EXHIBITIONS
09/2019
Atlanta, Arise - Natural Born Artists, Hosted by RAWartists The Masquerade, Atlanta, Georgia
Featuring: Up-cycled Antique Tribal Jewelry, "Malibu HB Hats" and Wearable Art, Wabi-Sabi Collages
05/2019
Charlotte IMPACT - Natural Born Artists, Hosted by RAWartists The Filmore, Charlotte, NC – "Buffet" EXHIBIT
Featuring: Handmade hats, Jewelery, Psychedelic 3-D Art, Wabi-Sabi Collages
08/2018-10/2018
Mooresville Arts Board Member for Mooresville Arts presents Art After Dark, Mooresville, NC
Featuring: "Wab - Sabi" Collage Series, Handmade jewelery
04/2018
Sip & Stroll Art Fest, Hosted by Mooresville Artist Guild, Mooresville, NC
Featuring: "Wab - Sabi" Collage Series, Handmade jewelery
03/18-04/18
Art Institute GALLERY, Charlotte, NC
Featuring:
"Great Expectations” Assemblage“
“Muffled Communications”
04/2017
Hippie FEST, Charlotte, NC – "Buffet" EXHIBIT
Featuring: Vintage Collections to handmade Handmade hats, Jewelery, Psychedelic 3-D Art
04/2016
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC – WINTHROP MFA ALUMNI EXHIBIT
Featuring: “La Futur"
"Great Expectations” Assemblage“
“Muffled Communications”
“My, Tara” Found Object Assemblage
"The Merkin Blues” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
03/2016
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring: “The Merkin Blues” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
“The Might of Man” Found Objects Assemblage
“The Masquerade of Moi” Antique Hair, Collage, Self-Imaging
12/2015
GALLERY Twenty-Two, Charlotte, NC - “FACETS”
Featuring: “Creole Soul,” “Wild at Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
"I Got Lucky In France” Gouache, Found Object Collage
“The Monkey Always Guards the Mermaid” Assemblage
10/2015
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “FREE FOR FALL”
Featuring: “Creole Soul” “Wild at Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
04/2015
ELIZABETH DUNLAP GALLERY, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC - “MISMOMENT”
Featuring: “VULNUS” Tryptic Installation
“My, Tara” Found Object Assemblage
“The Shack” Found Object Assemblage
“Do You Want To Go For A Ride Lil Girl?” Found Object Assemblage
03/2015
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring: “Great Expectations” Assemblage
“Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair
06/14
Pecha Kucha Presenter #9 in Pecha Kucha Night Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC
Speaking of Vulnus and Raising Awareness of People Going Missing
02/2014
LOADING DOCK GALLERY, Rock Hill, SC -“The Red Show FOUR”
Featuring: “Bohemian Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
11/2013
LOADING DOCK GALLERY, Rock Hill, SC - “The Red Show”
Featuring: “Boarded Up” Found Wood Object, Natural Ready Made
“Great Expectations” Assemblage
"End of My Rope” Found Rope Object Aged
“Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair
10/2013
Mooresville Artist Guild's 31st Annual ArtoberFest, Hosted by Mooresville Artist Guild, Mooresville, NC
Featuring: Watercolor and Ink Series
10/2013
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring: “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture
05/13-08/13
LEWANDOWSKI GALLERY, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC - “MFA WORKS IN PROGRESS”
Featuring: “Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair Sculpture
08/12-10/12
