SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
-2024-
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Art Palm Beach, Florida
Shemer Art Center, “Modern Makers & Materials”, curator John Randall Nelson, Scottsdale, AZ
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-2023-
Thomas Reynolds Gallery, “Broad Spectrum”, Curator Andi Campognone, Santa Barbara, CA
Art Fluent, “Seeing Red”, Boston MA, Curator Amy Matteson Neill
Robert Fontaine Gallery, “At a Loss for Words”, Retrospective, Palm Beach, FLA
Channing Peake Gallery, “Sunshine on Tuesdays”, Santa Barbara, CA
Robert Fontaine Gallery, “Intimate”, Curator Lander de Basterra, Miami Beach, FL
-2022-
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Art Miami
Silo 6776, “We Are All Connected”, Curator Beatricia Sagar, New Hope, PA
Robert Fontaine Gallery,“New Acquisitions”, Palm Beach, FLA
-2021-
Satellite Art Show, “Satellite 2D”, Curator Joseph Lattimore, Miami, FL
The LINE Contemporary Art Space, “Out of Balance”, Curator Luca Curci, London
Barcelona Contemporary 2021, “Mixing Identities”, Curator Luca Curci
San Diego Museum of Art, 2021 Summer Exhibition, Curator Anita Feldman
Las Laguna Art Gallery, “Texture & Patterns”, Laguna Beach, CA
Art Fluent, “ConTEXT”, Curator Amy Matteson Neill, Boston MA
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Palm Beach, FLA
-2020-
UNESCO Woman Art Award 2020 from CENTER for UNESCO in Palazzo Torfanini
Presented by Laura Francesca Di Trapani, Bologna, Italy
The LINE Contemporary Art Space, London,“Extended Body/Mixing Cultures”, Curator Luca Curci
Musa International Art Space, “Woman's Essence”, Rome, Italy
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, “5x5 Invitational”, Montecito, CA
Davis Taft Gallery, Montecito, CA
-2019-
The Room Contemporary Art Space.”Rituals & Consciousness”, Curator Luca Curci
58th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Ca'Zanardi, San Marco Square
Channing Peake Gallery,“Wit & Whimsy”, Santa Barbara County Arts Commission
The Grolier Club at the Grolier Society, “A Matter of Size”, Curator Patricia Pistner, New York, NY
Summerland Art Center, Good Bad Girls, Summerland, CA
The Brand Library & Art Center, “Brand ‘47”, Curator Alma Ruiz, Glendale, CA
SB Museum of Art, “Off the Wall”, Santa Barbara, CA
Davis Taft Gallery, Montecito, CA
SB City Public Library, LAMENT - PERMANENT INSTALLATION
Lois Lambert Gallery, “Truthiness”, Los Angeles, CA
-2018-
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, “Night and Day”, Curator Bob Alderette, Montecito, CA
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “The Red Headed Stepchild”, Santa Barbara, CA
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, “Creative Hands”, Montecito, CA
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “System Disruption”, Santa Barbara, CA
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
-2017-
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, “Out of Place”, Curator Ruth Estevez, Montecito, CA
Queens Museum of Art, “Kew Gardens Film Festival”, Imaginary Novels, Queens, New York
Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science & Technology, “Winter Whites: Poetry in White”
Arts Fund Gallery, “Disorderly Construct”, Curator Hugh Margerum, Santa Barbara, CA
SILO 118, “Stepping into the Unknown”, Santa Barbara, CA
Palm Loft Gallery, “Spring Bouquet of Hot Women”, Carpinteria, CA
Indigo Gallery, “Pulp Fiction”, Santa Barbara, CA
Carpinteria Library, “The Book”, Curator Karen Browdy, Carpinteria, CA
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
-2016-
UCSB Library, “Winter Installation-Lament”, Site Specific Public Art
SB Fine Arts Film Festival, “Imaginary Novels”, AWARD Santa Barbara, CA
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, “Imaginary Novels”, AWARD Los Angeles
Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival, “Imaginary Novels”, AWARD Los Angeles
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science & Technology, “Herd Around the World”, Curator R T Livingston
-2015-
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art,”Vital”, Curator Clara Ennis
CASA Gallery, Santa Barbara, “Buddha Abides”
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
Arts Fund Gallery, “Feast Your Eyes”, Santa Barbara, CA
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Arts Fund Gallery, “Artists' Balls”, Santa Barbara, CA
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-2014-
Museum of Contemporary Art SB, “Requiem for the Bibliophile”, Curator Miki Garcia
