CURRÍCULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
ART INSTRUCTION
HONORS AND AWARDS IN ART
PUBLICATIONS
IN THE NEWS
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
LANDSCAPING/GARDENING COURSES
HONORS AND AWARDS IN GARDENING AND PLANTS
COMMITTEES
Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, May 2004
Bruce Sinkey Award for Excellence in Art.
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ART INSTRUCTION
Winter-Spring 2008, Figurative Sculpture. David Millen, North Haven, CT
Winter 2007-present, Mixed media and collage, conceptual art. Sheila Kaczmarek, Guilford, CT.
Winter 2005-present, Sculpture. Lisa Wolkow, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.
Fall 2005, Sculpture. Chotsani Dean, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.
October 10-16, 2004, 8th Annual Plein-Air Painters of America Workshop and Seminar, sponsored by Scottsdale Artist' School and the Lyme Art Association. Instructors: Skip Whitcomb,Gay Faulkenberry, Joe Paquet and Brian Stewart.Old Lyme, CT.
February 2004 Layers of Time and Space, Mixed media and collage Workshop. Sheila Kaczmarek, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.
2003 Plein Air, Impressionist Oil Painting.
Margaret B. Dean (Maggie) , Madison, CT.
Summer 2002 Watercolors.
Sante Graziani, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT.
Summer 2002 Exploration in Clay and Glazes.
Anne Baldwin, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.
September 2002 Complex and Beautiful, Pottery Workshop.
Liz Quackenbush, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT.
1983-2000 Drawing and Painting: Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor. Venezuelan impressionist painter and sculptor Luis Alvarez de Lugo, Caracas, Venezuela.
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HONORS AND AWARDS IN ART
2008 "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" stoneware and wood sculpture, Honorable Mention at "New Haven Paint & Clay Active Members Exhibit 2008," New Haven, CT
2008 "Paradox of Plenty" oil on metal, Art Emporium Award at the 61st Annual Juried Exhibition, presented by the Guilford Art League, in the Mill Gallery at the Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT. Juried by Gary Sussman, director of the Vaclav Vytlacil Campus, the new facility of the Art Students of New York.
2008 "Between Reality and Insanity" mixed media, Special Recognition Merit Award at the 10th Annual Collage, Digital and Mied Media Art Juried Online International Exhibition, presented by Upstream People Gallery. Juried and curated by Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art.
2008 "Motherhood" mixed media, Special Recognition Merit Award at the 10th Annual Collage, Digital and Mied Media Art Juried Online International Exhibition, presented by Upstream People Gallery. Juried and curated by Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art.
2008 "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" stoneware and wood sculpture, Special Recognition Merit Award at the 10th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Online International Exhibition, presented by Upstream People Gallery. Juried and curated by Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art.
2008 "Spikey" stoneware sculpture, Special Recognition Merit Award at the 10th Annual Contemporary Art Juried Online International Exhibition, presented by Upstream People Gallery. Juried and curated by Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art.
2008 "Book of Hours Leaves of Time" computer art, Special Recognition Merit Award at the 10th Annual Judeo-Christian Juried Online International Art Exhibition, presented by Upstream People Gallery. Juried and curated by Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art.
2008 "Escape C-89" mixed media collage, The New Alliance Bank Award at the 107th Annual Juried Show of works by artists of New England and New York, presented by New Haven Paint and Clay, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
2007 "Golden Pig" stoneware sculture, Third Place People's Choice Award at the 15th Annual Juried Sculpture Show by members of the Society of Connecticut Sculptors at the Acton Library, Old Saybrook, CT
2007 "Sunday Afternoon" mixed media, Mixed Media Award at The Annual Stonny Creek Summer Art Show presented by Friends of the Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library, Stony Creek, CT
2007 "Person of the Week" Interview by Ben Rayner, Senior Staff Writer for The Sound, local newspaper for the Branford and North Branford community, CT. June 14, 2007, Volume XI, Issue 24
2007 "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy" stoneware and wood sculpture, Honorable Mention at the 61st Annual Sculpture Exhibition, presented by The Pen and Brush, Inc, New York, NY.