CHARLOTTE ART LEAGUE, Charlotte, NC - “MY NORTH CAROLINA HOME”
Featuring: “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture
06/12-08/12
LEWANDOWSKI GALLERY, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC -“MFA WORKS IN PROGRESS”
Featuring: “My Oyster Ancestors” Portraits – Walnut Ink paintings on paper
06/2012
ARTS COUNCIL of MOORE COUNTY, Southern Pines, NC - “ART ANONYMOUS”
Featuring: 7 images of flower macro photography filled with hidden characters:
“Dream Jeanie, Genie Surprised”
“Fairy Love Attended, Romeo & Juliet”
“Hot Pink Alien Monkey”
“Imp Riding Unicorn with Flamingo Laughing”
“Lime-Aid Mermaid”
“Look Up There, Sneakily Caught”
“Too Many Faces to Name”
06/2012
PLANNED PARENTHOOD, Charlotte, NC - “CHOICE ART” Auction at Charlotte Trolley Museum
Featuring: Acrylic Painting, 2 Abstract macro Photography Images
05/12-06/12
SOUTHERN ARTS SOCIETY, INC. (SASI), King’s Mountain, NC - “I AM WOMAN”
Featuring: “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture
05/2012
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring: “Lettuce Reflect” Triptych, Ready-to-Hang Sculptural “show-box” assemblages containing live lettuce
“Blue Blooded Greens”
“Gold-Leaf Hand-Out”
“Royal Greens”
04/2012
WINTHROP UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, Rock Hill, SC - “24 HOURS of ART”
Featuring: “My Oyster Ancestors” Portraits – Walnut Ink paintings on paper
Featuring: “The Corner of Lonely” Installation - Acrylics painted on vinyl and fabric, glazed, texturized cardboard, found natural objects, granite, collage on wooden box
03/2012
PhotoServe Magazine and PDN, NYC, - “THE CURATOR SHOW” Online Submission
Featuring: “Lettuce Jubilate” Series Abstract macro Photography Images
“1 Lettuce Wrestler”
“A Royal Glow”
“As She Looks Up”
“He Looks with Tender Love”
“Love in Lettuce”
“She is the Center of Attention”
2008-2009
MILES LIVE ART SHOW on Public Broadcast Channel, Charlotte, NC – “Live Art” Actor
11/01-01/02
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS SHOW”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: Bob Deal, Claudia Chandler, Sean Knightengale, Mary Szcezny, Me’ Me’
03/01-05/01
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “APRIL NOT IN PARIS”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: Claudia Chandler, Mary Szcezny, myself a.k.a. Me’ Me’
05/00-07/00
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “3 WOMEN & YET ANOTHER MAN”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, M. Szcezny, Me’ Me’, Tyler Strouth
03/00-07/00
CAFÉ DADA Fine Arts Exhibit, Gastonia, NC – Solo Show
03/00-06/00
BLUE DOG EATERY, Gastonia, NC – Coop Show
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler and Me’ Me’
02/00-05/00
PTARADACTYL CLUB, Charlotte, NC - Interior Decoration, Me’ Me’ Art Installations
10/99-01/00
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “4 WOMEN OF GREAT SPIRIT”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, M. Szcezny, Me’ Me’, and Violetta
08/99-10/99
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “I WANTED/WANT TO BE Mrs. C.A.R.”
Solo Show
Featuring: Installation of Assemblages of Collage, Drawings, Mannequin Mademoiselle Elle, Paintings, Personal Writings, Sculptures, Vintage Costumes
Coined as “The Girly Movement, A New Part of Me’ Me’-Ism!” *Me’ Me’-Ism I coined as "THE BREAK IN THE MONOTONY OF THINGS IN LIFE!"
Now we have Memes that break the monotony, hmmmmmmm?
