Solo Exhibition
Blues Chapel at the Denton Fine Art Center, Denton, TX. Nov. 22, 2009 – Jan. 10, 2010.
Blues Chapel at the Pickens Museum of Art and History, Pickens, SC July 16 - August 21.
Blues Chapel at the Region 2 Discovery Center, Edgefield, SC April 15 - July 12, 2008.
STITCHED! at the Hyman Fine Arts Center of Francis Marion University August 7 - September 27, 2007.
Buildings in Stitches at Ironstone Vineyard, Murphys, CA; Jan. - Feb. 2007.
Masks and Markings at USC Aiken, Nov. 2006.
Blues Chapel at The Sumter Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC, July 5 –
Aug. 5, 2006.
The Shape of Things at Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock,
PA Jan. 10 – Feb. 4, 2005.
The Shape of Things. University of South Carolina, Sumter Campus,
Mar. – April, 2004. Curated by Laura Cardello.
The Shape of Things. Spartanburg Day School, Jan. – Feb.,
2004.
Corporate and Museum Collections
Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM; Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, La Grange, GA; Saluda Shoals Park, Irmo, SC; City of North Charleston; DP Professionals, Inc., Columbia, SC; First Citizens Center, Columbia, SC; South Carolina Bank and Trust, Columbia, SC; Power Engineering, Charlotte, NC; Beaufort Arts Council, Beaufort, SC; Garvin Designs, Columbia, SC; County Bank, Greenwood, SC.
Artist Residencies and Scholarships
Split Rock, University of Minnesota. Full art quilt scholarship. 2009
MacNamara Foundation Residency, Westport Island, ME in 2008.
Pritchard’s Island Residency, South Carolina in 2003.
Juried Exhibits
Quilt Elements 2010: International juried exhibition, Apr. 17 - May 26, 2010. Jurors: Jason Pollen, Robin Schwalb, and Deborah Warner.
Art Quilts Lowell 2009: National juried exhibition. Aug. 5 – Sept. 19, 2009.
Wichita National All Media Craft Exhibition 2009. Wichita, KS. Sept. 4 – Oct. 18, 2009. Juror: Kathleen Royster Lamb.
Cultural Memory: Transdiasporic Art Practices at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Sept. 4 – Oct. 10, 2009. Juror: Pritika Chowdhry.
Fiber Artistry Journey of the Imagination at the Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA. Sept. 24 – Oct. 26, 2009. Juror: Glen Kaufman.
National Juried Art Exhibition at Rocky Mount Arts Center. May 23 – Sept. 13, 2009. Juror: Anne Lemanski.
2009 National Small Art Quilt Works at The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY. July 23 – Sept. 6, 2009. Jurors: Eugenia Barnes and Roger Smith.
Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Exhibition at the North Charleston Arts Center, North Charleston, SC. 2009: April 30 – 9. Best of Show Juror: Cynthia Bringle.
Artsfest 2009 sponsored by the Florence Regional Arts Alliance; Feb. 9 – 14, 2009. Juror: Chuck McLaugland. First Premiere Merit Award.
Intimate Curiosities: 2009 SE Assoc. for Book Arts National Juried Exhibition and traveling show. May 5 – 29 at McMaster Gallery, Univ. of SC, Columbia, SC and June 18 – July 18, 2009 at theUpstairs Art Gallery, Tryon, NC. Juror: Bea Nettles.
Materials: Hard and Soft, Denton TX. Jan. 31 – Mar. 29, 2009. Juror: Marilyn da Silva. Merit Award.
30th Annual Juried SC Artist Competition at the Pickens County Museum, Pickens, SC. Apr. 18 – June 11, 2009. Juror: Jay Williams.
Piccolo Spoleto 2009. Juror: Leo Twiggs. May 22 – June 5, 2009. Honorable Mention.
Handcrafted. Rocky Mount, NC. Juror: Jerry Jackson. Jan. 30 – May 24, 2009.
MOJA Juried Art Exhibition, Charleston, SC. Sept - Oct 2008.
Festival of Flowers Juried Art Show, Greenwood, Sc. Jurors: Linda Neely and Teresa Prater. June 4 - July 5, 2008.
Vanishing Landscapes; Piccolo Spoleto 2008 juried exhibition. Juror: Mokhless Al-Hariri. May 17 - August 8, 2008.
Annual Pickens County Museum Juried Art Exhibition. Juror: Josh Z. Yu. April 26 - June 5, 2008.
South Carolina State Museum 20th Anniversity Juried Art Exhibition. Jurors: Brian Rutenberg and Lia Newman April 25 - Sept. 7, 2008.
Palmetto Hands Juried Art Exhibition, May 2 - 10. Juror: Kellie Scott. Merit Awards in both fibers and 3D Mixed Media.
North Charleston Arts Festival, May 2 - 10, 2008. Juror: Leo Twiggs. Third Place, Mixed Media.
Craftforms 2007 at the Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA; Nov. 30, 2007 – Feb. 1, 2008. Juror: Mark Richard Leach.
25th Annual Penn Center Heritage Days Juried Art Exhibit on St. Helena’s Island, SC; Nov. 8 – 10, 2007. First Place, Mixed Media
South Carolina National Heritage Corridor’s juried “The Connection” traveling exhibition, 2007 –2008 through South Carolina and Barbados, West Indies.
MOJA Arts Festival 2007 at the Cox Gallery, Avery Research Center for African-American History and Culture, Charleston, SC. Sept. 23 – Oct. 30, 2007. Juror: Arianne King Comer. Honorable Mention.
35th Annual Carolinas Competition at the Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC. Juror: Barry Bailey. Mar. 18 - May 6, 2007.
50th National Juried Exhibition at the Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC. Mar 28 - June 17, 2007. Juror: Juan Logan
4th Biennial Hub City Juried Exhibit at the Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC. Mar. 30 - June 17, 2007. Juror: Lisa Wainwright
Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Exhibition, May 4-12, 2007. North Charleston, SC Merit Award
Annual Pickens County Museum Juried Art Exhibition, Pickens, SC. April 28 - June 9, 2007.
First Place, Open Media at the South Carolina State Fair.
Autumn 2006.
Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibit. Charleston, SC. Juror:
Elizabeth Bronson. May 26 – June 9, 2006. Third Place.
Palmetto Hand, Juried Fine Craft Exhibit at the North Charleston
Arts Festival. Juror: Scott Shanklin Peterson. May 5 – 13,
2006. Second Merit Award and Purchase Award and two pieces selected
for a year long traveling exhibition.
MOJA Arts Festival 2005 at the Cox Gallery, Avery Research Center for
African-American History and Culture, Charleston, SC. Sept. 25 –
Oct. 30, 2005. Juror: Winston Wingo. Third Price.
8th Annual "Lines into Shapes" National Juried Art Show at the Art
Center of Estes Park, Colorado. Sept. 16 – Oct. 8, 2005. Jurors:
Jennifer Cook and Jennie Kiessling Michler.
The Juried National Bead and Fiber Exhibit at the Delaphaine
Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD. Sept. 3 Oct. 30, 2005.
Jurors: Joyce Scott and Jane Sauer.
The Art of Music Exhibition at Smithtown Township Arts Council,
St. James, NY. July thru Aug. 2005.
18th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition sponsored by the South
Cobb Arts Alliance and Mable House Cultural Center, Marbleton,
GA. July 10 Aug. 14, 2005. Juror: Robert Detamore.
Piccolo Spoleto Festival 2005 Juried Art Exhibition. Charleston,
SC. Juror: Margaret Hoybach. Honorable Mention.
2005 Gateway National Juried Show at the Farmington Museum, Farmington,
NM. Juror: William A. Fagaly. Purchase Award.
27th Annual Statewide Art Competition at the Florence Museum,
Florence, SC. Apr. 14 – May 29, 2005. Juror: Eric Lawing.
Second Place.
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem National Juried Exhibition
Dimensions 2005. Juror: Philip Koch. Apr. 21 – May 21, 2005.
First Annual South Carolina Regional Sculpture Competition at
the Aiken County Historical Museum, Aiken, SC. Juror: Richard
Hunt. March 5, 2005 – April 3, 2005.
Hand Crafted at Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC. Juror:
Jean McLaughlin. Jan. 8 – Feb. 20, 2005.
