007 Nov-Dec,Love, Small Works, Studio One Art Gallery, Doylestown, PA 2007 Oct Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2007 Oct White on White, IMCAC, Fort Worth Texas 2007 Jul Mini Human Artefakts, Borrelli Space Studio, San Diego, CA 2007 May Tall Grass Arts, "Layers", Park Forest, MCS, 2007 Mar/Apr Backwards/Forwards, Naperville, IL 2007 Apr Downers Grove Library, "Five Elements",MCS, Downers Grove,Il 2007 Apr Space 900, "Inspiring change", Chicago, IL 2007 Mar/Apr Union Street Gallery,"Painted Tongue", Chicago Heights, IL 2007 Apr Ayer Lofts Gallery,"Paste-up",Lowell, Ma 2006 Nov/Dec Galerir im Atelierhof, Breman Germany 2006 Nov Celebrity Charity Chair Auction, Chicago, IL 2006 Nov/Dec Cool Blues, Midwest Collage Society, Bloomingdale, IL 2006 Nov Marshall McGearty Tobacco Lounge, Wicker Park, Chicago, IL 2006 Nov/Dec Best of the West, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale, IL 2006 Oct CAC Chicago Art Open, Zhou Brothers Center, Chicago, IL 2006 Aug CAC "Around Town" Wrightwood Skewers & Cafe, Chicago, IL 2006 Feb,May,July,Nov,Dec. "Human Artefakts" Traveling Collage Exhibit 2006 April 8th International Collage Exhibition & Exchange,Virtural Tart, New Zealand 2006 Mar Nature's Paint Brush, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange IL. 2006 Mar-Apr Marmion Academy, MCS, Aurora, IL 2006 Feb-Mar Midwest Collage Society takes on Red, Orleans Street Gallery, Pheasant Run, St. Charles IL. 2006 Jan-Feb "What's love got to do with it?" Lemont, IL 2006 Feb-Mar Traveling Exhibit Human Arte Faks, Richmond, Va 2005 Oct-Nov "The Fine Art of Collage" Mill Atelier Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2005 Jun-Jul "Wish you were here IV" A.I.R Gallery, NY 2005 Jun-Jul "Summer Show" Midwest Collage Society, LaGrange, IL 2005 Mar-Apr "7th Bakers Dozen" New Zealand 2005 Jan-Feb "Bingo" Midwest Collage Society, Artful Gatherings, Lemont, IL 2004 Aug "Evening with the Artists" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2004 Aug "Summer Reflections" Midwest Collage Society, Woodridge, IL 2004 April "Collage" Midwest Collage Society, TLD Design Center, Westmont, IL 2004 Jan-Feb "Outside Zero/Inside Hot", Artful Gatherings, Lemont, IL 2003 Nov-Dec "Warm Glow of the Holiday", LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2003 Nov Midwest Collage Society, Community Art Partners, Glen Ellyn, IL 2003 Oct-Nov Darien Artist Guild, Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien, IL 2003 Oct "A Spiritual Aspect of Atmosphere" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2003 Oct "3rd Annual Art Exhibitions", Woodridge Public Library, Woodridge, IL 2003 Sept Midwest Collage Society Exhibitions, Darien, IL 2003 May "Sunday Afternoon" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange IL 2003 April "Spring Show" Darien Artist Guild, Lemont Public Library, Lemont, IL 2003 April Best of Best Triton College, River Grove, IL 2002 Nov-Dec "Touched by and Angel", LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2002 Aug Downers Grove Artist Guild, Downers Grove, IL 2002 Mar "Best of Best" Triton College, River Grove, IL 2002 Feb Downers Grove Artist Guild, Downers Grove, IL 2001 Oct-Nov Darien Artist Guild, Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien, IL 2001 Aug Downers Grove Artist Guild, Downers Grove, IL 2001 Jun "Crossed Connections" TLD Design Center, Westmont, IL 2001 April "Tributary" A.I.R. Gallery, New York 2001 Mar "Best of Best" Triton College, River Grove, IL 2001 Feb Downers Grove Artist Guild, Downers Grove, IL 2000 Oct Darien Artist Guild, Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien, IL 2000 Aug Downers Grove Artist Guild, Downers Grove, IL 2000 Jul "Art in the Park" Downers Grove, IL 2000 Mar "Fish" TLD Design Center, Westmont, IL 2000 Feb Downers Grove Artist Guild, Downers Grove, IL 1999 Jul "Diebers Fine Art Exhibit" Lombard, IL 1999 Jun "Crossed Connections" TLD Design Center, Westmont, IL 1999 Apr Blue Feathers Books and Botanicals Ltd. LaGrange, IL 1998 Jun "Crossed Connections" TLD Design Center, Westmont, IL Juried Exhibition 2008 Jun 33 Collective,Portraits, Zhou Brother Center,Chicago, IL 