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 The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, White & Texture, South Yarmouth, MA
2024 CICA Museum, Figures 2024, Gimpo, South Korea
2024 Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Ongoing Exhibit/Entrance Michigan City, IN
2024 Alma Art & Interiors, Ongoing Exhibit, Chicago, IL
2024 Gallery Z, Ongoing Exhibit, Warwick, RI
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, Warwick, RI
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 Woman Made Gallery, Touch, A Virtual Exhibition, Chicago, IL
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 Vision, Chicago, 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, Transmogrification, Elmhurst, 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
Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art
Mana Contemporary Chicago
National Women’s Caucus for Art
Woman Made Gallery Honorary Board Member
Represented by
Alma Art & Interiors, Chicago, IL
Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL