EducationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate in Painting, 2004Art Institute of Philadelphia, AA in Fashion Design, 1999Awards:201914th Annual ARC Salon- Honorable Mention for Animal Painting201813th Annual ARC Salon- 3rd Place for Still Life2016 12th Annual ARC Salon- Honorable Mention for Still Life2015 International 2014/2015 Art Renewal Center Annual Salon- 2 Honorable Mentions for Still Life2013International 2012/2013 Art Renewal Center Annual Salon - Purchase AwardInternational 2012/2013 Art Renewal Center Annual Salon - Figurative Category 3rd Place2008Fellowship, Hudson River School for Landscape, NY2003Arthur Decosta Painting PrizeDon Sabath AwardEleanor Grey Prize for Still Life - Special NoticeThoron Prize - Special NoticeVioletta De Mazia Memorial ScholarshipAmerican Artist Fund ScholarshipSolo ExhibitionsF.A.N. Gallery , Philadelphia PA - 2019, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006Sloane Merrill Gallery, Boston MA - 2018, 2016Selected Group Exhibitions2019“Summer Floral Show”, East Oaks Studio, NCArcadia Contemporary, Philadelphia Fine Art Fair, PA2018Arcadia Contemporary, L.A. Art Show, CAFlorence Academy of Art, 12x12 Portrait Exhibition, Jersey City, NJEleventh Street Arts, "Still Life: Contemporary Interpretations" NYC2017 Arcadia Contemporary, San Fransisco Art Fair, CA2016Arcadia Contemporary, 12 x 12 in 12, Culver City, CAStill Life that Moves You, Tree's Place Gallery, Orleans, MAAnnual Still Life Invitational, Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT2015Museum of Modern European Art/ Salmagundi Club International ARC Exhibition, Barcelona Spain and NYC"Precise and Painterly", Tree's Place Gallery, Orleans, MA2013"Compositions", Two Person Show, Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simons Island, GA2012"Back to Back: An Invitational and Juried Figurative Exhibition" Sloane Merrill Gallery, Boston MA"The Aesthetic Moment", Regional Still Life Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE"Beauty Revisited",Hersh Fine Art, Glen Cove , NY"Likeness", InLiquid Group Portraiture Exhibition, Board of Ethics, Philadelphia PA2011Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CAUSArtists Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA2010USArtists Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia PA2009Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico2008USArtists Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia PA2007USArtists Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia PA2006"Treetops to Tabletops", Group exhibit, Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simon's Island, GAUSArtists Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia PA2005Anderson Fine Art Gallery, St. Simon's Island, GAUSArtists Annual Exhibit, Philadelphia PATwo Person Show, Gallery 22, Philadelphia PA"New Directions" Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, NYC"Local Landscapes",Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor NYF.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia PA2004Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia PA2003Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Student Exhibition, Philadelphia PAArticles and PublicationsThe Philadelphia Enquirer- March 2016American Art Collector - July 2015, November 2012, June 2007, Nov 2006Fine Art Connoisseur- March/April 2013Epoch Times- June 2013American Painting Video Magazine - Spring issue 2010Color for Painters by Al Gury, Published by Watson Guptill 2010TeachingPrivate Studio Instruction 2007-CurrentWoodmere Art Museum 2006-2013The Antonelli Institute 2006Abington Art Center 2004-2006Workshop Teaching HistoryWethersfield Academy for the Arts, CT 2019Red Stone Farm, PA 2019East Oaks Studio, NC (Livestream) 2018Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier, CA 2019,2018ARA Boston, MA 2018, 2017, 2016Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio, WA 2017, 2015DebK HomeArt Studios, VA 2017Chelsea Studio and Gallery, NY 2016, 2015The Master's Academy, UT 2014Studio Incamminati, PA 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011The Art School in Sandy Springs, GA 2014Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, CA 2014, 2012Long Island Academy of Fine Arts, NY 2011Stone Ridge Farm, PA 2008The Schuylkill Academy of Fine Art, PA 2006