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education

2004
MFA Fine Arts, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

1985
BFA Communication Arts, Magna Cum Laude, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

selected exhibitions

2012
Armory Arts Week Open House, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2011
13th Annual Art Show at Hudson View Gardens, The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, New York, NY
EFA Open Studios, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
School of Art & Design Alumni Exhibition, Pitt County Arts Council @ Emerge, Greenville, NC
Armory Arts Week Open House, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2010

Science Fiction, STOREFRONT, Brooklyn, NY
EFA Open Studios, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
EFA Open House, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
(BYOA), X Initiative, New York, NY
The Paul Hartley Legacy, Lee Hansley Gallery & Greenville County Museum of Art, Raleigh & Greenville, NC

2009
32nd Annual Small Works, 80 Washington Square Galleries, New York, NY
EFA Open Studios, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
7 on 7, EFA Studios, New York, NY

2008
Americas 2008: All Media, Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND
EFA Open Studios, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2007
Free Play, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
EFA Open Studios, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Clay, Pigment, Paper and Graphite, Gallery 61, New York, NY

2006
War, Gallery 61, New York, NY
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Flux Factory, Brooklyn, NY
National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper, LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
Bringing It All Back Home, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
rareSpecimen: The Natural History Museum Show, The Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY

2005
By Hand Without Technology, Gallery 61, New York, NY
The Pool Art Fair 2005, The Solita Soho Hotel, New York, NY
Emerging NYC, Pool Art Center, Drury University, Springfield, MO

2004
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
8th Annual Williamsburg Salon, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Heavenly Bodies, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Jeff Hoppa, Yoko Motimoyo & Erica Mapp, Vlepo Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
The Painted Figure, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
The Body: Sacred, Personal and Public, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
7th Annual Williamsburg Salon, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

slide registries

The Drawing Center, New York, NY

residencies

Visiting Artist, Rattler Ranch, Joshua Tree, CA (July/August 2008)
Artist-in-Residence, Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA (March 2007)

awards

2008; Merit Award; Americas 2008: All Media; Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND; Curator: Rusty Freeman; http://www.minotstateu.edu/nac/2008.shtml
2006; Second Prize; National Juried Exhibition: Works on Paper; LBI Foundation for the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ; Curator: Carter Foster

teaching

Adjunct Professor, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY

reviews & publications

Michael Grant; "The Explorer's Club"; Visual Arts Journal; Fall 2008, Volume 16, Number 2

Janet M. Goleas; "Free Play at Islip Art Museum, curated by Judith Page"; http://www.islipartmuseum.org/review08.html

Mangeruga, Erin; "Paper Art Vies for Recognition"; The Beachcomber; July 7, 2006

"Rare Specimen"; The New Yorker; April 3, 2006

Reiger, Christopher; "Rid of the Candiru: Thoughts on Four Shows"; Hungry Hyaena; March 30, 2006; http://hungryhyaena.blogspot.com/2006/03/rid-of-candiru.html

professional affiliations

College Art Association, New York, NY
EFA Studios, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

institutional collections

Bay Colony Corporate Center, Waltham, MA
Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

private collections

Simon & Jennifer Benichou, New York, NY
Stephanie & Chris Bastek, Greenwich, CT
William & Claire Danaher, London, Ontario
David & Victoria Hemingson, Los Angeles, CA
Shaista & Ragnar Horn, Oslo, Norway
James & Leslie Johnson, New York, NY
Merrill Markoe, Los Angeles, CA
Patrick Mull & Cordelia Lawton, New York, NY
Toni Muller, Trebur-Geinsheim, Germany
Lucio Pozzi, New York, NY
Dana & Richard Semeraro, Mystic, CT
Matthew Sharpe, New York, NY


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