Education: 

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1984 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, BFA 

1983 Parsons School of Art and Design at The American College in Paris, Paris, France

1980/1981 Rochester Institute of  Technology

1988 Hunter College, New York, NY, MFA Program 

 

Solo Exhibits: 

Hammond Gallery, Art Women @ Work presentation of artwork and discussion 

Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, October Spotlight Artist , international (2021)

Palette Gallery,  Asbury Park NJ, Show entitled  “Almost Gone” (2020)

The Ridgefield Playhouse: Art and Wine Art Show, (at the concert with Al DiMeola), Ridgefield, CT (2019)

Spirit of the American Home: Onatru Gallery, Curator (2018)

Ridgefield Guild of Artists, art and installation (September 2017) 

55 Mercer Gallery, Soho, NY 

Hoboken Gallery, Hoboken, NJ 

Visual Solutions, Hoboken, NJ 

Maxwells, Hoboken, NJ 

Gold Coast Cafe, Hoboken, NJ 

The Space Gallery, (at MICA) Baltimore, MD 

 

Awards: 

2024: Sylvia Maria Glassman Award for City Scape, Salmagundi Club, NYC, for “November Afternoon”,  (photo on art paper)

2023: Bo Cass Award, Salmagundi Club, NYC, for “The Ranch Road”, (photo on moeb rag paper)

2022: International Art Gallery Award, Los Angeles, CA:  Animal Show 

2021: Philip Isenberg Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, NYC,  for “Leaving Poughkeepsie” (photo on velvet rag paper)

2020: Richard C. Poink Award, “Salmagundi Club, NYC, for “Almost Gone,” (photo on velvet rag paper)

2019: First Place Award. photography, Art Show Bedford, Judges: Michael Gitlitz, Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art, and Peter MacGill, President, Pace MacGill Gallery, NYC.

 

Selected Group Exhibits:

2024: “Flora and Fauna”, Inspirational Art Group International

2024: “Salmagundi Members Show,” Greenwich Village NY

2024: “Black & White”, Salmagundi Club Galleries, Greenwich Village, NY

2024: Art Students League, NYC, Art Theory Show with Prof. Hugo Bastidas, triptych oil paintings

2024: “Salmagundi Annual Spring Auction,” Salmagundi Galleries, NYC

2024: “Art in the Animals of the Planet”, Gallium virtual show,

2023:  “Soft September Breezes,” Inspirational Art Group

2023:  “Animals”, Salmagundi Club, Greenwich Village, NY

2023: “Salmagundi Non-Juried Members Show”, Salmagundi Club, Greenwich Village, NY: Bo Cass Award

2023: “Surrealism Show, Art Student’s League, New York, NY (Curator Elizabeth Demeray

2023: “2023 Annual Member Exhibit”, Salmagundi Club,Greenwich Village, NY

2023: “North Salem Makers Gallery 1”  (NSMG1), North Salem, NY

2023: “Here’s to Her’s and Hares”, Inspirational Art Group International

2023:   “Spring Quarterly Publication” originating out of Dab Art Co. Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2023:  “Time of Day’, Salmagundi Club, Greenwich Village, NY

2023:  “Water” Art Show International, online exhibit

2022:  “Small World Photo Show”, Salmagundi Club, Greenwich Village, NY

2022; “Emptiness” Biofarin, Oline exhibition

2022:   Salmagundi Fall Auction, Greenwich Village , NY

2022:  “Address Earth”, Inspirational Art Group International, at Hudson Valley MOCA Museum, Peekskill NY

2022:  “Summer Members Show”, Salmagundi Club, Greenwich Village NY

2022: “Animal” International Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2022: “12 x 12 Show”, Provincetown Art Assoc. and Museum, Provincetown, MA

2022: “Access Earth”, Inspirational Art Group, New York, NY

2022: Salmagundi Member Exhibition, Greenwich Village NY

2022: “Merriness of May”, Inspiration Art Group International, New York.

2022: “Spring Auction”, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2022: “Feminia”, Gallerium Art, Canada, online show

2022: “Portraits”, Leonid Gervits, Art Student’s League, New York, NY

2022: “Surrealism Show”, Elizabeth Demeray, Art Student’s League, New York, NY

2022: “Picturing Our Past”, Ridgefield Guild of Artists and The Ridgefield Historical Society, Ridgefield, CT

2022: “Farms Across America”, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, Long Island, NY

2021: “Farms Across America”, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, (Long Island) NY

2021: “Thumb Box Show”, at the Salmagundi Galleries, New York NY. Received the Philip Isenberg Memorial Award

2021:  “Small Works”, Provincetown Artist Association and Museum, P’town, MA

2021: “Open to Interpretation”, Katonah Museum Artist Association, Katonah, NY

2021:  Hammond Museum October Group Show, North Salem, NY

2021: “Grass and Roots”, The Center for Digital Arts Gallery, Westchester Community College, Peekskill, NY