2004 Bruce Sinkey Award for Excellence in Art. Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT.
2001-03 Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut. Dean's List, 7 semesters
2003 "Remembering Bittersweet," acrylic painting, Third place "Viewers Choice Award" at the First Juried Students Art Show, theme: Autumn, presented by the Albertus Magnus College Art Club, in the Margaret L. McDonough Gallery, New Haven CT.
1983 "Mi Ranchito," oil painting, Third place prize award on The Juried art show commemorative of the 200th Birthday of the Liberator Simon Bolivar at the Metropolitan University in Caracas, Venezuela.
2008-2009 Artist Directory, ArtSpace's 11th Annual City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
"Gran Cacao" stoneware, cocoa shells and cocoa beans
Artis, Art Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 2, February-March 2005
*"Paradox of Plenty" (the bird) oil drum art
Breakwater, The Albertus Magnus College Literary and Arts Magazine, Spring 2004 issue, New Haven, CT.:
* "Yalanda" acrylic painting
*"Dinowired" wire sculpture
*"Book of Hours, Leaves of Time" digital art
*"Freedom White" white clay
*"Evolution" Clay, clay, ash and glass
*"Lieutenant River" oil painting
Breakwater, The Albertus Magnus College Literary
and Arts Magazine, Spring 2003 issue, New Haven, CT:
*"Clotilda," aquatint etching
*"Snow quad," digital imaging
*"Anna," charcoal drawing
Breakwater, The Albertus Magnus College Literary and Arts Magazine,
Spring 2002 issue, New Haven, CT:
*"Serenity," black and white photograph
*"Branches," black and white photograph
*"Bird," white clay sculpture
*"Origins," clay sculpture
IN THE NEWS
"My Big Fat Hen, The Prince, Tucky, Spikey, Awareness, Lady Environmentalist, Gran Cacao, I'm Stuffed!" sculptures. Interview by Amanda May. May 16 through the 22, 2008. Diario Registro, Bitacora de la Cominidad Hispana de Connecticut, New Haven, CT
"Paradox of Plenty" oil painting/mixed media on an oil drum, CBS Early Show plaza at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street. As part of the Oil Drum Art presented on the CBS EARLY SHOW Saturday, April 19, 2008, 7am to 9am, EST . NY, NY
"Spikey" stoneware sculpture. May 8, 2008. The Compass, Lakeville Journal, CT
"I'm Stuffed!" stoneware sculpture. August 31, 2006. The Sound, Shoreline newspaper, CT
"Plowing with Oxen" pastel drawing, and "Between Reality and Insanity" mixed media. May 18, 2006. The Sound, Shoreline newspaper, CT
"My Big Fat Hen" stoneware sculpture. March 2006, Arts!, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven monthly publication, Vol. 19 No. 3, New Haven, CT
"My Big Fat Hen" stoneware sculpture. February 23, 2006. Guilford Courrier, Guilford, CT
"My Big Fat Hen" stoneware sculpture. February 2006. The Sound, Shoreline newspaper, CT
"Paradox of Plenty" oil painting/mixed media on an oil drum, Feb./March 2005, Artis Magazine, Vol. 1 issue 2, Hartford, CT
"Passing the Knowledge" pastel drawing, August 12, 2004, The Sound, Shoreline newspaper, CT
"Passing the Knowledge" pastel drawing, September 2004, Arts!, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven monthly publication, Vol. 17 No. 8, New Haven, CT
"Dinowired" Wire sculture, June 17 - June 23, 2004 issue, Main Street News, Old Lyme, CT
"The Master Woodcarver" oil painting, December 2003, Arts!, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven monthly publication, Vol. 16 No. 11, New Haven, CT
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LANDSCAPING/GARDENING COURSES
2008 Gardening Study School, Course III. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Completed
2007 Gardening Study School, Course II. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Completed
2007 Flower Arrangement Workshop: Creative Line Design. Ann C. Simpson. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT.
2007 Landscape Design Study Program, Course 1. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT.
2006 Flower Arrangement Workshop: Underwater Floral Design. Lois Nichols. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT
2006 Flower Arrangement Workshop: Line to Mass Floral Design. Dee Mozzochi. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT
2006 Flower Arrangement Workshop: Small and Miniature Floral Design. Kymrie Zaslow. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT
2005 Flower Arrangement Workshop: American Traditional Mass Design. Jan Fenger. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT
2002 Flower Arrangement Workshop. Branford Garden Club, Branford, CT.
2002 Landscape Design Study Program, Course 4, Series 6. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Completed.
2001 Landscape Design Study Program, Course 3, Series 6. The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New Haven, CT. Certificate of Attendance.
1994 Bromeliads. The Bromeliads Committee of The Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences, Caracas, Venezuela. Certificate.
HONORS AND AWARDS IN GARDENING AND PLANTS
2006 "Charted Course" A standard flower show and house tour presented by the Branford Garden Club .Branford, CT:
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for small flower arrangement (Design Award)
Horticulture Awards:
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for “Tagetes-Marigold”
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for “Sedum variegata”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Tagetes erecta African”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Marigold Tagetes French”
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for “Fallopia Japonica”
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for “Cosmosbipinnatus ‘Pinkie’”
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for “Buddleia davidii”
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for “Hydrangea Paniculata grandiflora Tardiva”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Nicotiana alata Tobaco Plant”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Anemone x hibrida ‘Bresingham Glow’”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Rudbeckia Fulgida”
*White Ribbon, Honorable Mention for “Sedum spectabile ‘Autums Joy’”
1995-00 National Annual Exhibition of Bromeliads. The Bromeliads Committee, accredited by The Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences. Caracas, Venezuela:
- XI National Exhibition of Bromeliads -2000-
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for Best Flower Arrangement using Bromeliads' Inflorescences. (Design Award)
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Tillandsia Creation"
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for "Aechmea Recurvata."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Aechmea Fascini."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Tillandsia Funckiana."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Quesnelia Arvensis."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Neoregelia King of Kings."
*White Ribbon, Honorific Mention for "Tillandsia Hildae."
*White Ribbon, Honorific Mention for Best Design in Flower Arrangement. (Design Award)
- X National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1999-
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Neoregelia King of Kings."
- IX National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1998-
*Blue Ribbon for Best Display up to 3 meters for "Las Bromelias de JOPANCO." (Design Award)
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for "Cryptanthus Bromelioides."
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for "Guzmania Wittmackii."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Tillandsia Ionantha."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Vrisea Chrysostachys."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Billbergia 'After Glow' Hybrid."
- VIII National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1997-
*Acknowledgement for my collaboration with the exhibition. Certificate.
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Guzmania Orangeade."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Guzmania Wittmackii."
*White Ribbon, Honorific Mention for "Tillandsia Filiforme."
*White Ribbon, Honorific Mention for "Wittrockia Campos Portoi."
- VII National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1996-
*Plaque and Tricolored Ribbon, First Prize, The Alexander Stoddart Price Award for Best Didactic Display.(Design Award)
*Blue Ribbon, First Prize Award for "Tillandsia Juncea."
*Yellow Ribbon, Third Prize Award for "Tillandsia Fendleri."
-VI National Exhibition of Bromeliads -1995-
*Silver Bowl and Blue Ribbon, First Prize, Best Plant from a Novice Exhibitor, for "Nidularium Innocentti 'Striatum'."
*Red Ribbon, Second Prize Award for "Androlepis Skineri."
*White Ribbon, Honorary Mention for "Vrisea Poelmannii."
*White Ribbon, Honorary Mention for "Guzmania Orangeade."
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COMMITTEES
2005-present Design Chair, Branford Garden Club, Connecticut
2003-2004 President, Art Club, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut.
2003-2004 Art Editor, Breakwater, Literary and Arts Magazine, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut. 2002-2003 Art Consultant, Breakwater, Literary and Arts Magazine, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, Connecticut. 2001-03 Photographer, Public Relations Committee, St. Mary School, Branford, CT.
1996-97 Secretary, The Bromeliads Committee. Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences, Caracas, Venezuela.1995-96 Secretary and Public Relations, The Bromeliads Committee. Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences, Caracas, Venezuela.
