Juried Exhibitions

  • Artfields, 2015
  • Piccolo Spoleto Festival Juried Art Exhibition, 2004-2006
  • SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 1994, 1996-2001, 2003-2005
  • American Craft Council Southeast Region / SPOTLIGHT 2003

Selected and Juried Shows

  • Artfields Makers Marker, 2016, 2017
  • Artista Vista, City Art Gallery, 2010-2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • McKissick Museum's Annual Invitational Gala Art Exhibit and Sale, 2011-2013, 2015
  • Vasarely Fine Valentine, City Art Gallery, 2010
  • S.C. Arts Gala: Annual Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Awards for the Arts Art Sale, 2002-2019
  • A Night on the Nile, Columbia Museum of Art, 2008
  • Sandhills School Spring Arts Gala, 2006-2013
  • Color the Arts, Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties, 2005-2009, 2011, 2013-2014
  • Holiday Artisans Fair and Sale, Columbia Museum of Art Museum Shop, 2007 - 2014
  • Columbia Open Studios 2008
  • A Gem of a Show, Columbia Museum of Art Museum Shop, Solo Show, 2006
  • Mothers Are Angels, Fish or Cut Bait Gallery, 2005
  • It’s A Cin, Textures Gallery, Solo show, 2005
  • A Fine Collection of Paintings ,I. Pinckney Simons Gallery, Columbia, 2005
  • Eclectic, Buster’s Bistro, 2005
  • Hale’s Designer Day, Hale’s Jewelers, 2002
  • Spiritual Sisters and Hand Sculpted Sterling Designs, I.
  • Pinckney Simons Gallery, Beaufort, 2003
  • Renewal in Celebration of Spring, Fish or Cut Bait Gallery, 2002
  • South Carolina Governor’s Mansion Holiday Tree Project, 2002
  • Arts and Healing ® Exhibit and Reception, 2001 First Ladies’ Walk for Life Banquet, 2001
  • Grand Opening, Fish or Cut Bait Gallery, 2001
  • Artista Vista, I. Pinckney Simons Gallery, 2000
  • A Place in Time, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, 2000
  • Vista Lights, I. Pinckney Simons Gallery, 1999, 2000
  • Art on the Farm, Cultural Council of Richland & Lexington Counties, 1999
  • The Splendor of the Box, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, 1999
  • White House Blue Room Christmas Tree, 1998
  • Art and Healing, Hubbard Hall Gallery, University of South Carolina, Lancaster, 1998
  • Healing Icons and Beyond: Two Cancer Survivors’ Creative Expressions, Center for Cancer Treatment and Research, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, 1998

Awards

  • State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitions:
    • Fine Art Purchase Award, Jewelry, SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2005
    • 2nd Place, Professional Division Open Media (Jewelry), SC
    •  Art Purchase Award, Jewelry, SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2003
    • Fine Art Purchase Award, Jewelry, SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition , 2001
    • Fine Art Purchase Award, Jewelry, SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition , 2000
    • Fine Art Purchase Award, Acrylic Painting, SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 1998
    • Trenholm Artist Guild Merit Award, Oil Pastel, SC State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition , 1996

Featured In

  • Handmade, Locally Made Jewelry Abounds in Columbia, Free Times, 2007
  • Woman’s Jewelry Gets Opportunity to Shine, The State, Columbia SC, 2003
  • American Craft Council Chooses Local Artist, The Columbia Star, Columbia SC, 2003
  • Artists Create Ornaments for Mansion, The State, Columbia SC, 2002
  • A Gallery of Discovery, Wonder & Whimsy, Island Life, 2002
  • Fishing for Art and the Art of Fishing, Charleston Magazine, Charleston SC 2002
  • Fishing for Art and the Art of Fishing, Skirt Magazine, South Carolina, 2001
  • “Cancer Cures?”, The State , Columbia SC, 1999
  • “People About Town”, The State , Columbia SC, 1998

Professional Associations

  • American Craft Council
  • American Gem And Trade Association (AGTA)
  • Cultural Council of Richland and Lexington Counties

Education

  • BA Sociology, University of South Carolina