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AWARDS
2019
Juror's Award of Excellence, Recycle, BWAC
2017 Artist Fellowship Program Award, DCCAH
2017 Finalist, Mayor's Arts Awards Excellence in Visual Arts
2016 Juror's Award of Excellence, RAL 7th Annual Biennial
2017 Artist Fellowship Program Grant, DCCAH
2015 Artist Fellowship Program Grant, DCCAH
2014 Artist Fellowship Program Grant, DCCAH
2006 Nominated, Mayor's Arts Awards Excellence in Service to the Arts
2005 Nominated, Mayor's Arts Awards Outstanding Emerging Artist

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2018
Impermanence, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
2017 Twist – Layer – Pour: Sondra N. Arkin + Joan Belmar + Mary Early, American University Museum at the Katzen Center, Washington, DC
2011 In Unison: 20 DC Artists, Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Spend Time With Trees, Art Enables, Washington, DC w/ Mark Archibald
2017 What You See Is All There Is, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
2016 Viable Patterns, Waddell Art Gallery (NVCC), Loudoun, VA
CON·CEP·TION, Gallery 50, Rehoboth Beach, DE w/ Ward Ellinger
Rising Scaffold, Stone Tower Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
MicroView, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
In My Mind It Is Always Summer, Artists & Makers Gallery, Rockville, MD

2015
Variants,Ward Ellinger Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Permutations, Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Networks,Long View Gallery, Washington, DC w/ Eve Stockton
2014 Tokesplace, online exhibition, March 2014
2013 Altered States, Ward Ellinger Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Where I've Been, Where I'm Going,
The Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen, VA
2012 Pattern Transformation, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC ChromoSaturation, Ward Ellinger Gallery, Rehoboth Beach DE
2011
Water Marks, Ward Ellinger Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2010
Double Vision, Ward Ellinger Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2009
RE:CONNECTIONS, Ward Ellinger Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2008 Topography, Ward Ellinger Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Sondra N. Arkin (& Willem DeLooper), PASS Gallery, Washington, DC
2007 Color: Field Tests, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
2006 Indian Summer, Blue Moon, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Poetic License, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC w/ Mary Beth Ramsey
2005 Vertical Axis, Blue Moon, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Blue Foundation, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 Elements, Blue Moon, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2003 In Balance, Blue Moon, Rehoboth Beach, DE

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Recycle, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Artistic Psychologies
, CCBC/ Essex Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Best Shot Africa, CAMP Rehoboth Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
ReFRESH IX, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC

2018 Hats Off, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2017
Art for the Community, Peninsula Gallery, Lewes, DE
Migration of Pestilence,
Otis Street Art Project, Mt. Rainier, MD

2016
Regional Biennial, Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Cheap Thrills,
Anacostia Art Center, Washington, DC
ReFRESH VI,
Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
Wall Mountables, DCAC, Washington, DC
Making Sense,
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
Sip and Paint Van Gogh's The Starry Night,
DCAC Gallery, Washington, DC

2015
Petit Arte, Gallery 50, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Small Works, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
Personal Patterns, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
Memory Like Light,
The Gallery at CCBC/Dundalk, Baltimore, MD
Strictly Painting 10,
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
10th Annual Encaustic Invitational,
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
US State Department, Art in Embassies Program, Taipei, Taiwan

2014
Cheap Thrills, Anacostia Art Center, Washington, DC
ReFRESH IV,
Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
US State Department, Art in Embassies Program, Taipei, Taiwan

2013 Sondheim Showcase, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
ReFRESH III,
Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
8th Annual Encaustic Invitational,
Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
In Unison: 20 Washington Artists,
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
US State Department, Copenhagen Residence, Art in Embassies Program
US State Department, Taipei Residence, Art in Embassies Program

2012 Wax Works, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Something’s Missing: Spirit, Studio G, Washington, DC
In Unison: 20 Washington Artists, River Arts District, Sperryville, VA
ReFRESH II, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
The Art Registry, 14 Eighth Street SE, Washington, DC
In Unison: 20 DC Artists, Kenkelebe Gallery, New York, NY

US State Department, Tallinn Residence, Art in Embassies Program
US State Department, Copenhagen Residence, Art in Embassies Program

2011 Holiday Show, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
Abstract IV,
Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA
Creative Process, Long View Gallery, Washington, DC
Big Ideas, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD
US State Department, Tallinn Residence, Art in Embassies Program
US State Department, Copenhagen Residence, Art in Embassies Program

2010
Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
LottoHEART, CAMP Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Delicacies, BFC Studio B, Washington, DC
Women's Work, Ward Ellinger Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Thoreau's Legacy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC
US State Department, Tallinn Residence, Art in Embassies Program

2009
Friend Request, Art 17, Washington, DC
20th Annual Small Works, Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC
What's Important Now? Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Form & Freedom, Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC

Hope/Change, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC with Ellyn Weiss
Stimulus, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Commonalities, Art17, Washington, DC
RED: St. Valentine Bled For Us, Pink Line Project, Washington, DC

2008
Rapture, Ecstasy, Bliss, BFC Studio B, Washington, DC
Sin Fronteras, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC
Under Surveillance
, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC

Artomatic 2008
, Washington, DC
DC Women in the Arts
, MLK Library, Washington, DC
Peace Now!
, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Art of Mid City
, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC

2007 Attainable Art III, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
The Power of 10,
PASS Gallery, Washington, DC
Small Works,
Light Street Gallery, Baltimore MD
Resident Artists: Living and Working in Dupont Circle,
WSS, Washington, DC
The Box Show,
Light Street Gallery, Baltimore MD
ArtRomp 20,
Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
No Representation
, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Artomatic 2007, Crystal City, VA
HeART of the Community, Rehoboth Beach, DE

2006
ArtRomp 19, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Attainable Art II,
Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Shock and Awe
, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
Mid-City Artists Group Show
, Results, Washington, DC

2005 Attainable Art, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Water/Wax
, Coldwell Banker, Washington, DC
Where is the Peace? Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC

2004
Anonymous Returns, WPA\Corcoran, Washington, DC
Handpicked, Museum of Modern ARF, Arlington, VA
Artomatic 2004, Washington, DC
5x5, Nevin Kelly Gallery, Washington, DC
Watercolors, Vastu, Washington, DC
Group Exhibition, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
ArtRomp 16, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC


COLLECTIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2M, Washington, DC
Bloomingdales, Tysons Corner, VA
Crystal City BID, Crystal City, VA
DCCAH Art Bank Collection, Washington, DC
Donatelli Corporation, Washington, DC
EagleBank, Bethesda, MD
ECOSCAPE, Public Art Installation, Crystal City, VA
Kaiser Permanente, Baltimore, MD and Sterling, VA
Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC
Miles & Stockbridge, Rockville, MD
Midtown Reston Condominiums, Reston, VA
Madonna Chapel, Duplex Diner, Washington, DC
Paul | Weiss, Washington, DC
Catherine and Wayne Reynolds, Washington, DC
Ritz Carlton Headquarters, Chevy Chase, MD
Sedgwick, LLC, Washington, DC
Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC
US State Department, Art in Embassies Program: Tallinn, Estonia,
-- Copenhagen, Denmark, Taipei, Taiwan

CURATORIAL/JUROR
2019 Panelist, Public Art, DCCAH
2017
Z4: Preconceptual, Hillyer Art Space, WDC (w/ Ellyn Weiss/Thomas Drymon)
2015 Alchemical Vessels, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC
2012
HeART of the Community, CAMP Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Zeitgeist3:TMI?
, DCAC, WDC (with Ellyn Weiss)
Juror, 22nd Mid-Atlantic Works on Paper & Clay, D'Art Center, Norfolk, VA
2010
LottoHEART Project, CAMP Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, DE
2009
Z2: What's Important Now, Nevin Kelly Gallery, WDC (with Ellyn Weiss)
Commonalities, ART17, WDC
Award Judge, Boardwalk Art Fair, Virginia Beach, VA
Juror, Arts on Foot, Penn Quarter, WDC
LottoHEART Project, CAMP Rehoboth, Rehoboth Beach, DE
RED: St. Valentine Bled For Us, Pink Line Project, WDC (with Ellyn Weiss)
Panelist, Mayor's Arts Awards, DCCAH
Panelist, Grants in Aid, DCCAH
2008 Rapture, Ecstasy, Bliss, BFC Studio B, WDC
Zeitgeist 1: Under Surveillance, Nevin Kelly Gallery, WDC (with Ellyn Weiss)
20 x 20, ART17, WDC
2007 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities City Hall Art Collection at the John A. Wilson Building (phase 2)
2007 No Representation, Warehouse Gallery, WDC (w/ Philippa Hughes, Molly Ruppert, Ellyn Weiss)
2005 DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities City Hall Art Collection at the John A. Wilson Building
2004 Panelist, Artwalk, DCCAH

