Artist Résumé
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
— Albert Einstein
Education
1999 Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1996 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture, Summa Cum Laude, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1991 Academy of Art-Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Awards
2013 2nd Place- Silver Award, Voices from the Warehouse District, Dubuque, IA
2012 Best Figurative Award, Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2009 Honorable Mention, Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2007 Best Figurative Work, Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2006 Best Three Dimensional Work, Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2003 Best Figurative Work, Alice & Arthur Baer Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
2002 Best Three Dimensional Work, Alice & Arthur Baer Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
2001 Merit Price, 51st Annual Quad State Exhibition, Quincy, IL
2000 Best Three Dimensional Work, Alice & Arthur Baer Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
1999 Artemisia Mentorship Program, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Honorable Mention, Alice & Arthur Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
1996 Regents Merit Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1995 Arizona Artists Guild Visual Art Scholarship, Phoenix, AZ
1994 Merit Award – Outstanding Sculpture Student, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ
1994 Helen Bychinsky Award – Artists of Promise, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ
Juried Shows
2018 Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2017 Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center,Chicago, IL
2016 Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center,Chicago, IL
2015 Possessions: Prized & Otherwise,National Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA. Jurors: Nancy and Lucy Grogan
2015 SOFA Chicago, represented by Ann NathanGallery, IL
2014 SOFA Chicago, represented by Ann NathanGallery, IL
2014 “Contained”, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 ArtScapes, Knoxville Museumof Art, TN
2013 SOFA Chicago, represented by Ann NathanGallery, IL
2013 Plaza Art Competition,Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Voices from the Warehouse District, Dubuque, IA
2012 Plaza Art Competition,Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2011 Old Town Art Fair,Chicago, IL
2010 Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2010 ArtScapes, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
2010 Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2009 Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2009 ArtScapes 2009, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
2009 Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2008 Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2008 Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2008 Municipal Art League of Chicago, Biennial Midwest Art Competition, Chicago, IL
2008 Fiber and Clay, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Old Town Art Fair, Chicago IL
2004 Biennial - Midwest Fine Art Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
2003 12”x12," Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
2003 27th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Competition, Chicago, IL
2002 26th Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Competition, Chicago, IL
2001 51st Annual QuadState Juried Exhibition, Quincy, IL
2000 24th Alice and Arthur Baer Competition, Chicago, IL
1999 Gallery 2 at School of the Art Institute, Exhibitions and Events Show, Chicago, IL
1999 Pewabic Pottery Gallery, Detroit, MI
1998 22nd Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Exhibition, Jurors: Alan Leder, Obaju Nyambi, Diane Simpson, Chicago, IL
1998 Three Arts Club- “Highly Breakable”, Chicago, IL
1995 Harry Wood Gallery, Outstanding Student Show, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1995 Gallery 19, Phoenix, AZ
1992 Mesa Community College, Outstanding Student Exhibition, Mesa, AZ
Solo Shows
2004 “Transparent Privacy” at Hanul cu Tei, Bucuresti, Romania
2004 “Transparent Privacy” at Lee Dulgar Gallery, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL
1994 “Opposed Thoughts” at Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ
Group Shows
2009 Ward Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI
2007 The Golden Key, Three Women Show, North Park University, Chicago, IL
2006 Staff Show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2004 Visions of the child, three people show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2000 Arena Gallery, group show, Chicago, IL
2000 Artemisia Gallery, Mentorship Program’s Mentees’ Exhibition, Chicago, IL,
2000 ARC Gallery, Ceramics in Chicago, Chicago ,IL
1999 SOFA, represented by Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1999 Contemporary Art Workshop, “Sense & Sensibility”- two person show, Chicago, IL
1999 School of the Art Institute, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Chicago, IL
1996 Fagen Peterson Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1995 Step Gallery, Drawing in Space Exhibition, Tempe, AZ
1995 Art One Gallery, Fall Art Show, Scottsdale, AZ
Gallery Association
2013-2016 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL