Education

Master of Fine Arts/The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Fine Arts/Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts

Bachelor of Fine Arts/University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois


Selected Exhibitions

2024    CICA Museum, Figures 2024, Gimpo, South Korea

2024    Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Ongoing Exhibit/Entrance Michigan City, IN  

2023    Purple Window Gallery, FUZZ, Chicago, IL 

2023    Alma Art & Interiors, ALMA V:  ALMA’s Second Annual Fall Exhibition, Chicago, IL 

2023    Gallery Z, Ongoing Exhibit, Chicago, IL

2023    Mana Contemporary, Ongoing Online Exhibit, Chicago, IL 

2022    Alma Art & Interiors, Threaded Together, Chicago, IL    

2021    Gallery/Studio Z, Armenian Artists from Around  the World Exhibit, Warwick, RI

2020    Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Well-Behaved Women:  Celebrating 100 Years of                                

             Women's Suffrage Michigan City, IN  

2020    Gallery/Studio Z, Armenian Artists from Around  the World Exhibit, Providence, RI

2020    Gallery/Studio Z, Armenian Genocide Exhibit, Providence, RI

2020    The Art Center Highland Park, Love & Collaboration, Highland Park, IL

2020    Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition, 2020 VisionChicago, IL

2019    Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, 30th Annual International Small Print Exhibit, Chicago, IL

2019    Woman Made Gallery, Small Works Member’s Show, Chicago, IL

2019    Mana Contemporary, THE OTHER ART FAIR, Chicago, IL

2019    Gallery/Studio Z, Abstract, Conceptual, & Multimedia Art, Providence, RI

2019    Women Made Gallery, Midwest Open, Chicago, IL

2018    Woman Made Gallery, Small Works Member’s Show, Chicago, IL

2018    Gallery /Studio Z, Affordable Art Exhibit, Providence, RI 

2018    Old Courthouse Arts Center, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, #NakedTruth, Woodstock, IL 

2018    Women Made Gallery, Midwest Open, Chicago, IL

2017    Elmhurst Art Museum, Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art, TransmogrificationElmhurst, IL

2017    Koehnline Museum of Art, Women and Anger:  Resistance, Power, & Inspiration,Des Plaines,IL

2017    Providence Art Club, Making Your Mark, Providence, RI 

              Juror:  Kathryn Wat/Chief Curator/National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

2017    The Art Center Highland Park, Beneath The Surface, Highland Park, IL

2017    Gallery/Studio Z, Political & Historical Artworks, Providence, RI

2016    Koehnline Museum of Art, Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women & Work, Des Plaines, IL

2016    MoMA PS1, Printed Matter Book Fair, Long Island City, NY

2016    Gallery/Studio Z, Four Person Group Show, Providence, RI

2015    Gallery/Studio Z, Centennial Armenian Genocide Exhibit, Providence, RI

2015    Inspiration Corporation, Chicago, IL

2014    Gallery/Studio Z, Spring Show, Providence, RI

2013    Gallery/Studio Z, Small Works Show, Providence, RI

2013    Gallery/Studio Z, The Square Show, Providence, RI

2013    Gallery/Studio Z, Estate Show, Providence, RI

2013    Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY

2012    Windsor Whip Works Art Center & Gallery, Windsor, NY

2012    Gallery/Studio Z, Providence, RI

2011    Gallery/Studio Z, Providence, RI

2011    Gallery/Studio Z, Providence, RI

2010    Gallery/Studio Z, Providence, RI

2009    Gallery/Studio Z, Providence, RI

2008    Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL


Public Art Installation

2018    K9’s For Cops Public Art Installation/Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, 

             Sponsor/UBS Tower for two K9’s, Chicago, IL

2017    K9’s For Cops Public Art Installation/Chicago Police Memorial Foundation and PAWS Chicago, 

             Sponsor/UBS Tower for two K9’s, Chicago, IL

2014    Horses of Honor Public Art Installation/Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, 

               Sponsor/UBS Tower, Chicago, IL 


Selected Awards

2007    Grant/Fellowship, Intuit Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

1993    Talent Tuition Waiver Award, University of Illinois - Chicago

1993    Illinois Art Education Association Student Scholarship

1992    Phi Eta Sigma National Scholastic Honor Society, University of Illinois - Chicago 

1992    Academic Achievement Monetary Award, University of Illinois - Chicago

1989    Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago/MFA Studio

1988    Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago/MFA Studio


Collections

Advocate Children’s Hospital, Park Ridge, IL

UBS Tower, Chicago, IL


Private Collections

Armenia, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, 

Rhode Island, Vermont


Guest Juror

2020    The Art Center Highland Park, Love & Collaboration, Highland Park, IL; Guest juror with                                                

               Thomas C. Buechele


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Mana Contemporary Chicago

Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art

National Women’s Caucus for Art

Woman Made Gallery Honorary Board Member


Represented by

Alma Art & Interiors, Chicago, IL  

Gallery/Studio Z, Warwick, Rhode Island 

Saatchi Art Gallery







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