2021: “Emptiness”, Exibizione, Toronto, Canada, juried show

2021: Salmagundi Member Juried Show, New York, New York, in the upper gallery

2021: “State of the Art”, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2021: “Ricochet”, Katonah Museum Artist Association, Katonah, NY

2021: “Focus on Portraiture”, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, Ct,  juried show

2021: Hammond Museum April Exhibit, North Salem, NY, international show

2021; “Together ApArt”, Arts Westchester  juried Spring Show, White Plains, NY

2021: “The Body”, New York School of the Arts, New York, NY

2021: Hammond Museum, Spring Art Show April, North Salem, NY

2021: Women’s Werq, Studio Montclair, juried, Montclair NJ

2021: Historical Black & White Show, juried, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2021: Hammond Museum, Spring Art Show March, North Salem, NY

2021: Camera Works, RGOA juried, Ridgefield CT

2021, RedFez, Brown Chair illustration, Literature and Poetry Magazine, Issue 144

2021; Katonah Museum Artists Assoc., Group Show, Katonah, NY

2020: Thumb Box Show, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

2020: Salmagundi Club, New For NY,  Moonrise Sunrise, Show, Award: Richard C. Poink Award

2020: Provincetown Artist Association, Freedom, Provincetown MA

2020: Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, Out My Window, 

2020; BWAC, Brooklyn , NY, Art From the Inside

2020: Studio Montclair, Montclair NJ,  State of the Arts

2020: NY School of the Arts, NYC, Art Beyond the Wall

2020:  RGOA, Ridgefield CT, Juried Member Show

2020:  Brooklyn Art Library,  Brooklyn NY

2020: PAAM: Open, Provincetown, MA

2020: RGOA, Ridgefield CT, Compassion

2020 Salmagundi Club, Juried show: Animal Magnetism:, New York, NY

2020: Compassion, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT.

2020: Brooklyn Art Library,  “Have You Been to Kitland?”  traveling art book show based in Brooklyn, NY.

2019: Small Works, Provincetown Artists Association & Museum, Provincetown MA

2019: Portals, Queen City 15, Poughkeepsie, NY

2019: Open Road, Cape Cultural Center, Yarmouth MA 

2019: Play’s the Thing, Schoolhouse Theatre, Juried Show, Katonah, NY

2019: KMAA Northern Westchester Juried Show, Mt. Kisco, NY. 

2019: Bedlam, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT

2019: Provincetown Art Assoc. and Museum, Group Show, Summer 2019, Provincetown, MA

2019: Art & Text: Juried Fairfield County Public Library Art Show Fairfield County, CT

2019: Choralfest Gala USA: New York Virtuoso Singers benefit with Harold Rosenbaum, Chappaqua NY

2019: Conversations: Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT

2019: Brooklyn Art Library: Canvas Project, traveling show based in Brooklyn, NY.

2019: Art Show Bedford 2019: Bedford, NY, First Place recipient. Judges: Michael Gitlitz, Executive Director, Katonah Museum of Art, and Peter MacGill, President, Pace MacGill Gallery. First Place award.

2018: Festive Home, Ridgefield Guild Gallery, Ridgefield, CT

2018: Really Affordable: BWAC juried, Brenda Kumar, an Asst. curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

2018: Katonah Museum Artist Assoc., Juried Color, Show, Pound Ridge, NY

2018: Close Encounters, National Geographic photographs. Online gallery

2018: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Association, Summer Scape Show,  Brooklyn, NY

2018: Gallery at Onatru, “Spirit of the American Home”, South Salem, NY

2018: Ridgefield Guild of Artists Juried Show, Ridgefield CT

2018: Choralfest benefit, Harold Rosenbaum’s NY Virtuoso Singers, Chappaqua NY

2018: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY: Juried show: In the Groove 

2018: Studio Montclair: Juried By Chance show, Montclair, NJ

2018: Ridgefield Guild of Artists: Universe member show, Ridgefield CT

2018: Provincetown Artists Association & Museum, Provincetown MA 

2018: Brooklyn Art Library: Sketchbook Project, “No Worries”, Chicago, NY, Washington DC.

2018: Art Scene Today: Anima: Animus: Animal: online publication

2018:  Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) members show, Bologna, Italy 

2017: St. Lukes church benefit, Katonah NY

2017: Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Festive Home Show, Ridgefield CT

2017: Katonah Museum Artist’s Association, Library Gallery, Katonah, NY

2017: The Interactive Grand Installations: Brooklyn, NY

2017: Really Affordable Art She (BWAC) Brooklyn, NY

2017: Ridgefield Guild of Artists: solo exhibit fall 2017: What is Real; Evolution and the Spirit from 26 Letters 

2017: Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition: Palette Show 

2017: Provincetown Artist Association and Museum: ' 12 x 12' 

2017: Studio Montclair “Viewpoints 2017” at aljira, Newark, NJ 

2017: Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Association: 'Rites of Spring', Brooklyn NY 

2017: Provincetown Artists Association & Museum: 'Member's Open', Provincetown MA 