Sixteenth Annual Miniature Art Competition at the Florence Museum,
Florence, SC. Dec. 9, 2004 – Feb. 1, 2005. Second Place.
Juror: Jean Grosser.
2004 South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, Oct.
7 – 17, 2004. Juror: Noah Saterstrom. First Place Open Media
Award.
Pattern and Decoration, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL, Sept.
3 – 30, 2004. Juror: Joyce Kozloff.
Interpretation: Making Art Under the Influence at Gallery 5 in
Rock Hill, SC. Sept. 23 – Nov. 2, 2004. Juror: Harriet Marshall
Goode.
Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Craft Exhibition, North Charleston
Arts Festival, April 30 – May 8, 2004. Juror: Martha Ahrens.
One piece selected for the statewide traveling show, 2004-05.
26th Annual Statewide Art Competition at the Florence Museum,
Florence, SC. April 22 – May 30, 2004.
Ironstone Vineyards 2004 Spring Obsession Art Show and Sale,
Murphys , CA. March 20 – May 9, 2004 and March 18 –
May 8, 2005.
La Grange National XXIII, Mar. 13 – Apri. 24, 2004. Juror:
Eleanor Heartney. Purchase Award: Chattohoochee Valley Art Museum.
EGA’s 18th National Exhibit, “Through the Needle’s
Eye”, traveling exhibit 2004-07.
Fifteenth Annual Miniature Art Competition, Florence Museum of
Art, Florence, SC. Dec. 2003-Feb. 2004. First Place. Liz Smith-Cox,
juror.
Fifth Annual New Horizons Art Festival, Columbia County, GA;
Oct. 17-18, 2003. First Place in Mixed Media.
Jubilee: Harvest of the Arts 2003 Juried Arts Exhibition, Rock
Hill, SC; Oct. 2 – Nov. 21, 2003. Juror: Janet Kozachek.
Fifth Annual Belton Standpipe Festival Juried Art Show, Belton,
SC; Sept. 27 – Nov. 8, 2003.
Autobiography: The Artist’s Own Image at Gallery 5, Rock
Hill, SC; Sept. 18 – Nov. 6, 2003. Juror: Harriet Marshall
Goode.
The RE Store’s Second Recycled Juried Art Show, Seattle,
WA; Sept. 15 – 21, 2003.
Jaws: Just Art With Sharks at the South Carolina Aquarium, Aug.
15-Dec. 12, 2003. Jurors: E. Dressler Moryl, R. Thurman, and M.
Petterson.
Palmetto Hands Juried Fine Crafts Exhibition, North Charleston
Arts Festival, May 3-10, 2003. Juror: Peter Rippe. Best of Show.
Three pieces selected for state wide traveling exhibition, through
May 2004.
“25th Annual State-Wide Art Competition” at the Florence
Museum. April 3 – May 25, 2003. Juror: Dr. Josh, Z. Yu.
Ironstone Vineyards 2003 Spring Obsession Art Show and Sale,
Murphys, California. March 15 – May 11, 2003. Award of Merit.
All Media 03 at Period Gallery in Omaha, NE. Feb. 2003. Jurors:
members of the Fine Arts faculty at the University of Nebraska
Cedar Key National Juried Art Exhibition, Cedar Key, FL. Mar.
2003. Juror: Joseph Sabetella.
“Roadside Assistance: A Found Object Sculpture Exhibit”
at Art Garage, Columbia, SC Jan. 2003.
“Spiritual Art V” at Period Gallery in Omaha, NE.
Dec. 2002. Juror: Larry Bradshaw.
Annual National Juried Art Exhibit at the Pickens Museum, Pickens,
SC. Nov. – Dec. 2002 and Nov. – Dec. 2003 Juror’s
Choice Award, (juror: Carl A. Linstrum)
“Second Annual Art for the Soul” at Moonstone Studio
and Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI. Nov. – Dec. 2002. Juror: Donna
McCavitt.
“The Legacy of Romare Bearden” at the Mint Museum
in Charlotte, NC. Sept. 2002 – Feb. 2003. Juror: David Driskell.
EGA’S 17th National Exhibit, “Through the Needle’s
Eye”, two-year traveling exhibit 2002-04. Jurors: J. Jeroy,
B. Smith, C. Sundermann.
American Experience 2002, a national juried competition sponsored
by Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC. Oct.
