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Education:  BA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies from Ohio State University

Residencies and scholarships: Studios Midwest, August 2012 in Galesburg, IL; The Studios at Key West, March 2012; Hot Springs National Park Artist Residency, August 2011; MacNamara Foundation Artist Residency, 2008; Pritchard’s Island Artist Residency, 2003.  Full scholarship to study art quilts at Split Rock, University of Minnesota, July 2009.

Selected Solo Shows:
2013
Decision Portraits Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ

2012
Decision Portraits International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
The Canopy The Box, Galesburg, IL
Last Words The Imperial Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Fiber Architecture: Buildings in Stitches.  Fredericksburg, VA

2011
Last Words.  Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ
Personal Grounds.  Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC

2010    
Personal Grounds.  City Gallery at Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC
Blues Chapel and Last Words. Gallery 80808/Vista Studios, Columbia, SC
Last Words. Florence Regional Arts Alliance, Florence, SC

2009
Blues Chapel, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX

2008
Blues Chapel, Pickens County Museum of Art, Pickens, SC and at the Edgefield Discovery Center, Edgefield, SC

2007    
Stitched! Hyman Fine Arts Center, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Buildings in Stitches, Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA

2006    
Markings, University of South Carolina-Aiken, Aiken, SC
Blues Chapel, Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC

2005    
The Shape of Things, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA

Corporate and Museum Collections: 

DP Professionals, Columbia, SC; City of North Charleston, SC; County Bank, Greenwood, SC; First Citizens Center, Columbia, SC; South Carolina Bank and Trust, Columbia, SC; Power Engineering, Charlotte, NC; Beaufort Arts Council, Beaufort, SC; Garvin Designs, Columbia, SC; Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, La Grange, GA; Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM; Saluda Shoals Park, Irmo, SC; Florence Regional Arts Alliance Permanent Art Collection, Florence, SC; Palmetto GBA, Columbia, SC.

Selected Group  Exhibits:

2013
Artfields, Lake City, SC.
National Fiber Directions, Wichita Center of the Arts, WIchita, KS.
Down to Sleep 34th Contemporary Crafts National Juried Exhibition, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ.
The Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH
Metaphors on Aging and Text Messages, traveling SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) exhibition.

2012
2012 Quilt Festival, La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum, La Conner, WA.
SAQA I'm Not Crazy, Studio Art Quilt Associates traveling, juried exhibition.
Things That Go Bump in the Night, Vision Gallery invitational exhibition, Chandler, AZ.
Bull Street: Life Behind the Walls, The State Museum, Columbia, SC
Narrative Threads, Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Cary, NC
Crafts National, national juried fine craft exhibition at the Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
Art and the Human Form, national juried exhibit at Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Art Quilt Lowell 2012, at the Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
Meet the Designers,invitational exhibit at the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
La Grange National XXVII,national juried fine art show, La Grange, GA
33rd Annual Contemporary Crafts, national fine crafts juried show at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

2011
The Winter Show, invitational exhibit at the Green Hill Center, Greensboro, NC
Art of Fiber, national juried show, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
Fashion and the Female, invitational show, The Arts Center, Greenwood, SC.
National Juried Quilt Exhibit at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, Maryland.
The 32nd Annual Winter Show, an invitational show at the Green Hill Center for the Arts, Greensboro, NC
Layers of Memory, a SAQA juried national traveling exhibition, through June 2012
Green: A Color and a Cause. The Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
Art Quilt Lowell, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
THE ArT-QuILT ExPERIENCE, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY.
Six Contemporary Quilt Artist, invitational show, Earlville Opera House Art Center, Earlville, NY
An American Dream: A Juxtaposition and 14th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. 
Handcrafted, Rocky Mount, NC.
Volusia Wrapped in Fiber, DeBary, FL.
Wearable Arts Awards, Port Moody, British Columbia
Fiber Plus. Yonkers, NY

2010
Art Quilts Lowell, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA. 
Australian Patchwork and Quilt Challenge International Challenge and traveling exhibition. 
ArtQuilt Element 2010.  Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. 
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY.
Art Quilts XV: Needleplay,.  Chandler Art Center, Chandler, AZ. 
LaGrange XXVI Biennial, Chattahoochee Valley Museum, LaGrange, GA. Merit Award

2009
Handcrafted, Rocky Mount, NC.
Art Quilts Lowell, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA. 
National Juried Art Media Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC.
Palmetto Hands, North Charleston Arts Center, North Charleston, SC.  Best of Show.

2008
Materials:  Hard and Soft, Denton TX. Merit Award.
South Carolina State Museum 20th Anniversary Juried Art Exhibition. Columbia, SC.
Craftforms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

2007   
35th Annual Competition at the FayettevilleMuseum of Art; Fayetteville, NC.
Lines into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Colorado
National Bead and Fiber Exhibit, Delaphaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD.
National Juried Art Media Exhibition, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC

2006   
Fiber Fever, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO.
Palmetto Hands, North Charleston Arts Center, North Charleston, SC

2005
18th National Juried Art Exhibition, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Marbleton, GA
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem National Juried Exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC
Gateway National Juried Show, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM.  Purchase Award.

2004
Pattern and Decoration, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
La Grange National XXIII, Biennial. Chattahoochee Vallery Museum, GA.

2003   
The Legacy of Romare Bearden, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC.