Education
B.A., Northwestern University
M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
Selected Exhibitions
2023    No Place to Show, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
2023    Sweet Home Chicago, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2023    19th Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
2023    Strings of Resilience, Violins of Hope Chicago, Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, IL
2023    Strings of Resilience, Violins of Hope Chicago, Governors State University, University Park, IL

2022    Out of the Narrows: The Artists' Haggadah: A Visual Midrash, Janice Charach Gallery, Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Detroit, MI
2022    Out of the Narrows: The Artists' Haggadah: A Visual Midrash, Offon Art Gallery, Indianapolis Jewish Community Center, Indianapolis, IN
2022    Out of the Narrows: The Artists' Haggadah: A Visual Midrash, Shainberg Art Gallery, Memphis Jewish Community Center, Memphis, TN

2021    Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

2020    Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth, The Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT
2020    Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois
2020    I am.an immigrant, Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin, Germany
 
2019    Expressions of Defiance, Reynolds Whitney Gallery at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
 
2018    POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence, Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017    The Jewish Art Salon’s Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth, 3rd Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art, Machtarot Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2017    Outside Inside: Exploring Boundaries and Otherness, Midwest Jewish Arts Lab, Spertus Institute, Chicago, IL
 
2016    Dimensions of Spirituality: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot, USC Hillel Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016    Passover, Congregation Solel, Highland Park, IL
2016    Passover and the Consequences of Freedom, Brooklyn Jewish Art Center, New York, NY
 
2015    Looking Forward - Glancing Back, David Adler Music and Art Center, Libertyville, IL, awarded prize
 
2014    Nature’s Kaleidoscope, Heller Nature Center, Highland Park, IL
2014    Artists Interpret Purim, Jewish Museum of Chicago, Highland Park, IL
 
2012    Emerging Artists, SAE Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012    Two-person show, Jewish Federation of St. Joseph Valley, South Bend, IN
 
2011    From Generation to Generation, Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg, IL
2011    Altered States, Chicago Photography Center, Chicago, IL
2011    Half-Truths, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
 
2010    2010 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2010    A Gathering of Water, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
2010    Gutter Exhibition, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL
2010    A Whole New Mind 2010 – Brainstorm, Governors State University, University Park, IL
 
2009    Mosaic, La Casa de Arte y Cultera Calles y Sueños, Chicago, IL
2009    As the Spirit Moves You, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
 
2008    Members Exhibition, Cook County Building, Chicago, IL
2008    Insights into a Culture, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, awarded prize
 
2003    The El, HotHouse Center for International Performance and Exhibition, Chicago, IL

Organizations
Member, Jewish Artists Collective Chicago
Member, Jewish Art Salon

Publications
2005    Article on the relationship of Rembrandt’s imagery and Judaism for the quarterly publication, “Perspectives.”
2004    Decorative maps to accompany “Ritmo del Fuego,” a monograph on copper artistry in Michoacán, Mexico.
 
Presentations
2019    To the Chicago Jewish Historical Society.  Participated with the Jewish Artists Collective Chicago and spoke on the role of Leviathan in my work.

Grants and Awards
2006    Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
2005    Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency
 
Selected Collections
Brooklyn Jewish Art Center, New York, NY
Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Niles Township Ezra-Habonim Congregation, Skokie, IL