Academic Studies

2004 MA, Kean University, Union New Jersey

1990 BFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 “Uhambo” Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, NJ

2007 Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks Campus, Reading, PA

2005 Sleepy Hollow Cafe & Gallery, Plainfield, NJ

1998 Plainfield Health Center, Plainfield, NJ

1997 African Globe Studio, Newark, NJ

1996 County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ

1995 Union County College, Union, NJ

1995 Douglas Hall Masonic Temple Association, Plainfield, NJ

1995 Plainfield High School, Plainfield, NJ

1994 Alkebulan Cultural Arts Center, Inc., New Brunswick, NJ

1991 Total Vision Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007  “Out of Africa: African & African- Contemporary Art”, Raritan Valley Community College, Fundraiser to benefit Darfur

2007 “Legacy: Homage to an American Master, CHARLES W. WHITE”, Art in the Atrium, Morristown, NJ

2007 Union County College, Plainfield, NJ

2006 River View Galleries, New York, NY

2006 “That's a Whole 'Notha Story”, Art in the Atrium, Morristown, NJ

2005 River View Galleries, New York, NY

2000 Cultural Ribbons, Art in the Atrium,  Morristown, NJ

2000 Retrospective of One Hundred Years of Plainfield Artists, Plainfield, NJ

2000 Pratt Institute 30/30, Cinque Gallery, New York, NY

2000 “African Heritage: American Lives,''Passaic County College, Patterson, NJ

1999 “Point of View-The Shapes of Black America in the 20th Century”, Incorporation of Artists on the Move, Harlem, NY

1998 “The Beauty of Black Women”, Rotanda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

1998 “Ayo”, St. Johns Gallery, Newark, NJ

1997 The Links, Raritan Valley Chapter, NJ

1997 Eugenie Gallery, Scotch Plains, NJ

1997 Bayonne Public Library, Bayonne, NJ

1997 Nordstrom Black History Celebration, Edison, NJ

1996 Lincoln University Alumni, New Brunswick, NJ

1996 New Jersey Network, Trenton, NJ

1996 Union County Juried Art Show, Summit, NJ

1995 Martin Luther King Community Gallery, Montclair, NJ

1995 Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ

1995 W.B.G.O Jazz 88 F.M., Newark, NJ

1995 Brookdale Community College, Lincoft, NJ

1995 Unity Community Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

1995 Abraham & Strauss African Gallery, Brookyn, NY

1995 Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ

1994 Douglas Hall Masonic Temple Association, Plainfield, NJ

1994 Urban League of Union County, Elizabeth, NJ

1991 Georgia Pacific, Atlanta, GA

Festivals

Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NJ

Montclair Cultural & Heritage Festival, Montclair, NJ

South Plainfield Art Festival, South Plainfield, NJ

Manchester Art Festival, Manchester, Ct

Plainfield Art Festival, Plainfield, NJ

Brooklyn Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

African American Art Festival, Holmdel, NJ

African American Cultural Expo, Philadelphia, PA

Commissions

2006 Plainfield Outreach Center mural, Plainfield, NJ

1995 36th Annual Plainfield Art Festival poster

1997 Union County Chosen Board of Freeholder, “Blues Jam” poster.

Newspapers

2007 Art About Race Without Rancor, Reading Eagle, Reading, PA November 4

2000 Rebuilding the Steps of Our Sisters to Benefit Victims of Violence, Suburban News, October 18

1997 ‘Three Views’ wed Hughes’ poetry with music and artwork, Star Ledger August 7

1996 Painter Turns World On its Head, The Star Ledger, February 22

1995 Taking Art Outdoors, Courier News, July 13

1995 Indira Shows Off, The Scroll, April 19

Television

2008 “Hello Plainfield”, Plainfield Community TV Channel 74

Internet

2007 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6850oQOQS6k, Freyberger Gallery, Penn State Berks Campus, Reading, PA

Selected Book

2004 Black American Series, “Union County Black Americans”, by Ethel Washington

Art Education Positions

2007-Present Plainfield Community Outreach afterschool program, Plainfield, NJ

2000-Present: Teacher of Art-Essex County Vocational Schools, Bloomfield, NJ (Drawing, Painting, Computer Graphics, Illustration)

2001 & 2000 Somerset County Vocational Technical High School, Bridgewater, NJ

2000-1999 Irvington High School Art Teacher, Irvington, NJ

1999 21st Century Learning Center, Afterschool enrichment program, Plainfield, NJ

1998 &1997 Oil Painting Workshop, South Plainfield Continuing Education, South Plainfield, NJ

1996 & 1995 Oil Painting Workshop, Plainfield Continuing Education, Plainfield, NJ

Curatorial Work

2000 “Retrospective of One Hundred Years of Plainfield Artist”, Co-Curator on the Mayor’s New Millennium Task Force Art Exhibit in Plainfield, NJ.

2000, “Rebuilding The Steps of our Sisters,” Art Auction fundraiser for “Project Protect” A domestic shelter for Union County.

Community Involvement

Chairwoman, Cultural & Heritage Commission of Plainfield, Plainfield Art Festival, Art Judge New Jersey State NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO); Lecture on “Art Education Today” for the American Association of University Women, Keynote speaker on, “How Diversity in Art Effects the Community”, “A Celebration of Diversity in the Arts” sponsored by the Central Jersey Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Netherwood Train Station Restoration Project sponsored by New Jersey Transit with Maxon Middle School. 

Memberships

South African Initiative Alumni, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Plainfield Art Festival, Plainfield, NJ

Incorporation of Artists on the Move, Harlem, NY

Awards & Honors

2008 Inaugural South African Initiative Vision Award, Rutgers Graduate School of Education

2005 Fulbright Memorial Scholarship to Japan

2004 Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship to South Africa

2001 “Target Scholarship by Citizens Scholarship Foundation of America, Inc.”

2000 Union County HEART Grant Program (History, Education, Arts Reaching Thousands)

2000 “Recognition for Outstanding Achievement” for “Significant Contributions to the Arts & Humanities in Union County”.

1996 South Plainfield Art Festival Plainfield, NJ, First Prize, Professional Painting

1995 “Contribution and Teaching of The Arts” by the Ron Brown School of Global Issues Award in Maxson Middle School, Plainfield, NJ.

1995 Marquee dedicated in my name on Maxson Middle School grounds for the Netherwood Train Station Restoration Project sponsored by New Jersey Transit.

1995 Manchester Art Festival, Manchester, Connecticut

1995 Plainfield Art Festival, Plainfield, NJ, First Prize, Professional Painting

1995 South Plainfield Art Festival, South Plainfield, NJ, First Prize, Professional Painting

Collectors (partial listing)

Plainfield Public Library

Penn State Berks Campus, Reading PA

Mayor of Plainfield, Sharon Robinson-Briggs

Dr. Judy Miller

Dr. De Sisi, Dean of Education, Rutgers University

Former Freeholder Adian Mapp

Malcolm Dunn, President of Dunn & Sons