(Born 1942 in Chicago, Illinois; lives and works in Los Angeles, California)EDUCATION1976 M.F.A. Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA1965-71 Studied with Arline Fisch, Mary Jane Leland, Dominic DiMare, Olga d’Amaral, Neda Al-Hilali1964–65 Pratt Institute, Painting, New York, NY1960–63 Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CAHONORS & AWARDS1995 Named a Fellow of the College of Fellows, American CraftCouncil1991 Artist in Residence at La Napoule Art Foundation,La Napoule, France1973 &1977 National Endowments for the Arts FellowshipPUBLIC COLLECTIONSSmithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NYMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, MADe Young Museum, San Francisco, CAThe Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NCMuseum of Arts and Design, New York, NYHonolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HIDetroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MIErie Art Museum, Erie, PAOakland Museum of California, Oakland, CARhode Island School of Design, Providence, RIRoyal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, ScotlandWadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CTThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TXPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PAARTIST CV 59
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