2008 Feb The Galaxie Art Jam, Chicago, IL 2008 Jan-Mar It's Only Paper, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL 2008 Jan-Mar The Essence of Color, McCord Gallery, Palos Park, IL 2007 Mar/Apr Ayer Lofts Gallery, "Paste-up", Lowell,Ma. 2007 Mar Union Street Gallery, Painted Tongue, Chicago Heights, IL 2006 Sept/Oct National Collage Society 22nd Annual Juried Exhibit 2006 Sept/Oct Within and Beyond, Tall Grass Art Assoc. Park Forest,IL 2006 Upstream People Gallery, Nebraska 2006 Jan-Feb "Strings and Things" Norris Gallery, St.Charles, IL 2005 Dec Evanston Arts and Crafts Expo, Evanston IL 2005 Oct-Dec "Adornments" Hinsdale Center of Arts, Hinsdale, IL 2005 Jun Upstream People Gallery, On-Line, Omaha, NE 2004 Nov-Dec "Adornment" Hinsdale Center of the Arts. Hinsdale, IL 2004 Nadine's Festival of the Arts, LaGrange Park, IL 2004 May 7th Annual "Wish you were here" National Collage Society, NY 2004 Jan "Black Bird" Artpost Gallery, Grafton, WI 2003 Oct "Vicinity" Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL 2003 Sept The DuPage Theater Visual and Performing Arts, Lombard 2003 May 6th Annual "Wish you were here" National Collage Society, NY 2002 Oct "Color 2002" National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary and Traditional Art, LaGrange, IL 2002 Jun 5th Annual "Wish you were here" National Collage Society, NY 2001 May 4th Annual "Wish you were here" National Collage Society, Elyria, Ohio Galleries 2008 4Art Inc. Chicago, IL 2008 LaGrange Art League, LaGrange IL 2008 Naperville Art League, Naperville, IL 2008 DuPage Art League, Wheaton IL 2007-08 The Beat of My Art, Naperville, IL 2006 Chicago Art Exchange, Amata Suite, Chicago, IL 2006 Turchin Center of the Visual Arts ASU, Boone NC(perment) 2006 Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram Texas, (permanent) 2006 ArtWorks, Richmond Virgina 2005 Oct Mill Atelier Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico 2005 Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL (permanent) 2005-2006 Jun Upstream People Gallery, Omaha Nebraska 2005 Jun LaGrange Art League, LaGrange IL 2005 International Museum of Collage, Mexico City, Mexico, (permanent) 2005 The Learning Connexion of Wellington, New Zealand, (permanent) 2003-2005 Artful Gatherings, Lemont, IL 1999 Ekahni Gallery, Wheeler, Oregon Awards 2008 May LaGrange Art League, IL 2008 Jan Hot and Cold, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2007 Dec Layers II, MCS, Elmhurst Artist Guild Gallery, Elmhurst, IL 2007 Dec Pretty Boutique, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2007 Oct Out of the Canvas, Naperville, IL 2007 Jul Light and Shadow, Naperville Art League,Naperville, IL 2007 Jul Wheaton Fine Art Fair, Wheaton, IL 2007 Jun Wanderlust, Naperville Art League, Naperville, IL 2007 May Art in the Park,Oak Park, IL 2007 Mar/Apr Backwards/Forwards, Naperville, IL 2007 Jan Charles Vickery Award, LaGrange, Il. 2006 Sept Ed Shaver Award, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2006 Sept/Oct National Collage Society, Collegeville,PA 2006 Aug Purchase Award, Glen Ellyn Festival of Arts, Glen Ellyn, IL 2006 May "Art in The Park" Oak Park, IL. 2006 May "Reruns and New Releases" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange,IL 2006 Mar "Nature's Paint Brush" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2006 Feb What's love got to do with it? Lemont, IL 2005 Nov "Great things in Small Packages", LaGrange, IL 2005 Aug Glen Ellyn Festival of Arts, Glen Ellyn, IL 2005 Jul Wheaton Fine Art Festival, Wheaton, IL 2005 Jun UpStream People Gallery, Neb. 2005 Jun Promenade of the Arts, Yorkville, IL 2005 Jun Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival, Hinsdale, IL 2005 Jun 7th Annual Collage and Mixed Media Exhibit, Omaha NE 2005 Apr "Best of Best Show" WSFAA, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 2004 Nov-Dec "Holiday Happenings", LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2004 Apr "The Detail That Defines", LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2003 Oct Darien Artist Guild, Darien, IL 2003 Aug "Alla Jablokow" Nature Award, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2003 