EDUCATION
1984 MA, Florida Atlantic University
1980 BA, Long Island University, Southampton College

RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2010 - 2019, Art Enables, Board of Directors
2009 - 2011, Millennium Art Salon, Board of Directors
2008 - 2012, WPA Artists' Council
2005 - 2012, Project Curator, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities,
City Hall Art Collection at the John A. Wilson Building
2004 - 2007, President, Board of Directors, Artomatic, Inc.
2003 - 2015, Founding Director, Mid City Artists
2001 - 2014, President, ArtMarket, Inc.
1989 - 2001, President and Founder, ProMarket, Inc., Mid-Atlantic’s largest
high-tech marketing agency

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Washington Post, Mark Jenkins, January 12, 2018 (review Hats Off)
Washington Post, Mark Jenkins, October 5, 2017 (review & reproduction Twist - Layer - Pour)
Washington Post, Mark Jenkins, April 20, 2017 (review Alchemical Vessels)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, March 24, 2017 (review Zeitgeist IV)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, February 3, 2017 (review Migration of Pestilence)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, May 20, 2016 (review Starry Night)
Bethesda Magazine, Best Bet, January, 2016 (in my mind, it is always summer)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, April 24, 2015 (review Networks)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, September 27, 2014 (review Cheap Thrills)
Washington Post,
Michael O'Sullivan, May 15, 2014 (GOG event of the week & reproduction)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, June 30, 2013 (review & reproduction)
Galleries Magazine, Alternative Focus #6,
Julia Bernard, May 2013 (article & reproduction)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, November 1, 2012 (review)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, September 20, 2012 (review & reproduction)
Washington Post,
Michael O'Sullivan, September 27, 2012 (gallery event of the week)
Washington Post, Editor's Pick, Fall Arts Guide,
September 8, 2012
Washington Post,
Carrie Donovan, August 22, 2012 (going out guide & reproduction)
Washington Post,
Mark Jenkins, July 23, 2011 (review)
Gazette,
Claudia Rousseau, December 2010 (article & reproduction)
Intowner,
Anthony Harvey, May 2008 (article & reproduction)
DCist, (online),
Lynne Venart, May 16, 2008 (article & reproduction)
Falls Church News Press,
Kevin Mellema, May 8, 2008
DCist, (online),
Heather Goss, May 1, 2008 (Arts Agenda)
Urbancode #2,
Geoff Hoppe, June 2007 (No Representation)
Washington Examiner,
Robin Tierney, April 26, 2007 (No Representation)
Washington Roll Call
, Jamie Hammon, November 2, 2006 (City Hall)
Intowner, Anthony Harvey, November 2006 (City Hall)
Washington Examiner, Robin Tierney, November 11, 2006 (City Hall)
Washington Post, Paul Schwartzman, November 16, 2006 (City Hall)
Washington Post, Jessica Dawson, November 11, 2006 (City Hall)
The Current Newspapers, Amy Longsworth, November 1, 2006 (City Hall)
Washington City Paper, Jessica Gould, October 19, 2006 (City Hall)
Washington Examiner, Robin Tierney, (article & reproductions), May 20, 2006
DC Style, Julie Butash, (online review), June 29, 2006
Washington Blade, Greg Marzullo, (article & reproductions), June 30, 2006

REPRESENTATION
Long View Gallery, Washington DC

 


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