ANCESTRY

French (born in Paris, France), Italian & Lithuanian (American/French citizen)

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EDUCATION
2007 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY – Master of Arts
1990 U.S.C. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, Bachelor in Fine Arts (Dean's List)
1986 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London (Painting)
1985 LA ROMITA ART SCHOOL, Italy (Painting)

EXHIBITIONS
2023 GALLERY 825, Los Angeles Art Association
Supersense, juror Cynthia Penna, “Purple Passion” oil/mixed media on canvas, 24” x 20”
GALLERY 825, Los Angeles Art Association
Full-Bodied juried online group show, “Kahlo Kouch”, oil on canvas, 36” x 72”
GALLERY 825, Los Angeles Art Association
Non-Sequitur juried group show, “Mother Nature’s Daughter”, oil on canvas, 28” x 24”
GALLERY 825, Los Angeles Art Association
Small Time, juried group exhibition, “Cassatt Cushion”, oil on stuffed canvas 12”x 12”
2021 LAS LAGUNAS Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, juried group exhibition, “Rise Strong” from

Joshua Tree oil paintings series

2014 Santa Monica Bay Women’s Club Artist League – Group Show, watercolor landscapes
2013 Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains – Group Show, en plein aire watercolors
2012 SAC Gallery, Santora Building, In The Studio II, juried by California Art Education

Association, mixed media diptychs

2009 Women’s’ Caucus for Art: Featured Artist of the Month: Couch Parade Series
2006 SCHOMBURG GALLERY (Bergamot Station-Santa Monica)
Expressions – COUCH PARADE (Invitation 3-women show)
1994 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART (Rental/Sales Gallery)
“Crossed Boundaries”, 96” x 120” oil on unstretched canvas (SOLD), “Man’s
Conquest”, 96” x 120” oil on unstretched canvas, “Engagement Reflection”, oil on wood;

canvas w/bark; fiber (SOLD)

1993 HIPPODROME GALLERY - Long Beach - Juried Group Show
Unification: Cultures in Collision - 2 mixed media artworks, Curator: Betye Saar
1992 LAGUNA BEACH ART INSTITUTE – A Room with a View, Invitational Group Show

Curator: John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica – 2 watercolor landscapes
U.S.C. HELEN LINDHURST FINE ARTS GALLERY - Los Angeles
Nature of Relationships - Landscape paintings – solo show
1991 BRAND LIBRARY - Juried Group Show, Cycles,
L.A.C.E. - Los Angeles – Invitational, Theme Group Show

CENTURY GALLERY - Sylmar - Juried Group Show
Natural Causes – Women’s’ Caucus for Art

1990 SANTA MONICA EN PLEIN AIR ARTISTS – Featured Guest Artist
1987 U.S.C. FISHER GALLERY - Los Angeles - Juried Group Show
1986 ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART - London – Watercolor Group Show
1984 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE ART GALLERY - Juried Group Show

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PROFESSIONAL SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2000 – 2021 FINE ARTS TEACHER/ DEPARTMENT CHAIR/THEATER DIRECTOR

Visual & Performing Arts Credentials

SCHOOLS: American Martyrs, Manhattan Beach
Saint Jerome, Westchester
Inner City Education Foundation, Los Angeles
Saint Augustine, Culver City
Saint Mark, Venice

SELECTED HONORS/AWARDS:
2017-2018 Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Saint Jerome School 2017-2018
2016 Westchester Rotary Club Grant Recipient for New York Art Conference
2009 Outstanding Art Teacher Award Honoree – Education Consortium of L. A.
2008 L. A. Achievement Recognition in African American Heritage Art - 2nd Place

SELECTED COLLECTORS
Annenberg Collection, Roberta Smith, Teledyne Corp. Future Personnel, Wall Street Journal, R.J.
Gordon & Co. - purchased from L.A.C.M.A. Rental/Sales Gallery, Columbia/Tristar & more.

MEMBERSHIPS
Los Angeles Art Association, Women’s Caucus for Art, Author’s Guild, Poetry Society, California Art
Education Association Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains, USC Alumni Association, Loyola
Marymount Alumni Association
Professional Development
L.A.C.M.A. Cross-Curricular Art Workshop Series,
GETTY – Educator Workshops,
Society of Children Book Writers & Illustrators Los Angeles & New York Conferences