BACKGROUND
Education
MFA, Studio Art, 1998
Wayne State University, Detroit MI
BS in biology plus equivalent of BA in Studio Art, 1990
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
Related Work Experience
Scientific Illustrator, University of Michigan Museum. 1995-2002
Scientific Illustrator, Michigan State University Museum. 1990-1997
BOOK, MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS
Area Revue)s(, No 17, June 2008: Three assemblages featured in the games issue.
The Altered Object: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration, Terry Taylor, 2007, Lark books: one of ten artists profiled in The Altered Object.
Stupor Magazine: Morning Glories on a Pink Toilet, 2007.
Stupor Magazine: Damn! You’re Fine, 2007.
Stupor Magazine: Feels Like Demi Moore, 2007.
Strut Magazine, September 2006: Cover illustration
The Metro Times, November 23, 2005: Cover illustration and two interior illustrations
Strut Magazine, November 2005: Full page interior illustration
The Metro Times, October 19, 2005: Full page interior illustration in special 25th Anniversary Artist's Supplement
Strut Magazine, April 2005: Cover illustration
Lansing City Pulse, April 28, 2004: Cover image featuring artwork
Freshwater Fishes of Mexico, Robert Rush Miller, 2005: Extensive interior black-and-white illustrations
Ancient Life of the Great Lakes Basin : Precambrian to Pleistocene, J. Alan Holman, 1995: Multiple black-and-white interior illustrations
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
"Domestic Wilds: Anne Harrington Hughes and Teresa Petersen," Two-Person Show, HATCH Art Gallery, Hamtramck MI
"Snackscapes," Cafe 1923 - HATCH Art Gallery, Hamtramck MI
"Modern Female Archetypes Group Exhibit," Higher Art Gallery, Traverse City MI
"Straight Up: PBR Art," Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI
"Actual Size Biennial: 20 Years," Detroit Culture Club, Detroit MI
"Cain Park Arts Festival," Cleveland OH
"Black Swamp Arts Festival," Bowling Green OH
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
2018
"[UNDER]," Scarab Club, Detroit MI
"Community Ex Votos Retablos," Casa de Rosado, Lansing MI
"Holiday Show," Black Box Gallery, Dearborn MI
"Black Swamp Arts Festival," Bowling Green OH
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
2017
"Collage at the Kayrod," Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit MI
"The Lounge of Saturn - A winter salon exhibition," Popps Packing, Hamtramck MI
"Hatchback XI," HATCH Art Gallery, Hamtramck MI
"Printers Without Presses," Public Pool, Hamtramck MI
"Buck Naked," Casa de Rosado, Lansing MI
"HOUSE PartY," Art in Woodbridge, Detroit MI
"4 Bridges Art Festival," Chattanooga TN
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
2016
"The Dark Side," Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham MI
"Assemblage Show," Live Edge Artisan Gallery, Royal Oak MI
"Actual Size Biennial," Atrium Gallery, Detroit MI
"Blooms, Bugs, Beasts," The Scarab Club, Detroit MI
"Pioneers: Celebrating the Artists of Detroit's Pioneer Building," Cass Cafe, Detroit MI
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
2015
"Folktales and Legends: An Exhibit Without Borders," JM Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI
"The Collage Show," HATCH Art Gallery, Hamtramck MI
"Art Off the Wall," Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI
"Wish List," Gallery Project, Toledo OH
"Laumeier Sculpture Park Art Fair," St. Louis MO
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
2014
"Detroit @ CTAC," Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey MI
"New Strategies: The Chess Show," Popps Packing, Hamtramck MI
"Imperfect Pairs," Popps Packing, Hamtramck MI
"Reaching for the Light," Rackham Building, Ann Arbor MI
"Side Gallery," Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield MI
"Old 2 New," Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield MI
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
2013
"Sex Sells," Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL
"Aglow," Anton Arts Center, Mount Clemens MI
"Penetrating the American Psyche," (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing MI
"1982-2012 Art Endures – Thirty Years and Counting," Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
2012
Show and Talk, Adrian College, Adrian MI
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
2011
"Looking Into The Pioneer Building," Wayne State University Community Arts Gallery, Detroit MI
"They call me Mellow Jell-O," Solo Show, Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago IL
"Game Show NYC," Columbia University, New York City
"Underwear Show," Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI
"Food for Thought," Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI
"Come Play with Me – Artists Toys, Dolls and Games," Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
"Snacks and Refreshments for the Woodland Creatures," Solo show, Starkweather Arts Center, Romeo MI
"4 Bridges Art Festival," Chattanooga TN
"Beautiful Creatures," Madonna University, Livonia MI
2010
"Art for the Holidays," Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit MI
"Saint Nick's Picks," Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago IL
"WARP," The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI
"What's So Funny?" The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
"Conglomerate," Curator,, Scene Metrospace, East Lansing MI
"East Nashville Art Festival," East Nashville TN
"4 Bridges Art Festival," Chattanooga TN
"Touring Big Cake Country," Solo Show, Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago IL
"In Spite of the Evidence," The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI
"Made of Wood: Multiple Perspectives," Northville Art House, Northville MI
2009
"FORAGE," Co-curator,, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
"Our Creative Life," Ladybug Gallery, Detroit MI
"Race," The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
"A Show about Jello, Birds, Games, Snacks and Women," Solo show, HATCH Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
"Our Creative Life," Ladybug Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Bucktown Arts Festival", Chicago IL
"Stupor: A Retrospective of Bad Ideas" Design 99, Hamtramck, MI
"The Little Big Show" Scene Metrospace, East Lansing MI
2008
"Exchange," Scene Metrospace, East Lansing MI
"Detroit to Ann Arbor," Semester in Detroit Art Show, Michigan Union Art Lounge at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
"Changeable Universe," Three Person Show, Stubnitz Gallery, Adrian College, Adrian, MI
"Harvest Gold Club," Collaborative Three Person Show with artists Jeanne Bieri and Madeleine Barkey, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Curator's Select," Ladybug Gallery, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2007
"Rock, Paper, Scissors," Three Person Show, Marygrove College Art Gallery, Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
"Automation," Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
"Women Image Women," The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
"The Studio and the Lab," Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
"The September Project," 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI.
