One Person Exhibitions
2016 William Ris East, Jamesport, LI, "Intimate Feasts," November 5 -- December 11.
2014 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, "Six in the City"), October 25– December 14.
2012 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, “Urban Principals,” October 20 – December 23.
2011 William Ris Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ, “At Last, Spring,” April 23 – May 20.
Cape May Winery, Cape May, NJ, “Intimate Feasts,” September 1– October 15.
Mi Casa Su Casa, Charleston, MS, “Intimate Feasts,” October 1 – 2.
2009 William Ris Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ, July 18 – August 1.
Benjamin N. Cordozo School of Law, Chutick Law Library Reading Rooms, New York, NY, “Intimate Feasts,” March
1 -- June 15.
2008 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, “Intimate Feasts,” May 17 – June 15.
2007 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, “Subway Stories: Stories and Tales from the NYC Subway,” and “New York
Icons,” November – April.
The Gallery at Blue Streak Wine & Spirits, Long Island City, NY, “Festa della Vita,” September 19 –
1992 New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY, “Subway Stories.”
1991 Dance Theater Workshop, DTW Gallery, New York, NY, “In Person.”
1990 Riverside Church, The Cloister Gallery, New York, NY, “Reverence.” Site Specific Installation.
1988 Bronx Museum of the Arts, Beth Abraham Satellite Gallery, Bronx, NY.
1987 Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY, “North by South.”
Group Exhibitions
2014 Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ. "Tableau," October 30 – November 29.
2013 The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ. “Feast of the Eye: The Art of Food,” September 14, 2012 – January 13.
2010 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, “Four Perspectives,” April 17 – May 16.
2008 Art Now Fair, Miami Beach, FL, Soma New Art Gallery, December 2 – 5.
The Art Trust, West Chester, PA, “Three Square Women and a Monochromatic Man.”
2007 Nicholas Rizzo Fine Art, Chatham, NJ, “Still Life.”
2001 The New York Mercantile Exchange, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY.
1991 Paint Space 122, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY.
1987 The University of Mississippi, Fine Art Gallery, Oxford, MS, Oxford Influences.” Invitational.
Artist Space, New York, NY, “Artists from the Studio in a School Association.”
1985 Radius Gallery, New York, NY, Selected works.
1984 State Capitol Building, Tallahassee, FL, “United States Fine Art Competition.”
1983 The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, “The Competitive of Mississippi.”
1982 Ephebi-Art for the 21st Century, Washington, DC, Selected works.
1981 First Women’s Bank, New York, NY “People, Figures and Faces.”
1980 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, “Artworks 13.”
1978 Southern Watercolor Society’s 2nd Annual Exhibition, Columbus, GA.
13th Annual Central South Art Exhibit, The Parthenon, Nashville, TN.
16th Annual Edgewater Juried Exhibition, Gulfport, MS.
Awards
2015 Gari Melchers Award, Artist's Fellowship, Salamagundi Club.
2013 Honoree, Poetry Society of America, Annual Gala, New York Botanical Garden.
2011 Winner, Cape May Forum, “Chatauqua at the Shore,” Poster Competition.
2005 Sloan Public Service Award, Fund for the City of New York.
2001 Municipal Art Society, Brendan Gill Prize, Honorable Mention.
Teaching Experience
2014 Visiting Lecturer, Harvard Innovation Lab, "Arts for Transit," New York, NY, January 14.
2013 Visiting Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, "Reconfiguring Site," New York, NY, July 12.
2000-2001 New York University (Adjunct Professor) New York, NY, Department of Art and Art Professions.
1978-1980 Florida State University (Teaching Fellow) Tallahassee, FL
1977 Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
1975-1977 University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
1973-1975 Jefferson Davis State Junior College, Brewton, AL
Presentations
2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York’s Underground Art Museum, Lecture Series, New York, NY, February, 2015.
Museum of the City of New York, New York’s Underground Art Museum, February, 2015.
Open House New York (OHNY), New York’s Underground Art Museum, Annual Lecture for Volunteers, New York, NY, 2015.
American Institute of Architects, Fulton Center: A Vision Realized, New York, NY, February, 2015.
2014 New York’s Underground Art Museum and the Best Practices that Built It, International Union of Public Transport
(UiTP), London, November.