Morris Museum of Art, “From the Collection Green/Weedman”, Augusta, GA
SBTC Gallery, “Play”, Curator Susan Tibbles, Santa Barbara, CA
Montecito Aesthetic Institute, “Eye of the Beholder”
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
SBTC Gallery, “Between Seer and Seen”, book signing
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami, FL
-2013-
Gibbes Museum of Art, “Vibrant Vision”, Charleston, SC
Westmont Museum of Art, “Confluence”, Curator Peter Frank, Montecito, CA
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Art Basil, Switzerland
SB Arts Collaborative, “Bar Napkin Bienale”
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Aqua Art Fair
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Scope, Miami
-2012-
Westmont Museum of Art, “Lift”, Curator Howard Fox, Montecito, CA
Zimmer Museum, "Art of Pop Culture", Los Angeles, CA
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Art Palm Beach
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, “Off the Wall”
Project Fine Art Zone, “Tic Tac Toe”, Santa Barbara, CA
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
Robert Fontaine Gallery, Scope, Miami
Wallspace Gallery, “Give”, Santa Barbara, CA
-2011-
Westmont Museum of Art, “5x5 Invitational”, Montecito, CA
Contemporary Arts Forum, “Eating Apples in Paradise”, Curator Miki Garcia
Naples Museum of Art, “Incognito”, Curator Richard Tooke, Naples, FL
Atkinson Gallery, “Small Images 2011”, Santa Barbara, CA
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, “Chain Letter”, Curator Doug Harvey, Los Angeles
AFS Gallery, “One Night Stand”, Santa Barbara*
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
-2010-
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “Geometric Abstraction”, Santa Barbara, CA
Ken Closs Gallery, London Art Fair
Atkinson Gallery, “Small Images 2010”, Santa Barbara, CA
AFS Gallery, “Green”, Santa Barbara, CA
Contemporary Arts Forum, “Dusk till Drawn”, Santa Barbara, CA
Sullivan Goss Gallery, “100 Grand”, Santa Barbara, CA
-2009-
Atkinson Gallery, “Small Images 2009”, Santa Barbara, CA
-2008-
Ken Closs Fine Art, London
Naples Museum of Art, “Have a Seat”
Jonathan Green Gallery, Naples, FL
Gallery at Bayfront, “Not My Mother’s Quilt”, Naples, FL
JLD Gallery, “Art Party”, Naples, FL
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-2007-
Jagged Art Gallery, London Art Fair
The von Liebig Art Center, “46th Annual”, Curator Sam Gilliam, Naples, FL
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
Gallery at Bayfront, Naples, FL
-2006-
Jagged Art Gallery, Bridge Art Fair, Miami
Left Eye Gallery, Cork St., London
Walter Wickiser Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
The von Liebig Art Center, “Emotions on the Surface”, Naples, FL
Jagged Art Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, NYC
The von Liebig Art Center, “45th Annual”, Curator Faith Ringgold, Naples, FL
Debuys Dupont Gallery, “Undercover”, Miami, FL
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
The von Liebig Art Center, “21st Century Miniatures”, Naples, FL*
-2005-
Boca Raton Museum of Art, “54th All Florida”, Curator Louis Grachos, Boca Raton, FL
Walter Wickiser Gallery, “Icons for the Start of a Century”, New York, NY
Good Girls Gallery, Brighton Art Fair
Wynwood Contemporary Gallery, “The War Room”, Miami, FL
Eliane Gans Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
Alan Brown Gallery, “Modern & Contemporary Masters”, Naples, FL
Wynwood Contemporary Gallery, “Undercover”, Miami, FL
-2004-
Ashmore Gallery, “The Art of Politics”, Miami, FL
Ashmore Gallery, “Ever POP-ular”, Miami, FL
Debuys Dupont Gallery, “Undercover”, Miami, FL
Wynwood Contemporary Gallery, “The War Room”, Miami, FL
-2003-
The von Liebig Art Center, “Art Encounter 2003”, Naples, FL
Naples Museum of Art, “Looking at the Bright Side”, Naples, FL
-2002-
HW Gallery, “Modern Masters”, Naples, FL
The von Liebig Art Center, “Art Encounter 2002”, Curator Bonnie Clearwater, Naples, FL
National Museum of Women in the Arts, “The War Room”,
Permanent Collection Fine Art Books, Washington, D.C.
RX Art Ball, Curator Diane Brown, NYC
-2001-
Naples Art Museum, “Cultural Reflections”, Naples, FL
HW Gallery, “Mumtaz”, Naples, FL
HW Gallery, “21st Century Masters”, Naples, FL
-2000-
HW Gallery, “A Little Madness”, Naples, FL
The von Liebig Art Center, “Art Encounter 2000”, Naples, FL
-1999-
Friends of Art Naples, Artist Studio Tour, Naples, FL
-1992-
Santa Monica Artist Studio Tour, “Downwind”, CA
-1991-
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “#7 Show”, Los Angeles, CA ** ??1992??