07/1999
Commissioned Sculptures/Assemblages by GARY KELLY, Patron of the Southwest Arts
10/98-02/99
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “3 WOMEN AND 1 MAN”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, Me’ Me’, Tyler Strouth
10/98-02/99
Z-AXIS Television SHOW on Public Broadcast Channel, Charlotte, NC – “Live Art” Actor, Costuming, Props
01/98-10/98
WITZEN’S ART GALLERY, Charlotte, NC – “PASSION FLOWER SERIES” Exhibit
Abstract Macro Photography then Digitally Enhanced Images
01/1998
CHARLOTTE’S BEST MAGAZINE, NC – Among Featured Artists for CB’s Christmas Wish List
*Designed Magazine Ad for “3 Women & 1 Man” Show
10/97-10/98
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC - Co-op Shows
Featuring: Original Me’ Me’ Photography then Computer Enhanced Images
"Mademoiselle Elle Art Installations"
"Me’ Me’s Precious Purple Cabinet"
04/1996
BARTENDER’S BALL, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Society Silent Auction, Charlotte, NC
Art Donation
04/1995
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA – ALUMNI EXHIBITION
03/1995
SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, San Diego, CA – “PHOTOTROPOLIS’ 1995” Art Exhibit
02/1995
SILENT HEART BALL, Heart Association Fundraiser Event, Charlotte, NC
Art Donation
09/1994
SCHOOL of VISUAL ARTS, NYC, NY – “DIGITAL SALON” 2nd Annual Computer Art Exhibit
07/1994
CHARLOTTE’S CREATIVE LOAFING, Art Critique by Sandy Seawright
07/1994
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC - Solo Show
06/94-11/94
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC - Co-op Shows
Featuring: Original Me’ Me’ Photography then Computer Enhanced Images
Sculptures
06/94-09/94
PLANET 3, Savannah, GA – Grunge & Primitive Copper Jewelry
04/94-06/95
KC’S ATTIC, Beaufort, SC - Faux Painted Antique Furniture
04/94-05/94
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA – “SENIOR SHOW” Exhibition
1990-1992
COSMIC COFFEE HOUSE GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - Collage Art Exhibition
1990-1992
RACHELLE’S GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - Collage Art Exhibition
1990-1992
VAN GOGH & FRIENDS, Charlotte, NC - Collage Art Exhibition
09/2019
Atlanta, Arise - Natural Born Artists, Hosted by RAWartists The Masquerade, Atlanta, Georgia
Featuring: Up-cycled Antique Tribal Jewelry, "Malibu HB Hats" and Wearable Art, Wabi-Sabi Collages
05/2019
Charlotte IMPACT - Natural Born Artists, Hosted by RAWartists The Filmore, Charlotte, NC – "Buffet" EXHIBIT
Featuring: Handmade hats, Jewelery, Psychedelic 3-D Art, Wabi-Sabi Collages
08/2018-10/2018
Mooresville Arts Board Member for Mooresville Arts presents Art After Dark, Mooresville, NC
Featuring: "Wab - Sabi" Collage Series, Handmade jewelery
04/2018
Sip & Stroll Art Fest, Hosted by Mooresville Artist Guild, Mooresville, NC
Featuring: "Wab - Sabi" Collage Series, Handmade jewelery
03/18-04/18
Art Institute GALLERY, Charlotte, NC
Featuring:
"Great Expectations” Assemblage“
“Muffled Communications”
04/2017
Hippie FEST, Charlotte, NC – "Buffet" EXHIBIT
Featuring: Vintage Collections to handmade Handmade hats, Jewelery, Psychedelic 3-D Art
04/2016
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC – WINTHROP MFA ALUMNI EXHIBIT
Featuring: “La Futur"
"Great Expectations” Assemblage“
“Muffled Communications”
“My, Tara” Found Object Assemblage
"The Merkin Blues” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
03/2016
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring: “The Merkin Blues” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
“The Might of Man” Found Objects Assemblage
“The Masquerade of Moi” Antique Hair, Collage, Self-Imaging
12/2015
GALLERY Twenty-Two, Charlotte, NC - “FACETS”
Featuring: “Creole Soul,” “Wild at Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
"I Got Lucky In France” Gouache, Found Object Collage
“The Monkey Always Guards the Mermaid” Assemblage
10/2015
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “FREE FOR FALL”
Featuring: “Creole Soul” “Wild at Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
04/2015
ELIZABETH DUNLAP GALLERY, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC - “MISMOMENT”
Featuring: “VULNUS” Tryptic Installation
“My, Tara” Found Object Assemblage
“The Shack” Found Object Assemblage
“Do You Want To Go For A Ride Lil Girl?” Found Object Assemblage
03/2015
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring: “Great Expectations” Assemblage
“Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair
06/14
Pecha Kucha Presenter #9 in Pecha Kucha Night Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC
Speaking of Vulnus and Raising Awareness of People Going Missing
02/2014
LOADING DOCK GALLERY, Rock Hill, SC -“The Red Show FOUR”
Featuring: “Bohemian Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
11/2013
LOADING DOCK GALLERY, Rock Hill, SC - “The Red Show”
Featuring: “Boarded Up” Found Wood Object, Natural Ready Made
“Great Expectations” Assemblage
"End of My Rope” Found Rope Object Aged
“Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair
10/2013
Mooresville Artist Guild's 31st Annual ArtoberFest, Hosted by Mooresville Artist Guild, Mooresville, NC
Featuring: Watercolor and Ink Series
10/2013
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring: “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture
05/13-08/13
LEWANDOWSKI GALLERY, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC - “MFA WORKS IN PROGRESS”
Featuring: “Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair Sculpture
08/12-10/12
CHARLOTTE ART LEAGUE, Charlotte, NC - “MY NORTH CAROLINA HOME”
Featuring: “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture
06/12-08/12
LEWANDOWSKI GALLERY, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC -“MFA WORKS IN PROGRESS”
Featuring: “My Oyster Ancestors” Portraits – Walnut Ink paintings on paper
06/2012
ARTS COUNCIL of MOORE COUNTY, Southern Pines, NC - “ART ANONYMOUS”
Featuring: 7 images of flower macro photography filled with hidden characters:
“Dream Jeanie, Genie Surprised”
“Fairy Love Attended, Romeo & Juliet”
“Hot Pink Alien Monkey”
“Imp Riding Unicorn with Flamingo Laughing”
“Lime-Aid Mermaid”
“Look Up There, Sneakily Caught”
“Too Many Faces to Name”
06/2012
PLANNED PARENTHOOD, Charlotte, NC - “CHOICE ART” Auction at Charlotte Trolley Museum
Featuring: Acrylic Painting, 2 Abstract macro Photography Images
05/12-06/12
SOUTHERN ARTS SOCIETY, INC. (SASI), King’s Mountain, NC - “I AM WOMAN”
Featuring: “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture
05/2012
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring: “Lettuce Reflect” Triptych, Ready-to-Hang Sculptural “show-box” assemblages containing live lettuce
“Blue Blooded Greens”
“Gold-Leaf Hand-Out”
“Royal Greens”
04/2012
WINTHROP UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, Rock Hill, SC - “24 HOURS of ART”
Featuring: “My Oyster Ancestors” Portraits – Walnut Ink paintings on paper
Featuring: “The Corner of Lonely” Installation - Acrylics painted on vinyl and fabric, glazed, texturized cardboard, found natural objects, granite, collage on wooden box
03/2012
PhotoServe Magazine and PDN, NYC, - “THE CURATOR SHOW” Online Submission
Featuring: “Lettuce Jubilate” Series Abstract macro Photography Images
“1 Lettuce Wrestler”
“A Royal Glow”
“As She Looks Up”
“He Looks with Tender Love”
“Love in Lettuce”
“She is the Center of Attention”
2008-2009
MILES LIVE ART SHOW on Public Broadcast Channel, Charlotte, NC – “Live Art” Actor
11/01-01/02
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS SHOW”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: Bob Deal, Claudia Chandler, Sean Knightengale, Mary Szcezny, Me’ Me’
03/01-05/01
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “APRIL NOT IN PARIS”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: Claudia Chandler, Mary Szcezny, myself a.k.a. Me’ Me’
05/00-07/00
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “3 WOMEN & YET ANOTHER MAN”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, M. Szcezny, Me’ Me’, Tyler Strouth
03/00-07/00
CAFÉ DADA Fine Arts Exhibit, Gastonia, NC – Solo Show
03/00-06/00
BLUE DOG EATERY, Gastonia, NC – Coop Show
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler and Me’ Me’
02/00-05/00
PTARADACTYL CLUB, Charlotte, NC - Interior Decoration, Me’ Me’ Art Installations
10/99-01/00
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “4 WOMEN OF GREAT SPIRIT”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, M. Szcezny, Me’ Me’, and Violetta
08/99-10/99
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “I WANTED/WANT TO BE Mrs. C.A.R.”
Solo Show
Featuring: Installation of Assemblages of Collage, Drawings, Mannequin Mademoiselle Elle, Paintings, Personal Writings, Sculptures, Vintage Costumes
Coined as “The Girly Movement, A New Part of Me’ Me’-Ism!” *Me’ Me’-Ism I coined as "THE BREAK IN THE MONOTONY OF THINGS IN LIFE!"
