EDUCATION
Kansas City Art Institute, BFA Painting 1986
PRESENT OCCUPATION
In 1993 my husband and I started a Kansas City-based wholesale company called Shizen Design. We specialize in handmade papers that are imported and manufactured in India.
1987-2000 I worked at Hallmark Cards.
MEMBERSHIP / AFFILIATIONS
2023 - PLUG Gallery Board Member
2023 - Editorial Board Member for Kansas City Voices Magazine Volume 18
2017 to 2023 - Kansas City Artist Coalition, Board Member
2020 - Artist INC program, Kansas City, MO
2021- GUILDit presenter
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
Art in the Loop 2021 "Resilient" : 4 panel-Streetcar Shelter Stop “Patchwork”
Parade of Hearts 2021 "Colorful KC Heart"
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024: The Habitat Annex Gallery, Solo Show “Beyond the Edge”, 2012 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108
2022: The Bunker Center for Art, “Kaleidoscopes”, KC, MO 64108
2021: Hotel Indigo Crossroads 2020 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108
2020: Deines Cultural Center Russell, Kansas September-October
EXHIBITIONS:
2024
The Habitat Annex Gallery, Solo Show “Beyond the Edge”, 2012 Baltimore Ave., Kansas City, MO 64108
2023
InterUrban Art House “Her Art Their Art” group show Overland Park, KS 66204
The Tim Murphy Art Gallery “Colors: Patterns & Scapes” show Merriam, KS 66202
PLUGs exchange show at G-CADD. group show Granite City, MO
2022
The Bunker Center for Art, “Kaleidoscopes”, KC, MO 64108
MDW Fair Exhibition, "Plug group show" Chicago, Ill
2021
Intersect Arts Center, “ Rituals” group show St. Louis, MO 63118
Hillard Gallery “ An Exhibition of Things Called Art” group show KC, MO
Hillard Gallery, “ What is Beautiful; the Aesthetics of Pleasing the Mind” group show KC, MO
The Bunker Center for Art, “ Stupid Cupid” group show KC, MO
Epsten Gallery At Village Shalom, “ Esperance” group show Leawood, Kansas
Lodger Gallery "A Little Undefined" group show, KC, MO Agnes Building
Lodger Gallery, "The Breeze at Dawn" online group exhibit, KC, MO
The Bunker Center for the Art, " Holiday Gift Show" KC, MO
2020
Vanessa Lacy Gallery, “ Looking Forward” group show KC, MO
Buttonwood Artspace, “Connection” group show KC, MO
Jones Gallery, “July Group Show” KC, MO
Deines Cultural Center, “Solo Exhibition" in September-October
2019
KCAC “Single Exhibition” Underground Gallery, KC, MO
Farmhouse Restaurant “Single Exhibition” KC, MO
2018
Vanessa Lacy Gallery “Small Works” group show KC, MO
Paper Birch Landing “Abstacts” group show NKC, MO
Paper Birch Landing “Women in the Arts” group Show NKC, MO
KCAC “2018 Art Auction” group show KC, MO
Vanessa Lacy Gallery “Elements” group show KC, MO
Paper Birch Landing “Bloom” group Show NKC, MO
Buttonwood Artspace “Boom” KC, MO
KCAC “2018 River Market Regional Exhibition”
Sound of the City group show KC, MO
Interurban Arthouse “Bits & Pieces Mixed Media” group show Overland Park, KS
KCAC “One Night Stand” group show KC, MO
2017
KCAC “One Night Stand” group show KC, MO
Cinderblock Brewary “Art for Paws” group show NKC, MO
Buttonwood Artspace “KCAC” group show KC, MO
ARTSKC (Now Showing program)
January – March of 2022: Gilmore & Bell Law, Kansas City, MO 64108
September- November of 2021: Garmin International, Inc, Olathe, KS 66062
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“ Rituals” group show, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO 63118
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