American Public Transportation Association, "Art in Transit," Houston, TX, October 15.
National Academy Museum, "Art, Design and the Urban Environment," New York, NY, January 8.
2013 American Public Transportation Association, "Art & Design in Transit," Chicago, IL, October 1.
2012 UiTP International Conference on “Art in Transit,” Hong Kong, November 12.
TEDx Cape May, “Recreating Public Places,” Congress Hall, Cape May, NJ, October 21.
Applied Brilliance, “Beauty,” The Mission Inn, Sonoma, CA, October 8.
The Noyes Museum, “Art at Night: Artist Talk,” Oceanville, NJ, October 5.
2011 Applied Brilliance, “The Future of Imagination,” Reif Larsen and Sandra Bloodworth, New York, NY, December 8.
Museum of Modern Art, “Talk to Me,” Symposium, Speaker, “The Talkative City,” New York, NY, October 19.
2010 Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government, “Public Art, Mass Transit, and City Image,” Featured
Speaker, Taipei, Taiwan, November 11.
2007 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, “Along the Way,” Glasberg Lecture, April 8.
2005 American Institute of Architects (AIA), New York, Presentation, “The Art of Collaboration at the Fulton Transit
Center,” January 31.
Publications
New York's Underground Art Museum: MTA Arts & Design, co-authored with William Ayres, Monacelli Press,
October 28, 2014.
Best Practices for Integrating Art in Capital Projects, authored with Pallas Lombardi, Maya Emsden, Mary Priester,
and David Allen, American Public Transportation Association, October 2013.
Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, co-authored with William Ayres, Monacelli Press, November 2006.
Nineteenth Century Magazine, Terra Cotta Incognita: Turn-of-the Century Ceramic Art in the New York Subway,
Volume 11, Num. 3 and 4 (1992); 23-28.
Education
M.F.A. Painting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Honors: Teaching Fellowship
M.A. Art Education, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
B.S. Ed. Art Education, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, Honors: President’s List
2016 William Ris East, Jamesport, LI, "Intimate Feasts," November 5 -- December 11.
2014 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, "Six in the City"), October 25– December 14.
2012 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, “Urban Principals,” October 20 – December 23.
2011 William Ris Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ, “At Last, Spring,” April 23 – May 20.
Cape May Winery, Cape May, NJ, “Intimate Feasts,” September 1– October 15.
Mi Casa Su Casa, Charleston, MS, “Intimate Feasts,” October 1 – 2.
2009 William Ris Gallery, Stone Harbor, NJ, July 18 – August 1.
Benjamin N. Cordozo School of Law, Chutick Law Library Reading Rooms, New York, NY, “Intimate Feasts,” March
1 -- June 15.
2008 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, “Intimate Feasts,” May 17 – June 15.
2007 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, “Subway Stories: Stories and Tales from the NYC Subway,” and “New York
Icons,” November – April.
The Gallery at Blue Streak Wine & Spirits, Long Island City, NY, “Festa della Vita,” September 19 –
1992 New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY, “Subway Stories.”
1991 Dance Theater Workshop, DTW Gallery, New York, NY, “In Person.”
1990 Riverside Church, The Cloister Gallery, New York, NY, “Reverence.” Site Specific Installation.
1988 Bronx Museum of the Arts, Beth Abraham Satellite Gallery, Bronx, NY.
1987 Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY, “North by South.”
Group Exhibitions
2014 Pierro Gallery of South Orange, South Orange, NJ. "Tableau," October 30 – November 29.
2013 The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ. “Feast of the Eye: The Art of Food,” September 14, 2012 – January 13.
2010 SOMA New Art Gallery, Cape May, NJ, “Four Perspectives,” April 17 – May 16.
2008 Art Now Fair, Miami Beach, FL, Soma New Art Gallery, December 2 – 5.
The Art Trust, West Chester, PA, “Three Square Women and a Monochromatic Man.”
2007 Nicholas Rizzo Fine Art, Chatham, NJ, “Still Life.”
2001 The New York Mercantile Exchange, Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY.
1991 Paint Space 122, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY.
1987 The University of Mississippi, Fine Art Gallery, Oxford, MS, Oxford Influences.” Invitational.
Artist Space, New York, NY, “Artists from the Studio in a School Association.”
