This series began with a self portrait that was taken after visiting a slaughter house, my attempt to understand death and dying. The subsequent images of the series use the heart as a metaphor for love, loss and suffering.


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Museum of Fine Arts; Houston, Texas
Palmquist Archives, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Yale University
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Midwest   
Photographers Project; Chicago, Illinois
Centro Fotografico Alvarez Bravo; Oaxaca, Mexico
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center; University of  Texas at Austin
Center for Photography at Woodstock ; Woodstock, New York
Wilmette Public Library; Wilmette, Illinois
Dancing Bear / W.M. Hunt; New York , New York
Rick and Deann Bayless; Chicago, Illinois

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004
"Reflections in Light and Shadow"; Lodz, Poland
1997-Present
"Images of Mexico," Frontera Grill/Topolobampo; Chicago, Illinois
1999
"Southern Exposures," Wilmette Public Library; Wilmette, Illinois
1998
"Before The Butterflies," Artemisia Gallery; Chicago, Illinois


GROUP EXHIBITIONS - * denotes juried show

2005
Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, Texas*
2004
"Sacred Art", First United Methodist Church, Evanston, Illinois*
"War and Peace", Gallery 415; Chicago, Illinois *
"on our way"; Siegen, Germany*
"Windows", Stolen Buick Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography; Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas*
Photography Midwest 2004, Seven State Juried Exhibition; University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin*
Watermark Gallery;Madison, Wisconsin
"Best of Show", Urban Studio on Webster; Chicago, Illinois*
Gillock Gallery; Evanston, Illinois
Photo LA, Women in Photography International; Los Angeles, California
"Garden In Focus", Chicago Botanic Garden; Glencoe, Illinois - Winner in Landscape Catagory*
2003
"Chicago" La Galeria Samuel Menache; Mexico City*
"FOTOwerk 2003," FLATFILE Gallery;Chicago, Illinois
Orleans Street Gallery; 4051 East Main Street, St. Charles, Illinois
"Labyrinths", Gallery Mornea; 624 Davis Street, Evanston, Illinois
2002
Photo LA, Women in Photography International; Los Angeles, California
Rockford Midwest Juried Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois*
"Fotofest Find," Galeria de Arte Fotografico, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico*
"Women in Photography International," Photo Impact, Santa Monica, California
2001-2003
"Images of Women," Women In Photography International, Second Place Winner*
International 20th Anniversary Juried Exhibition;
Traveling nationally and internationally
2001
Urban Studio Gallery; Chicago, Illinois
"Seven Midwest Photographers," Chicago Athenaeum; Schaumburg, Illinois*
Wilmette Public Library Juried Art Show; Wilmette, Illinois*
2000
"Chicago In The Year 2000," Water Tower Gallery, James Hunt Gallery, Three Arts Club, Chicago Cultural Arts Center; Chicago, Illinois
Tatar/Alexander Gallery; Toronto, Ontario
"Midwest Winter," Center for Visual Arts; Wausau, Wisconsin*
"Captured Time," Time Life Corporate Headquarters; Chicago, Illinois*
Evanston + Vicinity 15th Biennial Exhibition; Evanston, Illinois*
1999
Mayfair 1999 National Juried Photography Exhibition; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Honorable Mention*
Gecko Galeria; Oaxaca, Mexico
Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition; New Hope, Pennsylvania*
"Openings," The Three Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois*
The Art Of The Therapist; Zion, Illinois
Chicago ART Open; Chicago, Illinois
Wilmette Public Library Juried Art Show; Wilmette, Illinois*
1998
No BIAS Gallery National Juried Competition; North Bennington, Vermont*
"LaPetite VI," Adler Gallery; Eugene, Oregon*
22nd Annual Alice and Arthur Competition and Exhibition, Beverly Art Center; Chicago, Illinois*
Women's Works, Eleventh Annual Exhibit of Fine Art by Women, Northwest Area Arts Council; Woodstock, Illinois; Purchase Award*
St. John's University National Art Exhibition; Jamaica, New York*
Evanston + Vicinity 14th Biennial Exhibition; Evanston,Illinois*
Wilmette Public Library Juried Art Show; Wilmette, Illinois; Awarded solo show*
1996
"Viewpoints", Truman College; Chicago, Illinois
1995
"Exploring the Fine Arts-Photography 1995", North Suburban Fine Arts Center; Highland Park, Illinois; Honorable Mention*

PUBLICATIONS

Przekroj; Poland, December - 49/2004
Profifoto; Germany, July/August 2004
North Shore Magazine; "Garden in Focus", Volume 27, Number 4, April 2004
Book Cover Image- Tequilla! by Ana Valenzuela-Zapata and Gary Nabhan, University of Arizona Press, March 2004 Pulications
Fotopozytyw; Lodz, Poland, 2003
The Photo Review National Competition, Summer 2003 Issue
La Fotographia Actual Magazine, December 2002
The Chicago Reader, October-November 2002, "1000 Words"
The Chicago Reader, July 26, 2002 / Volume 31, Number 43, Page 14
Photo Review National Competition, Summer 2002 issue.
Shots Number 77, 2002 Portfolio Issue, September 2002, pgs 10-15
Black and White Magazine, Volume #20, July/August 2002
Manhattan Arts International; Herstory, International Art Competition, March/April 2000 Issue; New York, New York
New York Photo District News; May 2000

AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Art Institute of Chicago Visiting Committee on  Photography
Texas Photographic Society
Center for Photography in Madison