EDUCATION:
- PhD, History of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- MFA, Visual Arts, State University of New York, Stony Brook
- MA, History of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- BFA, Visual Arts, Florida International University, Miami
ART AWARDS:
- Columbus Invitational Art Competition – Nomination (2012)
- Special Recognition: Ohio Art League’s Centennial – One of 100 people supporting the visual arts in Central Ohio (’09)
- Best of Show NEA Award: Works on Paper Competition, Shepherd State College, Shepherdstown, WV (1993)
- Ville de Tonneis Grand Prix D’Aquitaine: ‘Les Tres Ameriques A Tonneis’ Exhibition, Musee du Luxembourg, Paris, FR (’89)
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
- Fulbright-Hays GPA Award, OSU CLAS Teaching the Andes Program (Summer 2017)
- Murnane, Pyne, Snow Research/ Travel Grant, The Ohio State University (Autumn 2014 and Spring 2015)
- Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant, Arts & Sciences, The Ohio State University (2014)
- Graduate Teaching Assistantship, The Ohio State University, History of Art Department (2013-2015, Spring 2016)
- W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship: Academic Scholarship, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY (1989-92)
- Coca Cola Scholarship: Academic Scholarship, Florida International University, Miami (1984-89)
VISITING CURATOR:
- REROUTED (co-curated w/Erek Nass, Jason Crabill, Michael Denison, Leslie Herrmann) – BexArts, Bexley Public Library, July 2022
- THIS IS NOW (co-curated w/April Sturkey Sunami, Marshall Shorts) – Carnegie Gallery/ROY G BIV, Cols., OH, May-June ’17
- ESPEJISMOS (MIRAGES) – Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio, August 4-27, 2011
- INTRICATE SPACES: ROXANNE SMITH-MANSELL – Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH, December 2003
- “CONSTELLATIONS AND CRUSTACEANS…” – ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH, March 1999
- LATINOS IN CENTRAL OHIO – Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH, January 1997
VISITING LECTURER:
- ARTIST PANEL – Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH – March 11, 2023
- MALCS CONFERENCE – Pre-Conference Artist Talk – OSU – July 17, 2013
- MEMBER OF LATINA ARTIST PANEL: Sponsored by LASER, OSU Union, Monday, May 22, 2013
- MEMBER OF ARTIST PANEL: LATINO ARTS/ OHIO 2008 – Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery, September 2008
- GUEST ARTIST, MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP – Upper Arlington Concourse Gallery, August 2004
- GUEST SPEAKER – Delaware Arts Guild, Delaware, OH, January 2000
- GUEST SPEAKER: CONVERSATIONS AND COFFEE SERIES – Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH, May 1993
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
- Martin de Porres Center, Columbus, OH
- Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Mexican-North American Institute of Cultural Relations, Monterrey, Nuevo León, MX
- Graduate School, State University of New York at Stony Brook
- Political Science Department, State University of New York at Stony Brook
- Rotary Club’s Camp Paquatuck, Center Moriches, NY
- Fish Dream (Painted Environment), Wagner College, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
- Argentina, Ecuador
- US (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas)
PRESS HIGHLIGHTS:
- Dayton Daily News, OH, Meredith Ross, 2/25/23
- Springfield News-Sun, OH, Brett Turner, 10/22/22
- Columbus Underground, OH, Jeff Regensburger, 7/18/22 (online version)
- Columbus Dispatch, OH, Nancy Gilson, 7/17/22 (print version)
- Columbus Dispatch, OH, Nancy Gilson, 7/16/22 (online version)
- Spectrum News, Columbus, OH, Brionna Rivers, 7/1/22 (cable news segments)
- Columbus Dispatch, OH, Elizabeth Trapp, 10/6/13
- Columbus Dispatch, OH, Melissa Starker, 6/16/13
- Columbus Alive, OH, Jackie Mantey, 5/16/13
- Columbus Underground, OH, Jeff Regensburger, 4/7/12
- Columbus Alive, OH, Heather Gross, 2/29/12
- The Columbus Dispatch, OH, Amy Davis, 8/14/11
- Bexley News, OH, Deborah M. Dunlap, 8/3/11
- Columbus Underground, OH, Kyle Shriner, 2/14/10
- This Week in Bexley, OH, Ann Tormet, 4/2010
- Columbus Underground, OH, Alexandra Kelley, 1/12/10
- AbsoluteArts.com, 8/25/08
- The Columbus Dispatch, OH, Kaizaad Kotwal, 8/31/08
- ShawnOlson.net, Shawn Olson, 1/06/04
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This Week in Bexley, Ina Horowitz-Whitmore, 12/25/03
- AbsoluteArts.com, 12/31/03
- Messenger, Columbus, OH, Shawn Olson, 9/9/02
- Bexley News, OH, Roberta Pierce, 10/12/99
- The Columbus Dispatch, OH, Jacqueline Hall, 5/27/99
- Columbus Alive, OH, Kim Leddy, 1/8/97
- The Columbus Dispatch, OH, Kay Koeninger, 1/12/97
- OutLook, Columbus, OH, Clare Ross, 6/27/96-7/10/96
- Falcon-Times, Miami, FL, Kelly Hanlon, 10/11/95
- ABC, Monterrey, NL, MEX, Aracely Rodriguez, 7/3/94
- GSO News/ Blues, Stony Brook, NY, Jay Grimm, V.2/ #7, 3/17/92
- The Village Times & The Beacon, Long Island, NY, photo, 2/20/92
- Three Village Herald, Long Island, NY, Marjorie Kaufman, 5/2/90
- Stony Brook Press, SUNY Stony Brook, NY, Rudy Rabel, 10/16/90
- Newsday, NY, Eileen Swift, 3/25/90