Los Angeles Arts Council, “Catch a Rising Artist”
Long Beach Arts, “Found Object as Art” Curator George Hermes
Bobi Leonard Gallery, Santa Monica Arts Council,
“Heal the Bay Surfboard Invitational”, Curator Laddie John Dill
-1990-
Museum Of New Mexico, “Southwest ‘90” Curator: Henry T. Hopkins, Santa Fe, New Mexico
James Corcoran Gallery, “Heal the Bay”, Los Angeles
-1989-
Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, “Eighth Annual”, Curator Robert Mangold
Silvermine Guild Art Center, “Art of the Northeast”, Curator Helaine Posner, New Canaan, CT
Yperifanos Gallery, “Zen Structures”, E. 55th St., NYC
-1988-
Riverside Art Museum, “Emerging Artists 1988”, Curators Henry T. Hopkins & Betye Saar, Riverside, CA
Schreiber Cutler Gallery, “Downwind”, Soho, NYC
Carminel Gallery, “Elegance”, E. 55th St., NYC
Gallery 54, “Art Horizons”, Soho, NYC
Los Angeles County Century Gallery, “North Region Sampler”, Curator Kathy Zubia
-1987-
Carnegie Art Museum, “Fifth Annual”, Curators Richard Oginz & Priscilla Bender Shore, Oxnard, CA
Bowers Museum, “Images ‘87”, Curator Henry T. Hopkins, Santa Ana, CA
Merging One Gallery, “Downwind Series”, Santa Monica, CA
The Woman’s Building, “Reflections on Survival”, Los Angeles
Burbank Fine Arts Federation, “12th Annual”
Long Beach Arts, “81st Annual” Curator Joan Hugo
Jerry Solomon Gallery, “Metro Art”, Los Angeles
Robert’s Art Gallery, “Taboo”, Curator Mary Jane Jacob, Los Angeles
Woman’s Building City Hall Rotunda, “Women and Their Work”
Robert’s Art Gallery, “Power”, Curator Mary Jane Jacob, Los Angeles
Scarsdale Art Society, Scarsdale, NY
Cal Poly State University Gallery, “Art For Peace”, San Luis Obispo
San Francisco State University Gallery, “Arts for a Better World”
Richard Bennett Gallery, “Salon Des Independents”, Los Angeles
Catholic Charities of California, “Gloria Dei”
California Caucus For Art, “Invitational”
-1986-
Merging One Gallery, “Group 4”, Santa Monica, CA
-1984-
Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Argon Gallery, “Layers”, Venice, CA
-1982-
Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift shop
Free Hand Gallery, Los Angeles
Inner Works Gallery, Los Angeles
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AWARDS
-2020-
UNESCO Woman Art Award 2020 for contribution to Arts and Culture
“Woman’s Essence Project” from
CENTER for UNESCO in PALAZZO TORFANINI, Bologna, Italy
Presented by Laura Francesca Di Trapani
-2019-
Spotlight Magazine
HONORABLE MENTION
-2018-
US CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Salud O. Carbajal, Senator from California
2018 LOCAL HEROES AWARD for outstanding and invaluable service to the community
Santa Barbara Independent
CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION
Local Hero Award
-2017-
Carpinteria Library, Book as Art
SECOND PLACE AWARD
American Filmatic Arts Award
WINNER - Best Video Art Animation
Nancy Gifford Director; IMAGINARY NOVELS
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-2016-
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival
WINNER – Best Experimental Film
Paris Play Film Festival, Paris, France
WINNER – Best Experimental Film
Santa Barbara Fine Arts Film Festival
WINNER – Best Experimental Film
Hollywood International Moving Picture Film Festival
WINNER – Best Experimental Film
LA International Independent Film Awards
SILVER WINNER – Experimental Film
California Film Awards
DIAMOND WINNER Best Experimental Short
Indie Fest Film Awards
AWARD of MERIT Best Experimental Short
LA CINEFEST
-2002-
AWARD of MERIT, Bonnie Clearwater
The von Liebig Art Center
-1988-
AWARD of EXCELLENCE
Gallery 54, New York
-1987-
Carnegie Art Museum
FIRST PLACE AWARD
Fine Arts Federation of Burbank
JUROR’S AWARD
Long Beach Arts Council Joan Hugo
HONORABLE MENTION
Los Angeles Art’s Council
MAYOR BRADLEY HONOR
Scarsdale Art Society
AWARD of EXCELLENCE
Catholic Charities of California
HONORABLE MENTION