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GALLERY REPRESENTATION: Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Rotations, 2010, Sygrove Associates, Susan Lauren, Interior Designer, Ellington Apartments, NYC
Exfoliation 4 & 7, 2008; Cycles Sheet Music 2009, Armondo's Restaurant, Jackson Heights, NY
Wind & Water, 2006, Chadick Ellig, NYC
Movement, 2006, Susan Lauren, Interior Designer
Longevity, 2004, Reiki Room, Scotia, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*Juried):
2011
Heaven, Earth, Circle, Square, video by George Zhaozhi Xiong (September Etude music composition used for video, Tina Seligman-composer, Jo Brand-Flute)
Counterpoints & Variations, Maram Pharmacy Gallery Windows, Solo Exhibit, Curator:  Elliot Bassman, Jackson Heights, NY
NOVO Restaurant and Gallery, with Sam Oppenheim and Nancy Williams, Curator: Celeste Balducci, Jackson Heights, NY

2010
Radial Patterning, with Kira Greene, April Vollmer, Serena Buschi and Jamie Lee, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY
ArtHamptons Art Fair, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
New Works: The Creative Process Revealed, Louise Weinberg curator, Flushing Town Hall, Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing, NY
June in Jackson Heights, Celeste Balducci curator, La Portena; Armondo's; Jackson Heights, NY

2009
Measured Variation -- Richard Garrison & Tina Seligman, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
In Celebration, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY

2008
*Aesthetics of Diversity, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY

2007
Black + White = Grey Matter, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC
*Saratoga Inside-Out, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
Microspace, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC

2006
Beyond Reason, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
Welcome Home, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, NYC

2005
*Propulsion: Immortal Energies, Flushing Town Hall
Daily Miracles: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Flushing Town Hall

2004
Vision Festival 9 “Vision for a Just World”, NYC (Artists exhibited include:
Jo Wood-Brown, Kiki Smith, Lois Eby, Yuko Otomo, Kazuko Miyamoto, Jorgo Schaefer, Jeff Schlanger, Peter Kowald)
Benefit Auction, Stillpoint Interfaith Center, Stillwater, NY

2003
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

2002
Spirit Musings, Alicia Mugetti Designs, NYC
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

2001
Dreams, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, NYC
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

2000
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
*Biennial Members’ Salon Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY

1999
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
*Biennial Member Salon Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall
*Breaking Ground, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

1998
Lorabie Café & Bakery (Missing Inaction Studio Gallery), Flushing, NY
*Biennial Members’ Salon Exhibit, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
*Win-Place-Show, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga, NY

1997
*Small Works: On a Grand Scale, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
Lorabie Café & Bakery (Missing Inaction Studio Gallery), Flushing, NY

1996
Lorabie Café & Bakery (Missing Inaction Studio Gallery), Flushing, NY
*In Transition, The Arts Center Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

1995
The Art of Camouflage, Missing Inaction Studio Gallery, Flushing, NY

1994
*Artists Choose Artists, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Times Union, "Eyes focus on repetition at 'Measured Variations', by Tim Kane, 10/22/09
2009 PostStar.com, "Artists Show Variation," by Jordan Reardon, 10/5/09
2007 ARTinfo.com, “My Collection” , by Senior Editor, Robert Ayers
2004 Daily Miracles, Exhibition Catalog, Curator, Trudie A. Grace, Flushing Town Hall/Smithsonian Institution Affiliate

CURATION & JUDGING:
2004 Vibrations, Curator, Flushing Town Hall/Smithsonian Institution Affiliate, Flushing, NY
2004 Arts in the Schools Grant Program, Queens Council on the Arts – Panelist, Forest Hills, NY
2000 NY State PTA Reflections Program – Judge, Long Island, NY

ART JOURNALISM & ESSAYS:
2012
Hypergraphia: The Cup Drawings, Studio in the Prow, Hand/Eye Magazine
2011 Hypergraphia: Upcycled Cups Caffeinate the City, Hand/Eye Magazine
2005-Present Cheryl McGinnis Gallery – exhibition press releases
2001-2006 Magazine.Art (publication of NY Dance & Arts Innovations) – Visual Arts/Performing Arts Columnist
2005 Art of the Times – Visual Arts/Performing Arts Columnist
2005 “Laura Schiavina’s Inner Spirit” – essay for exhibition, Curator: Maria Giuliani
2004 Art Times Vol. 20 No. 8 – letter to the editor re: Speakout March 2004
2003 Stepnotes (publication of Country Dance New York – CDNY)
1999 Village Rubbings, Marc Josloff’s exhibition catalog – description of Josloff’s work
1999 Art Times Vol. 15 No. 10 – letter to the editor re: Disappearing Chinese Calligraphy
1997 CLICK: on the arts (co-creator of newsletter for Missing Inaction Studio Gallery)
3/31/96 The New York Times (Sunday) – letter to the editor “Alternative Art Spaces”

