PROFILE
Born in Gdansk, Poland. Lived in Germany, U.S.A., Japan and now in Columbus, GA.
An artist with over 30 years of professional experience and a wide range of art skills and media oils, clay, and photography. She specializes in oils, large scale works including murals, and portraiture.
EDUCATION
2005 Master of Arts in Teaching Art Education, SUNY, Oswego, NY
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts Visual Art, Florida International University, Miami, FL
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2023- Present, Art Teacher, Fort Moore, GA
2014- 2023, Art Teacher, Okinawa, Japan
2006 - 2014, Art Teacher, Ft. Bragg Schools, NC
2009- 2010, Adjunct Art Instructor, FTCC, NC
2005 Designer, David DeSantis Blacksmith Works, Sylvan Beach, NY
HONORS & AWARDS
2023 ART 4 ART 3 AWARD CAG Members Exhibition Award, Columbus, GA
2018 Best in Show Gallery Gala Exhibit, Kadena Arts and Crafts Center, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
2014 Honorable Mention Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2013
Excellence in Art Award Sense of Horror, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
3rd Place Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
Honorable Mention "Public Works" Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2010
Honorable Mention Juried Exhibit "Visual Pleasures", Fayetteville, NC,
3rd Place by Popular Public Vote at Public Works Art Exhibit, Fayetteville, NC,
2008
Purchase Award Cape Fear Valley Health System Hospital, Creation Exhibit, Fayetteville, NC
1999 Accepted to the Graduate Program by The School of Art Institute in Chicago
1998
Sheldon Lurie Scholarship at FIU, Miami, FL
Pearl's Arts & Crafts Gift Certificate Award, The Art Museum at FIU, Miami, FL
COLLECTIONS
Caper Fear Hospital, Fayetteville, NC
Private Collections in USA (Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Florida) & JAPAN (Okinawa)
About
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 WANDERLUST & ART, The Heritage Art Center, Columbus, GA
2022
DEC PORTRAITS, Camp Foster Library, Okinawa, Japan
OCT ARBOR-SOMNIA Art Exhibit, Hotel Art Stay Naha, Okinawa
2021
OCT NOTHING, BUT THE KITCHEN SINK Esparza’s Tacos & Coffee, Okinawa, Japan
JAN PASSION INCARNATE - PORTRAITS Foster Library, Okinawa, Japan
2020 FEB BOTANICA Camp Foster Library, Okinawa, Japan
2019
OCT-NOV BOTANICA Soranoe Art Gallery, Okinawa, Japan
JAN OBSESSIVE Art Exhibit, Art Gallery Soranoe, Okinawa City, Japan
2014 BOTANICAL Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 5th LaGrange Southeast Regional LaGrange Art Museum, GA
2023 CAG Members Exhibition Columbus Library, GA
Beyond Go Figure 4 The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA
2022 Okiten 73 Okinawa Juried Art Exhibit, Naha, Japan
Spring Art District Fair Depot Island, Chatan, Japan
2019 Creative Vaunt Kadena Arts & Crafts, Okinawa, Japan
2018 The Last Art Exhibit Esparza's Coffee & Tacos, Okinawa, Japan
2017 Gallery Gala Kadena Arts and Crafts Center, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
2015 Point of View Photography Exhibit, Art Council, Fayetteville,NC
2014 Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Group Exhibit, Winston-Salem, NC
Public Works, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2013 4 views - A painterly perspective Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
A Sense of Horror Juried Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2012 Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2010 Visual Pleasures Juried Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
Spring Gallery One13, Fayetteville, NC
4th Friday Exhibit Greg's Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2009 United We Stand Fine Art Exhibition, Fayetteville, NC
Spring Juried Art Competition Fayetteville, NC
2008 Creation Cape Fear Hospital Art Exhibit, Fayetteville, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC
2007 Fayetteville Art Guild Juried Art Show, Fayetteville, NC
Public Works Exhibit, Fayetteville, NC
2004 & 2005 Rome Art Community Center Juried Exhibition, Rome, NY
1998 Hortt 40 Juried Art Exhibition at Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
The Annual Juried Student show, FIU Art Museum, Miami, FL
The Festival of Polish Culture Art Show, Public Library, Hollandale, FL
Independent Student Art Exhibition, FIU, Miami, FL
Juried National Fine Arts Exhibition Center for Emerging Art, Miami
Juried Student Showcase Student Art Gallery at FIU, Miami, FL
Fine Arts Exposition FIU and Florida Fine Arts Foundation, Miami, FL
The Annual Juried Student Show the FIU Art Museum, Miami, FL
Annual Salon de Refuses Graham Center, FIU, Miami, FL
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