ABOUT THE ARTIST

I am a visionary teller of tales crafted by interpreting people, society and culture in the urban environment.

My interactive assemblage, mixed media and mural artwork externalizes what I see in my mind's eye and feel in my bones. Unlimited gathered materials including discarded urban decay, organics, charged objects, trinkets, relics, mementos, textiles, wax, wood, metal and stone are combined with drawings, paintings, collage and other inventions that are assembled to create artifacts.

I involve the spectator in my work in a variety of ways. My artifacts invite the audience to explore ideas and enhance meaning. The performances that I share are participatory rituals. Guerilla Art may stimulate the passerby to consider my message.

To complete my artwork it is necessary to engage the viewer in the journey of personal crossings that unfold slowly and naturally ~ in all their glorious grit ~ for better or worse.

Available artwork prices upon request. Requests to ponder personal Sanctifications by appointment. Class inquiries are welcome.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Performing Arts

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Performance Art Scholarship

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Documentary Film and Photography

Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Associate in Applied Science, Architectural Technology and Construction Management

Triton College, River Grove, IL

President’s Honor List and Dean’s Honor List

Horticultural Therapy

Art Therapy

Stained Glass

AutoCAD

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Hope Dies Last, The Dime Gallery, Chicago IL

2021 Because I Am Still Seeing Red, Agitator Gallery, Chicago IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 Long Live Frida, Indianapolis, IN

2019 - 2022 Out of the Gray - The Logan Walls, Chicago, IL

2020 Messages of Hope, Little Red Schoolhouse Trail/Willow Springs

and Heller Nature Center Trail/Highland Park

2022 A Path of Resilience, Bloomingdale Trail/606, Chicago, IL

2022 - 2025 Agitator Gallery, Timeless Arts Gallery, Any Squared Gallery

2021 - 2025 Guerilla Art

PERFORMANCES

2019 - 2025 Illumination (w/Brandin Hurley and Cabinet of Curiosity), Chicago, IL

2018 - 2019 The 606 Parade After Dark (w/Cabinet of Curiosity), Chicago, IL

2018 - 2025 Arts In the Dark, Chicago, IL

2019 She Who Wanders Under the Full Moon Darkly, Chicago, IL

2020 EARTH, Cabinet of Curiosity Collaboration, Chicago, IL

2020 Forest Mother, Panoramic Prayers (w/Cabinet of Curiosity), Chicago, IL

TEACHING

1995 - 2025 Individual and group classes include art, assemblage, mixed media,

collage, craft, fresh and dry floral design and stained glass.