– Nov. 2002. Juror: Charlotte Vestal Brown.
Miniature V at Period Gallery in Omaha, NE. Oct. 2002. Juror:
Larry Bradshaw
“From the Rooftops-A Bird’s Eye View” at Gallery
5, Rock Hill, SC Sept. – Nov. 2002. Juror: Harriet Marshall
Goode
Septemberfest V at Period Gallery in Omaha, NE. Sept. 2002. Juror:
Larry Bradshaw.
“Small Works” at Upstairs Gallery in Tryon, NC Sept.-
Oct. 2002
10th Annual International Miniature Art Show at Seaside Art Gallery
in Nags Head, NC. May 2002
Sumter Iris Festival Art Competition in Sumter, SC. Third Place.
(May 2002)
“Out of the Closet” sponsored by the Sumter Arts
Council, Sumter, SC
(April 2002) Juror: Bernedette Vielbig.
Florence Miniature Show at the Florence Museum of Art, Florence,
SC Honorable Mention. Dec. 2001 and Dec. 2002
“Annual Hub City Art Exhibit” at the Spartanburg
Museum of Art. (Nov. – Dec. 2001) Juror: Lilian Tone, Museum
of Modern Art, NY
Petite IX at Alder Gallery in Coburg, OR. Nov. – Dec. 2001.
New Horizons Art Festival Juried Art Exhibit in Augusta, GA Oct.
2001 and Oct. – Nov. 2002.
Belton Fine Arts Festival Exhibit, Belton, SC. Oct. 2001. Juror:
Harriet Green, visual coordinator of the SC Arts Commission
Patron Purchase Award at the South Carolina State Fair. Oct.
2001.
“Challenge Program: Treasures” sponsored by the Embroiderer’s
Guild of America’s National seminar. Oct. 2001 including
National Education Brochure cover.
Florence State-wide Art Competition at the Florence Museum of
Art. Florence, SC. Spring 2001. Honorable Mention.
Florence Miniature Show at the Florence Museum of Art, Florence,
SC Honorable Mention. Dec. 2000 Juror: Robin Waites, assistant
curator at the South Carolina State Museum.
Invitational Exhibitions
Stones, Bones and Fibers: Excavation Lost Civilizations of the Mind. Two woman art exhibition: Susan Lenz and Janet Kozachek at I. Pinckney Simons Gallery
in Columbia, SC. January 2007
The Art of Giving Invitational at Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC.
Oct. 30 – Dec. 23, 2004.
Landscapes: A Mixed Media Perspective, invitational show at the
Belton Center for the Arts, Belton, SC. May 21 – July 10,
2004. Curated by Kristy K. Willianson.
Third Annual “Art for the Soul” invitational exhibit
at Moonstone Studio and Gallery, Lake Geneva, WI, Nov. 2003 –
Jan. 2004.
“Show it All” at Gallery 80808 in Columbia, SC Sept
19-24, 2002. An exhibit of artwork by seven local women.
Artist Retreats, Public Projects. And selected charity events:
South Carolina Arts Foundation’s Elizabeth O’Neill
Verner/Governor’s Awards for the Arts Sale. 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
“A Fool for Art and Spring for Art”, McKissick Museum fund-raiser.2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties Annual Gala
and Art Sale. Juried artist participant. 2004 and 2005.
2003 Artist Retreat on Pritchards Island through the Arts Council
of Beaufort County and USC-Beaufort Center for Coastal Ecology,
April 6 – 12, 2003.
Artists Supporting Women in Black, March 2003.
“Saxon Home Door Public Art Project” selected artist
for Aborigine Dream Door. Public Art Project through the Cultural
Council of Richland and Lexington Counties Summer and Fall of
2002
“Art in the Home” sponsored by the Cultural Council
of Richland and Lexington Counties, March 2002.
These Hands Don’t Hurt” visual arts exhibit for Domestic
Violence Awareness Month sponsored by the University of South
Carolina. Nov. 2001
“Festival of the Trees” featured artist. Sponsored
by Children’s Hospital . Nov. 2001, Nov. 2002, Nov. 2003,
Nov. 2004, Nov. 2005,Nov. 2006, and Nov. 2007
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