MEDIA:
Mixed media paintings, sumi-e, one of
a kind artist books and art cars (decorated automobiles)
are the mediums and styles represented.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2005 - Leeds Art Center, Leeds,
Alabama.
2003 - Hoover Public Library, 2003
Southern Voices, Friends Gallery, Hoover, Alabama.
2003 - Kentuck Museum, Northport,
Alabama.
2002 - Artistic Images Gallery,
Huntsville, Alabama.
2001 - Monty Stabler Galleries,
Birmingham, Alabama.
2001 - Meridian Museum of
Art, Meridian, Mississippi.
2001 - Masur Museum of Art,
Monroe, Louisiana.
1999 - Huntsville Museum of
Art, Huntsville, Alabama.
1994 - Kentuck Museum,
Northport, Alabama.
1994 - Center for the Cultural
Arts, Gadsden, Alabama.
1993 - Wiregrass Museum of
Art, Dothan,Alabama.
1992 - Kennedy-Douglas Center
for the Arts, Florence, Alabama.
1987 - Sarrat Art Gallery,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesse.
1987 - Eastern Shore Art Center,
Fairhope, Alabama.
1986 - The Arts Council's
Armory Learning Arts Center Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama.
1986 .- Meridian Museum of Art,
Meridian, Mississippi.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007 - Whimsy in 3-D, Museum of
Art, Huntsville, AL.
2007 - Now…Then, Space One Eleven,
Invitational, Sponsored by the Andy Warhol Foundation,
Birmingham, AL.
2007 - Birmingham Chapter, National League
of American pen Women, Annual Art Competition,
Soon Bok Sellers Gally, Hoover, AL, First Place Prize, mixed media
2006 - Alabama Women Artist, Invitational.,
YWCA, Birmingham, AL.
2006 - Birmingham Chapter, National League
of American pen Women, Annual Art Competition, Jewish
Community Center, Mt. Brook, Al, Second Place Prize, mixed media.
2005 - Birmingham Chapter, National League
of American Pen Women, Annual Art Competition,
Leslie S. Wright Art Gallery, Samford University, Homewood, AL, First Place
Prize, oils and
acrylics.
2004 - Energen Art Competition
and Exhibition, Energen Corporation, Birmingham, AL
2003 - Birmingham Chapter, National League
of American Pen Women, Annual Art Competition,
Leslie S. Wright Art Gallery, Samford University. Third Place Prize.
2002 - Celebrations: Women Artists
of Alabama, YWCA, Chapel Gallery, Invitational, Birmingham, AL
2002 - Art At Play, Huntsville
Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL.
2002 - Birmingham Chapter, National League
of American Pen Women, Annual Art Competition, Third
Place in Oils, The Club, Birmingham, AL.
2001 - 34th Montgomery Art Guild and
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition, Montgomery, AL
2000 - AU-TO-MO-BILE DREAMS, Heritage
Hall Museum, Talladega, Alabama.
2000 - National League of American Pen
Women Natrional Biennial Art Exhibition, George Mason
University, Fine Arts Gallery, Arlington, VA.
2000 - Johnson & Johnson Sixth Annual
Fine Arts & Photography Juried Exhibition, New Brunswick,
New Jersey, Third Place Award.
1999 - 33rd Montgomery Art Guild and Montgomery
Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition,Montgomery, AL
1999 - Triennial Southeastern Juried
Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama.
1999 - El Arte DeLos Libros De Artista,
Biblioteca Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico & De Oaxaca, Mexico.
1997 - The Usual Suspects: Traditional
& Alternative Bookworks by Four Alabama Book, Buchgalerie
Mergemeier, Dusseldorf, Germany.
1996 - ' d'art, AInternational
Les Amis de la ReliureMaison de La culture Frontenac, Montreal, Canada.
1996 - Sumi-e Across the Border,
Sumi-e Artists of Canada and Sumi-e Society of
America, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
1993 - Alabama Contemporary
Women Artists Exhibition, Alabama Artists Gallery,
Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, Alabama.
1993 - Crossings, Women's
Caucus for Art National Competition, Seattle, Washginton.
1991 - 50th National Competition
Watercolor Society of Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine
Art
Montgomery, Alabama. Cash Award.
1990 - Southern Roots Exhibition,
Birmingham Southern College and Space One Eleven
Birmingham, Alabama. Invitational.
1989 - Birmingham Artists
1959-1989, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama.
