EDUCATION:
Hartford Art School B.F.A in Painting., summa cum laude
Simmons College, M.S. in Information Science
Rhode Island College B.S. in Dance/Theatre
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2014
- Bone Dry Silence: Paintings, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
- EBK Small Works Gallery, Hartford, CT
2012
- Bakora: Drawings and Paintings, JAPANALIA, Hartford, CT
2011
- Selected Work, JAPANALIA, Hartford, CT
- Ngorongoro Passage, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
- Ngorongoro Revisited, SILVER CIRCLE GALLERY, Putnam, CT
2008
- Leaving Eden, EBK GALLERY, West Hartford, CT
2007
- Leaving Eden, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
- Works on Paper, GALERIA NACIONAL DEL MUSEO DE LOS NINOS, Costa Rica
2006
- Fractured Fables, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
2004
- Exotic Properties, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
- Exotic Properties…Continued, ROXBURY’S MINOR MEMORIAL GALLERY, Roxbury, CT
- Dreams and Myth: Recent Work, FIRST STREET GALLER, NY
- Director’s Choice: Dreams and Myth, SILVERMINE GUILD OF ARTISTS, New Canaan, CT
2001
- New Figurative Paintings, EBK PICTURE FRAMERS AND GALLERY, West Hartford, CT
2000
- Recent Work, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
1999
- Recent Work, WASHINGTON ART ASSOCIATION, Washington Depot, CT
- Recent Work, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY, Storrs, CT
- Recent Work, CANTON GALLERY ON THE GREEN, Canton, CT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2013
- Open Studio Hartford, CT
- Artists for World Peace, Zelnick Pavilion/Wesleyan University, CT
2012
- Modern Landscape, SILVER CIRCLE GALLERY, Putnam, CT
- ArtSpace/Torrington, CT
- Open Studio Hartford, CT
2011
- Details of Thought, WHEELOCK COLLEGE, Boston, MA
- Faculty Collects, HARTFORD ART SCHOOL, West Hartford, CT
- Extraordinary Facilities, JOHN SLADE ELY HOUSE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, CT
- Open Studio Hartford, ARTSPACE, Harford, CT
- Art For Clearwater, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
2010
- Open Studio Hartford, Hartford, CT
2009
- 40th Anniversary, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
2008
- Lying on Iguanas, DONNA STERNBERG & DANCERS, collaboration in CA and Teco, Mexico
- Paint, HANS WEISS NEW SPACE GALLERY AT MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, CT
- Worlds Away, THE CONNECTICUT COMMISSION ON CULTURE & TOURISM GALLERY, CT
- Size Is Relative, THE SILPE GALLERY, Hartford Art School, CT
2006
- Natural Instincts, ERICKSON-DAVIS-GALLERY, CT
2005
- Sleight of Mind: Magic Realism in Contemporary Art, FLUSHING TOWN HALL, Flushing, NY
- Christopher Horton: Tribute Exhibition, HARTFORD ART SCHOOL, CT
- Self-Evidence: Very Personal Portraits, ERICKSON DAVIS GALLERY, Ivoryton, CT
2003
- Three Visions, FIRST STREET GALLERY, NY
2002
- New Work/ New Artists, NEW ARTS GALLERY, Litchfield, CT
2001
- Chromophobia, SILVERMINE GUILD OF ARTISTS, New Canaan, CT
2000
- Notes on Ourselves, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, New Britain, CT
1999
- Art, Wine & Love, WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, Hartford CT
- Manifest: A Biennial Survey of Contemporary Art, THE COPLEY SOCIETY OF BOSTON, Boston, MA
- Group Exhibition, KRASDALE CORPORATE HEADQUATERS GALLERY, NY
1998
- Emerging Artists, THE ALDRICH MUSEUM AND THE RIDGEFIELD GUILD OF ARTISTS, Ridgefield, CT
- Portraits, DARIEN PUBLIC LIBRARY, Darien, CT
- Six by Six, SMALL WALLS GALLERY, Hartford, CT
1997
- Art of the Northeast, SILVERMINE GUILD OF ARTISTS, CT
- Exhibition: Six Painters, JOHN SLADE ELY HOUSE, New Haven, CT
- The Connecticut Vision, MATTATUCK MUSEUM, Waterbury, CT
1996
- Visage and Vessel, ART GUILD, Farmington, CT
1994
- Miracles V, 100 PEARL GALLERY, Hartford, CT
1993
- Artist Affiliates Year-End Show, CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER, Hartford, CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2012
- Open Studio Hartford Group Exhibition
2004
- Paesaggio Gallery, CT
1999–Present
- First Street Gallery, NY
1990
- Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, CT
1994, 1996
- The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
1991–2001
- Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
1992, 1993, 1996
- Art Guild, Farmington, CT
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
- New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
- University of Connecticut Medical School, CT 9’ x 26’ mural
- Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
- Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company, CT
- Galeria Nacional, Costa Rica
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS:
- First Street Gallery, New York
- Silver Circle Gallery, Putnam, CT
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES:
- Hartford Open Studio 2013, Best in Show Award
- Hartford Open Studio 2011, Juror’s Choice Award
- Studio Visit Vol.1, THE OPEN STUDIOS PRESS, 2008
- Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship, 2006
- The Greater Hartford Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship, 2006
- The Greater Hartford Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship, 1999
- The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, 2006
- Helen Cheney Martyn Prize, Hartford Art School, 1992
- Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Award, 1991
- Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Painting Award, 1990
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Adjunct Faculty, Hartford Art School, 1999-2000
- Visiting Professor, Central Connecticut State College, 1997/98
- Board of Directors, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT. 1998-2002
- Continuing Education Committee, Hartford Art School Alumni Association
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Munitz, Charles, “Details of Thought”, www.Bostonartsdiary, October, 2011
- Bendik, Joe, “Art For Arts’ Sake”, West Sider, January, 2010
- Studio Visit Volume One: A Juried Selection of International Artists, 2008
- Hyland, Douglas, “Kathi Packer”, catalogue essay Kathi Packer Paintings, 2007
- Streitfeld, L.P., “Testosterone Balances Feminine Emergence at Silvermine”, The Advocate Greenwich, Time 3 March 2002
- Melton, Diane, “A Moveable Feast”, The Hartfort Courant 21 May 2000
- O’Shaughnessy, Tracey, “Take These Women as They Really Are”, Waterbury Republican-American, 18 May 1999
- Rosoff, Patricia, “No Guts, No Glory”, The Hartford Courant 30 Sept 1999
- Charles, Eleanor, “Connecting the Parts”, The New York Times, Sunday 30 August 1998
- Cohen, Mark Daniel, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Art New England, 30 June/July 1998
- Damser, Matt, “Art Review: Wanderings,” The Hartford Courant, 17 May 1998
- Faith Middleton Show: Interview, National Public Radio, 1 May 1998
- Emerging Artists, The New York Times, Sunday, 15 March 1998
- Rosoff, Patricia, “Gone to Pot”, The Hartford Advocate, 19 September 1996
- Rosoff, Patricia, “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall” The Hartford Advocate, 15 February 1996
- Raynor, Vivien, Paintings Are the Main Event in the Barnum Festival, New York Times, 31 July 1994