1985 Radius Gallery, New York, NY, Selected works.
1984 State Capitol Building, Tallahassee, FL, “United States Fine Art Competition.”
1983 The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, “The Competitive of Mississippi.”
1982 Ephebi-Art for the 21st Century, Washington, DC, Selected works.
1981 First Women’s Bank, New York, NY “People, Figures and Faces.”
1980 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, “Artworks 13.”
1978 Southern Watercolor Society’s 2nd Annual Exhibition, Columbus, GA.
13th Annual Central South Art Exhibit, The Parthenon, Nashville, TN.
16th Annual Edgewater Juried Exhibition, Gulfport, MS.
Awards
2015 Gari Melchers Award, Artist's Fellowship, Salamagundi Club.
2013 Honoree, Poetry Society of America, Annual Gala, New York Botanical Garden.
2011 Winner, Cape May Forum, “Chatauqua at the Shore,” Poster Competition.
2005 Sloan Public Service Award, Fund for the City of New York.
2001 Municipal Art Society, Brendan Gill Prize, Honorable Mention.
Teaching Experience
2014 Visiting Lecturer, Harvard Innovation Lab, "Arts for Transit," New York, NY, January 14.
2013 Visiting Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, "Reconfiguring Site," New York, NY, July 12.
2000-2001 New York University (Adjunct Professor) New York, NY, Department of Art and Art Professions.
1978-1980 Florida State University (Teaching Fellow) Tallahassee, FL
1977 Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
1975-1977 University of Mississippi, Jackson, MS
1973-1975 Jefferson Davis State Junior College, Brewton, AL
Presentations
2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York’s Underground Art Museum, Lecture Series, New York, NY, February, 2015.
Museum of the City of New York, New York’s Underground Art Museum, February, 2015.
Open House New York (OHNY), New York’s Underground Art Museum, Annual Lecture for Volunteers, New York, NY, 2015.
American Institute of Architects, Fulton Center: A Vision Realized, New York, NY, February, 2015.
2014 New York’s Underground Art Museum and the Best Practices that Built It, International Union of Public Transport
(UiTP), London, November.
American Public Transportation Association, "Art in Transit," Houston, TX, October 15.
National Academy Museum, "Art, Design and the Urban Environment," New York, NY, January 8.
2013 American Public Transportation Association, "Art & Design in Transit," Chicago, IL, October 1.
2012 UiTP International Conference on “Art in Transit,” Hong Kong, November 12.
TEDx Cape May, “Recreating Public Places,” Congress Hall, Cape May, NJ, October 21.
Applied Brilliance, “Beauty,” The Mission Inn, Sonoma, CA, October 8.
The Noyes Museum, “Art at Night: Artist Talk,” Oceanville, NJ, October 5.
2011 Applied Brilliance, “The Future of Imagination,” Reif Larsen and Sandra Bloodworth, New York, NY, December 8.
Museum of Modern Art, “Talk to Me,” Symposium, Speaker, “The Talkative City,” New York, NY, October 19.
2010 Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government, “Public Art, Mass Transit, and City Image,” Featured
Speaker, Taipei, Taiwan, November 11.
2007 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, “Along the Way,” Glasberg Lecture, April 8.
2005 American Institute of Architects (AIA), New York, Presentation, “The Art of Collaboration at the Fulton Transit
Center,” January 31.
Publications
New York's Underground Art Museum: MTA Arts & Design, co-authored with William Ayres, Monacelli Press,
October 28, 2014.
Best Practices for Integrating Art in Capital Projects, authored with Pallas Lombardi, Maya Emsden, Mary Priester,
and David Allen, American Public Transportation Association, October 2013.
Along the Way: MTA Arts for Transit, co-authored with William Ayres, Monacelli Press, November 2006.
Nineteenth Century Magazine, Terra Cotta Incognita: Turn-of-the Century Ceramic Art in the New York Subway,
Volume 11, Num. 3 and 4 (1992); 23-28.
Education
M.F.A. Painting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Honors: Teaching Fellowship
M.A. Art Education, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
B.S. Ed. Art Education, Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, Honors: President’s List