Born         New London, CT

Education  MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

                BA, Southern CT State University, New Haven, CT

                Studied at University De Bourgogne, Dijon, France

Instructor at Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, since 1999- Member Silvermine Arts Guild, 2010-  Co-founder of City Gallery, a cooperative gallery in New Haven, 2003-  Maintained a studio in Chester, CT (13 years) and curated shows in studio/gallery space with invited artists (6 years)

Selected Exhibitions

2018

Creative Arts Workshop, In Range:  Faculty Biennial, New Haven, CT

Washington Art Association, State of Abstraction, Co-curators Daphne Anderson Deeds, Jacquelyn Gleisner, Washington Depot, CT

Silvermine Art Center, Pop-Up!  Guild group show, New Canaan, CT

2016

Creative Arts Workshop, Faculty Exhibition, New Haven, CT

2015

the orison project, pop-up gallery at Erickson Davis Gallery, for a brief time only, Ivoryton, CT

Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Thank you, CT!  Stamford, CT

2014

Silvermine Art Center, Guild Group Show, Juror- Deanne Hagagg,                   Director of The Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, New Canaan, CT

2013  

the orison project, opening the line, solo show, Essex, CT

New Britain Museum of Art, The Nor'Easter, Juror- Lexy Lee Sullivan, Assistant Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, New Britain, CT 

Creative Arts Workshop, How Simple Can You Get? Juror- Robert Storrs, Dean, School of Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2012

Silvermine Art Center, Impermanent Markings, Juror- Cynthia Roznoy, Curator, Mattatuck Museum, New Canaan, CT 

2011

Mystic Arts Center, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Award, Mystic, CT

Silvermine Art Center, New Member Show, New Canaan, CT

2010

Bevier Gallery, Metals Alumni Exhibition, RIT, Rochester, NY

Hygienic Art Galleries, The Fifth Crossing, Juror- Sharon L. Butler, New London, CT

Creative Arts Workshop, Faculty Exhibition, New Haven, CT

2009

UCONN AVERY POINT, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, solo show, Groton, CT

2008

River Gallery, two person show w/ Paula Gabriel, Fairhaven, CT

2007

City Gallery, solo installation, Fetish Making- process & transition, New Haven, CT

City Gallery, three person show w/ Judy Atlas & Jefri Ruchti, New Haven, CT

Chester Gallery, What She Said, Chester, CT

2006

W21 Gallery, Releases 9/11/06, collaborative installation w/ Sadie Bridger, NYC, NY

City Gallery, Inside / Out, installation w/ Anne Culver & Meg Bloom, New Haven, CT

Erickson Davis Gallery, Progressions, Ivoryton, CT

City Gallery, Macro/Micro, New Haven, CT

2005

Pequot Library, Invitational Oudoor Sculpture Show, Southport, CT

City Gallery, solo installation, The Fetish Room, New Haven, CT

Erickson Davis Gallery, Mix, Ivoryton, CT

City Gallery, In Response, New Haven, CT

2004

City Gallery, Releases, collaborative installation w/ Sadie Bridger, New Haven, CT

River Gallery, City at the River, Fairhaven, CT

A.I.R. Gallery, Generations '04, NYC, NY

2003

Renana Gallery, Connie Pfeiffer, Middletown, CT

Pequot Library,  Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Show, Southport, CT

2002

Creative Arts Workshop, two person show, Inventing Nature, w/ Paula Gabriel, New Haven, CT

Reviews

     Czepiel, Kathy, Daily Nutmeg, Maker Space, September, 2018 

     Slattery, Brian, New Haven Independent, CAW Faculty Artists Find                   Common Thread, September, 2018

     Dunne, Susan, The Hartford Courant, Thank you, CT!  Exhibit Curated By          Its Artists, August, 2015

    Doherty, Donna, The New Haven Register, Remarkably 'Simple', July,          2013

    Hoffman, Hank, http://ctartscene.blogspot.com, three artist

    show at City Gallery, July, 2007

    Talpey, Susan, The Source, What She Said, May, 2007

    Schmalz, Leah Lopez, Valley Courier, In Search of the

    Supernatural, March, 2007

    Birke, Judy, New Haven Register, Art Review, June, 2006

    Birke, Judy, New Haven Register, Art Review, July, 2005

    Lopez, Leah, Valley Courier, Chester Artists, October, 2004

    Creative Arts Workshop,  Yale Bulletin, Faculty Show Review,

    September, 2003

Butler, Sharon, Two Coats of Paint, The Meditative Process of Making:  Abstraction in Connecticut,     

Butler, Sharon, Two Coats of Paint, The Meditative Process of Making:  Abstraction in Connecticut,     

Butler, Sharon, Two Coats of Paint, The Meditative Process of Making:  Abstraction in Connecticut,