EDUCATION

M.F.A. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Studio Arts
M.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Art Education
B.S. University of California, Davis, CA, Community Nutrition/Psychology

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Travel Journals, June, La Grande Invasione – Festival della lettura, Ivrea, Italy
2017 Above and Below, Nov 26 – Jan 4, Sharon Wilson Center for Arts, Brookfield, WI
2015 Tango Colores, Nov – Feb, Latino Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2014 Sabbatical exhibition, September, Bliss Gallery, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
Roundabouts, January – July, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, CA
2013 Roundabouts, Delafield Center for the Arts, April 2-June 30, Wisconsin
2009 Painting in Provence, Sept. 13- Dec. 10, Alliance Française, Milwaukee
2008 Zaum, Feb 8-April 10, 2008, Café Duval, Chicago, IL
Tango Bruja, Feb 22 – March 20, 2008, Roe Gallery, Waukesha, WI
Shield Reading & exhibition: Jan. 29-Feb 2, Allen Gallery, NYC
2007 Tango Tableaux, May 10-July 6, L’Academie Tango Esprit, Paris, France
Touchstones, May 2-19, La Passerelle, Paris, France
Touchstones, 5 June – 6 July, Zagros, Paris, France
Shield/Le Bouclier, March 9-April 21, Walker Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2006 L’Immanence, June 11-July 10, Scoop Café, Paris, France
2004 France paintings, June-August, Gallery E, Jupiter, Florida
Zero & Other Difficulties, Jan1-30, Claremont Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2003 Shield, March 30 - May 5, CAMAC, Marney-sur-Seine, France
2002 In One Voice, September 1-30, UW-Waukesha, WI
Iconic Fictions, March 1-29, Wisconsin Academy Art Gallery, Madison, WI
1999 Recent Work, April 6-21, Humphrey Gallery, Carroll College, WI
Diptychs & Dialogues, February 4-28, Artemesia Gallery “D”, Chicago, IL
1998 Mythwalk, December 13 - January 30, Unitarian Universalist, Brookfield, WI
Investigations, September 11 - October 3, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
1997 Emergence, September 5-25, Humphrey Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Incantations, April 25-May 2, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, TTU, TX
1996 Evocation, September 30-October 24, Options Gallery, Odessa College, TX

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (includes 2-person exhibitions)