Apr "Emergence" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2003 Mar "Touch of Red" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2002 Dec "Touched by an Angel" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2002 Nov "For the Love of Art" Lemont, IL 2002 Oct Danada Nature Art Show, Wheaton, IL 2002 Oct "Color 2002" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2002 Aug "My Mothers Garden" Alla Jablokow Nature Award, LaGrange, IL 2002 Feb Downers Grove Artist Guild, Downers Grove, IL 2002 Jan "The Flying Sea" Charles Vickery Award, LaGrange, IL 2001 Nov "Minis" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2001 Feb "Deep Purple Dreams" LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2001 Jan "Snowflake Serenade" Charles Vickery Award, LaGrange, IL 2000 Aug "Stillness and Awe" Alla Jablokow Nature Award, LaGrange, IL 2000 Feb Downers Grove Artist Guild, Downers Grove, IL 2000 Jan "Let It Snow" Charles Vickery Award, LaGrange, IL Art Fairs and Festivals 2008 Jul Mayslake Peabody Estate Fine Art Fair, Oak Brook, IL 2008 Jul Naperville Woman's Club, Fine Art Fair, Naperville, IL 2008 Jul Lisle, Balloon Festival, Il 2008 Jul Wheaton Fine art Fair, Wheaton,IL 2008 May Oak Park, Art in the Park, Oak Park,Il 2008 Apr Kaneland District, Geneva, IL 2007 Jul Wheaton, Wheaton Fine Art Festival 2007 Jul Geneva, Fine Art Festival 2007 May Oak Park, Art in the Park 2007 Apr Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL 2006 Sept Riverside Art Fair, Riverside, IL 2006 Aug Glen Ellyn Fine Art Festival, Glen Ellyn, IL 2006 Jul Art in the Park, Bartlett, IL 2006 Jul Wheaton Fine Arts Festival, Wheaton, IL 2006 Jun Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival, Hinsdale, IL 2006 May Oak Park, Art in the Park, Oak Park, IL 2005 Aug Glen Ellyn Festival of the Arts, Glen Ellyn, IL 2005 Aug Art in your Eye Fine Art Show, Batavia IL 2005 Jul Wheaton Fine Arts Festival, Wheaton, IL 2005 Jun Promenade of the Arts, Yorkville, IL 2005 Jun Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival, Hinsdale, IL 2005 Jun Graue Mill Fine Art Show, Hinsdale, IL 2005 May Art in the Park, Oak Park, IL 2004 Oct Fall Color Art Festival, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL 2004 Jul Wheaton Fine Arts Festival, Wheaton, IL 2004 Jun Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival, Hinsdale, IL 2004 Jun Graue Mill Fine Art Show, Hinsdale, IL 2003 Jun Hinsdale Fine Arts Festival, Hinsdale, IL 2003 Jun Graue Mill Fine Arts Show, Hinsdale, IL 2003 May Lisle Art Faire, Lisle, IL 2002 Nov "For the Love of Art" Lemont, IL 2002 Oct 37th Annual Autumn Color Art Fair, Willow Springs, IL Publication 2007 Sennep-Benslife,London 2007 Hinsdale Center for the Arts,Hinsdale, IL 2006-07 Hampton-Brown, National Geographic Education Publishing 2006 Sept National Collage Society 22nd Annual Catalog, Ohio 2006 May Hill Country Arts Foundation in Ingram Texas 2005 May Prairie Light Review, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL Private Collections Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram Texas Turchin Center, ASU Boone NC Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL International Museum of Collage, Mexico City, Mexico The Learning Connexion, Wellington, New Zealand Teaching 2008 Jun 2 Day Summer Compositional Collage Workshop,Lagrange, IL 2008 Jan The Galaxie, Small One Day Collage Workshop, Chicago, IL 2008 Jan-Mar Collage Exploration II, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2008 Jan-Mar More about Collage, DuPage Art League, Wheaton, IL 2007 Sept-Dec Collage Exploration, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2007 Aug-Sept Back to Basic, Collage, DuPage Art League, Wheaton, IL 2007 Oct Inspiration Collage Two Day Workshop, Naperville, IL 2007 Jul-Aug Advanced Collage Class, LaGrange, IL 2007 Jun Family History Workshop, Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL 2007 Apr Collage: paper to canvas, LaGrange, IL 2007 Saturday Morning Children's Classes, LaGrange, IL 2007 Mar Inspirational Collage, HCA, Hinsdale,IL 2007 Feb Compositional Collage Workshop, LaGrange, IL 2007 Jan