Biography - Curriculum Vitae
I was born in Belgium and came to the U.S. at the age of 11. My teen years were spent in New York City where I graduated from the High School of Music and Art with a major in sculpture, but it was not until many years later that my interest in clay sculpture really developed. Art has been an important part of my life. Although mostly self-taught, my education as a clay sculptor has been a combination of local art center classes, workshops and friendships which have nurtured my creative urge.
EDUCATION
- High School of Music and Art, New York City
- Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
- Courses in clay and metal sculpture
- Studied under John Ingram, Anne Lehman
- Guilford Handcrafts Center, Guilford, CT
- Handbuilding under the direction of Anita Griffith
- Chester Springs Studio, PA
- Terra Cotta & Wood Firing
- Studied under Joyce Nagata, John Matthews
- Chester County Art Center and Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
- Hillsborough Community College, Ceramics II, David Dye, Ed Ross
JURIED ART SHOWS
CONNECTICUT 1980 - 1986
- Brush and Palette Club, John Slade Ely House, New Haven
- New Haven Paint and Clay Club
- Greene Art Gallery, National Juried Exhibition
- Guilford Handcrafts Center, Garden Sculpture Show
- Branford Art League, Madison Art League
- Connecticut Women Artists, University of Hartford
- Greene Art Gallery, International Juried Exhibition
- Shoreline Alliance for the Arts
PENNSYLVANIA 1988 - 2003
- Chester County Art Association Sculpture Show, West Chester
- Wayne Art Center Spring Art Show
- Immaculata College Spring Art Show
- Main Line Center of the Arts
- Abington Art Center
- Philadelphia/Tri-State Artists Equity Art Shows
- Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Ursinus College
- The American College, Bryn Mawr
- Multiple Choice Gallery, Montgomery Cty Community College
- Bucks County Sculpture Show - 3rd Prize
- New Hope Sculpture Show
FLORIDA 2003 - Present
- Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, Holiday Show
- St. Petersburg Art Center Holiday Show
- St. Pete Clay Summer Garden Shows and Holiday Shows
- Hillsborough Community College (Ybor) Art Show
- Strawberry Festival Art Show, 1st Prize for Sculpture, 2005, 2006
- Artists Unlimited, 2005 Members Juried Art Show, Honorary Mention
- Art After Dark, Tampa Museum 2005 Avant Guard Series
My sculptures are currently represented by DeBottis Gallery in
West Chester, PA, Louisa Melrose in Frenchtown, NJ., Florida
Craftsmen Gallery, St. Pete Clay and Studio Encanto, St. Petersburg,
FL, the Vincent William Gallery St. Pete Beach, FL, and Gallery
53, Sarasota, FL.
