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2008
(Scheduled) Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, American Surrealist Initiative
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2005 Teahouse Gallery, New York, NY, "Visionary Imaginings" (Solo Exhibition).
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2004 Port of Call Gallery, Warwick, NY, "Piece by Piece"
ISO Tower Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, "Spirit in Art"
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2003-04 Pfizer Gallery, New York, NY
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2002-03 POLi Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, 8th Friends of Pleiades Invitational Show.
Natural Healing Chiropractic Center, Teaneck, NJ (Solo Exhibition).
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2002 Art Newport, Jersey City, NJ.
"Mirrored Echoes~Self-Portraiture," NAWA, Traveling Collage/Assemblage Exhibition, Exhibitor & Co-Chair.
The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, 113th Annual Exhibition.
The Broadway 104th Street Gallery, New York, NY. "For the Mind's Eye."
The United Nations, New York, NY "Millennium Collection," Women's History Month. Sponsored by UNIFEM.
NAWA Board Members Exhibit, Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA.
New Century Artists, New York, NY "GLUE TOO," CAS Annual Exhibition.
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2001 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, Invitational Exhibition.
Nexus Gallery, New York, NY. 'Contemporary Collage Now.'
'small things considered', 112th Annual Exhibition, NAWA, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY.
'Pro-Arts', Jersey City, NJ.
Viridian Artists, Inc., New York, NY, "TEN."
ARTBUILDERS GALLERY, Jersey City, NJ. "Exploring the Qualities & Potentialities of Paper Works", Juried by Hsaio-Ning Tu.
Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City, NJ. "Cathedral Arts Festival."
"Multiple Expressions," Times Square Lobby, New York, NY.
New Century Artists, New York, NY "GLUE", CAS Annual Exhibition.
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2000-01 Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY.
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2000 Art Center Sarasota, 'From the Heart of the Artist', Sarasota, FL.
'The Jersey City Studio Tour' sponsored by Pro-Arts, Jersey City, NJ & Art in Plain View, Robert Costa.
Wilmer Jennings Gallery, New York, NY, 'In The Hands of the Artist.'
An Artists Showcase of Material Diversity, Kenkeleba Gallery. Juror: Howardena Pindell.
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, 'Global Art Project', I'ntl Art Exchange, Katherine Josten, Founder/Director.
The Rose Street Gallery, Burlington, VT.
111th Annual Exhibition, NAWA, Atelier 14, New York, NY.
'Feminist Expo', NAWA, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD.
ISE ART FOUNDATION, New York, NY "fragments", Collage & Assemblage, Curators: Nessa Grainger, Takayo Noda, Madeleine Segall-Marx.
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1999 POLi Gallery, Provincetown, MA, 'Group Exhibit', . Director: Nicoletta Poli.
'Wish You Were Here', Collage Postcard 1999, The Hudson Galleries, Hudson, OH.
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1997-98 La Mama La Galleria, NY, NY. 'Group Exhibit', Director: Merry Jeng.
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1997 The Stocker Center Gallery, Lorain Community College, Elyria, OH '13th Annual Juried Exhibit.'
'Inner Visions', Solo Exhibition., Archetypus Gallery, Edgewater, NJ. Curator: Warren Sonberg.
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1996 The Fine Arts Gallery, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH ' 7th Annual Juried Exhibit.'
'THE WORLD'S WOMEN ON-LINE! Internet Installation, World Wide Web: http://www.asu.edu/wwol Index of over 800 images by women artists globally.

THE WORLD'S WOMEN ON-LINE@, VIDEO/INTERNET GALLERY INSTALLATION incorporating images by women artist globally in tandem with 3-D computer animation. Computing Commons Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
THE WORLD'S WOMEN ON-LINE!, United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China. (touring version).
ADA: WOMEN AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL.

1994 Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY 'Assemblage and Collage: Fragmented Realities,' Director: J. Taylor Basken.
Aljira, Newark, NJ. 'The Definitive Decade', Curator: Victor L. Davson.
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1993 '6 Women Artists', Women's Rights Information Center, Englewood, NJ.
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1992 Prince Street Gallery, NY, NY. 'Diversity and Vision', Curator: April Vollmer.
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1991 A.I.R. Gallery, NY, NY. 'Choice', Women's Caucus for Art, NY Chapter.
Mari Galleries of Westchester, Mamaroneck, NY 'Group Exhibit', Curator: Carla Reuben.
'Hoboken Studio Tour', Hoboken, NJ.
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1990 William Carlos Williams Center, Rutherford, NJ, 'Mandalas', Solo Exhibit, Curator: Adele Scott.
Washington Street Gallery, Paterson, NJ 'Womanspirit in the Father/Son City.'
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||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Florence Pape, Hoboken, NJ
Catherine Zizzi, West End, NJ
Dr. Peter Gratale, Teaneck, NJ
Philip Grossi, Hoboken, NJ
Calley O'Neill, Kamuela, HI
Marty Alexander, North Bergen, NJ
Julie Piscopo, Jersey City, NJ
Sharon Smith, New York, NY


||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| EDUCATION

Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ.
Art Student's League, New York, NY.
Studied with: H. D. Raymond, Calley O'Neill, Steven Peabody.

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2005 / Soon to be published in: "It's All About Art." A presentation of Women in the Arts: Visual / Music / Writing
2001 / "Creative Insight," "Pick-Up Palette," Ellen Peckham. Publication of Fine Arts and Poetry.
1997 / "Crone Show II: The Full Circle," Traveling Slide Exhibit, Helen Redman, CA

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Study of Mexican Mural Masterpieces: Cuernavaca, Mexico City, Taxco / Awarded by Calley O'Neill

||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| AFFILIATIONS

The Society for the Art of Imagination, London, England.
The Collage/Assemblage Society: New York, NY, Founder and Past Co-Director.
Inducted into The National Association of Women Artists at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
NAWA / Board Member and Co-Chair of Traveling Collage Exhibit, New York, NY.
Pro-Arts, Jersey City, NJ.
City Without Walls, Newark, NJ.
Global Arts Project, Regional Contact, Tucson, AZ.

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2003-04 / Jersey City Museum, Artists Slides Night Series
2003-04 / Jersey City Museum, "Spirit in Art and Inner Vision"

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2003 / National Association of Women Artists, "Works on Paper," Jury Chair
1997 / Pen & Brush Members' Exhibit, New York, NY

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2004 / Stephanie Foxx Studios, New York, NY "Ritual as Art."
2004 / Poughkeepsie Art Museum, "The Imaginary Voyage," Roundtable Panelist
2004 / Women's Studio Center, L.I.C., NY, Instructor: Journey Into Collage


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