Our species has relied, even for its very survival, upon reading facial expressions. We recognize each other and often interpret each other’s emotions and intentions through the face. In the era before the twentieth century, the Maori of New Zealand had such elaborate and specific tattoos on their faces and bodies that the occupation of a person, their courage in battle, their political position, their relationship to the gods, and the entire history of their family could be known by anyone who looked at them. All of us carry the markings of our culture and our experience. Not on the outside like the Maori, but forever embedded in our minds and spirits. It is my mission to explore and communicate these internal markings, and I consider the face, what it shows and what it hides, to be the ultimate narrative device.
All of my work generates from the idea of human potential, both realized and unrealized. Emergence, loss, anxiety and the search for the spiritual self are themes that recur in my pieces. I try to tell a story that will elicit an emotional response in the viewer and will help them see deeper into themselves.
All of my work generates from the idea of human potential, both realized and unrealized. Emergence, loss, anxiety and the search for the spiritual self are themes that recur in my pieces. I try to tell a story that will elicit an emotional response in the viewer and will help them see deeper into themselves.
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EDUCATION
M.A. in Visual Art -- Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee
Bachelor’s degree --Alverno College
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)
ISC (International Sculpture Center)
TEACHING
Adjunct faculty—Mount Mary University—2008 to present
REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SHOWS
Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council Annual Show--Milwaukee, WI 2003
Paradiso Gallery, UWM Woodfire Show, Milwaukee, WI 2004
Riverfront Gallery, Stevens Point, WI 2005
Potters Wheel 50th Anniversary Invitational, Fish Creek, WI 2005
River Gallery, Chelsea. MI 2005
Lakefront Festival of Art Collegiate Show, Milwaukee, WI 2005
18th National Art Exhibition/South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton, GA 2005
Starbrick Clay National, Nelsonville, OH 2006
100 Teapots III, Baltimore, MD 2007
Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL 2007
Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, IL 2007
Cardinal Stritch University 2008
Tohono Chul Park “Please Touch” Exhibit, Tucson, AZ 2008
Chiaroscura Galleries, Chicago, IL 2009
Kiln God National, San Angelo, TX 2009
The Big Idea, Northbrook, IL 2009
MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN 2010
Without a Map, Northbrook, IL 2010
MATA Show, Ruess Building, Milwaukee, WI 2010
Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN 2011
“6x6”-- Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI 2011
Catawampus, Northbrook,IL 2011
Gallery 218 Anniversary Show, Milwaukee, WI 2011
Journeys, Northbrook, IL 2012
Making Our Mark, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI 2013
Connections, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI 2013
Social Media, Northbrook, IL 2013
Concordia University, Mequon, WI 2014
Golden Thread Gallery, West Hartford, CT 2014
Mt. Mary University Biennial Faculty Show, Milwaukee, WI 2015
Clay Arts Vega, Las Vegas, NV 2015
Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend WI 2016
SWAN Day MKE 2017
Clay Arts Vegas, 2017
Cedarburg Cultural Center, 2018
Racine Art Museum, 2018
. Mt. Mary University Faculty Biennial, 2021
Chair-ity Milwaukee, WI 2023
Little show, Cedarburg 2024
Butterfly Effect, Casper, WY 2024
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Midwest International, Warrensburg, MO 2006
Musee de Carouge, Carouge, Switzerland 2007
Zelli Porcelain, England 2009
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee, WI 2007
Oholiab Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2017
Oholiab Gallery, Milwaukee \, WI 2023
AWARDS
Lakefront Festival of Art 2005
South Cobb Arts Alliance 2005
Connections 2013
ARTICLES ABOUT MY WORK
Shepherd Express 2007
Tohono Chul Park Newsletter 2008
Arches 2010
The Golden Thread Project, 2018
GALLERIES
Art Lounge, Menomonee Falls, WI
COLLECTIONS
G. Taxman, River Hills, WI
Children’s Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee, WI
Brown Deer United Methodist Church, Brown Deer, WI
INSTALLATIONS
River Front Gallery 2005
Brown Deer United Methodist Church 2006
St. Monica Catholic Church 2007
Mt. Mary University 2007
Northbrook, Il 2009
Mt. Mary College 2010
Northbrook, IL 2012
