SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
November 2006, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Delaware Division of the Arts, Master's Award Fellowship Exhibition, Wilmington, DE
1999 Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
1997 Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
1995 Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
1990 Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1988 Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Covington and Burling, Inc., Washington, DC
1985 Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
Delaware State Arts Council, Wilmington, DE
1984 Shepherds College, Shepherdstown, WVA
1983 Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
1981 Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1980 Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
1977 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
1973 University of Delaware, John M. Clayton Hall, Newark, DE
1972 Rhode Island School of Design, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

SELECTED GROUP, INVITATIONAL, JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2002 "Allegorical Expressions in Contemporary Painting," Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
2001 Group Show, J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, NY
2000 "Biennial 2000," Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
"175th Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1999 "Landscape and Still-life," Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
"The Art of Collecting," Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
1998 "Selected Artists," Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, FL
1998 "Palm Beach Contemporary Art & Design Fair," West Palm Beach, FL
1997 "The New Baroque - Contemporary Dramatic Realism," The Southern Allegehnies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
"Re-presententing Representation," The Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
1996 "Collector's Choice," Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
1995 Summer Group Show, Geoffrey Klein Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
"Concepts in Drawing," Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
1994 "New Realism," Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
"Interiors," Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA
1993 "The Private Eye - Contemporary Works from Local Collectors," Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
"Still Life/Real Life," Sherry French Galleries, Boca Raton and Palm Beach, FL
1992 "The New Dissenters," Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY; Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK; Rockford College Art Gallery, Rockford, IL; Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1991 "Against the Grain: Images in American Art 1960-1990," The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
1990 "ART LA 90," The 5th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
"Art Chicago," International Fine Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
"Illumination and Radiance: Epiphanies in Contemporary Painting," Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY;
Kalamazoo Inst. of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI;
The University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, OK; Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA;
Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX; Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
1989 "Love and Charity: The Tradition of Caritas in Contemporary Painting," Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY;
Noyes Art Museum, Oceanville, NJ; Roanoke Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA;
Dowd Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY at Cortland, NY; Roland Gibson Gallery, SUNY at Potsdam, NY
"Art Chicago," International Fine Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1988 Group Show, Swain Galleries, Plainfield, NJ
"Feasts," The Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ
"Art Chicago," International Fine Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
"Charged Places and Things," Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY;
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KN; National Academy of Science, Washington, DC
1987 "New Still Life and Landscape Painting," Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Basel International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
"Frivolity and Morality: The Tradition of Vanitas in Contemporary Painting , Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY;
Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT; Noyes Art Museum, Oceanville, NJ;
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; Univ. of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ ;
Univ. of Utah Museum of Art, Salt Lake City, UT; Valpariso University, Valpariso, IN;
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA; Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga, Springs, NY; Tyler Art Gallery, Oswego, NY
"Inaugural Exhibition," Selections from the Permanent Collection in the New Wing, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
"Mainstream America: The Desind Collection," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
Traveled to The National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC
"Selected Contemporary Works from the Cigna Art Museum and Collection ," The Lancaster Gallery of Art, Lancaster, PA
1986 "American Drawings - Realism/Idealism ," Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
"Art Chicago," International Fine Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
"American Painters - Figuration ," Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
1984 "67th Annual Delaware Exhibition ," Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE (Award)
1983 "Painted Light," Artists' Choice Museum, NYC, traveled to: Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA;
Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME; The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
"Oversize Drawings," Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
1982 "Art Chicago ," International Fine Art Expo., Chicago, IL
"Pastels and Watercolors," Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
1981 "2nd Invitational Drawing Show," Millersville State College, Millersville, PA
"Interiors ," Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
"Still Life and Beyond ," The Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Summer Group Show, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
Gallery Artists, FAR Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Gallery Artists, FAR Gallery, New York, NY
1977 "4th National Pastel Exhibition," National Arts Club, New York, NY (Award)
"Delaware Art Museum Annual Exhibition ," Wilmington, DE (Award)
1977 "4th National Pastel Exhib.," National Arts Club, New York, NY (Award)
"Delaware Art Museum Annual Exhibition ," Wilmington, DE (Award)
1976 "Maryland Biennial ," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (Award)
"Works on Paper ," Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA (Award)
1975 "2nd National Pastel Exhib ," National Arts Club, New York, NY (Award)
Delaware Art Museum Annual Exhibition, Wilmington, DE (Award)
"Drawing Invitational," Millersville State College, Millersville, PA
1974 Tyler Painting Invitational, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
"19th Regional Exhibition," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1972 National Print and Drawing Show, University of North Dakota at Grand Forks
All Michigan Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI (Award)
"New Directions - Art in Detroit," Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit, MI,
"New Painting at Cranbrook," Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, and the Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
1971 Mid-South Biennial, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
National Print and Drawing Show, Southern New Mexico State University
National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University , Muncie, IN
1970 "Biennial Exhibition," Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH

GRANTS AND AWARDS:
2002 Governor's Award, Eighth Annual Delaware Governor's Awards in the Arts
Delaware State Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Master's Category in the Visual Arts
1995 Fellowship to the Center for Advanced Study, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1989 Delaware State Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant (drawing)
1987 Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation Fellowship, Washington, DC
1984 Delaware State Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant (painting)
1977 John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Foundation Fellowship, Quemado, NM

EDUCATION:
M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
B.F.A. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION:
Professor Emeritus
Department of Art
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Sherry French Gallery
601 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 647 8867

Visiting Artist Invitations and Public Lectures:
2000 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, Public Lecture
1999 Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE, Public Slide Lecture
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Guest Critic, Media Arts Department
1997 Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, One-person Show, Public Lecture
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, Visiting Artist, Graduate Painting Critiques, Figure Drawing Workshop
1994 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Visiting Artist, Graduate Painting Critiques, Public Slide Lecture
1987 University of Delaware, Faculty Lecture Series
Studio Group, Wilmington, DE, Pastel Demonstration, and Critique
1984 Shepherds College, Shepherdstown, WVA, Visiting Artist, One-person Show, Student Painting Critiques, Public Slide Lecture
Delaware State Arts Council, Wilmington, DE, One-person Show, Public Lecture
1983 Council for Delaware Artists, Demonstration and Lecture
1982 Delaware Artist Series, Wilmington, DE, Wilcastle Center, Public Slide Lecture
Sanford School, Wilmington, DE, Painting Workshop, Slide Lecture
1981 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE, Juror First Annual Show, Public Slide Lecture
University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning, Cincinnati, OH Visiting Artist, Graduate Painting Critiques, Public Slide Lecture
1978 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, Lecture / Demonstration, Drawing Workshop
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, Panelist, "Artists Talk IT Over'
1976 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, Visiting Artist and Public Slide Lecture
Connecticut College, New London, CT, Visiting Artist and Public Slide Lecture

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