Night seeps into day,
Childhood into adulthood,
Birth into death,
What is known into that which I imagine...
My mind travels over the fragments of our memory,
Visions reflected in light and shadow.

Man's capacity for both good and evil is always available. With our unrelenting desire to war with each other and among nations, I feel compelled to understand our collective shadow side. This is what propelled me to visit Auschwitz, a place of extraordinary darkness.

Stumbling upon the gas chamber I was desperate to find any light, visible through a doorway, a ceiling, a crack in the wall ... an attempt to counter the darkness that had enveloped me. These photographs speak to the light in the face of that darkness, and are an effort to memorialize all who have died thru out time at the hand of evil.


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