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PHOTOGRAPHY IN ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ART
Creating photography images since 1990.
PUBLICATIONS:
Magazines and publications including: Christie’s Great Estates, Estates
International, Electronic House Magazine 4/1998, 5/1999, 9/1999 and 2/2000; H.A.
Pro Magazine 2/1998, Pinnacle Publications, American Estates, Austin Homes &
Living, Austin American-Statesman, “Lone Star Rising” Towery Publishing;
Showcase of Homes/1997 photos in “Southern Rooms” by Rockport Publishers
February 1999, “Austin/Celebrating the Lone Star Millennium” by Towery
Publishing 2/2000, Fall/Winter 2000 “Borderlands Texas Poetry Review” Austin
Writers’ League - Morgan Printing, Dream Homes 2002
AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AUSTIN,
TEXAS:
8 Images selected and archived with Austin Bergstrom International Airport from
the 2001 National Visual Arts Month exhibit. "Barbara Jordan Terminal" featured
for Austin Bergstrom International Airport’s 5th Anniversary
Celebration/festivities included 150 limited edition prints. "Lone Star Bus"
from the Broken Spoke changing landscape selected for “Lost and Found in Austin”
July 2008.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My goal is to create “visual energy”. I explore this through many alternative
photography processes, sometimes including mixed media and audio-visual. As an
artist, I aspire to translate optical experience to co-mingle with the energy of
the image and artworks.
OPENINGS AND JURIED EXHIBITS:
Fall Show “Beyond this Life:the Hereafter”/Group Exhibit/October 18 -
November 23, 1996
Austin Visual Arts Association/The Gallery at Concordia/3400 N. IH35, Austin, Texas
Jurors: Sylvia Orozco, Director of the Mexic-Arte Museum; Peter Mears, University of Texas Assistant Curator of the Harry Ransom Center; Connie Arismendi, President of Women & Their Work Board of Directors
“20th Anniversary Celebration Membership Show”/Group Exhibit/June - July 1997
Austin Coalition of Artists Gallery @ Artplex 705 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701
“The Figurative Show”/Group Exhibit Invitational/October 23 - November 29, 1997
Laughing at the Sun Art Gallery 2209 S. 1st Street, Austin, Texas 78704
“Exhibit K”/Group Exhibit Membership Exhibit/May 9 - May 29, 1998
Austin Visual Arts Association-Austin Coalition of Artists Gallery @ Artplex 1705 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701
Fall Show “Dada Moon”/Group Exhibit/September 12 - October 3, 1998
Austin Coalition of Artists Gallery @ Artplex 1705 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701
Juror: Kathryn Davidson, former curator of the Austin Museum of Art and the Menil Collection.
“Un Homenaje a Frida Kahlo”/Group Exhibit/September 12 - October 12, 1998
Ellos Gallery 1705 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701
“1998 Third Annual National Interpretation of Angels III Art
Exhibition”/Group Exhibit/December 19, 1998 - January 31,1999
Gelato D’Oro Café & Gallery 311 Main Street, Placerville, California
Juror: Jill Figler, NWS, WW, PWS/Honorable Mention - “Heavenly Watch”
“Membership Show Exhibit L 22”/Group Exhibit/May 8 - May 29, 1999
Austin Visual Arts Association Gallery 2008 Alexander Avenue, Austin, Texas 78722
“AVAANTI 10 Retrospective Show”/Group Exhibit/August 7 - August 29, 1999
Austin Visual Arts Association Gallery 2008 Alexander Avenue, Austin, Texas 78722
Hill Country Arts Foundation’s “31st Annual Counterpoint Exhibition”/Group Exhibit 1999
Hill Country Arts Foundation 507 State Hwy. 39, Ingram, Texas
Juror: Katherine M. Brimberry, Founding Vice-President and Master Printer, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX
Borders Books and Music/S. Lamar Westgate Mall August 29 - November 30, 1999
Grand Opening Feature Artist/Austin, Texas
Flatbed Galleries, opening closed doors, and Pro-Jex/”PhotoAustin 1999 Inaugural Exhibition”/Invitational November 11 - December 4, 1999
Flatbed Galleries 2832 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin, Texas 78722
Lens-Based Works by 29 Women Photographers
Marla Sweeney and Tina Weitz “Visitations of Texas”/Two Woman Photography Exhibit January 18 - February 26, 2000
Austin Visual Arts Association Gallery 2008 Alexander Avenue, Austin, Texas 78722
Coronado Studios Serie Print Project/March 2000
One of 17 artists accepted for a national serie print program
Coronado Studios 901 Vargas, Austin, Texas
openingcloseddoors/”Woman House”/Group Exhibit/May 11 - June 2, 2000
Flatbed Galleries 2832 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Austin, Texas 78722
Juror: Benné Rockett/Honorable Mention “Short Order Cook”
Texas Photographic Society/”The Image Construed”/Group Exhibit/July 2 - 9, 2000
Arles, France/Juror: Nine Francois; images toured Europe for 2 years
“HCAF Counterpoint 2000”/Group Exhibit/August 6 - September 2, 2000
Hill Country Arts Foundation 507 State Hwy. 39, Ingram, Texas