Invitational.
1989 - Visions of God,,
4th Annual St Joseph Juried Religious Art Exhibition,
St. Joseph Parish, Redding, California. Best of Show.
1981 - 68th Annual Allied
Artists of America Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, New York.
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS:
1994 - Escape to Create, Individual
Residentail Fellowship, Solo Exhibition, Seaside Institute,
Seaside, Florida.
SELECTED COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS:
2001 - Haiku – Travelers of Eternity,
a book published by River City Press,
haiku by Charles Ghigna, sumi-e by Armor Keller
1995 - Jubilation Haus Project,
by the PAAAMA group; Alabama Artists Gallery,
Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, Alabama.
1992/93 - Icon, Sign and
Symbol, a work of music, dance and video developed by eleven
individuals from Birmingham, Alabama.
Performed at the following:
Birmingham Southern College
Huntsville Museum of Art
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Mobile Museum of Art
Birmingham Museum of Art
SELECTED COMMISSIONS:
1994/95 - Tree of Life/Olive
Tree, six, wooden, interior doors: design and gold
leafing,
Temple Beth El, Birmingham, Alabama.
1989 - Broadway Crowne Plaza Hotel,
New York City, 33 paintings.
SELECTED CAR ART:
MAGIC CITY GOLDEN TRANSIT:
an art car, gold leafed and jeweled inside and outside, included in the
following:
2007 - Accepted for permanent display
at the Art Car World Musuem, Douglas, AZ
2006 - Featured at, Moss Rock
Festival, Hoover,Al.
2005 - Featured at, Feista,
Biurmingham Museum of Art.
2005 - Reatured at, Vestavia
Christmas Parade, Vestavia, AL.
2000 - Featured at the International
Motor Sports Hall of Fame, Talladega, AL.
2000 - Featured in the parade around
the race track before the Winston 500 Auto Race,
Talladega, AL.
1999 - Women at the Wheel, a book
by Marilyn Root, published by Sourcebooks, Inc.
1998 - Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga,
Tenn., workshop and exhibit.
1997,95,94,92,91,90 - Roadside
Attractions Artists Parade, The Orange Show
Foundation and Houston International Festival, Houston, Texas.
Second Place - 1997,Third Place - 1994, Honorable Mention - 1992.
1997 - Driving the Dream, a film,
by Harrod Blank.
1997 - Art Cars -- Revolutionary Movement,
a book published by The Ineri Foundation,
Houston, Texas.
1996 - 3rd Annual St. Louis Art Car
Expo, St. Louis, Missouri.
1996 - Brickyard 400: Copy Rite/400
Festival, Art Car Rolling Review, Indianapolis,
Indiana.
1996 - Classy Chassis: Wild and
Wonderful Rolling Works of Art, Birmingham Museum
of Art, Birmingham, Alabama.
1995 - Wild Wheels, calendar,
month of December, Pomegranate Press.
1993 - Wild Wheels, a book
by Harrod Blank of California. published by Pomegranate.
Art Books, Library of Congress, Catalog Card #92-62865.
1993 - 40th Arts Festival of
Atlanta, Georgia, Invitational Special Feature.
1993 - 22nd Kentuck Festival,
Northport, Alabama, Invitational Special Feature.
1992 - Memphis, Tennessee Arts
Festival, Special Projects, Cash Award.
1992 - Wild Wheels, a documentary
film by Harrod Blank of California. Premiered at
the deYoung Museum, San Francisco, California.
1990 - Carinart, Special
Feature, Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida.
MAGIC CITY GOLDEN TRANSIT,
featured in the selected following magazines & newspapers:
The Birmingham News, feature article, Art for the Road, November 20, 2002.
The Anniston Star, Anniston, AL. October 2000
Mountainfreak, . Spring - 2000.
American Way, American Airlines, April 1998.
Spiegel,, Lustobjekt Auto, Germany, September 1997.
Birmingham Post-Herald, Art on Wheels, May 20, 1997.
The New York Times, 40 Fenders and Dada in Rearview Mirror, April 20, 1997.
Smithsonian Magainze, Designing your own Set of Wheels, August 1995.
Car and Driver Magazine, Paint Your Wagons (or Dog-Biscuit Them), August
1995.
Japan Esquire Magazine, November 1994.
SELECTED ART RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Japanese Calligraphy, Birmingham Museum
of Art, lecture and demonstration, 2007.
