EDUCATION
Graduated 1979 The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of
Journalism
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Who's Who in America 2005
Honorable Mention, Golden Light Awards, Fine Art Competition 2005
Finalist, Critical Mass Competition, Portland, OR, 2004
Who's Who in American Women 1997-
Honorable Mention, Fellowship competition, Silver Eye Center for Photography, 2003
Best of Show & Purchase Prize, Photoview Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Art, 2000
Second Place, Photowork 2K, 2000
Honorable Mention, Santa Fe Center for Visual Arts Project Competition, 1998 and 1999
Honorable Mention, Governor's Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, 1999
Best of Show, 5th Annual Governor's Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, 1996
Juror's Choice, Best Title, and Third Place, Viewpoint ; Clifton, Texas, 1998
Juror's Commendation, Photoview, Longview Art Museum; Longview, Texas, 1996
First Place and Second Place, Viewpoint, Clifton, Texas, 1996
Honorable Mention, State of the Art National Juried Competition ; Ithaca, New York, 1995
Honorable Mention, Photographers' Forum, 1994 and 1992
Honorable Mention, Phoenix Gallery Annual Juried Competition, 1994
Honorable Mention, Fourth Annual Prints and the Paper Competition , San Diego, 1994
Local History Project Grant (Texas Historical Commission); The Views of My Family: One Hundred Years of Photographs in Liberty County ; project director; 1992
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Art Houston
Paul Simon & Edie Brickell Collection, New York Samuel Dorksy Museum of Art
Texas Midcontinent Oil and Gas, Austin
Longview Museum of Fine Art
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Austin
The White House
The University of Texas at Dallas
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Photography Collection, The University of Texas
PRODUCTIONS
Chicken Tawk , co-author, a dance/theater production performed at Dia Center
for the Arts, New York, 1991.
Capitol Report , executive producer, KUHT-TV, broadcast on PBS stations throughout Texas
1989 - 2001; moderator, April 1993
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 New Work, Rudolph Projects; Houston
2003 Church & Home, Laity Lodge
2002 From Of A Place, Texas State Capitol; Austin, Texas
Of A Place, Galveston Art Center; Galveston, Texas
Of A Place, Breckenridge Museum of Art; Breckenridge, Texas
Of A Place, Contemporary Arts Center; Abilene, Texas
Except for Memory, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University; Lubbock, Texas
Of A Place, Longview Museum of Fine Art; Longview, Texas
Untitled, dberman gallery; Austin, Texas
1999 From Of A Place, Southwest Center for Art & Craft; San Antonio, Texas
Of A Place, Women & Their Work; Austin, Texas
Except for Memory, Blue Sky Gallery; Portland, Oregon
1998 Except for Memory, Rudolph Poissant Gallery; Houston, Texas
1997 The Zedler House, Mayfair Gallery; Austin, Texas
1996 Tuscany Revisited, Mayfair Gallery; Austin, Texas
1995 Small Scenes, Texas Department of Agriculture; Austin, Texas
Common Places Rare Moments, Humphries Cultural Center; Liberty, Texas
Interiors and Still Lifes, Mayfair Gallery; Austin, Texas
PUBLICATIONS
The O.Henry Prize Stories 2004, Laura Furman, eD
Texas Photographic Society 9th Annual Governor's Exhibition (catalog) 2000
Invitational Winners' Exhibit (catalog), Longview Museum of Fine Art, 2000
Photography Quarterly, Center for Photography at Woodstock, October 2000
Image 2000, Plano Art Center (catalog) 2000
Newsletter for the Photographic Artist, Calumet, Summer 1999 and Summer 1998
Of A Place, Women & Their Work (catalog), 1999
Blue Sky #26 , 1999
The Photo Review, Langhorne, PA, Summer 1998 and Summer 1999
Heritage, Texas Historical Foundation, Fall 1997
PhotoAmericas (catalog), 1999 and 2000
New American Talent, Texas Fine Arts Association (catalog), 1996
8 x 10 Contemporary American Photography, Queens College, CUNY (catalog), 1996
Alexandria Museum of Art September Competition, (catalog), 1995
Best of Photography Annual: 1992 and 1994 (Photographer's Forum)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Austin City Hall Inaugural Exhibition, Austin, Texas
The Material Image: Surface and Substance in Photography, Simon Gorsky
Museum, New Paltz, NY
The Art of Devotion, Houston
One Square Foot; Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR
Place Photographs from the Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center, University of Texas; Austin
Photographs from the Galleries, Fotofest Gallery, Houston
2004 Inside/Outside: Texas Women Photographers; Grace Museum, Abilene
The Summer Show, dberman gallery, Austin
Off Site/On Target, Austin City Lofts
2003 Inside/Outside: Texas Women Photographers, Houston Center for Photography
Divergences, Concordia University, Austin
5 x 7 x X; Arthouse, Austin
Sunny Side Up, Arlington Museum of Art
Fellowship 2003; Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg
Southwestern Photography, Northlight Gallery, Tempe
Gallery Artists/Fotofest, Rudolph Projects, Houston
Inside/Outside: Texas Women Photographers; Women & Their Work, Austin, Galveston Art Center
Photographic Resource Center Juried Exhibition, Boston
Chairs, Concordia University, Austin
HCP Juried Membership Exhibition; Houston Center for Photography
Photography: The Creative Imperative; Southwestern University, Georgetown
Tragedy and Transformation, Episcopal Theological Seminary, Austin
2001 Recontres Internationales de la Photographie (RIP), Arles, France and touring Europe
Invitational: Spirituality and Creativity, Southwest School of Art & Craft; San Antonio
Gallery Artists, dberman gallery, Austin
Daily Life, Rudolph Projects, Houston
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Art, Houston
Rudolph Projects in Marfa; Paisano Hotel, Marfa, Texas
2000 Islands of Order: A Decade of Collecting, Harry Ransom Humanities Center, Austin
24/7 Waking Breaking Making; Center for Photography at Woodstock
Photowork 2K, Poughkeepsie (Juror: Michael Sand, Aperture)
Shutters, The University of Dallas; Dallas (three person)
Director's Choice, PhotoAmericas, Portland, Oregon
Image 2000 Invitational, ArtCentre of Plano, Plano, Texas
Governor's Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, touring (Juror:
Anthony Bannon, Eastman House)
HCP Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography (Juror: Ellen Handy, ICP)
Longview Invitational, Longview Museum of Art
Photo Derived Works, Rudolph Poissant Gallery, Houston
1999 Governor's Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, Austin
Texas Photographic Society Members' Only Show, touring
1998 Governor's Exhibition, Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio (Juror: Steve Yates, NM Museum)
Photowork 98, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie
1997 The Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art, Cullen Center; Houston (Juror:
David A R Ross, Whitney)
Phoenix Gallery National Juried Competition, New York (Juror: Laura Hauptman, MoMA
6th Annual Governor's Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio
Shepherd College 8th Annual Photo Exhibit, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Positive Negative 12, Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, Tennessee
Photograph Texas, Texas Historical Society, touring
The Dishman Competition, Beaumont, Texas
Photographic Resource Center Members Exhibition, Boston
1996 New American Talent: The 12th Exhibition, Austin Museum of Art; Austin (Juror: Lisa
Phillips, Whitney Museum)
5th Annual Governor's Exhibition, Texas Photographic Society; San Antonio (Juror:
Arthur Ollman (MoPA)
8 x 10 Contemporary American Photographers, Godwin Ternbach Museum, Flushing, NY
Polaroid Transfers; Image Gallery; Longview, Texas (two person)
Texas Photographic Society Members' Only Exhibition, Neindorf Gallery, Austin
Do Your Own Thing (a Fotofest exhibit), Slover McCutcheon Gallery, Houston
1995 The Art of Photography 95, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach
New Directions , Poughkeepsi (Juror Matthew Drutt, Guggenheim)
State of the Art National Juried Competition, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca
All That Remains, Slover McCutcheon Gallery, Houston
14th Annual Competition, Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, Louisiana
TriState Plus, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont
Artists' Council 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum
Illuminance, Lubbock Fine Arts Center; Lubbock
The Dishman Competition, Dishman Art Gallery, Beaumont
1994 Phoenix Gallery National Juried Competition, Phoenix Gallery, New York
(Juror: Diane Waldman, Guggenheim)
4th Annual Prints and the Paper Juried Competition, San Diego Art Institute;
San Diego (Juror: Terrie Sultan, Corcoran)
Contemporary Artists Center All Media Exhibition, CAC; North Adams, Maine
(Juror: Claire Bell, Guggenheim)
Magnum Opus VII International Open Exhibition, Sacramento Fine Arts Center
Expo XIII, Northport/B.J. Spoke Gallery Juried Competition, (three person), Huntington, NY
TriState Plus Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Beaumont Art League; Beaumont
PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES
Master Workshop: Duane Michals, Santa Fe Workshops, 1999
The Project Workshop: Sam Abell, Santa Fe Workshops. 1998
Toscana Photographic Workshops: Chris Rainier and Mark Haven, 1996; Keith Carter, 2000
Alternative Non Darkroom Processes: Marilyn Sward, Southwest Craft Center, 1996
Oaxaco Workshop: John Szarkowski, Geoff Winningham & Debbie Fleming Caffrey, 1994
Discovering the Intuitive: Larry Fink, Santa Fe Workshops, 1995
The Handmade Photograph: Elizabeth Opalinek, Maine Photographic Workshops, 1993
Advanced Darkroom Workshop: Joe Englander, 1993
ORGANIZATIONS
Texas Photographic Society, board member
Women and Their Work, Board Member, 2002 - 2004
