Education B.A. Art, Sociology Endorsement at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, NE
Selected Recent Solo Exhibitions 2005 Great Plains Art Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 1998 Governor’s Mansion, Lincoln, NE 1995 Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, Wayne State College, Wayne, NE 1994 Anderson O’Brien Fine Art, Omaha, NE
Selected Recent Group Exhibitions 2006 “BIG: Art on a Grand Scale,” Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE 2006 “Women Artists from the MONA Collection,” (traveling), College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE 2005 “Nebraska Women Artists,” Bellevue University Art Gallery, Bellevue, NE 2000 “Visions of the Prairie: The Great Plains at the Dawn of the Millennium,” Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 1999 “Realism in Detail,” Paramount Gallery, St. Cloud, MN 1999 “Border to Border,” Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN (purchase award) 1997 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Women’s Caucus for Art, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1997 National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Bradley, IL (purchase award) 1996 “Reality Check,” two-year traveling exhibition sponsored by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Mesa Arts Center’s Galeria Mesa 1996 “Six Women in Nebraska,” Hillmer Art Gallery, College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE
Public and Private Collections College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE City of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Omaha Airport Authority, Eppley Airfield, Omaha, NE Papio Natural Resources District, Omaha, NE Peru State College, Peru, NE Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA Great Plains Art Collection, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Museum of Nebraska Art, University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE Wayne State College, Wayne, NE Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE Chapman Commodities, Omaha, NE Charles Vrana & Son, Omaha, NE Elkhorn Valley Bank, Norfolk, NE Epsen Hillmer Graphics, Omaha, NE 1st National Bank, Omaha, NE Hilton Hotel Convention Center, Omaha, NE H&R Block, Kansas City, MO Merchants National Bank, Omaha, NE Methodist HealthWest, Omaha, NE People’s National Bank, Council Bluffs, IA Robert O’Bryne & Associates, Kansas City, MO Security National Bank, Omaha, NE ValCom, Omaha, NE
Press and Awards 2006 Feature article, “Local Color,” lifestyle, LINCOLN, Summer issue 2005 Feature article, “Subtle Beauty,” Nebraska Life, May/June 2005 2003 Contributing artist, Western American Literature, Summer 2003 2000 United States Department of State “Art in Embassies Program,” painting selected for the official Ambassador’s residence in Tirana, Albania 1998, 96 Drawing featured in Nebraska Public Power District state-wide calendar 1998 Nebraska Arts Council Distinguished Achievement Fellowship Grant 1995 Drawing featured on cover of The Nebraska Review, Spring/Summer 2005 1994 Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in Painting and Works on Paper
