CV

 EDUCATION

Training/Apprenticeship in Indigenous Medicine (2019-2024)

Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Gabon

including 3-year 1400 hours academic training @ https://www.ecstaticmysticism.com

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (1998)

Columbia University, Teachers College: New York, NY

Ed.M., Counseling and Consulting Psychology  (1991)

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education: Cambridge, MA

B.A., Sociology (High Honors)   (1986)

Brandeis University: Waltham, MA.

Includes 1 academic year at: 

London School of Economics and Political Science,

Department of Social Psychology: London, England (1984-1985)

CONCEPTUAL . PERFORMANCE . CURATION

2026 NEWBURGH OPEN STUDIOS (4:00 p.m. September 26th, 2026)

“WATER MUSIC (ii): Healing A Landscape (Working Title)”

in collaboration with Sculptor Rhea Marmentini, Bank Art Gallery and Invited Guests

Front Street, Newburgh Waterfront

2026 UPSTATE ART WEEKEND (June 26th, 2026)

“WATER MUSIC: A Composition With The River That Runs Two Ways“

A Conversation Involving the Harmonics of The Universe, Traditions of Deep Listening,

and the Vibrational Frequency of Love. In Homage to the Power of Art to Orient Consciousness.

in collaboration with Bank Art Gallery, Nowhere Gallery, and Motomichi Nakamura’s “Front Street Illuminations”,

195 Front Street, Newburgh Waterfront

2025 “THOUGHT FORMS AND FLYING SONGS” (November 29th, 2025)

A Living Composition Created Between Sound Artists and the Exhibition

“The Shape of Memory”, Bank Art Gallery, Newburgh, NY

COLLAGE . INSTALLATION

2026 “Made Of Us” (August 22nd to October 17th, 2026)

Collage and Sculptural Mixed Media, Two-person show with Antonio Ingenito,

Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie, NY

2026 “In-Security” (February 7th to May 7th, 2026)

HVMOCA (Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art)

Peekskill, NY

2025 “Madre Selva” (August 14th through December 13th, 2025)

SOLO SHOW within the Parlor Room

Bank Art Gallery, 94 Broadway, Newburgh, NY

2025 “Hull and Hush” (October 4th-5th, 2025)

Pop-Up: Kingston Waterfront, Rondout Creek

Curated By: site-seen arts, atelierwdstk_hudsonvalley, jen.miller.art

2025 “Invoke & Imbibe” (July/August, 2025)

Women’s Work Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY

@womenswork.art

curated by @jransome.curator

2025 “Creatives of our City” (January to May, 2025)

Gritworks Gallery, Newburgh, NY.

curated by Keara Neilsen: @ginger0artist

2025 BOS Beacon Open Studios Winter Show: “Baggage Claim” (Feb)

The Yard, Beacon, NY.

curated by Darya Golubina: @daryasaur

2021 Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY.

“I Am Woman”: Women Artists of the Hudson Valley

2020   GAC: Garrison Art Center                                

"PHOTOcentric" (3rd place, Nature Category)

2019   BAU: Beacon Artist's Union, Beacon, NY

SOLO SHOW "Plant Spirit Medicine"

2019 Theo Ganz Studio Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY

“Still Still Moving”

curated by Eleni Smolen

2018   BAU: Beacon Artist's Union, Beacon, NY

SOLO SHOW "Some Memories Fade"

2017   Regal Bag Studios / Chris Davison Gallery , Newburgh, NY  

"The Nude" 

2017   GAC: Garrison Art Center                                

"PHOTOcentric" (3rd place, Nature Category)

2016  HVCCA: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY.  

"WORD!" 

2016   Gallery 66, Cold Spring, NY

"Survey of Regional Artists"                                  

2016   GAC: Garrison Art Center                                  

"PHOTOcentric" 

2015   GAC: Garrison Art Center                              

"PHOTOcentric" 

2014   GAC: Garrison Art Center                                

"PHOTOcentric", Director's Choice Award

2014   GAC: Garrison Art Center                                 

"smallWORKS: 3-D"             

2014   WAAM: Woodstock Artist's Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY.

"Far and Wide"

2013   BAU: Beacon Artist's Union,                                    

"Saints and Sinners"