2024  Lottery for the Arts, March 8-20, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA - Juried - fundraiser for Arts Education
Artists for Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine, March, Shoh Gallery, Berkeley, CA - fundraiser
Art for Democracy, March, Cheng Design, Berkeley, CA - fundraiser
2023 Hot & Cold Wax Artists of California, February 18 - April 1, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA, Juried
2019 Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Fund Awardees, August 19 - October 5, 2019, MIAD Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Next Act Theatre, 2-person exhibition during play by Laura Gunderson: The Revolutionist, September 29 - October 20, Milwaukee, WI
Outside-In, Jan 12-March 2, two-person, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
2016 Thirty, April – May, Walker’s Point Center for Art, Milwaukee, WI
SWAN Day Milwaukee, March 10-Oct 24, RedLine Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2015 Southern Exposure: Jews in Argentina, Oct 4 – Jan 17, 2016, Jewish Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Faculty Biennial, Sept 21-Oct 16, Bliss Gallery, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
2013 Faculty Biennial, Sept – Oct, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
Annual Members Show, Sept 6 – Oct 5, Walker’s Point, Milwaukee, WI
Delafield Art Center – Roundabouts, April 2-June 30, Delafield, WI
WVA juried group exhibition, Jan 25-Feb 24, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
2012 Annual Members Show, Sept 7-Oct 6, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
One and Again, Overture Gallery, Madison, WI, July 2 – Sept 16 , Juror: Piper Vollmer
Forward: Survey of Wisconsin Art, March 2-June 3, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI Juror: Lena Vigna (curator Racine Art Museum)
People's Park, January – ongoing, Waukesha, WI
2011 Madonna Reinterpreted, Gallery H2O, Oct 21 – Jan 21, Milwaukee, WI ,juror: William Zuback
Art for Life, Nov 18 – Jan 3, Milwaukee Art Museum, Education Gallery
Faculty Show, Sept – October, Carroll University Gallery, Waukesha,WI
Side by Side, Galleria Edge, June – August, Waukesha, WI
2010 Art for Life, Dec 15 – Jan 2, Milwaukee Art Museum: Art Education Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (traveled to Jewish Home, Luther Manor & Carroll University through April, 2011)
2009 Faculty Show, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
Urban Canvas, 9/14/09, Milwaukee Art Museum, juror: Deb Brehmer , exhibition during Downtown Association Conference Reception
Member’s Show, June5-July 2, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milwaukee
Small Works, May 1-25, Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group show at the Clarke, Dec o8-June o9, Waukesha, WI
Et Pour Toi C’est Quoi l’Art?, May, Musée des Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
Et Pour Toi C’est Quoi l’Art?, January, Médiathèque d’Empalot, Toulouse, France
Civic Theatre, April 1-May 30, Waukesha, WI
2008 Japanese Exchange Show, July 14-21, 2008, Saitama Museum, Japan
Waukesha Historic Museum Auction, Featured Artist, Feb 29. WI
Nut Factory Open Studio Night: Feb. 15, Milwaukee, WI
2007 The Tango Paintings, (2-person) Sept 24-Nov 16, WI Arts Board, Madison, WI
Biennial Faculty Show, Oct 12-Nov 20, Roe Gallery, WI
2006 Member’s Show, May 19-July 1, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
2005 Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee. Juror: Elizabeth Smith, chief curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Prints, Oct 17-Nov 13, Fine Arts Gallery, UW-Waukesha, WI
Faculty Show, Oct 1-22, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Japanese Exchange Exhibition: Sept 21-Oct 30, West Bend Art Museum, WI
Japanese Exchange Exhibition: Sept 16-Oct 9, Union Galleries, Madison, WI
Walker’s Point Art Center Members Show, May-June, Milwaukee, WI
2004 Spiritual in Art, November, Unitarian Church, Evanston, IL
Looking for America, Sept 10-Oct 4, Washington Gallery, Besthesda, MD
A Decade of Art, Sept 18-Oct 31, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI
Wish you were here III, June 22- July 17, AIR gallery, NYC, NY
Member’s Show, July, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Elaine Erickson Gallery Group Show, April 8-May 20, Milwaukee, WI
Carroll College Faculty Show, Jan 18-Feb 13, Unitarian, Brookfield, WI
2003 Ghoullery Night Show, October 24-25, The Hide House, Milwaukee, WI
Exchange Show, March 2-21, Mt Mary College, Milwaukee, WI
2002 Elements, Oct 23-Nov 16, Crossman Gallery, WU-Whitewater, WI
Celebrating Spirituality, Sept 9 - Oct 8, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
Member Show, July-August, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Gallery II, June 3 - October, Touchstone Center, Farmington, PA
Member’s Show, June 13-July 15, Walker’s Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Then and Now, April - June, Harper College, Palatine, IL
2x2x2, Feb 15-April 4, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL Juror: Kathryn Hixon, editor, New Art Examiner
2001 Faculty Show, Nov. 3-21, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Barking Dogma, October, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
In The Rooms of Our Ancestors, Sept 11 - Oct 6, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Member Show, June 14-July 15, Walker’s Point, Milwaukee, WI
2000 New Directions ‘2K, Nov. 4 - Dec 2, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY Juror: Lisa Messinger, Curator of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum, NYC
Rendering Symbols and Codes Sept 6 - Oct 15,West Bend Art Museum, WI
Homecoming Show Sept 15 - Oct 14, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Member’s Show, June 16 - July 23, Walker’s Point Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI
23rd National: Small Works, April 3 - April 28, Harper College, Palatine, Illinois
Postcard-sized Art Competition, Jan 9-Feb 27, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Two person show, Jan 28-March 5, Waukesha Civic Theatre, WI
Pointing Fingers, Nov 1-Jan. 30, juror: Ken Kwint, Vanguard Gallery, Milwaukee
1999 Broadway Gallery, 1999-2001, work on consignment, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Faculty Show, Nov 5-24, Roe Art Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Homecoming Show, Oct 7-26, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Mixed-up, Sept 20 - Oct 15, Four-person, Indiana University Purdue, Fort Wayne, IN
v.1, electronic media, Sept 6-Nov 17, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Member’s Show, June 4 - July 16, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Computer Generated Art, May 4-June 11, Appleton Art Center, WI
First National FATE, March 17-April 4, Harmony Park Gallery, Fort Collins, CO
1998 Photographic Mannerisms: The Eclectic 90’s, Nov 17-Dec 15 Forum Gallery, SUNY, JC, Jamestown, NY
Curated by James Colby,
Wisconsin Collection Opening, November 5, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
Grounded, Sept 19-October 13. Izzo’s Artery, Chicago, IL
Member’s Show, July 24-August 27, Walker’s Point Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI
1997 New Directions in Contemporary Photography, Nov 4-Dec 7, Curated by Joann Brennan, NYSC, Alfred University,NY
Faculty Show, November 2-25, Humphrey Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha WI
SPE Student Exhibition, March 3-8, Trammel Crow Center, Dallas, TX
1996 Verities and Fictions, Nov 2-Nov 30, Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX
Annual MFA Exhibition, September 13-18. FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University
On The Horizon, April 5-26, Juror: Susan Kraut, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Invitational, April, Lubbock Fine Arts Festival, Lubbock Convention Center, TX
Salon of the Included, April, Coincided with Arts Festival, Lubbock, TX
Sculpture, February, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University
1995 A Show of Hands, November-August 1996, Regional Competition, Lubbock, TX
Art for Humanity, October, Group Show & Auction for AIDS research, Lubbock, TX
Significant Formal, September 29-October 12, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University
Photo Invitational, April, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University
Invitational, April, Lubbock Convention Center, TX
1994 Concept/Precept, September, FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University
1992 MA Group Show, May, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1991 Self-Reflection in Contemporary America, April 19- May 10, ASA Gallery, UNM, NM, Jurors: William Peterson & Dave Hickey

