1980 Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
TEACHING
1988-present
Art Tutor, Toronto, Ontario
Instruction in fundamentals of Drawing, Painting, Colour
Technique and Media
Work with special students
CURATOR / Exhibitions Coordinator
1993-present Director - NAFAA (North American Free Artists Association)
Non Profit Arts Organization
Toronto
1994-present Sculptor's Society of Canada Gallery
Exhibitions Coordinator
Toronto
1994 Coordinator, Producer, Co-Curator
"Los Colores de la Voluntad" - "The Colours of Will"
Mexican Art Exhibition, Toronto, October 1 - 31
Computer and Visual Arts, Installation, Performance and Lecture Series
Curator, Coordinator
"Proyecto Chichimeca", Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Installation artist, Domingo Cisneros
1993 Curator, Coordinator, Producer
"The Urban and the Urbane", Canadian Art Exhibition, Mexico City
Visual Arts, Installation, Performance and Lecture Series
Toured Mexico City, October 1 - November 30
1992 Coordinator / Artist
"Open the Doors to Art", Toronto
Performance Art
1992-present CIUT-Community Radio Station
Programmer/ "Black Coffee"
Morning music radio show, Wednesdays, 6-9 am
1978-88 WMNF-88.5 FM, Community Radio Station
Programmer/"The Morning Show"
Morning music radio show, Wednesday, 7-10 am
Programmer, Producer/"The Womens Show"
Radio magazine format with music, interviews, news, documentaries, etc.
PERFORMANCE ART
1994 NAFAA
"Communication - An Interuption in your Day" or "smog"
Toronto, The Bloor Subway Line, St. George Station
1994 "The Untouchable Banquet" or "Silencing the Cocophony"
Performance and Installation
Body Bold, Body Beautiful
City Hall, Toronto
1993 NAFAA
"The Revolution is in Art Baby, The Rest is Garbage" or
"La Neo-Revolucion esta en el Arte, Ne–a,
(todo lo demas es una tonteria)
Performance Art Festival, X-Teresa
Mexico City
1992 NAFAA
"Open the Doors to Art"
Toronto
PAINTING EXHIBITONS (selected)
1993 The Beauty Box
"Collage 1993"
Toronto
1987 Tampa Art Gallery
"Dance to Stills" - Two Woman Show
Tampa, Florida
1985 Scarfone Gallery
"After the Dance" - Solo Exhibition
Tampa, Florida
1984-87 Sun Gallery
"WomanArt" - Group Show
St. Petersberg, Florida
DANCE (selected performances)
1981-84 Principal Dancer
Pleiades (Modern Dance Company)
1982-84 Florida Dance Festival
Clearwater, 1984
St. Petersburg, 1983
Tampa, 1982
Artists and Writers Ball
Tampa, Florida
1981-84 Cuban Club - "Tropical Heatwave"
Annual Benefit for WMNF
Ybor City, Florida
Mainsail Arts Festival
St. Petersburg, Florida
Chinsegut Film Festival
Reddington Beach, Florida
1983 "Pleiades - Modern Dancers"
(concert performance for Artist in Residency)
St. Petersburg, Florida
1983 Suncoast Dance Festival
Sarasota, Florida
1982 Ground Zero
Tampa, Florida
1981 Beaux Arts
Clearwater, Florida
AWARDS
1994 Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation - Arts Abroad
Ontario Arts Council - Special Projects
Metropolitan Toronto Cultural Grants Program
For "Los Colores de la Voluntad" - "The Colours of Will"
Mexican Art Exhibition, Toronto
1994 Visual Arts Ontario - Exhibition Assistance Grant
"The Untouchable Banquet" or "Silencing the Cocophony"
Installation and performance
1993 Grant from The International Cultural Relations Bureau of External Affairs
and International Trade
"The Urban and the Urbane" - Canadian Art Exhibition, Mexico City
Grant from The Latin American Strategy Fund - Canada
"The Urban and the Urbane"
1985 Raymond James Annual Juried Art Exhibit
Painting - Juror's Choice
St. Petersburg, Florida
1983 Artist in Residence for Pinellas County
St. Petersburg, Florida