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Art Not Otherwise Specified (NOS)
EDUCATION:

  • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois - Master's Degree
  • The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland - Bachelor's Degree
  • Central School of Art & Design, London, ENGLAND: Exchange Student on Scholarship

Studies and travel in:

BALTIMORE      LONDON      PARIS      AMSTERDAM      EDINBURGH      CHICAGO      MIAMI

EXHIBITS:

  • CityLoftArt, the Miami Design District, Miami, FL  (June 2009 - June 2010)
  • SOMArts Cultural Center, "Corrections" International Juried Exhibit, San Francisco, CA (March 5 -
    April  16, 2009)
  • Ward-Nasse Art Gallery, Salon Show, Soho New York City, NY (May 2008 - Feb 2009)
  • New Port Richey Progress Energy Art Gallery, Group Exhibit, New Port Richey, FL  (April 2008)
  • Infusion Gallery,  Group Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA (March 2008)
  • Progress Energy Art, Group Exhibit, New Port Richey, FL (December 2007 - January 2008)
  • VooDoo Lounge: New Times Tenth Anniversary Party, Fort Lauderdale, FL (December 1, 2007)
  • One Tea Lounge, Solo Exhibit, Wilton Manors, FL (October 2007)
  • ArtServe, Group Exhibit, “The Red Eye - A Multi-Media Experience”, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - (July 15 -
    August 10, 2007)
  • ArtServe, Group Exhibit, “Mix It Up” - mixed media exhibit, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (May, 2007)
  • South Regional BCC Library,  2-person exhibit “Generations of Women Moving History Forward”,
    Pembroke Pines, FL (March, 2007)
  • Artwalk, Group Exhibit, Hollywood, Florida. (July, 2006)
  • Gallery of the Unknown Artists, Group Exhibit, Hollywood, Florida (November 13, 2005)
  • James A. Rutherford Community Center, Two-person exhibit, Boca Raton, Florida (July 2005)
  • The Primitive Art Gallery, Group Exhibit, Hollywood, Florida (January 2004)
  • FestivArts, Espanola Way, Miami Beach, Florida (1998)
  • World Resources, Group Exhibit, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida (1998)
  • Smiley's, Solo Exhibit, Marathon Keys, Florida  (1997)
  • The MVSEVM, Chicago, Illinois, Group Exhibit, "The Art of Survival" - (1994)
  • The Village Tap, Chicago, Illinois (1994)
  • The Charleston, Chicago, Illinois (1992 – 1993)
  • The Gallery Cabaret, Chicago, Illinois (1989 – 2005)
  • The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore Maryland - student shows (1982 – 1986)
  • Cignel, Baltimore, Maryland - 2-person exhibit (1985)
  • Central School of Art & Design, LONDON, England - student show (1985)
  • Gallery 33, Baltimore, Maryland - 3-person exhibit at Johns Hopkins University (1984)

MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS:

-LondonPost:  Friday 12 June, 2009
-examiner.com
-Helsinki FM:  Thu, 11 Jun 2009
-Miami Art & Culture:  On Buying Happiness, August 24, 2008 by Group
-SoulOfMiami.org:  Thursday, June 11th, 2009
-A Published Gallery:  Inner Circle Publishing.  A Global Gallery Printed in Hardback.  2009.  
-SantaFeArtWorld Collector's Choice Awards:  Newsletter.  April 2009.
-ArtCircuits:  November 2009 (Newsletter)
-INDIE ARTS: The DVD Magazine - Issue 6
-New Times Broward-Palm Beach:
Mar 1 - 7, 2007;
May 17 - 23, 2007;
Jun 7 - 13, 2007;
Nov 22 - 28, 2007;
-Delray Beach Times:  July 20, 2005

AUCTIONS AND CHARITIES:

Pet Rescue and Adoption Center, Inc., Silent Auction/Fundraiser, Mizner Park, Boca Raton, Florida.  2010:
-"Separate But Connected and Embedded", "Phonetic paintings" (6 total), "Pimary Anu"

Big (Blue) Deal, Art Sale and Fundraiser, SOMArts, San Francisco, California.  2009:
-"Boy Wonder", "Happy But Blue", "Blue Nude Crying"

Susan G. Komen, Race for the Cure, via Power Financial Credit Union, Pembroke Pines, Florida, 2007:
-"A Fish Out of Water", "Jungle", "Fish Inside Fish", "Third Eye Half Open"

Grapes for Grades, silent auction, Hollywood, Florida.  2005:
-"What Cards Were You Dealt", "Weathering the Hurricane", "Untitled"

Cure For Aids, Miami, Florida, 1998:
-"Untitled"

OTHER ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Acceptance into Revolution Art Expo 2010,  Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City
    Government, Council for Cultural Affairs, hosted in Shanghai China
  • Acceptance into the American Juried Art Salon online exhibit (2009).
  • Acceptance into the International Festival of Plastic Arts in Mahres, Tunisia (2009).
  • Registered Art Therapist with the American Art Therapy Association.
  • Miami Children's Hospital - Implemented architectural design and templates for building exteriors using
    blueprints.
  • Production Designer for Classic Children's Theatre Project "Don Coyote" at the Acorn Civic Theatre on
    Miami Beach, Florida.
  • Treasurer for the Sierra Art and Fellowship Fund of Miami Beach, a not-for-profit 501(c3) organization
    dedicated to the arts.
  • Recipient of the Jules Bodarky Scholarship and the E. A. Navaretta Scholarship through the Maryland
    Institute, College of Art (1984-1985).
  • Exchange student at Central School of Art A Design, London, England (1984 – 1985).
  • Original medical drawings for Emergency Department physician billing templates.
Art by Virginia Erdie VITAE