Select Solo Museum/ Gallery Exhibits:

2018 "Portraits of American Veterans", Algonquin Area Public Library, Algonquin, IL

2017 "Portraits and Memories: Legacies of Service", National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL

2016 "Portraits & Memories: Legacies of Service", Sage Gallery, Lakeside Arts Park, Crystal Lake, IL

2015 “Fluid Motion: Fresh Visions of Chicago at Play” Addison Center for the Arts. Addison, IL

         “Fluid Motion: Fresh Visions of Chicago at Play” Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL

         “Portraits of American Veterans Project” Algonquin Public Library, Algonquin, IL

2014 “Portraits of American Veterans Project” Village of Addison Library & Village Hall, IL

         “Eight Years: Beyond the Studio Solo Retrospective”, Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL

2013 “Portraits of American Veterans Project” McHenry County Mental Health Board Gallery

2012 “Portraits of American Veterans Project”, Lake/ McHenry Veterans & Family Services Center, McHenry, IL

2012 “Portraits of American Veterans Project”, GE Corporate Gallery, Fairfield, CT

2011 “Portraits of American Veterans Project”, McHenry County College, McHenry, IL

         'Portraits of American Veterans: Continuing the Dialogue” Algonquin Area Library

         “Sight Seeing” Elgin Arts Showcase, Elgin, IL

2010 “Portraits of American Veterans: Continuing the Dialogue” Sage Gallery

2009 “Sightseeing”, Barrington Area Library Featured Exhibit, Barrington, IL

         "Portraits of American Veterans: A Visual Dialogue” Sage Gallery, Crystal Lake

2008  “Pilgrimage and Passages,” Sage Gallery, Lakeside Legacy Arts Park

2007-08 “Memories of an Era”, National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL

2007 “Pilgrimage and Passages”, Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL

2005 Sage Gallery, Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, Crystal Lake, IL.

2003 University of Illinois at Chicago, the Arts-Medicine Project Gallery

2002 “Memories of an Era” Matteson Historical Museum, Matteson, IL

2002  "Pilgrimage and Passages" Prairie Center for the Arts Gallery, Schaumburg, IL  

2001  Barrington Area Arts Council’s Barrington Library Gallery

1992  Coral Springs Artist Guild, Coral Springs, FL

Museum/ Gallery  Group Exhibits:

2018    "Chicago Society of Artists Interpret Illinois Bicentennial, Vanderpoel Gallery, Chicago, IL

             "Nevertheless She Persisted: Women of Courage Strength and Tennacity", Oakton Community College

             "CHICAGO: Inside Out" Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL

             "2018 Evanston Vicinity Biennial", Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

             "Taking an Art Trip", Tall Grass Artists Association Gallery, Park Forest, IL

2017    "Chicago Artists Interpret Shakespeare: As They Like It”, Water Street Studios, Batavia

            "Transmogrification” Elmhurst Art Museum, Art Guild Gallery, Elmhurst, IL

             "Food:" at OpenWall, Alderman Maya Pawar's Office, 4243 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL

2016    “Small Treasures” Chicago WCA, August House Studio, Chicago, IL

“Caffeine X” Artists Breakfast Group, The New Studio, Evanston, IL

“Fearless”, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL

            " Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women and Work”, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton CC, IL

2015    “Beverly Art Center Annual Regional Competition”, Chicago, IL

            “Faces not Forgotten” Bloomingdale Gallery and Phantom Gallery, Chicago, L

            “Bridgeport Art Center 3rd Annual Competition, Chicago, ILI

2014    “Water a Universal Human Right” National, Robert Morris University, Chicago

2013    “Real People 2013” National Juried Exhibit, Woodstock, IL                                                              

2012    Rockford Art Museum Biennial Regional Exhibit, Rockford, IL

            “Revolution 2012” Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL

            “Elemental Flux” Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL

             25th Annual Women’s Works National Exhibit, Woodstock, IL

2011    “From Artemesia to Freda” Koehnline Museum, Oakton Comm. College, Des Plaines,            

            “Honoring and Remembering” with National Veterans Art Museum, Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, IL

“Ethereal Fauna, the Artists Muse”, Carthage College, Wisconsin

2010    “Battledress A Woman’s View” National Veterans Art Museum, Chicago

             Chicago Art: Urban Pulse” Tom Robinson Gallery, Chicago

2009     Milwaukee Art Museum, Group Exhibit with National Veterans Art Museum

             VICINITY 09” Norris Gallery, Norris Cultural Center, St. Charles, IL

            “A Passion for Trees: Women Coast to Coast” Galeria Tonantzin Center for Arts and Humanities, San  Juan Bautista, CA

             Vet Art Project, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

2007    “Family Experience in the 20th Century” Museum of Fine Art Florida State University,Tallahassee, FL

                 Symbolism, Ritual and Myth”, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College

 “A Place at the Table” Women’s Caucus for Art  ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL,

2006    Livingston Center for Arts and Culture, Livingston, Montana

2005    Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL

Gallery Representation:

2010 – Present, Tall Grass Arts Association Gallery Artist, Park Forest, IL

2006 - Present, Sage Gallery, Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, Crystal Lake, IL

2004 - 2005 Jim Roden, the Framery, Ridgefield, IL

2002 – Present, Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL

2000 - 2002 Northwest Cultural Council Corporate Gallery Program

1989- 1991 Leonard Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

1990   Gallery 2000, Coral Springs, FL

Public Art Commissions:

2019   Six Corners Association and Arts Alive Chicago

2015  Large Streetscape Mural, Cottage Restaurant, Crystal Lake, IL

1999  Mural for Cook County Juvenile Court Center, Chicago

1999  Mural Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Fire Department, Algonquin, IL

1997  Algonquin Area Public Library, Algonquin, IL

Permanent Collections:

National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL

Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, Crystal Lake, IL

Cook County Juvenile Court Center, Chicago, IL

Large Scale Mural, Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Fire Department

Mc Henry County Government Center, Woodstock, IL

Algonquin Area Public Library, Algonquin, IL

McHenry County Historical Society, Union, IL

Press and Publications

Chicago Society of Artists, Illinois Portfolio Project, Chicago

"The Legacy Continues" Chicago Society of Artists Book

McHenry County Magazine, Shaw Publication: Feature Artist January 2013, May 2017

McHenry County Magazine Feature Story, "Voices of Veterans" 2017

McHenry County Living Magazine: Feature Story November 2011

Art Calendar, Business Magazine for Visual Artist: March 2008

Shaw Publications, Weekly Journals: March 2007

Tallahassee Democrat Newspaper, Tallahassee FL: June 2006

Artbeat Northwest Area Arts Council: November 2005

Barrington Courier Review: June 2009

Arlington Heights Post: June 2009

Chicago Tribune: January 2002, February 1999, December 1999

Daily Herald: May 2014, July 2011, February 2011, November 2009, November 2007, July 2007, March 2002, February 2000, July 1997 and August 1995.

Northwest Herald: June 2015, January 2015, February 2014, July 2011 February 2011, November 2010, April 2010, November 8, 11, 2009 & Multi media, November 2007, March 2007, August 2006, November 2005, February 2000, June 2003,

The Courier-News: November 2007,  November 2006, June 2004, August 2002, January 2002, July 2001, January 2000, September 1996, April 1994

Welcome Home Magazine: April 1996, July 1995 May 1995,  

Ft. Lauderdale News/Sun-Sentinel: February 1989, April 1990

Television and Radio:

Radio Talk Show Host: VetNet Huntley Community Radio 101.5 FM

Guest Art Instructor, CBS Wife Swap, November 2008

Artbeat Chicago with Phil Ponce and Ed Peschke, PBS Channel 11, March 2003

Artist Profile, PBS “Real Simple” Nationally Syndicated Television, 2007-08

Fox News Chicago 2007

 Artbeat Chicago WTTW 11, 2007

National Public Radio, “All Things Considered” November 2007

WRMN 1410 Radio Elgin

 Y102.9 FM Radio, Crystal Lake, November 2009

“Getting to Know You” Huntley Radio WHRU 101.5 FM, June 2015

2015- 2017 Host: "VetNet Radio" Radio Show About Veterans Huntley Community Radio, 101.5 FM