SOLO SHOWS/SPECIAL HONORS First Place, City Hall Art Ehibit 2008   Art In Your Eye Festival, Batavia Gallery at Lane Allen Architects, 2005 Gallery 129, IL, 2000 Balzekas Museum, IL, 1999 Norris Cultural Arts Ctr., IL, 1998 Alfons Gallery, WI, 1998 Saginaw Museum, MI, 1997 Roberta Campbell Gallery, IL, 1995 Beacon Street Gallery, IL, 1995 Jesse Besser Museum, MI, 1993 Rolling Meadows Library Gallery, IL, 1991 Alverno College Art Gallery, WI, 1991 Roberta Campbell Gallery, IL, 1991 St. Charles Public Library, IL, 1989 Bellarmine College, KY, 1989 Aurora University, IL, 1989 “The Golden City”  Purchased by the city of Batavia and chosen for limited edition reproduction, Art in Your Eye Fine Art Show & Festival, Batavia, IL  August 2005 EDUCATION Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI, Bachelor of Arts, Major: Fine Arts/Art Education Signature Member, National Watercolor Society COMPETITIVE AND INVITATIONAL SHOWS Batavia Artists' Guild Show, Batavia Public Library, 2006, 2007, 2008 Batavia City Hall Juried Art Exhibit, Art in Your Eye Festival, Batavia    2005,2006,2007,2008 Art at Aurora (IL) City Hall  2008 St. Charles (IL) Library Russell Series  2007 A Night to Renew New Orleans, Batavia, IL 2007 Palette & Spade,  Dominican Literacy Center, Prestbury, IL  2006 Wit & Whimsy, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI  2006 Surroundings, One Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, IL  2006 St. Charles Art & Music Festival, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL  2005 100 Years of the Nude in Art, Jane Meyer Fine Art, Ltd., Geneva, IL  2005 The Watercolor Show, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL  2005 Once Upon a Time…, Orleans St. Gallery, St. Charles, IL  2005 National Juried Art Exhibition, Norris Gallery, St. Charles, IL  2005 A Feast for Your Eyes, Old Courthouse Gallery, Woodstock, IL  2005 Artists on the Urban Edge VIII, BAAC Gallery, Barrington, IL 2004 Midwest Winter Exhibit, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI 2004 The Modern Portrait Show, The Gallery, Batavia, IL 2004 Two Artists, The Flying Pig Gallery, Algoma, WI  2004 Contemporary Works, Taylor Kinzel Gallery, Roswell, GA 2004 All the World’s a Stage, 1st Street Playhouse Gallery, Batavia, IL  2004 Northwest Area Arts Council Members’ Show, Woodstock, IL 2000-3 Scribbles: Art & Text, The Gallery, Batavia, IL 2002 Art & Whimsy, The Gallery, Batavia, IL 2001 Art Against Aids, Chicago, IL 2001 Circle of Six, The Aurora Public Art Commission, Aurora, IL 2001 Red: Symbols, Colors & Emotions, The Gallery, Batavia, IL 2001 Scenic Tours: Artists Travel, The Gallery, Batavia, IL 2001 Women’s Works, Woodstock Opera House, Woodstock, IL 2000-02 Red, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, 2000 Chicago Second Annual Art Open, Chicago, IL, 1999-00 Earth Works Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1999 Norris Cultural Arts Center, Southwest Splendor, St. Charles, IL, 1999 Northwest Cultural Council, Rolling Meadows, IL, 1998 Yello Gallery, The Art of Giving, Chicago, IL, 1997 Norris Cultural Arts Center, Vicinity Show, St. Charles, IL, 1997-03 Beacon Street Gallery, Show of Angels, Geneva, IL, 1996 Norris Gallery, Images of Society, St. Charles, IL, 1996 Watercolor Masters: Midwest Show, Lincolnwood, IL, 1995 Jayne Shover Easter Seal, Fine Art Auction, St. Charles, IL, 1996 Northern Art Competition, Rhinelander, WI, 1994 Women Artists: A Celebration, Youngstown, OH, 1994 Invitational, Batavia Artists, Batavia, IL, 1994-00 Aurora University Area Invitational Art Exhibition, Aurora, IL, 1994 WS Signature Member Juried Exhibition, Norwalk, CA, 1994 17th International Exhibition of the Watercolor Society, Houston, TX, 1994 San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition, San Diego, CA, 1992 Celebrate the Arts, St. Charles, IL, 1990-94 Artists in Action, Geneva, IL, 1989-93 Watercolor Invitational, Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL, 1989-98 Award Winners from Women’s Works, Woodstock Opera House, Woodstock, IL, 1990 Contemporary Fine Art Group Exhibition, Katy Thomas Gallery, Dundee, IL, 1990 Open Invitational, Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, IL, 1988-91, 1994-95 National Watercolor Society 68th & 69th Annual Exhibition, Brea, CA, 1988-89 Midwest Watercolor Society Exhibit, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI, 1988