Now we have Memes that break the monotony, hmmmmmmm?
07/1999
Commissioned Sculptures/Assemblages by GARY KELLY, Patron of the Southwest Arts
10/98-02/99
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “3 WOMEN AND 1 MAN”
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, Me’ Me’, Tyler Strouth
10/98-02/99
Z-AXIS Television SHOW on Public Broadcast Channel, Charlotte, NC – “Live Art” Actor, Costuming, Props
01/98-10/98
WITZEN’S ART GALLERY, Charlotte, NC – “PASSION FLOWER SERIES” Exhibit
Abstract Macro Photography then Digitally Enhanced Images
01/1998
CHARLOTTE’S BEST MAGAZINE, NC – Among Featured Artists for CB’s Christmas Wish List
*Designed Magazine Ad for “3 Women & 1 Man” Show
10/97-10/98
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC - Co-op Shows
Featuring: Original Me’ Me’ Photography then Computer Enhanced Images
"Mademoiselle Elle Art Installations"
"Me’ Me’s Precious Purple Cabinet"
04/1996
BARTENDER’S BALL, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Society Silent Auction, Charlotte, NC
Art Donation
04/1995
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA – ALUMNI EXHIBITION
03/1995
SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, San Diego, CA – “PHOTOTROPOLIS’ 1995” Art Exhibit
02/1995
SILENT HEART BALL, Heart Association Fundraiser Event, Charlotte, NC
Art Donation
09/1994
SCHOOL of VISUAL ARTS, NYC, NY – “DIGITAL SALON” 2nd Annual Computer Art Exhibit
07/1994
CHARLOTTE’S CREATIVE LOAFING, Art Critique by Sandy Seawright
07/1994
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC - Solo Show
06/94-11/94
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC - Co-op Shows
Featuring: Original Me’ Me’ Photography then Computer Enhanced Images
Sculptures
06/94-09/94
PLANET 3, Savannah, GA – Grunge & Primitive Copper Jewelry
04/94-06/95
KC’S ATTIC, Beaufort, SC - Faux Painted Antique Furniture
04/94-05/94
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA – “SENIOR SHOW” Exhibition
1990-1992
COSMIC COFFEE HOUSE GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - Collage Art Exhibition
1990-1992
RACHELLE’S GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - Collage Art Exhibition
1990-1992
VAN GOGH & FRIENDS, Charlotte, NC - Collage Art Exhibition
My own nightmarish personal experience has led me to want to create work aiming towards raising the awareness of precious people.
Artwork is a way for me to verbalize through the variety of mediums for what I cannot say without stammering orally about the residual memories I grasped tightly to finally let loose with sentiment into the wonderful exchange of making. The works are cathartic for me, and hopefully like dream catchers, strong, and able to shield one from the shattering of dreams. I want my artwork to address many of the yin-yang universal human experiences and to exude nurture, caution, and care for the future.
I look to culturally varied artists, yet each uniquely expressive of their experiences and emotional sentimentalities attached.
I am drawn to artists who shared not the pristine side of just joy, or other positive life aspects. Rather I look to how they shared their guttural reactions to such things as love, the hardships of love and love relationships, the deeply built-in human feelings of maternal, and even, paternal needs to nurture.
One of my art heroes is down to earth quite genius, Thornton Dial, who commented on his own life perspective as being impressed with the exposure to a life surrounded by strong women. In one of his collage paintings he makes a courageous warriors call to alert his viewers of his own personal grief mournfully touched by the heart wrenching loss of so many precious children attending their tragic Twin Towers deathly daycare shortly after the 9/11 American terrorist incident.
Frieda Kahlo said she painted her own reality, though many viewers interpreted her paintings as dreamy surreal nightmares or daydreams. Tracy Emin put her very private life beyond the bedroom walls on display. Cindy Sherman showed a woman, an artist, a tragic heroine, whomever she pleased to be she could through her own expression.
Emanating a strong perseverance and supporting my audience with the bravado of hope in these surreal theaters and with no worry of the interpretation(s) from the viewers. No. Rather this. Look. Look again. Stop. Just ponder and get lost in a moment recalled or not……….float in the presence of now.