Juror: Barbara Raborn/Gene Hovey Memorial Award for Photography - “Johnson City Horses”
“2000 Members Exhibition”/November 16 - December 22, 2000
Women & Their Work 1710 Lavaca Street, Austin, Texas 78701
Juror: Terrie Sultan, Director of the Blaffer Gallery at the University of Houston
openingcloseddoors “Going with the Flow” /Group Exhibit/February 15 - March 10, 2001
Gallery Lombardi 910 W. 3rd Street, Austin, Texas 78703/Excellence Award for “Fire and Ice”
"Le Printemps"/Group Exhibit//March 23 - April 20, 2001
The Artists' Gallery and Studios on 6th 1412 W. 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78703
openingcloseddoors "Solemates"/Group Exhibit/April 23 - 28, 2001
Gallery Lombardi 910 W. 3rd Street, Austin, Texas 78703
"Rituals"/Group Exhibit/May 5 - May 26, 2001
The Artists' Gallery and Studios on 6th 1412 W. 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78703
“Hot and Bothered"/Group Exhibit/July 6 - July 28, 2001
The Artists' Gallery and Studios on 6th 1412 W. 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78703
"Hecho en Austin"/Group Exhibit/August 1-28, 2001
The Artists' Gallery and Studios on 6th 1412 W. 6th Street, Austin, Texas 78703
Coronado Studio Serie Print Project with 23 Austin artists
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service “Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future”
Photo from Lakeway, Texas Parade of Homes for EH Publishing. Begins touring March 2001 for five years and possibly longer in cities across the United States
openingcloseddoors/”PhotoAustin II/Group Exhibit”/February 2-23, 2002
Gallery Lombardi 910 W. 3rd, Austin, Texas 78703
“Coalescence”/Group Exhibit/April 4-27, 2002
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318, Austin, Texas 78704
“Vintage”/Group Exhibit/May 2-25, 2002
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
“From the Studios: 2 on View”/Two Artist Exhibit/May 30-June 29, 2002
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
“Continuum”/Group Show/July 18-August 31, 2002
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
“Fa La La Salon Show”/Group Exhibit/November 1-December 21, 2002
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
“Winter Wanderland”/Group Exhibit/December 5-27, 2002
Guadalupe Arts Center Gallery 1705 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701
“Road to 78704”/Two Woman Exhibit/January 16-February 27, 2003
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
“2 x 4”/ARreview of the 4 Artists at studio2gallery/April 3-26, 2003
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
“Mother”/A Collection of Interpretations/Group Exhibit/May 1-31, 2003
The Gallery at Guadalupe Arts Center 1705 Guadalupe, Austin, Texas 78701
“Gallery in the Garden”/Invitational art sale and Alzheimer’s Association
Fundraiser/May 1, 2003
The Governor’s Mansion/Austin, Texas
4th Annual/”5 x 7 Party & Art Spree”/Invitational art sale and exhibition/May 16, 2003
Arthouse at the Jones Center, 700 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701
art also toured in Dallas
“Keep ‘em Rolling”/Military and Combat Inspired Art/Group Exhibit/July 3-August 2, 2003
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
5th Annual/”5 x 7 Party & Art Spree”/Invitational Art Sale and Exhibit/May 2004
Arthouse at the Jones Center700 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701 art also toured in Dallas
“Red Hot Dot Fine art Sale and Silent Auction”/Invitational Group Exhibit/September 17, 2003
Women & Their Work 1710 Lavaca, Austin, Texas 78701
“Myths and Prophecies”/4 Artist Exhibit/September 3-October 30, 2004
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
“Red Hot Dot Fine art Sale and Silent Auction”/Invitational Group Exhibit/September 17, 2004
Women & Their Work 1710 Lavaca, Austin, Texas 78701
“A Passion for Polaroid”/Group Exhibit/November 1–December 23, 2004
studio2gallery 1700 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 318 Austin, Texas 78704
“A Gallery Gala”/Invitational Art Sale and Alzheimer’s Association Fundraiser/April 23, 2005
Frost Bank Tower, 4th Street, Austin Texas
5th Annual/”5 x 7 Party & Art Splurge and Exhibition”/Group Exhibit/May 14, 2005
Arthouse at the Jones Center700 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701
“Red Hot Dot Fine art Sale and Silent Auction”/Group Exhibit/September , 2006
Women & Their Work 1710 Lavaca, Austin, Texas 78701
Annual/”5 x 7 Party/ Group Exhibit/2007
Arthouse at the Jones Center700 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701
“Women in the Studios @ IDEA”/Group Exhibit 2007
Daugherty Art Center, Barton Springs Road, Austin, Texas
“Red Hot Dot Fine art Sale and Silent Auction”/Group Exhibit/September , 2007
Women & Their Work 1710 Lavaca, Austin, Texas 78701
“Sacred Spaces”/Group Exhibit, 2007
Women in the Studios @ IDEA, 701 Tillery St., Austin, Texas 78702
Participant in East Austin Studio Tour/ 2005, 2006, 2007 www.eastaustinstudiotour.com