Bio and Resume
Artist Statement:
I create sculptures with a sensory story. I am influenced by sound and touch; both are fundamental in my artistic vocabulary. I am a sculptor who grows into an installation artist very easily, my work expands and builds an environment, it invites exploration. I am an alchemist, everything I do from cooking to artwork has a little of this and a little of that, I combine mediums, textures and symbolism. I work in stippled patinas, aged coffee, red earth, and lake sand. I cast bronze, weld, carve stone, scavenge and stare at flowers.
I create in many mediums including sculpture, large installations, and photography. My work is filled with texture, patina, sound and story. For over twenty-five years, I have taught at a variety of venues as a guest artist, including Anderson Ranch where I have taught every summer for almost two decades. I was awarded Artist of the Year 2002 from the Museum of Outdoor Art. I earned an M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego.
My work finds me; I work at listening and saying yes.
Resume available upon request. Contact: info@mamasbelly.com
Artist of the Year 2002, Museum of Outdoor Arts
Best of Westword 2003
Englewood Arts Commission Member 2001- 2014
Drama Log Award for Set Design
Founding Member of the Women Artists Group of Los Angeles
Current member WCACO
Member of Parker Artist Guild
Exhibitions:
Curtis Art Center Horse Show 2019
WCA Core Gallery Show 2019
Edge Gallery (member) 1999, 2002, 2005-2008, 2014-16
Foothills Art Center 2006-2009, 2011, 2012
Core Gallery 1999, 2002, 2003-2008, 2011, 2012
Art Nic Gallery 2005-2008
Grace Gallery 2008-2012
Museum of Outdoor Arts, 2002, 6 Instillations: ‘Cages’, ‘Brooklyn Bridge’, ‘Earth Geometry’, ‘Flag Project, ‘Holiday’, and ‘Day of the Dead’
Cherry Creek Arts Festival 2002-2004
Dala Horses, Public Art, Swedish Hospital 2003-2004
Cow Public Art, Kansas Tourism, 2001-2002
Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs 2004, 2005
Colorado Art Expo 2003
Denver Chalk Art Festival 1998-2001
Pasedena CA Chalk Art Festival 1990-1997
Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles 1998-99, 2002-2004
Brutus Art Group, Los Angeles 2002, 2003
Redbook Magazine voted #5 baby trend in USA, 2002, 2004
Denver Performing Arts Complex 1997- 2009, Scenic painter, (Includes Buell, Boettcher, and Ellie Caulkins Theatres)
Denver Center Theatre Company, 1997-2003 Scenic Artist, Prop Builder
ARTS STREET 2000, Lead Artist, Theatre