Artwork is a way for me to verbalize through the variety of mediums for what I cannot say without stammering orally about the residual memories I grasped tightly to finally let loose with sentiment into the wonderful exchange of making. The works are cathartic for me, and hopefully like dream catchers, strong, and able to shield one from the shattering of dreams. I want my artwork to address many of the yin-yang universal human experiences and to exude nurture, caution, and care for the future.
I look to culturally varied artists, yet each uniquely expressive of their experiences and emotional sentimentalities attached.
I am drawn to artists who shared not the pristine side of just joy, or other positive life aspects. Rather I look to how they shared their guttural reactions to such things as love, the hardships of love and love relationships, the deeply built-in human feelings of maternal, and even, paternal needs to nurture.
One of my art heroes is down to earth quite genius, Thornton Dial, who commented on his own life perspective as being impressed with the exposure to a life surrounded by strong women. In one of his collage paintings he makes a courageous warriors call to alert his viewers of his own personal grief mournfully touched by the heart wrenching loss of so many precious children attending their tragic Twin Towers deathly daycare shortly after the 9/11 American terrorist incident.
Frieda Kahlo said she painted her own reality, though many viewers interpreted her paintings as dreamy surreal nightmares or daydreams. Tracy Emin put her very private life beyond the bedroom walls on display. Cindy Sherman showed a woman, an artist, a tragic heroine, whomever she pleased to be she could through her own expression.
Emanating a strong perseverance and supporting my audience with the bravado of hope in these surreal theaters and with no worry of the interpretation(s) from the viewers. No. Rather this. Look. Look again. Stop. Just ponder and get lost in a moment recalled or not……….float in the presence of now.
EDUCATION
2017-2019
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Languages; French, Italian, Spanish
2011 - 2015
WINTHROP UNIVERSITY
Master of Fine Arts Sculpture, General Crafts
June 2014
Art & Photography Study Abroad
France and Switzerland
Aug 2013
Penland School of Crafts
Instructor Malika Green, NY – Sandals
July 2013
Penland School of Crafts
Instructor John Garrett, NM - Basketry
June 2013
Penland School of Crafts
Instructor Wayne Wichern, CA - Millinery
May 2013
La Meridiana School of Ceramiche’ Study Abroad
Tuscany, Italy
2005-2006
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE W.I.T.S Personal Training Certification
2000
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP Conference CEU’s
1997
RESTORATION ATLANTA
Historic Preservation of Jekyll Isle & Gardens CEU’s
1995
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Power Point & Excel CEU's
1991-1995
SAVANNAH COLLEGE of ART & DESIGN Bachelor of Fine Arts Computer Arts: Fashion, Film, Graphic Design
1989-1991
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE Liberal Arts: Dance, Fashion, Theater
Future Education Objective is to obtain PHD Doctorate in Art History. I really like a few programs in Arizona, Canada, and England
2017-2019
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Languages; French, Italian, Spanish
2011 - 2015
WINTHROP UNIVERSITY
Master of Fine Arts Sculpture, General Crafts
June 2014
Art & Photography Study Abroad
France and Switzerland
Aug 2013
Penland School of Crafts
Instructor Malika Green, NY – Sandals
July 2013
Penland School of Crafts
Instructor John Garrett, NM - Basketry
June 2013
Penland School of Crafts
Instructor Wayne Wichern, CA - Millinery
May 2013
La Meridiana School of Ceramiche’ Study Abroad
Tuscany, Italy
2005-2006
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE W.I.T.S Personal Training Certification
2000
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP Conference CEU’s
1997
RESTORATION ATLANTA
Historic Preservation of Jekyll Isle & Gardens CEU’s
1995
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Power Point & Excel CEU's
1991-1995
SAVANNAH COLLEGE of ART & DESIGN Bachelor of Fine Arts Computer Arts: Fashion, Film, Graphic Design
1989-1991
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE Liberal Arts: Dance, Fashion, Theater
Future Education Objective is to obtain PHD Doctorate in Art History. I really like a few programs in Arizona, Canada, and England
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