Exhibitions and Awards:
Solo Exhibitions
2011 – 2012 "Waypoints", The Black Box Theatre, Denton, Texas
2010 “Waypoints”, The Encaustic Center, Richardson, Texas
2004 St. Mary’s Hospital Exhibit, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2003 “Mary Wright – Senior Show,” 407 Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Juried Exhibitions
2011 - 2012 "Child's Play" Oxide Gallery, Denton, Texas
2011 22nd Annual VAST Juried Members Exhibition, UNT Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, Texas
Juror: Elizabeth Hurtado
2011 “Merging Visions” Collaborative Exhibit, pairing Denton Poets’ Assembly and VAST artists, Denton Public
Libraries, Denton, Texas
2010 14th Annual Rio Brazos Art Exhibition; Tarleton State University’s Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational
Center, Granbury, Texas Dominique Inge First Place Award Juror: Ian O’Brien
2010 5th Annual 125-Mile Visual Arts Exhibition; Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
Second Place Award Juror: Carol Carter
2010 The Artist’s Magazine 27th Annual Art Competition, Juror: Cathy Woo
Finalist Award in the Abstract/Experimental Category
2010 “Dallas Wax; Melting Point”, ArtCentre of Plano; Plano, Texas Juror: Simeen Farhat
2009 “Global Swarming: an Exploration and Reflection of Colony Collapse Disorder”, Texas Discovery Gardens,
Fair Park, Dallas, Texas Juror: Janet Reynolds
2009 “21st Annual VAST Members Exhibition”; Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
Juror: Diana Walker-Gladney - First Place Littie Grooms Award
2009 “VAST 4th Annual 125-Mile Visual Arts Exhibition”; Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
Juror: Chris Bergquist Fulmer
2006 “Green Bay Art Colony Show”, Neville Museum; Green Bay, Wisconsin
2004 “29th Juried Annual Exhibition,” Gerhard Miller Art Museum; Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
2002 “30th Annual Student Art Show”, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay;
University of Wisconsin Purchase Award
2002 Francis Hardy Gallery Juried Exhibit; Ephraim, Wisconsin
2002 39th Annual Waupaca Art Show; Hendrickson Center, Waupaca, Wisconsin
2001 “29th Annual Student Art Exhibit”, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
UW-Green Bay Union Purchase Award
Group Exhibitions
2014 "Instructors of The Encaustic Center", The Encaustic Center, Richardson, Texas
2014 "Merging Visions" Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, Texas
2013 "Childhood Memories", Orizons, McKinney, Texas
2012 "Merging Visions" Exhibition, A cooperative exhibition between artists of VAST and the
Denton Poets' Assembly, Denton South Library, Denton, Texas
2011-2012 A Creative Art Studio, Denton, Texas
2011 "Women at Work" Green Bay Art Colony Exhibit, Northwest Technical College, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2011 "One Foot of Wax" North Lake College, Irving, Texas
2010 Green Bay Art Colony “Imagery Show”; theARTgarage, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Integra Home Health, Denton, Texas
2009 “Four Women, Nine Spirits”, Brown County Library, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2009 “Degrees”, M2Gallery; Houston, Texas
2008 “Some Like it Hot”, Texas Artists Museum; Port Arthur, Texas
2008 “Four Women, Nine Spirits”, theARTgarage; Green Bay, Wisconsin
2006 “Two Women Show”, Brown County Library; Green Bay, Wisconsin
2006 “Green Bay Art Colony Show” Lox Stock and Bagel; Green Bay, Wisconsin
2003 Barnsite Gallery; Kewaunee, Wisconsin
2002 Botanical Garden Art Gallery Exhibit, Green Bay Botanical Gardens; Green Bay, Wisconsin
2-D Honorable Mention Award
2002 "Symmetry/Asymmetry" Ceramic Student Show, 407 Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay;
Green Bay, Wisconsin
2002 “Art in an Inch”, John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Teaching Experience
2013 to present Instructor at The Encaustic Center, Richardson, Texas
2012 Encaustic Workshops at the Association of Independent Schools of the Southwest (ISAS). Greenhill
School, Addison, Texas
Education
2003 Bachelor of Science/Art Major, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Emphasis in printmaking
1981 Associate Degree/Commercial Art, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming
Art Associations
International Encaustic Association: 2011 - present
Texas WAX/Dallas: 2008 – present
Visual Art Society of Texas (VAST): 2007 – present
Green Bay Art Colony: 2006– 2007, 2009 - present
Bay Area Watercolor Guild: 2002– 2004
