Born in New York City
SELECT ONE PERSON SHOWS
2021 peace bridge, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
2020 Lost Picnic, Quarantine XIX, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
The Winter Show, The Corridors Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2018 behind closed doors, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
pink swords, The Re Institute, Millerton, NY
2017 beyond all walking, 571 Projects, Stowe, VT
2011 wings and murmurs, 571 Projects, NYC
2008 things that last forever, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2007 Saints and Maidens, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2006 Collapse, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2005 The Babies, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2002 People, The Boylan Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
Legends, Blue Heron Arts Center, NYC
2001 Portraits, AE Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1999 Heads, Here Art Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2021 Friends & Family, The Storefront, Bellport, NY
2020 It's All About Water, The Storefront, Bellport, NY
2019 Unreliable Narrators, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Fear of Art, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY
2017 #friendswithboats, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbour, NY
2016 Portraits, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
Spaced, Edward Thorpe Gallery, NYC
2015 Bowery Gallery Competition 2015, Steven Westfall, curator, NYC
2013 Immerse Yourself, Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
In Memoriam, Neoteric Fine Art, Amagansett, NY
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
MOBY-DICK, Neoteric Fine Art, Amagansett, NY
2012 Pillow Talk, Ille Arts, Amagansett, NY
Love and Heartbreak, Piermont Straus, Piermont, NY
2011 Water, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, NYC
Oceans, Rivers, and the Fish That Swim, Piermont Straus, Piermont, NY
Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY / 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011
On the Waterfront; Visions of Redhook, The Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Recent Work, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amgansett, NY
2009 Collection Of..., White Columns, NYC
Portrait and Presence, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Artist Secret Society, Christys Art Center, Sag Harbor, NY
Watching the Water, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Art and Desire, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Spring 09, Pamela Williams Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2008 The Beast In Me, Bowman / Bloom Gallery, NYC
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2007 High Above the High Line, Gotham Art, NYC
2005 Every Day is Different, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, NYC
Anderson Ranch Art Auction, Aspen, Colorado
2004 Flowers, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2003 Pulp, Curated by NURTUREart non-profit, inc. NYC
2002 Go Figure, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
Works on Paper, Whitney Art works, Greenport, NY
Portraits, Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1996 Scales, Hello Artichoke, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Art 5.5.96, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA
AWARDS
2017 Le Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France
2017 Oberfälzer Künstlerhaus Residency, Schwandorf, Germany
2011 Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
2011 Schloß Plüschow Residency, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
2009/10 VCCA, Amherst, VA
2008 The Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY
EDUCATION
2015 MFA Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
1997 BA Santa Monica College of Art, Architecture, and Design, S.M., CA
1988 The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre (two year certification), NYC
1987 The Chautauqua Theatre Conservatory
1986 BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1983 Pre-College Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1982 Colorado College Dance Institute with Hanya Helm, Colorado Springs, CO
SELECTED PERFORMANCE ART
conception, script, design, choreography, direction, costumes, performance - Melora Griffis
2018 "light box," The Re Institute, Millerton, NY
2012 "Against the Wall," 571 Projects, NYC
2011 "Hurricaine Baby," The Blackbird Studio Theatre, NYC
2007 "Veils - a Reality Show," with Brian Dewan (host), The Culture Project, Women's Center Stage/ Dixon Place, NYC
2006 "Fault," Dixon Place, NYC
1993 "Shook," Manhattan Class Company, NYC
1992 "Hunting Accident," NADA, NYC
1990 "SOON," RAPP Arts Center, NYC
"On the Bed," with Peter Davis/JD Salinger audio, RAPP Arts Center, NYC
COLLABORATIONS
2016 "The Form Things Take," Tal Halevi Dance, Jeanette Stoner Studio, NYC
2007 "Obsession of the Other," by Frank Schroeder, Roger Smith Gallery, NYC
1992 "In the Orange Grove," The Israel Festival, Jerusalem, Nimrod Fried Co.
1987 "The Housing Project," with Yoshiko Chuma, Art Park, Lewiston, NY