SOLO EXHIBITIONS
As of Now, BARA Studios / Whiteaker ArtWalk, Eugene, OR – 2024 - ongoing
Efflorescence, Territorial Vineyards, Eugene, OR – 2024
Forks in the Road, Oregon Art Supply Gallery, Eugene, OR – 2024
Balance, Robert Cecil Salon, Eugene, OR – 2023
Vision 1-3, Eugene Eye Clinic, Eugene, OR – 2021
The Writer’s Place, Madison, WI – 1990
Sacred Stuff, BFA thesis exhibition – painting & sculpture, Humanities Gallery, UW-Madison, Madison, WI – 1990
FOCUSED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
The Art of Interbeing, 5-person show, Hood River Library, Hood River, OR – 2023
Interbeing, 5-person show, River Gallery, Independence, OR – 2023
Interbeing, 5-person show, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR – 2023 https://tinyurl.com/36bpm3fh
Art of the Zoom: Unmute Yourself, 6-person show, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR – 2021
JURIED & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
3 Wishes, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR – 2025
Art of Water, Red Bluff Gallery – 2025 https://www.redbluffartgallery.com/water.htm
Passage of Life: Aging, Exhibizone – 2025
Forms and Figures, Biafarin – 2025 https://tinyurl.com/3jn2vb3y
Signs and Symbols 2025, Gallerium & The Book of Arts – 2025 https://tinyurl.com/bdhm8ne3
12th Annual Abstract Sanctuary, online exhibition and publication, Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR – 2025 https://tinyurl.com/5fje32f5
Cold Wax International 2024, ColdWaxAcademy.com – 2024 https://tinyurl.com/5xfehx3n
Beneath the Surface, Gallery 114, Portland, OR – 2024
At Home in Oregon, The Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR – 2024
Bringing Out Our Best, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR – 2023
Shapes & Colors, international online exhibition and publication, Gallerium – 2023 https://tinyurl.com/mvk3vkxt
Eugene Biennial 2022, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR – 2022
Home Team: World Stage [World Athletic Championships], Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR – 2022
Oregon Abstract, The Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR – 2022
Mt Si Artists Guild Online Juried Show – 2021
Art Gallery of SnoValley, invited guest artist – 2021
Springfield Mayor’s Art Show 2020, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR – ABSTRACT AWARD – 2020
Mt Si Artists Guild Online Juried Show – 2020
Sticks!, Traveling exhibit: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI; Memorial Union Gallery, Madison, WI; New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI – 1993
Expressive Portrait, Gallery UW-Extension, Madison, WI – 1991
Artful Women 1989 – Women Artists of the Dane County Area, UW Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI – 1989
Wisconsin Collegiate Showcase ’88, Crossman Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI – 1988
Artful Women 1988 – Women Artists of the Dane County Area, Wisconsin Union, Madison, WI – 1988
Special Selections – Artwork by Women of Wisconsin, A-Space Gallery, Madison, WI – 1988
AWARDS
Springfield Mayor’s Art Show 2020, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR – Abstract award
TEACHING
Art of Found Poetry, Oregon Art Supply, Eugene, OR – 2025
Open Studio for Cold Wax Artists, monthly, Oregon Art Supply, Eugene, OR – 2025
Introduction to Cold Wax Medium 2- and 3-day workshops, Oregon Art Supply, Eugene, OR – 2024 - ongoing
Private lessons and mentorship – 2024 - ongoing
EDUCATION / WORKSHOPS
2025
Cold Wax Academy, online bi-weekly, Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin (authors of Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations), 2022 - ongoing
Composition in Cold Wax, Jerry McLaughlin, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
The Language of Abstraction, Zoë Cohen, Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, OR The Painted Book: Keeping an Abstract Journal, Zoë Cohen, Winslow Art Center
Keeping it Simple: Ink & Paper, Zoë Cohen, Winslow Art Center
Improvisational Drawing, Jane Davies, Art & Soul, Portland, OR
Plein Air Abstracts, Sam Boughton, video course
Telling the Bees: Practices in Reverence, Reunion and Repair, Zoë Cohen & Donna Henderson, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR (upcoming)
2024
Lines and Marks as Abstract Language - An Advanced Cold Wax Workshop, Rebecca Crowell, Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride, CO
Abstracting the Landscape: Experimental Water-Media, Scott Gellatly, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Plein Air to Studio, Scott Gellatly, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Intuitive Abstraction: Color and Composition, Zoë Cohen, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
2023
Advanced Cold Wax Workshop, Jerry McLaughlin, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland
Paper and Paint: Abstract Design, Zoë Cohen, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Light in the Landscape, Scott Gellatly, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Strategies for Expressive Color, Scott Gellatly, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Figure Sketching, Jan Halvorsen, Eugene, OR
2022
Cold Wax Workshop, Jerry McLaughlin, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
2021
Abstract Investigations: Line, Mark and Form, Zoë Cohen, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Embarking on a Cold Wax Journey, Lynne Wintermute, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
2020
Abstract Open Studio, online weekly, Zoë Cohen, Eugene, OR
Abstract Acrylic & Mixed Media, Rebecca Mannheimer, Eugene, OR
2019
Dynamic Still Life, Sarah Sedwick, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR (author of Dynamic Still Life for Artists)
2018
Zorn Palette for Portraits, Sarah Sedwick, Eugene, OR
EDUCATION
Finch University of Health Sciences / The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL – 2001
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction – 1990
Thesis exhibition: Sacred Stuff, Faculty: Truman Lowe (sculpture) and Carol Pylant (painting)
MEMBERSHIPS
Cold Wax Academy – 2020 to present
Interbeing, abstract painting collective – 2020 to present
Maude Kerns Art Center, Member Gallery, Eugene, OR – 2020 to present
Sitka Center for Art and Environment – 2019 to present
International Association of Art USA – 2023 to present