ART EDUCATOR: SELECTED WORKSHOPS:
2010
Haiku & Art, Big Bambu at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art E with Cheryl McGinnis

2000-Present

Artist in Residence, Flushing Council on Culture & The Arts (FCCA), Flushing, NY Workshops for children & adults:
Jazz Collage Jam with Louis Armstrong (FCCA)
Chinese Shadow Puppets for Year of the Dragon (FCCA) & Workshop Exchange with Maxine Rosenberg, Outreach Art Teacher, The Institute of Asian Studies, Binghamton University & Confusius Institute for Chinese Opera
Picasso's Guitars: Cubism & Collage (FCCA)
Watercolor (FCCA)
Artist in Residence, PS 165Q, Edith Begtraum Elementary School (FCCA)
French Impressionism: Workshop (FCCA)
Environmental Art, 15-week CASA Program (FCCA) Coordinator: April Armstrong
A Picture and 1000 Words, with poet Mtume Gant (FCCA), Curator: April Armstrong
Artist in Residence, PS 32Q, (FCCA) Multi-cultural Quilts, PS 22Q, Parents as Arts Partners (FCCA)
Kids Make Storybooks: Workshop, (FCCA)
Textures in Sound & Space: Mosaics w/ Metropolitan Klezmer (FCCA), Curator, April Armstrong Magic Realism: Workshop for “Sleight of Mind” Exhibition (FCCA), Curator, Louise Weinberg
Mosaics: “Pieces for Peace” Workshop for Exhibition (FCCA), Curator Tsipi Ben-Haim
Kids Copy Art: Workshop (FCCA), “Through Kids’ Eyes,” Curator, Cheryl McGinnis
Cow Parade: at PS 69 w/ Art Historian, Suzaan Boettger (JHAC) – Curator, Alexis Daniels,Jackson Hts, NY
Jazz Scroll “Jam”: Workshop (FCCA), “Other Words…Other Worlds”, Curator: David Spelman
Painting Everyday Life with Poetry: Parents as Arts Partners Program through FCCA
From Industry to Artistry: Workshops, Flushing Town Hall
Personal Gallery Book: Workshops, Flushing Town Hall
Seminar: Alternative Exhibition Spaces: (with Alexandra Jacoby), Flushing Town Hall
Musical Scrolls: Workshop for Vibrations, Curator, Tina Seligman
Dancing the Rainbow/Everyone Can Move: dance workshop interpreting colors for Vibrations
Percussive Rattles: Workshops, Flushing Town Hall
Color Wheel Books: Workshops, Flushing Town Hall
Imagine NY: Workshop, Flushing Town Hall for Municipal Art Society
Quilting Time: Workshops, Flushing Town Hall
NYSCA Artist/Mentor Grant at PS 214, Cadwallader Colden School

POETRY PUBLICATION:
2009 Dialogues (artwork by Lisa Palmero), Kozo Press
2009 How Would This Be Interpreted (artwork by Lisa Palmero), Kozo Press
2005 Seeds (poetry, artwork -- chapbook, published by The Feral Press)
2005 Other Words..Other Worlds reading (French, Greek) with Luda Pahl, Curator: David Spelman, Flushing, NY
2004 Visions 2004 (published through Vision Festival 9)
2004 Vibrations Poetry Project (poems written, collected and edited for gallery display and books)
2003 Morning Dew (series of handmade books of haiku and drawings)
2001 PS 1 Contemporary Museum – poem for Special Writers’ Projects (on website & in gallery)
2000 Art Times Vol. 17 No. 1
2000 The Moon As Text – 3 readings, Oyster Bay, NY
1994-1999 Onionhead Literary Quarterly
1997 Prayers to Protest (book)
1996 Cicada Haiku Quarterly
1994 Pudding Magazine

ILLUSTRATION:
2010 Moon Haiku, Translations by Joan Digby, The Feral Press/Prehensile Pencil Publications
2009 She Moves, Poetry by Diane Simone Lutz, The Feral Press
2008 HeartSong, CD Cover, Words & Music, Guided Meditation by Sue Vazal, Music by Paul Brassard
2007 The African Belly Dance, Book Cover, Book by Sandra Catena

EDUCATION:
1978-1982 QUEENS COLLEGE, CUNY, Flushing, NY, B.A. Art,
magna cum laude, Art Dept. honors, Dean’s List
1974 - 1982 ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, New York, NY (summers)
Music – Fiddling - Kenny Kosek & Anne Evans; Viola - Rachel Evans, African Drumming
Dance – English Country Dance, Isadora Duncan, Baroque, Afro-Caribbean, Belly Dance
2004 Reiki II Practitioner Certification, The Reiki Room, Saratoga Springs, NY/Scotia, NY