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EDUCATION
  • 1997 M.F.A. Yale School of Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  • 1977 B.A. Fordham University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
  • 2002 I Will Always Remember You, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL
  • 1996 New/Now, New Britian Museum of American Art, New Britian, CT
  • 1993 Polyptychs, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1993 Paintings: 1990-1992, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
  • 1992 Recent Paintings, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
  • 1991 Paintings and Works on Paper, The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY
  • 1990 John Street Series, Galerie Schneiderei, Cologne, Germany. Catalogue.
  • 1989 Paintings and Drawings, June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1984 Exit Art/ The First World , New York, NY
  • 1983 Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  • 2001 Talking to Myself, Cultural Fantasy and Domestic Conditions, Porter-Troupe Gallery, San Diego, CA
  • 2000 Words-Objects-Acts, Museum of the City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia. Catalogue
  • 2000 Out of Line; Drawings by Illinois Artists, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
  • 2000 Snapshot: An Exhibition of Snapshots Portraying Intimate or Family Photos, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore. MD
  • 1999 Selected Works From the Permanent Collection, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
  • 1999 Passages: Contemporary Art in Transition, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY. Catalogue. Exhibition travelled to Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL and Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
  • 1998 Fellowship Exhibition, Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT
  • 1997 Heaven--Private View, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
  • 1996 Creative Artists Newtwork: Selections 1984-1996, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1996 Community of Creativity: A Century of MacDowell Colony Artists, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH. Catalogue. Exhibition travelled to National Academy of Design.
  • 1995 Artists Talk Back: Visual Conversations with El Museum, El Museum Del Barrio, NY
  • 1993 Paintings 1989-1992, Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.
  • 1993 Contemporary Public Art in the Bronx, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY.
  • 1993 My/Self; Your/Other: Women, Art & Identity, Contact Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY.
  • 1992 Uncommon Ground: 23 Latin American Artists, The College at New Paltz Art Gallery, NY.
  • 1991 Third International Biennial of Painting Cuenca, Ecuador. Catalogue.
  • 1990 Working on Paper: Contemporary American Drawring, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. Catalogue.
  • 1989 Lines of Vision: Drawings by Comtemporary Women, The Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, NY. Exhibition travelled to Blum Hellman Gallery, New York, NY. Catalogue and Video.
  • 1989 The Blues Aesthetic, The Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC.
  • 1988 Introductions, The June Kelly Gallery, NY.
  • 1988 Treasures from the Permanent Collection 1970 - 1987, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY.
  • 1988 Autobiography, In Her Own Image, Intar Gallery, New York, NY. Catalogue. Exhibition Traveled to Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA and Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA.
  • 1987 Masters and Pupils: The Education of the Black Artist in New York, The Jamaica Art, New York, NY.
  • 1986 New Visions, Soho 20 New York, NY.
  • 1986 Rutgers National 85/86: Works on Paper, Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ.
  • 1986 22nd University of Delaware Biennial, University of Delaware, DE.
  • 1985 Artists-In-Residence Exhibition, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
  • 1985 Surfacing Images: A Selection of Works on Paper, The Bronx Museum of the Arts Satellite Gallery at Hostos, NY.
  • 1985 Surplus, Exit Art, New York, NY. Catalogue.
  • 1984 New Sensibilities, The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.
  • 1983 Books Alive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
  • 1983 The Regentrified Jungle, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Catalogue.
  • 1982 27th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Lehigh University, Bethelehem, PA. Catalogue
  • 1980 Art for Public Spaces: Proposals/Solutions, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
  • 1980 International Studio and Workspace Program, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.
  • 1979 Recollections: Candida Alvarez and Vincent Smith, The Brookly Museum, NY.