EDUCATION
1993 MFA, Boston University
1981 BFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Play of Light, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 Daybreak, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2021 What Dreams May Come, Cairn University, Langhorne, PA
2019 Meander, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 What Dreams May Come, SZ Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
2009 Visions and Revisions, Salem, MA
2008 Visions and Revisions, Salem, MA
2003 Dress for Success, C. W. White Gallery, Portland, ME
1998 Dress, Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 Women in Focus, Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 December Salon Show, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2025 The Thread Between, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2025 Affordable Art Fair, Boston, MA
2023 Group Exhibition, Higher Art Gallery, Traverse City, MI
2021 Annual Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
2020 Mixed Messages, Beacon Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 Annual Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
2018 Summer Selections, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 International Juried Show, Beacon Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Summer Selections, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2017 Shades of Green, G25 Online Gallery
2017 In the Mix, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2016 Directions, Brant Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 Convergence, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2011 8 Visions, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
2009 Drawing as Encounter, Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
2006 Aura, Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2006 Stitches, New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2003 Francis N. Roddy Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2003 Warm, ADM Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 The National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2001 Texas National, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX — Juror: Donald Sultan
2001 The Meaning in Landscape, Frances N. Roddy Memorial Competition, Concord, MA
1999 National Small Works, Schoharie Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
1999 National Small Works, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT — Juror: Scott Prior
1998 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY — Juror: William Bailey
1997 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY — Juror: Gabriel Laderman
1996 Texas National, SFA Gallery, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX — Juror: Faith Ringgold
1995 Painting Today, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT — Juror: William Bailey
1995 Boston University Visual Arts Alumni Drawing Exhibition, Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA
1994 Cheekwood National, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN — Juror: Kenneth Noland
1994 Hoyt National, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA — Juror: Judy Chicago
1993 Point of View: A Woman’s World, Women’s Caucus for Art, Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Sixth Annual National Art Competition, Northeast Missouri State University
1993 New Directions, Barrett House, Poughkeepsie, NY — Juror: Alan Weinberg, Whitney Museum of American Art
1993 New Art ’93, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
AWARDS
2021 Honorable Mention, ANJE, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
2018 Finalist, Kalos Visual Art Prize (Ruminate Magazine)
2018 Outstanding Acrylic, Bold Brush Online Competition
2018 Award of Excellence, Beacon Gallery Juried Exhibition
2017 Outstanding Acrylic, Bold Brush Online Competition
2017 Finalist, Savvy Painter Online Competition
2017 Vermont Studio Center Residency Grant
2016 Finalist, Landscape Category, Artists Magazine
2015 Honorable Mention, Painting, Artists Magazine
2015 Vermont Studio Center Residency Grant
2013 Vermont Studio Center Residency Grant
1999 National Small Works Merit Award
1997 Kougeas Gallery Juror’s Exhibition Award
1995 Painting Today Merit Award
1994 Cheekwood National Merit Award, 2nd Prize Painting
1993 Nan Award (Travel Grant), Boston University
1992 Liquitex Excellence in Art Grant
BIBLIOGRAPHY / INTERVIEWS
2025 Harvard Art Museums, Visiting Workshop Leader
2022 Visiting Artist, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
2020 Interview with Jean Sbarra Jones, Painting Perceptions, July 6, 2020
2020 Meet the Artist, Beacon Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 Poets/Artists: Adorn Me — Juror: Carol Hodes
2018 Boston Voyager Magazine, Feature Interview
2018 Poets/Artists: Anything but Painting the Figure
2018 The Woven Tale Press, Website Review
2018 AcrylicWorks 5, North Light Books
2013 Studio Visit, Volume Winter
2011 Studio Visit, Volume Sixteen
1998 Cate McQuaid, “Fall Exhibits Offer a Feast…,” The Boston Globe
1998 Kathleen Bitetti, “Destination: East Boston,” artsMEDIA
1997 Lynn Manderson, “Green Light,” East Boston Sun Transcript
1997 The Boston Sunday Globe, City Section
TEACHING
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Gordon College, Wenham, MA
New England School of Art & Design, Boston, MA
Boston College, Boston, MA
Lesley University (formerly Art Institute of Boston), Cambridge, MA
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA