2006 Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, MIss October, curated by Kristin Beaver
2006 Downriver Council for the Arts, Local Color: Contemporary Realism, invitational, curated by Chris Melikan
2005 Exhibition of Michigan Artists at Governor’s home, Lansing, MI, juried by the Detroit Artist
2005 Gallery 4731, Grand River, Detroit, “Our Building, Their Art”
2004 Au Courant Gallery, Ferndale, MI (two-person show) “Essences”
2004 Maryland Federation of Art, Go Figure Exhibition, Annapolis, Maryland
2003 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Faculty Show
2003 Rivers Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI (3-person show), Connections
2003 Sienna Heights University and Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
2003 State of the Art, 2003, National Watercolor Invitational
2002 Au Courant Gallery, Ferndale, MI (1-person show), From Here to There:Summer Musings
2002 Padzieski Gallery–Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, MI, (2-person show), Lucille Nawara–Claudia Shepard, Paintings
2001 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, 24 Eyes, Detroit Area Artists Connection (group show)
2001 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI, Made in Michigan (Invitational group show)
2000 Au Courant Gallery, Ferndale, MI (4-person show)
2000 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Faculty Show
2000 Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI Sex (invitational group show)
2000 Pangborn Design Gallery, Detroit, MI, Art Detroit
2000 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, Hot Bed, Detroit Area Artists Connection (group show)
2000 Gallery Blu, Pontiac, MI, Summer Show
2000 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, juried by Howardeena Pindell
2000 Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI, Actual Size (invitational group show)
1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Pontiac, MI, Documenta, USA
1999 Michigan Design Center, Troy, MI, Detroit Area Artists’ Connection Exhibition
1999 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, Faculty Exhibition
1999 Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI, Body and Soul, Invitational Group Show
1999 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, 52nd Annual Michigan Water Color Traveling Exhibition (award winner)
1999 Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, Michigan Watercolorist Invitational
1999 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Faculty Exhibition
1998 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Born at the BBAA, Invitation group show
1998 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Michigan Fine Arts Competition selected by Larry Rivers
1998 Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, Michigan Water Color Society 51st Annual traveling exhibition
1997 Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI, 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Michigan Water Color Society, selected by Sam Sachs, Museum Director, Mary Wilkinson, Durator of Contemporary Galleries and Ellen Sharp, curator. Exhibition traveled to MIdland, MI., Port Huron Art Museum, Dennos Art Museum, Traverse City, MI, Muskegon, Battle Creek Art Center and Holland, MI
1997 Wayne State University, Faculty Exhibition
1996 Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI., The Time is Now
1996 Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI, Annual Box Show, Group Exhibition
1996 Hattie’s Art Gallery, Suttons Bay, MI., Three-person Show
1995 Metropolitan Gallery, Detroit, MI., The Art of Women
1994 Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI., No More Than….
1994 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Faculty Exhibition
1993 Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, The Still Life, invitational curated by Robert Wilbert
1992 Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI., Garden Show at the home of J.L.Hudson Grosse Pointe, MI
1992 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI., Michigan Fine Arts Annual Exhibition
1991 Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI., All Media Show
1991 Wayne State University, MFA Thesis Exhibition
Professional Experience
Center for Creative Studies
Instructor, Foundations Department, Fall 2003–Fall 2004
Water Color Instructor, Fine Arts Department
Detroit Institute of the Arts
Demonstrations and workshops in conjunction with the Degas Dancers Exhibition (November, 2002)
Demonstrations – (“First Fridays”)
Drawing in the Galleries, Instructor
Resident Instructor, Southfield Lathrup Arts Academy: PORTRAITS–in conjunction with the Van Gogh Portrait Exhibition at the DIA March, 2000. Students’ works were framed and hung in a gallery at the museum for the duration of the show.
Wayne State University: Instructor, Basic Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Life Drawing and Life Painting, 1990 – 2003
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center: Life Drawing, Portrait Painting Workshops (anatomy, head structure/portrait), 1991-present
Boyds MIlls Press, Honesdale, PA: Book Illustration 1994
Circle of Arts, Charlevoix, Mi Juror, plein aire exhibit awards, 2016
Guest Speaker, Fall, 2005, Michigan Watercolor Society
Juror Scarab Club, Detroit, Fall, 2005
Freelance Lecturer (Figurative Study and Portraiture): Farmington Art Club, Grosse Pte Art Association, Village Club, Michigan Water Color Society, etc.
Juror Traverse City Arts Council Annual Competition, Fall, 2001
Juror High School Scholastic Art Awards, Metropolitan Detroit Area, 1996 and 1997
Publications
The Detroiter.com “Artist Spotlight” interview with editor, Colin Darke (March 20, 2012)
Strut Magazine (March, 2005)
The Detroiter.com review (October, 2004)
PBS Production “Art Beat” featured artist (November, 2003)
Style Magazine (March/April edition, 2003)
The Detroiter.com – review of Au Courant one-person exhibition (October, 2002)
Boyds MIlls Press, Honesdale, Pa., Illustrations for LAKE OF THE BIG SNAKE by Isaac Olaleye (Fall, 1998)
Royal Oak Tribune, Book Review of Lake of the Big Snake, (December 4, 1998)
Various book reviews from around the country in conjunction with above book
Contributing Writer, THE DETROITER.COM (November, 2002)
Contribution Writer, GROUND-UP, Detroit (1995-1997)
Awards
Award Winner, 52nd Annual Michigan Water Color Society Exhibition (1999)
“Best of Show” XXIII Annual, Mt. Clemens Art Center (1995)
Organizations
Detroit Area artists Connection (DAAC), 2001-Present
Michigan Water Color Society Board (Exhibitions), 1998-2001
Paint Creek Art Center (Exhibition Committee), 1997-1998
Collections
Quest Laboratories, Auburn Hills, MI
Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Permanent Collection, Museum of New Art (MONA), Detroit, MI
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Trapp, Orchard Lake, MI.
Mr. Rick Carmody, Ferndale, MI, Director of Au Courant Gallery
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bieri, Grosse Pte, MI
Ms. Julie Sabit, Detroit
Ms. Patty Yunker, East China, MI
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Popa, Former Director, Blu Gallery, Pontiac
Mr. Richard Rollins, Farmington Hills, MI
Ms. Lois Teicher, Sculptor, Detroit
Ms. Susanna Linburg, Sculptor, Birmingham, MI
Mr and Mrs. Phillip Keila, Beverly Hills, MI
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Shepard, Pacific Palisades, California
Mr. and Mrs. David Hadley, San Diego, California
Mr. and Mrs. MIchael Rasmussen, Denver, Colorado
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keila, Beverly Hills, MI
Mr. Stephen Magsig and Ms. Janet Hamrick, Ferndale, MI