Solo Exhibitions
2009
Black Butterfly: The Muse, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
The White Album, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2007
Into the Mystic, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2006
The White Album, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
Green Groves of Erin, McCord House Gallery, Palos Park, IL, the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier, and the Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
2005
Passport to Ireland, Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2000 Celtic Spirituality Symposium, St. Cajetan Church, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Figurative Works, Argosy Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine
33 Collective Group Show, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Earth, Sea and Sky, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
5th Annual Self-Portrait Exhibition, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
Collective Resonance, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2008
Saatchi Showdown Winners Exhibition, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
From Ancient Earth, three person show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Gallery 2008, De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL
The Drawing Show, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
2007
comeTOGETHER, 2 person show, White Studio & Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paint It Black, 2 person show, White Studio & Gallery, Chicago, IL
Third Annual Artist's National Self-Portrait Juried Exhibition, 33 Collective Gallery, Zhou B. Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Pastel Painters National Show, Palette and Chisel Academy, Chicago, IL
Gallery 2007, De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL
"From Ancient Earth" three person show, Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
2006
Deck the Walls, Irish American Heritage Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
CORPUS, Collective 33 Gallery, Zhou B. Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Artist’s Coalition Open, Zhou B. Center, Chicago, IL
The Last Picture Show, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
Municipal Art League of Chicago, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago IL
Pastels USA, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Auburn, California
Strokin’, Chicago Pastel Painters Member’s Show, Old Town Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Pastels Only Invitational, McCord House Gallery, Palos Park, IL
Face to Face Portrait Show, McCord House Gallery, Palos Park, IL
14th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Artist's Coalition Open, Chicago, IL
Gallery 2005, De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley College, Palos Hills, IL
Emerald Art, Four Person Show, Beverly Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
13th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery; Chicago, IL
2004
Self-Portraits 2004, Northwest Cultural Council’s International Juried Exhibition; Rolling Meadows IL
Sacred Art Juried Exhibit, First United Methodist Church; Evanston, IL
Chicago Artist's Coalition Open, Vietnam Veteran's Museum; Chicago, IL
Art Comp 2004, Chesterton Art Center; Chesterton, Indiana
9th Annual Artists Who Teach Exhibition, Beverly Arts Center; Chicago, IL
Gallery 2004, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
12th Annual Artists in Residence Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery; Chicago
2002
Gallery 2002, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
The 9/11 Show, Fulton Street Gallery; Troy, New York
The Art Project, Artists Visions of 9/11; On-line Gallery
2001
I Madonnari Outdoor Gallery Street Painting Festival, Sutherland School, Chicago, IL
Gallery 2001, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Alice and Arthur Baer Art Competition, Beverly Art Center; Chicago, IL
Awards
2008
First place, Gallery 2008, De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
2007
Second place winner in the pastel category of American Artist Magazine's 70th Anniversary Competition
Winner of the second round of the International Saatchi Gallery Showdown! Competition
Jerry's/Girault Award, Chicago Pastel Painters First Biennial National Show, Palette and Chisel Academy, Chicago, IL
2006
Canson Award, Pastels USA, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Auburn, California
2005
Best Drawing, Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Best of Show, Gallery 2005, De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
2004
Honorable Mention, Self-Portraits 2004, Northwest Cultural Council’s International Juried Exhibition; Rolling Meadows, IL
2002
Third place, Gallery 2002, De Caprio Gallery at Moraine Valley Community College; Palos Hills, IL
Education/Professional Affiliations and Memberships
St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL
Independent study: Dingle, and Beara Peninsulas, Ireland
The Art Institute of Chicago
Curator, Irish American Heritage Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
Curaror, "From Ancient Earth" and "Earth, Sea and Sky" shows at the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
Chicago Pastel Painters
Chicago Artist's Coalition
Fine Arts Building Council, Chicago, IL
Teaching Positions
Private Lessons, Alice McMahon White Studio, Chicago, IL
Pastels for Adults, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Chicago Children’s Museum at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Corporate/Permanent Public Collections
The Argosy Gallery, Bar Harbor, Maine
The Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
St. Cajetan Roman Catholic Church, Chicago, IL
Hinsdale Flower Shop, Hinsdale, IL
World Folk Music Company, Chicago, IL
Thompson - Kuenster Funeral Home, Oak Lawn, IL
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District, Alsip, IL
AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc., Barrington, IL
Donellan Funeral Home, Chicago, IL
Fireside Restaurant Beverly, Chicago, IL
French Kitchen Restaurant, Chicago, IL
Private Collections
Various private collections in Chicago, Illinois; Bar Harbor, Maine; Las Vegas, Nevada; Indiana, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, New York, Canada, South Africa, and Ireland.