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2019 Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Award
2018 Residency, May-June, AIR Glosolí, Ivrea, Italy
2017 Residency, May-June, AIR Mountain Seas, Flinders Island, Australia
2003 Residency, March, CAMAC, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
2000 Purchase award, 23rd National Exhibition, Harper College

Selected PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection: MOMA, NY
Morrison Library special Collections, UC Berkeley, CA
Special Collections, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
911 Digital Archive Museum
Percent for the Arts, Wisconsin Arts Board, Fine Arts Capital Renewal Collection
Harper College Foundation Art Collection, IL
Wisconsin Collection, Carroll College, WI

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS

2018 Faculty Development Grant: Artist in Residence, Italy
2017 Faculty Development grant: Japanese Calligraphy Workshop
2015 Faculty mid-year grant – Venice Biennale
2014 Sabbatical Leave
2013 New Course Development Grant: Argentina
Faculty Development Grant: Understanding Representations of Dreamtime in Aboriginal Art
2011 Italian connections: Faculty Development Grant, Carroll University
Helen Bader Foundation 2-year Grant : Art for Life : a multigenerational Art Education project at Milwaukee Art Museum
2010 WFIC 1-year Grant: Art for Life
2009 Faculty Development Grant, Carroll University
2006 Sabbatical Leave, Carroll College
2003 Faculty Development Grant, Carroll College
1998-01 Annual Faculty Development Grants, Carroll College
1997-99 Teaching Fellowship, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
1996-97 Texas Educational Grant
1994-97 David Dickey Scholarship Award for Photography