Gift from the Sea, LaGrange, IL 2006 Oct Illinois Arts Week, LaGrange, IL 2006 Sept-Nov Back to Basics in Collage, LaGrange IL 2006 Jan-May Back to Basics in Collage, Palos Park, IL 2006 Mar, Artful Gatherings, Inspirational Collage Workshop, Lemont, IL 2006 Feb, Addison Artist Guild, Collage Workshop, Addison, IL 2006 Jan Robert Morris College, Collage Workshop, Chicago, IL 2005 Oct-Nov Back to Basics in Collage, Palos Park, IL 2005 Oct-Nov Back to Basics in Collage, Lemont, IL 2005 Jun-Aug "Collage Sketch Book Journal", LaGrange, IL 2005 Jan Collage Mania, Homer Glen, IL 2005 Jan-Feb Crazy Collage & Altered Books, LaGrange, IL 2004 Nov-Dec Collage Mania, Homer Glen, IL 2004 Oct Two Day Creative Collage Workshop, LaGrange, IL 2004 Sept-Dec Artful Gathering, Lemont, IL 2004 Jul Cutting Edge Collage Children’s Workshop, Homer Glen, IL 2004 Apr Art Appreciation Program, Homer Glen, IL 2004 Jan Explorer Program, Lockport, IL 2003-2004 Dec-Jan Winter Workshop, Darien, IL 2003 "Gift from the Sea" Women’s Morning Art Circle, Lemont, IL 2003 Jun "Get Cubed" Homer Glen, IL 2003 Mar Collage Workshop, Westmont, IL 2002 Jan Altered Books Workshop, LaGrange, IL 2002 Artist-in-Resident, Papermaking, Hinsdale, IL 2002 Artist Way Group Instructor, Darien, IL 2003-2001 Creative Collage Classes, LaGrange, IL 2001 Jun Artist-in-Resident, Lake Geneva, WI 2001 May Abstract Collage, Darien, IL 1997-1995 Art Awareness, Instructor, Darien Dist. #61, Darien, IL Demonstrations 2008 Apr West Suburban Artist Guild, Handpapermaking,River Grove, IL 2007 Sept Town and Country Art League Palos Park IL 2006 May Naperville Art League, Naperville, IL 2005 Jul Papermaking, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2005 Mar "Collage" West Suburban Artist Guild, River Grove, IL 2004 Dec "Collage" Addison Art Guild, Addison, IL 2004 Apr Hand Papermaking/Collage, Elmhurst Artist Guild, Elmhurst, IL 2004 Mar Papermaking LaGrange Art Alliance, LaGrange, IL 2003 Oct Illinois Arts Week, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2003 Sept Hand Papermaking/Collage, LaGrange Art League, LaGrange, IL 2002 Sept Hand Papermaking, LaGrange Women’s Group, LaGrange, IL Benefits 2006 Nov 17th Celebrity Charity Chair Auction, Chicago, IL 2006 MARS, Inc. Maarseilles, IL 2005 Nov 16th Celebrity Charity Chair Auction, Chicago, IL 2004 Sept Artful Gatherings Chair Auction, Lemont, IL 2004 Oct Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois, Lombard, IL 2004 Jul The Ounce of Art, Pound of Cure Auction, Chicago, IL Articles and Reviews 2007 Daily Herald, Geneva IL 2006 Feb Around Town "From the Soul" The Sun 2005 Jan The Addison Independent, Addison Art Guild, Addison, IL 2004 Jan "Exhibit features Art of Collage" Suburban Life 2003 Nov "Collage Prep" Daily Herald, Naperville, IL 2003 Sept "Collage Show Open to Many Interpretations" Doings, Oak Brook, IL 2003 Sept "Faces of an Artist" Suburban Life 2003 Aug "HCA adds collage to schedule of classes", Doings, Oak Brook, IL 2002 Jul "Nature gives Darien artist Inspiration of her work" Doings, Oak Brook, IL 2002 Mar "Gallery Showcases Collage" Suburban Life 2001 Aug Darien Artist, Suburban Life 2000 Oct New Group, Doings, Oak Brook, IL 2000 Jun "Nature Inspires Darien Woman's Art" Doings, Oak Brook, IL 1998 May "Feathers, Twigs Help Woman's Art Branch Out", Progress, Darien, IL Workshops 2005 Sept-Oct Collage Getaway, Ingleside, IL 2005 Sept-Acrylics and Collage, Darien, IL 2004 Sept-Oct Collage Getaway, Ingleside, IL 2003 Nov Collage Workshop, Burr Ridge, IL 2003 Midwest Collage Workshop with Jonathan Talbot, Ingleside, IL Education 1979 Jun Graduated Downers Grove North High School 1979 Jun Black Hawk Mountain School of Art, Colorado Studied, sculpture, lithograph, life drawing, and photography 1983-1984/1998-2000 College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL Studied, drawing1,2, ceramics, papermaking1,2,3, and Native American Myths and Visions Membership CAC Chicago Artist Coalition DuPage Art League National Collage Society Naperville Art League LaGrange Art League, Framer Midwest Collage Society,President (co founder, 2003) Born June 20th, 1961 in St. Charles, IL