"Urban Alchemy," Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
"Actual Size," Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
"AIDS Benefit Auction," Dearborn, MI
2006
"Real/Surreal," Three Person Show, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
"Back to Nature," Contemporary Artist's Center, North Adams MA
"The Game Show," Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery, Portland OR
"REcycle," Lenaweee Council for the Visual Arts, Adrian, MI
"American Icons," The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
"Game Show Detroit," Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
"The Urban Show," Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
"Feast Your Eyes," Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
"3rd Annual Intergenerational Community Exhibit," Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Blooms, Bugs, Beasts Exhibition," The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
"Urban Alchemy," 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI
"That DAM Box," Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit, MI
"Tick Tock Silent Auction Fundraiser," Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester MI
"AIDS Benefit Auction," Dearborn, MI
"Holiday Gift Show," Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
"Member's Exhibition," Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit, MI
"Art for the Holidays," Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit, MI
2005
"Six," Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
"Unreal Tournament," Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
"Re-Assembled," District Arts Gallery, Birmingham MI
"Closing Show," Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL
"Their Art-Our Building," 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Actual Size," Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
"AIDS Benefit Auction," Detroit, MI
"2006 Art Out of the Box Fundraiser," Northville Art House, Northville MI
"Sister Sister," Izzy's Raw Art Gallery, Detroit MI
"Institute for Children Fundraiser," Juris Galleries, Detroit, MI
"Holiday Show," AC,T Gallery, Detroit, MI
2004
"On Another Good Day," Three Person Show, Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL
"Paint Creek by Number," Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
"Grand Opening Show," District Arts Gallery, Birmingham, MI
"Grand Opening Show," Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
"AIDS Benefit Auction," Detroit, MI
2003
"The Edge of the Woods," Two Person Show, River's Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI
"Holiday Show," Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL
"Actual size," Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
"8 Mile: Detroit Relics from the Future," Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL
"AIDS Benefit Auction," Grosse Pointe, MI
2002
"Holiday Show," Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL
"On a Good Day," Three Person Show, Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL
"Harvest Gold--Art in an Apartment Setting of Found and Rescued Furnishings", Collaborative Two Person Show with artist Jeanne Bieri, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
"Pin-Up", Detroit Artist's Market Benefit Sale, Detroit, MI
"AIDS Benefit Auction," Grosse Pointe, MI
"Eccentric Objects," Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
Grand Opening Show, Street Level Gallery, Highwood, IL
"Kitchen Sink," Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit, MI
2001
"Beautiful Scenes," Solo Show, University of Alabama, Huntsville AL
"Sextet," Buckham Gallery, Flint MI
"Actual Size," Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit MI
"Ritual," Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit MI
"AIDS Benefit Auction," Grosse Pointe, MI
"Museum of New Art Benefit Auction," Detroit MI
2000
"Chasing the Ideal: Women and Eating Disorders," Moreau Galleries, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame IN
"Art Official Intelligence," Metropolitan Center for the Creative Arts, Detroit MI
"The Pioneer Show," Metropolitan Center for the Creative Arts, Detroit MI
"Image Factory," Girlee Collective Show, Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit MI
"Lost and Found: Artists Who Use Recycled Materials," Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI
"Pieces: Mixed Media Constructions," Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester MI
"Actual Size," Detroit Contemporary Gallery, Detroit MI
"AIDS Benefit Auction," Grosse Pointe, MI
1999
"Unconformity: Unexpected Layering," Two Person Show, Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn MI
"ARC Regional VI," ARC Gallery, Chicago IL Third place award
"Re-Construction," A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit MI
"Short Stories From the Parlor," Solo Show, Northwood University, Midland MI
"Michigan Women Artists," Sisson Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn MI
1998
"Dainty Trim," solo show, Otherwise Gallery, Lansing MI
"Otherwise Originals," Otherwise Gallery, Lansing MI First Place Award
"HA (humorous delusions)," Marygrove College, Detroit MI
"Undefining Sculpture," Detroit Artist's Market, Detroit MI
"Our Visions: Women in Art," Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills MI
"Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition," Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
"In Through and Out," Buckham Gallery, Flint MI
1997
"Otherwise Originals," Otherwise Gallery, Lansing MI Second Place Award
"Clabber Girls," Self produced, two person show, The Green Room, Ypsilanti MI
"New Visions," Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor MI
"Our Visions: Women In Art," Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills MI Second Place Award
1996
"Michigan All Media Competition," Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing MI 3-D Award
"I Am Lansing," Lansing MI
"Celebrate Michigan Artists," Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester MI Honorable Mention
1994
Fifteenth Annual Michigan Artists Competition," Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek MI Merit Award
1993
Three person show, Otherwise Gallery, Lansing MI
"Michigan All-Media Competition," Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing MI
"Fourteenth Annual Michigan Artists Competition," Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek MI
Traveling Show, from 1995- 1998
"Affected Environment: Post-Industrial Visions by Michigan Artists."
Arranged by Art Center of Battle Creek, Exhibition sites included:
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis IN (1998)
Arts Foundation of Michigan, Detroit MI (1997)
Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Merrymount University, Los Angeles CA (1996)
Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti MI (1995)
