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SELECTED EXPERIENCE
1998 to present • Artway Gallery coordinator
1986 to present • President and founding member of Visual Arts Brampton
1985 to 1986 • Brampton Guardian editorial cartoonist
1982 to 1985 • Brampton Arts Council board member
1975 to present • Freelance illustration and graphic design, plus years on at Brampton, Mississauga Library systems as staff graphic artist, and assistant to curator at Chinguacousy Library
1974 to present • Freelance art instructor, various locations Visual Arts Brampton, Living Arts Centre, Peel Board of Education, Peel Heritage Complex

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2010-2011 • Art Gallery at the Rose Theatre, Brampton
2010-2011 • Visual Arts Brampton Floral Art Show, Heritage Court of the Direct Energy Centre, during the Canadian National Exhibition and various locations around Brampton
2009 • Barrios/Evans/Highgate/Moreau, Chinguacousy branch, Brampton Library
2005 • City of Toronto permanent collection exhibit, Etobicoke Civic Centre
2002 to present • Floral art show, Brampton City Hall
2000 • Whitney Gallery, Peel Heritage Complex
1998 to present • Artway Gallery, Brampton, various shows
1996 • The Art of Scratchboard, Chinguacousy Gallery, Brampton
1994 • Contemporary Prints in Peel, Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton
1979 to 1983 • Beth Tikvah Sisterhood Annual Invitational Art Exhibit and Sale
1975, 1976, 1981 • Simcoe County Museum

Outdoor shows, various years including St. Catherines, Huronia Festival of the Arts, Art in the Park Brampton, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Kiwanis Club of the Kingsway, Midland, and Muskoka.

SOLO SHOWS
1996 Brampton City Hall atrium gallery
1987 to 1988 • Brampton Library, various branches, four shows
1986 • Halton Hills Library
1984 • Peel Museum and Art Gallery (now Art Gallery of Peel), Brampton Atrium gallery, Mississauga City Hall, Mississauga
1983 to 1989 • Mississauga Library, various branches, sixteen shows
1980 • Visions Gallery, Brampton
1971, 1973 • Midland Public Library

JURIED SHOWS
Art Gallery of Hamilton, CKOC Annual Arts Hamilton Exhibition — Two years won purchase awards
Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton— Won 1991 Juror's Choice Award, 1983 honourable mention
Automotive Journalists Association of Canada, 2005 Art of the Automobile — Touring show went to Montreal International Auto Show, Toronto's Canadian International Auto Show, Calgary International Auto & Truck Show.
Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto Mississauga
Burlington Cultural Centre
Chinguacousy Art Gallery, Visual Arts Brampton Juried Show, Brampton — Won Best Print, various honourable mentions.
Del Bello Gallery, International Miniature Art Show, Toronto
Etobicoke Civic Centre, Arts Etobicoke — Including a year winning 1992 Best Print, 1994 Award of Excellence.
Georgian College
Kitchener|Waterloo Art Gallery, Artforms
Mississauga Library
Oakville Art Society
Rodman Hall Arts Centre, St. Catherines, Ontario Juried Exhibition
Rivercrest Gallery, Mississauga — Including two years with awards.
Stouffville Library
Visual Arts Mississauga

COLLECTIONS
City of Toronto
Astral Media (via CKOC Radio Hamilton)
Brookfield Properties (via Bramalea City Centre)
John Logan Chevrolet
Kaneff Properties
Riocan Properties (via Shoppers World)
Simcoe County Board of Education
William Osler Health Centre, Brampton Civic
Plus numerous private collections in Canada and Japan

AWARDS
1992 • City of Brampton Arts Person of the Year
1990 • City of Brampton Arts Acclaim Award

EDUCATION
Graphic design diploma, 3-year, Georgian College, Barrie
Classical animation, 1-year, Sheridan College, Oakville
Technical illustration, ½-year, Sheridan College, Brampton