2017: Choralfest USA: New York Virtuoso Singers benefit with Harold Rosenbaum, Chappaqua NY 

2017: Barrett Art Center: 'Digitalia' National Juried Show, Poughkeepsie, NY 

2017: Katonah Museum Artist’s Association: 'Chance' Juried Show, Katonah, NY 

2017: Onatru Gallery: 'First Day', Local Juried Show, South Salem NY 

2017: Ridgefield Guild Of Artists: 'Hot and Cold', Ridgefield CT 

2017: Hayfields, North Salem NY (hip equestrian crowd, restaurant) 

2016: Ridgefield Guild of Artists: 'Walk on Down' Juried Art Show, Ridgefield, CT 

2016: Ridgefield Guild of Artist: 'Bedlam', Ridgefield CT 

2016: Saint Lukes Episcopal Church, Benefit, Katonah NY 

2015: Saint Lukes Episcopal Church, Benefit, Katonah NY 

2015: Onatru Gallery: 2013 'Independence Day' Art Show, Local Juried, S. Salem, NY 

2014: Silvermine Group Show, New Canaan, CT 

2013: Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra Benefit Show, Ridgefield, CT 

2012: Onatru Gallery: Art in the Park, Local Juried, South Salem, NY 

 

Installations: 

“What is Real: Evolution and the Spirit from 26 Letters”, BWAC, Brooklyn, NY

“What is Real: Evolution and the Spirit from 26 Letters”, RGoA, Ridgefield, CT 

 

“The Love Rave”, Hoboken, NJ 

Hoboken Studio Tour, Hoboken, NJ 

“Artists Viewing Artists”, Jefferson Trust Gallery, Hoboken, NJ 

Museum of Contemporary Arts, Baltimore, MD 

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ 

 

Curated Shows:

Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Association, Brooklyn, NY (assisted curation 2020)

The Gallery At Onatru Farm, South Salem NY, curated a group show

Hoboken NJ curated several shows in the 1990’s

 

Gallery Affiliations & Memberships: Current and Past: 

Salmagundi Club, New York, NY

Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY

ArtsWestchester, Westchester Artist Association, NY

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Red Hook, NY (BAAM)

Provincetown Artist’s Association, Provincetown, MA PAAM)

Katonah Museum Artists Association, Katonah NY (KMAA)

Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield CT (RGoA)

Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ

Cape Cod Writers Association 

Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrator’s 

Poetry Coalition; Academy of American Poets 

55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY 

Harbor Square Gallery, Camden, ME 

City Art Works, New Bern, NC 

Allen Stone Gallery, New York, NY 

The Emerging Collector, New York NY 

Hoboken Art Gallery, Hoboken, NJ 

 

Teaching: 

Ridgefield Continuing Ed., Ridgefield CT. Painting and Drawing 

Ridgefield Guild of Artists, lecture about my work, Feb. 2017 

Hoboken Continuing Education: (Hoboken Cultural Affairs) Art History: 1997 

Lectures from the Studio: Hoboken, NJ: 1995 - 1998 

Docent: Aldrich Museum: docent 2010-2011 

 

Published: 

Have You Been to Kitland?

No Worries,

Poetry: On the Bus - a collection 

The ReIssue, Hoboken NJ 

The Pen Poetry Newsletter, Newport News, VA 

National Library of Poetry, Owings Mills, MD 

RE-Issue, Hoboken, NJ 

The Wild-Out Animal Alphabet Book 

The Story of Ticklemino, 

The Magic Drum 

Word Sound: Onomatopoeia 

Word Sound: Everyday 

 

Art published and Interviews: 

DAB Art Quarterly 2023, Los Angeles CA

RE-Issue Magazine, Hoboken, NJ The Gold Coast Newspaper, Hoboken, NJ 

Books and the World, Cape Media, Cape Cod, MA

Long Shot, Hoboken, NJ The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ 

The Bergen Record, Bergen County, NJ 

 

Recent Publicity: 

-Books and the World live interview 10/2016, Cape Media, The Wild-Out Animal Alphabet Book 

-Lewisboro Voice: 12/7/2016: “South Salem Painter Makes Children’s Books into Works of Art”, by Jeanne Muchnick.

-Local News interview, TV Channel 20 Lewisboro, interview about my art at First Day Show, Onatru Gallery, So. Salem, NY. 

Connito pp3

 

Plays: West Lane Murder Mystery Dinner Parties: 2006 - 2011: (all performed)

Murder at the Hunt Murder on the Slopes           Murder in Paradise 

The Kitchen Caper The Wedding Party               Murder at the Plague

Murder at the Canter Murder at the Soda Pop

Murder at the Hoedown Murder off Key

Murder on the 19th Floor Murder in Madrid

 

Recent Publicity:

-Books and the World live interview 10/2016, Cape Media, The Wild-Out Animal Alphabet Book

-Lewisboro Voice: 12/7/2016: “South Salem Painter makes Children’s Books into Works of Art”, by Jeanne Muchnic