Title:  Artist Specializing in Japanese Woodblock Printmaking

Company:  Self-Employed

Location:  Michigan, United States 

Achievements:

• Inductee, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement (2018)
• Featured Listee, Who’s Who of American Women, Marquis Who’s Who (1997-1998, 2004-2005, 2007)
• Community Medal of Arts Award, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (2018)
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Western Michigan University Frostic School of Art (2017)
• Winner, Loeschner Art Competition, Frederik Meijer Garden & Sculpture Park (2017)
• Purchase Prize, West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI (2017)
• Honorable Mention, Mid America Print Council Members Exhibition, University of Louisville (2016)
• Best Short Film Competition Winner for “Becoming Made,” Award of Merit Special Mention (2015)
• Graphics Award, Muskegon Museum of Art Region Competition, Muskegon, MI (2015)
• Third Place, The American Color Print Society Members’ Exhibition, Cheltenham, PA (2007)
• Best of Show, Alma College Annual Traveling Statewide Print Competition, Alma, MI (2007)
• First Place, Celebrating Contemporary Printmaking, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH (2006)
• Purchase Prize, 19th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Rhinelander, WI (2006)
• Honorable Mention, Our Rivers & Lakes, Grosse Point Artist Ass., Grosse Point Park MI (2005)
• Award of Excellence, Mother Lode International 39th Annual Art Exhibit, Placerville, CA (2005)
• Cash Prize, West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI (2005)
• First Prize, The American Color Print Society, Cheltenham, PA (2005)
• Arts Fund Grant, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo (2004)
• Cash Prize, Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts, INC, Carmichael, CA (2004)
• Honorable Mention, Print Competition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI (2004)
• Honorable Mention, 24th National Print Competition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN (2004)
• Purchase Award, 48th National Print Competition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, NJ (2004)
• Juror’s Choice Award, Art On Paper ‘04, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD (2004)
• Second Prize, Editions Printmaking 2004, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI (2004)
• Publicity Prize, Landscape Unlimited, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago IL (2003)
• Honorable Mention, Bold Expressions, Northern California Arts, Carmichael, CA (2003)
• Best Series Prize, Pushing The Boundaries, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI (2002)
• Cash Prize, Mother Lode International 36th Annual Art Exhibit, Placerville, CA (2002)
• Third Place, Hollywood International Print Exhibition, Hollywood, FL (2002)
• Cash Prize, Watermark 2002, Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC (2002)
• Cash Prize, 22nd Annual National Print Competition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN (2002)
• Third Place, Illiana Artists Regional Exhibition, Indian University NW, Gary, IN (2002)
• Artist-In-Residence, Isle Royale National Park (2000)
• BUNKA-CHO Fellowship (1998)
• Seven United States Patents (1990-1993)

Designations: 

• MFA, Western Michigan University
• BFA, Michigan State University