Curriculum Vitae

 

EDUCATION                   
2005 Bachelor of Arts (Cum Laude), University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Art Major with Ceramics Concentration
 
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS     
Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI  August – October 2006
 
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS  (Juried)  
Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL
The Different Art of Three Women – January -February 2008  (Three Person Show)
 
Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL
La Femme Art Exhibit – March 2007
 
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Watercolor Wisconsin 2004 - Dec. 2004–April 2005  (Regional)
 
Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI
Winter Juried Exhibition – 2005, 2004, 2003, 1999, 1998
 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Annual Student Art Exhibition – 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
 
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Racine Art Guild Triennial Exhibition – 2001
 
 
 
FESTIVALS & EVENTS  (Juried)
Annual Mexico Beach Art & Wine Festival, Mexico Beach, FL - 2008, 2007
 
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL
Emerging Artist, 2008
 
 
EXHIBITIONS  (Non-Juried)              
Monforts Fine Art Gallery
Featured Artist – June 1 – July 1, 2010, Alpharetta, GA
Featured Artist – August 1 – September 15, 2008, Racine, WI
 
Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL
Annual Panama City Artists’ Show – March, 2007  (group)
 
Wind Point, Wisconsin
 E=LW2, Works by Linda Wawiorka and Leslie Wentzell, October 2005
 
Lemon Street Gallery, Kenosha, WI
Postage Paid – July 2005  (Invitational)
 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Senior Exhibition – May, 2005
 
 
AWARDS                         
2008 Second Place – Pottery, Sculpture, Mexico Beach Art & Wine Festival
 
2008 Emerging Artist, Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa FL
                                      
2007 First Place – Pottery, Sculpture, Mexico Beach Art & Wine Festival
                                      
2005 Exhibit Award (Solo Show), Winter Juried Exhibition, Anderson Arts Center
                                      
2005 Academic Achievement Award, Art Department, UW-Parkside
                                      
2004 Honorable Mention, Annual Student Art Exhibition, UW-Parkside
 
 
OTHER                           
Guest Artist, October 2006
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
 
Recipient, Model for Artists Career Development Workshop, March 2010
Florida Arts & Culture Div. of Cultural Affairs, St. Petersberg, FL