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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Art, Sculpture, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Art, New Brunswick, NJ
Bachelor of Science, Studio Art (with honors), Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Apprentice, Johnson Atelier, Fine Art Foundry, Trenton, NJ
Studio Assistant, Louis Lieberman, sculptor/founder of Aqua Resin
PUBLIC ART/ COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2024 Sound Column; RAMP UP(Rising Artist Mentorship Program),SPA, Summit, NJ/Union County
2022/24 Cave Painting; Summit Public Art Program, Summit, NJ/Union County
Alternate Universe and Monument for Healing; Reeves Reed Arboretum, Summit, NJ/Union County
2015/16 Restore; Wildflower Sculpture Park, South Mountain Reservation, South Orange, NJ/Essex
County Parks Dept.; Featuring a 20’ Gold Leaf and concrete sculpture in the earth. Inspired by the
Japanese art of Kintsugi (golden repair), Restore symbolically honors the restoration of the land in
the Preserve. The sculpture connects a tree on each side of the fence, either emerging from the
ground or returning to it, evoking the cycle of life and our responsibility to care for the land.
2014 King Snake Mosaic/Turtle Back Zoo; Essex County NJ Parks Department
West Orange, NJ; Featuring a 45’ x 4.5’ round King Snake made from Concrete, Ceramic
Tile, Glass tile and Cast Glass located at the entrance of the Education Center
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Concrete Sky; Monmouth Museum, Emerging Artist Series, Monmouth, NJ
2020 Now Can You See The Monument? Solo exhibition, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ (Curator: Sarah Walko)
2015 Rooted; Activate: Market Street 7, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
1993 Queens, Newark Museum, Arts Workshop Gallery, Newark, NJ
1991 Paper Dolls and Dresses, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1988 Ceilings, Walls and Floors, Johnson Atelier Extension Gallery, Mercerville, NJ
1987 Drawings by Donna Conklin, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Amekak and Others, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Women Heavy, Gardenship Gallery, Kearny, NJ (Curator: Donna Kessinger)
NBOSS (North Bennington Outdoor Sculpture Show), North Bennington Vt. (Curator: Joe Chirchirillo)
Building Patterns, (2-person exhibition)Artlab Gallery, Mendham, NJ
2022/23 The Unbearable Lightness of the Fantastical and Unwearable Art Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Curator: Anne Trauben
NJ Arts Annual, “Reemergence”; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Evanescent Sculpture, DuCret School Of Art Campus, Plainfield, NJ: Curator: JoEl Lopez
Out Left Art, Round Table Cultural Seminars, New York, NY
2021 Hope and Possibility, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Benefit exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Patterns In Nature, WOArt (online gallery) (Curator Christina Massey)
Creative Resilience, Newark Arts Festival, Newark, NJ (Curator: Adrienne Wheeler)
Much Too Much, NJCU University, Jersey City, NJ, (Curator: Eileen Ferara)
NJ Arts Annual, “ReVision and Respond”, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Mending: Art On The Trails, Beals Preserve, Southborough Mass; (Juror: Sarah Montross)
5th Element, Outlander Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2020 NJ Arts Annual; Dissonance, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Heliotrope: Turning Towards The Light, (Virtual)ArtFront Galleries, Newark, NJ (Curator: Kymba Nijuck)
Prayers for the Pandemic (Virtual and Print Catalogue), The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City NJ
Free Enterprise (Virtual), BSB Gallery, Trenton, NJ
Radical Women-Fighting For Power And The Vote In New Jersey!, Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ; (Curator: Noelle Williams)
2019 Newark Arts Festival: “Spread Spectrum - A Modulation of Women Artists Speak”, Newark, NJ (Curator: Armisey Smith)
Anything If You Dare…, Index Gallery, Newark, NJ (Curator: Asha Ganpat)
Between Wisdom and Madness: Works in Sculpture, Index Gallery, Newark, NJ (Curators: Agnes Degna & Sarah Walko
2018 Gashapon, Creativity Caravan, Montclair, NJ (Curator: Asha Ganpat)
Approaching Vibrancy, Morris Arts and NJ Center for Visual Arts, Morristown, NJ (Curators: Mary Birmingham and Sarah Walko)
Transitions, Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ (Curators: Gladys Grauer and Adrienne Wheeler)
The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ (Curator: Anne Trauben)
A Women's Movement, Collaborative Dance/Sculpture with Donna Scro of FreeSpace Dance,
10/27/2017 Premier Westminster Art Center, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ
2017 Women Warriors, The Hive Gallery, Chester, NJ
On Belonging and the Void In Between, Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ (Curator: Asha Ganpat)
Women in the World: A Visual Perspective Monmouth University Gallery, Monmouth NJ
Queen of Angels: When a Church Dies, Art and Artifacts of Newark, Newark, NJ
The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
HONORS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2018 Fellowship, Creative Capital Professional Development Program
2018 Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT,
1993 Residency, US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Printmaking, exhibition, lecture
1992 Fellowship in Sculpture, New Jersey Council on the Arts/Department of State
PRINT MEDIA
Maternal Journal 2, Mother Of Beuys; Project for Empty Space & Artist Mother Studio; Newark, NJ; October 2019
Prayers For The Pandemic, Peace Monument; The Drawing Rooms; Jersey City, NJ; May/June/July 2020
COLLECTIONS
Newark Public Library, Book Arts Collection
Museum Of Modern Art, Artists Books Collection
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Ganz Family
Rosensweig