Sculpture/Installation

Archived Work

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Artist Statement

My sculpture and installations draw comparisons between the organization we find in nature and that which we impose upon the world. I reference human constructs such as maps, books, and architecture while using materials that are delicate and flawed, drawing an ambiguous line between the natural and the human-made. These form-relationships allow me to explore a social construct and its overlap with nature. In the “Collective Memory” series, fragile leaves imprinted with maps of recent natural disaster sites (New Orleans, Sri Lanka, Haiti, California) call to mind our dependence on a natural order and also the proliferation of news media that binds us to those who have experienced its disruption. “We are a river”, by utilizing the entire 2007 Wilmington, DE White Pages, is a snapshot of an ever changing population that fills the “permanent” structure of the city of Wilmington — just like the Christina River that flows through the city. Throughout my work, a broader theme of fragility, impermanence and flux is conveyed through the delicate materials chosen: translucent papers, thin fabrics, and flexible wire.

Education

1989
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
MFA, Drawing and Painting

1982
S.U.N.Y., Purchase, NY
BFA, Painting

Awards and Honors

2007
Individual Artist Fellowship in Sculpture,
Delaware Division of the Arts

1993
Project funded by Ohio Arts Council, Greater Columbus Arts Council, and Denison University Research Foundation. Collaboration with grant recipient dancer Sandra Mathern-Smith and video artist David Bryant. Stories performed at TAPS, Columbus, OH

1992
Denison University Research Foundation Project Funding, for collaboration with dancer Sandra Mathern-Smith

1991
New Forms Regional Grant, granted by the Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA; funded by the PA Council on the Arts, the NEA, and the Rockefeller Foundation

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2010
A new leaf: the tenuous nature of place, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA

2007
We are a River, Delaware Division of the Arts Mezzanine Gallery, Carvel State Building, Wilmington, DE

2006
Marking Time, Rose Lehrman Art Center Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA

Between Time and Surface Area, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Cross Section, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA

1997
Bio Logic, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA

1993
Intimate Excerpts, High Wire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1991
Eros, Girlfriends Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA

Under the Rubble, High Wire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1989
Arachne’s Dream House, Feature Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Peripheral Vision: Three Small Installations, Phantom Gallery (city sites), Tucson, AZ

Containers of Sanctuary, Hall of Fame Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Group

2011
Inliquid at URBN: PIFA Sculpture Show, Urban Outfitters headquarters, Philadelphia, PA

2010
Award Winners X: Reunion of DDOA Fellowship winners, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE

2009
Invasive Species, The Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

Art of the Gecko, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Organically Speaking, Tower Fine Art Gallery, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY

Drawing the Line, Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ

Award Winners VII Exhibition: DDOA Fellowship Winners, Biggs Museum of Art, Dover, DE

NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

Newton’s First Law, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Ephemeral Threads, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
Curator: A.M. Weaver

Discontent, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Nexus Goes South, Dundalk Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2000
A Celebration of Community Art, The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

1999
Just Made, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA

1997
Coming of Age, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA

1994
Nexus at Viridian, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY

Unique Books, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Suzanne Reese Horvitz

Narratives, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: A.M. Weaver

The Complete Drawing, Nexus/foundation for today’s art, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Mitchell Taylor Gillette

1993
100th Anniversary Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Faculty Exhibition, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA

1992
Third Annual BEAMS Exhibition, The BAUhaus, Baltimore, MD

First Annual Print Invitational, Burke Hall Gallery, Denison University, Granville, OH

1991
Faculty Exhibition, Denison University, Granville, OH

1990
Art Around the Edges, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Fleisher Challenge Finalists, Provident National Bank, Philadelphia, PA

1989
Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

MFA Thesis Show, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