Bluff Park United Methodist Church, Spiritual
Aspects of Art , sumi-e lecture and demonstration, Hoover, AL, 2006
Birmingham International Festival honoring
Japan, sumi-e lecture/demonstration/workshop for Alabama teachers, Birmingham,
AL, 2006.
Red Mountain School, two day sumi-e workshop,
Birmingham, AL.
Japan America Society of Alabama, board
member, 2002-2007
Sister City Commission, Japan Committee
board member, 2002-2007
Project Director, Hitachi, Japna dna Birmingham,
AL, Friendship Quilt, permanent display, library,
Birmingham, A, 2005.
Art Chairman, National League of American
Pen Women, 2001 Alabama State Conference,
Birmingham, Alabama.
Guest lecturer, Japan Program, Sukura
Festival 2001, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
Featured artist, Spirit and Creation,
Center for Alabama Public Television, Tusacloosa, AL, 1996.
Consultant to the Birmingham Museum of
Art for the Classy Chassis: Wild and Wonderful Rolling Works of Art,
1996.
Judge for the High School Art Exhibit
for the Sixth Congressional District Arts Caucus,
U.S.
Representation Spenser Bachus. 1996 and 1995.
Grant Review Panelist for Project Assistance
Multi-Disciplinary Grants, Alabama State Council on the
Arts,
Montgomery, Alabama. 1995, 1996 and 1998.
Space One Eleven, Governing Board Chairperson,
1991-93.
Bluff Park Art Association, Board of Directors,
1985- 2007.
Watercolor Society of Alabama, President,
1988-89, Signature Membership.
Birmingham Art Association, President,
1982-83.
Montgomery Art Guild, President, 1976-77
and 1977-78.
Alabama State Council on the Arts, Track
Leader for Statewide Arts Conference, 1992.
Japanese Cultural Experience - Shozo Sato,
Project Director, sponsored by Bluff Park Art Association,
Birmingham Museum
of Art, Birmingham Botanical Garden, Japan America Society
of Alabama,
Japan Program
of the University of Alabama, Hoover Public Library, Birmingham,
Alabama, 1998.
Art Exhibitions and Art Festivals, Judge.
Workshops, classes, lecture/demostrations
given at the following:
Birmingham
Museum of Art
Sukura
Festival, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Japan Culture
and Information Center, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Birmingham
Civil Rights Institute
Space One
Eleven
Montgomery
Art Guild
Studio
by the Tracks
University
of Montevallo
Art Associations
Garden
Clubs
Church
Organizations
Board of
Education, City of Hoover
Huntsville
Museum of Art
Hoover
Art Association
Sukura
Festival, Birmingham Botanical Garden
Thirty years of gallery representation.
Member of the National League of American
Pen Women..
Who's Who of American Women 1999,00,02,03,04,05,06,07,
Marquis.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest 1999-2000,
26th Edition, Marquis.
International Who’s Who of Professional
& Business Women, 2002,
American
Biographical Institute,
Who's Who in America ,2000, 01, 02, 03,
04, 05, 06, 07, 08, Marquis.
Who’s Who in the World, 2000, 02, 04,
06, Edition, Marquis.
EDUCATION:
University of Alabama in Birmingham, BA
degree, visual art, 1982.
University of Guam, Agana, Guam, Mariana
Islands.
Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama.
TRAVEL EXPERIENCES:
Japan, Hong Kong, Guam, England,
France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Holland,
Hawaii, Mexico, Canada, Taiwan,
Puerto Rico, Republic of Georgia,and Azerbiajan.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Alabama Center for Commerce, Birmingham,
Alabama.
Berkowita, Lefkouits, Isom & Kushner,
Birmingham, Alabama.
Bradley, Artant, Rose and White, Birmingham,
Alabama.
Champion International Paper Company,
Pensacola, Florida.
Embassy Suites Hotel, San Antonio, Texas.
Energen Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama.
First Alabama Bank, Montgomery, Alabama.
First Commercial Bank, Birmingham, Alabama.
First National Bank, Panama City, Florida.
Huntsville Art Council, Huntsville, Alabama.
Paul W. Bryant Conferecne Center, University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Pinta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia.
State of Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama.
Trinity Methodist Church, Huntsville,
Alabama.
UAB School of Optometry, Birmingham, Alabama.
Wade Sand and Gravel Company, Birmingham,
Alabama.
Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida. |