Statement:

I collect old photographs and choose figures from them for my paintings. The people whose lives are recorded in those pictures are strangers, yet they are familiar to all of us. They remind us of ourselves, our families, and our issues on both personal and cultural levels.

The figures in my paintings are presented on a surface that is rich and textured. Many layers of paint reveal the history of the canvas and create a space that serves to isolate the form of each figure. My subjects have been disconnected from their original context and are recreated as icons for the viewer’s personal connection. Each viewer brings with them their own specific history, so a single image can mean different things to different people. The figures in my paintings exist in situations—or as objects—in which I hope the viewer will find a little of themselves.



Education:
MFA, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India. 1991-93
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. 1988-91



Solo Exhibitions:
Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL May 2008
Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim WI July 2007
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA November 2006
Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim, WI August 2004
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL February 2002
Art Mecca Gallery, Chicago, IL February 2001
Art Mecca Gallery, Chicago, IL February 2000
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL November 1999
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI July 1999
Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI August 1997

Two-Person shows:
Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim, WI August, 2008
Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim, WI July, 2005
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL May 2005
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL May 2004
Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim, WI August 2003
Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL May 2003
Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim, WI July 2002

Selected Group Exhibitions:
Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL February, 2009
Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT December, 2008
Renee George Gallery, Charlotte, NC June, 2008
Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT February, 2008
Multiple Impressions, New York, NY November 2007
Renee George Gallery, Charlotte, NC June 2007
Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT February, 2007
Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA November, 2006
Fine Line Designs Gallery, Ephraim, WI July, 2006
Hayes George Gallery, Charlotte, NC July, 2006
Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT February, 2006
Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA December, 2005
Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA September, 2005


Group Exhibitions, continued:
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA May-September 2002
Uihlein Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI March 2000
Sable V Gallery, Galveston, TX April 2000
Miller Art Center, Sturgeon Bay, WI December 1998
InsideART, Chicago, IL January 1998
Evan Glassman Gallery, Chicago, IL November 1997
Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL September 1997
Alhamra Center For the Arts, Lahore, Pakistan, March 1997
The American Center, Lahore, Pakistan, March 1997
LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI September 1996
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL July 1995
Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL July 1995
Roberto Lopez Gallery, Chicago, IL March 1995
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL March 1995
Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL September 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI June 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004
Nandan Gallery, Santiniketan, India, April 1993
Gallery Katayun, Calcutta, India March 1992
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI May 1991


Grants:
Fulbright Grant, Lecturing/Research, Lahore, Pakistan 1996-97


Selected articles and reviews:
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Sunday, November 26, 2006
Door County Living, Jane Hillstrom, June/July 2003
The Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, August 23, 2002
Chicago Tribune, Alan Artner, March 15, 2002
Chicago Reader, Fred Camper, March 8, 2002
Door County Advocate, “Cut From a Different Cloth”, Erik Erikkson, March 10, 2000
Door County Advocate, Jave Hughes, August 15, 1997
The Nation, Lahore Pakistan, Nyla Daud, March 27, 1997
The Frontier Post, Lahore, Pakistan, Rana Fawad, March 23, 1997
The Telegraph, Calcutta, India, Manasij Mazumder, June 26, 1992


Publications:
Celebrating Door County’s Wild Places, Published 2001