PUBLICATIONS, TV AND RADIO

2023 Article: Navigating Interiority, with photos of series: Roundabouts, and cover image; Jung Journal, Culture & Psyche; Fall, 2023, Volume 17, Number 4. San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal.
2018 Article about exhibition, by Franco Farnè, La Stampa, Ivrea, Italy
2014 Interview for Tango Colores, Shepherd Express on line "Look at This", by Kat
Murrell, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJHhr38qXBQ
2012 Cover Image, Sundered, poetry by Phyllis Stowell, Kingfisher Press
2011 Cover Image, Engraved Tablet, poetry by Phyllis Stowell, Foothills Press
2010 Novel excerpt “C’est la vie, quoi”, published in “Seasons of Change” anthology, June, 2010, Outrider Press, edited by Whitney Scott
2009 “Et pour toi c’est quoi l’art?” published by Entrez Sans Frapper, Toulouse, France; Dec. (one work included in book and in traveling public art project)
2008 Lake Effect, WUWM: interview with Bonnie North about Shield project: April 4
Journal Sentinel, article about opening: Tango Bruja, March 1
2007 Shield/Bouclier, by Phyllis Stowell & Pacia Sallomi, FootHills Publishing collaborative bi-lingual book project, three-part poem
and 10 artworks.
Article (nutfactory open house): http://www.susceptibletoimages.com/eyespy.html#eyespy1
2006 Book Cover Image: Arc of Grief, by Phyllis Stowell, FootHills Publishing
2004 Florida International Magazine, October, image, pg 76
2002 Catalogue: Then and Now, Harper College, Palatine, IL
Book Cover Art: Appetite A collection of poetry on women & food, BOA editions, Rochester,NY
Madison paper: Critic’s Choice, March 1, “Iconic Fictions”
WHA (PBS-Madison station) Review of “Iconic Fictions” on “WeekEnd” aired: March 22 & 24
Reader, Starr: Reviews of “2 x 2 x 2”, Chicago, IL
2001 Shepard Express: Critic’s Choice, Sept 11, “Rooms of our Ancestors”, Milwaukee
Chicago Reader, Starr: Review of “Barking Dogma”
1999 Review of Computer Generated Art exhibit in Appleton, newspaper
CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
1998 Reviewed manuscript for upcoming 3rd edition textbook: A Short Course in Photography & Digital Imaging, by Barbara London & Joseph Ciaglia, HarperCollins Publishers
Catalogue: Wisconsin Collection, Carroll College, Waukesha,WI
1997 American Poetry Review, photograph
Waukesha Freeman, newspaper article about Emergence show
Rooms, a poetry collective project, published quarterly, If you see no reflection, in collaboration with poet, Phyllis Stowell
1996 Odessa American, newspaper photo and statement: Evocation show. Odessa, Tx
1989 Who Is Alice? Poems by Phyllis Stowell, Pennywhistle Press, SF, CA (book cover photograph)
1982 & 1986 Midwifery and the Law, Co-author of two editions (published by Mothering Magazine)

PUBLIC LECTURES/GALLERY TALKS/PERFORMANCES

2019 Gallery talk, Octagon Arts Center, January, Ames, IA
2018 Workshop – Travel Journals, & gallery talk, Glosolì Artist Residency, Ivrea, Italy
2017 Gallery talk at Sharon Wilson art opening, Dec 15, 2017
Artist talk, MountainSeas Artist Residency, Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia
2015 “The History of Tango” The Jewish Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2014 “Seeking Dreamtime in a Materialist Culture” March 23, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, CA
2013 “Interpreting Dreamtime in Aboriginal Painting” Nov 14, Carroll University, WI
2012 “Catharsis through Music and Art” at The Integrative Conference for Women’s Health sponsored by the Medical College of Wisconsin. October 25
“Healing Through the Arts,” Medical College of Wisconsin, Nov 29
Pairings: Wisconsin Wind Orchestra and live painting performance, Jan 28, Lawrence Harper, conductor, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
2008 Shield reading: Alliance Française, April 5, Milwaukee, WI
Shield Reading: Jan. 30, Allen Gallery, NYC
2007 Shield / Le Bouclier, Alliance Française de Berkeley, CA, March 9 (bilingual reading and presentation of book project), also presented in San Francisco 4/19
2002 “The Technological Revelation”, Opening Workshop talk, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
1999 Comparative Scholarship Series: Artistic, Faculty Panel, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
1998 Gallery Talk on the work of NY artist Josette Urso, Humphrey Gallery, Waukesha, WI
1997 Dialogues in Time, Gallery talk at opening, Humphrey Gallery, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI
1996 Constructions, MFA public lecture and slide presentation, Texas Tech University, TX

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2021-current Carroll University, Emerta Professor
1997-21 Carroll University, Professor, Waukesha, WI, (Studio Art and Lead art courses to Europe and Argentina)
2018 Workshop: Creative Travel Journals – Ivrea, Italy
1994-97 Texas Tech University, TA, Lubbock, Texas
1994-96 Albuquerque Academy, Instructor, summer session, New Mexico
1994 New Mexico State University, Grants, Instructor

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

1982-92 Licensed midwife and childbirth educator, Albuquerque, NM
1982-86 Articles Editor, Mothering Magazine, Santa Fe, NM