Post Graduate Diploma of Art, The Byam Shaw School of Art, London, England.

University of California, Los Angeles, CA. B.A.; Summa Cum Laude.

Pratt Institute of Art and Design, Manhattan, NYC.

Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.


Awards 1994-2009
For further information, please see Selected Group Exhibitions.

1st place. "Visions & Revelations." N.A.W.A. Exhibition, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA. 2014.

3rd place. "Timeless", Visual Arts Consulting, Gaithersburg, MD. 2009.

Honorable Mention. "California Open Exhibition", TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. 2009.

3rd place. "Ode to Joy", Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD. 2008.

Book Winner List. "Erotic Signature Art Competition."
Miami, FL. 2007.

Artists Talk On Art Award. SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, artist’s panel talk and The Lab exhibition. NY. 2004

Audrey Hope Shirk Memorial Award. "113th Annual Exhibition". National Association of Women Artists. NY. 2002

Susan Kahn Award. "113th Annual Exhibition". National Association of Women Artists. NY. 2002

Outstanding Painting Prize, "CAA National Prize Show", The Cambridge Art Association. Cambridge, MA. 2002

Juror's Award, Book Art Press, "New Art International 2002". Juried International Fine Art Publication. Woodstock, NY. 2002

Juror's Award, "International Contemporary Painting". Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT. 1999

Best of Show, "Silverhawk Fine Arts Internet Exhibition". Taos, NM. 1999

Donor Award, "Northern National Juried Art Competition". Nicolet College Gallery, Rhinelander, WI. 1999

Studio Prize, "Woman: In the Broader Sense". St. Louis Artists' Guild and the Woman's Caucus for Art, St. Louis, MO. 1998

Juror's Award, National Juried Exhibition Celebrating Israel's 50th Anniversary, Jewish Community Center, New Haven, CT. 1998

2nd Place, "Texas National 98", SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX. 1998

2nd place, "Inland Exhibition XXXIII", San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA. 1997

Juror's Award, "W & J National Painting Show", Washington, PA. 1997

Honorable Mention, "National Juried Art Exhibition". Highland Cultural Center Art Gallery, NY. 1997

2nd Prize, Painting, "Hearts and Other Body Parts". Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, MA. 1996

Best of Show, Painting, "4th Annual Juried Exhibition". Havre De Grace Museum, MD. 1994