Awards & Honors
2019 - Second prize for photo-collage at New Britain Museum of American Art show
2017 - Award for best collage, New Haven Paint & Clay Club Annual exhibition. Collage also purchased for permanent collection of Paint & Clay Club
2017 - Collage received “Viewer’s Choice Best Work of Art” award at the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
2016 - Awarded “Public Art in the Community” Grant by the CT Office of the Arts for a Community Project “Celebrate New Haven”
2015 - Awarded “Regional Initiative Grant” by the CT Office of the Arts for “Wallingford Townscape – A Community Art Project
2015 - Collages acquired for permanent collection by New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
2015 & 2009 - Awards for Best Collage, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, CT
2011 - Award for Best Drawing, New Haven Paint & Clay Club, CT
2006 - Fellowship Grant by CT Commission on Culture & Tourism for Photo-Collage
1988 - Collage acquired by Museum of Modern Art, Bhopal, India
1988 - Collage commissioned by Ministry of Energy resources, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India
1986 - Award for Collage in International Art Exhibition, Greene Street Gallery, NYC
Community & Public Art Projects
2018 - Lead Artist for collaborative photo-collage, Essex Elementary School, CT
2018 - "Our Hearts Grow Wild", a collaborative collage project for the Arts For Healing program, Smilow cancer Center and Childrens Hospital at the Yale New Haven Hospital, CT
2017 - Lead Artist “Celebrate New Haven”, a Community Public Art Project at the New Haven Free Public Library
2016 - Lead Artist, “Mumbai, A Collaborative Collage””, a project at school for disenfranchised children in Mumbai slums sponsored by ASEEMA, a nonprofit foundation, Mumbai, India
2016 - Lead Artist, “Wallingford Townscape – a Community Art Project”, a town wide photo collage project in partnership with the Wallingford Public Library, funded by the Connecticut Office of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts
2015 - Artist in Residence, Southington Public Schools for an art project based on Photo-collages, partnering with the New Britain Museum of American Art. Funded by Community Foundation of New Britain and the Southington Education Foundation
Artist Talks / Teaching Residencies
2013 - Current - Teaching Artist, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
1998 - Current - Teaching Artist & Head of Arts Department, Wallingford Parks and Recreation, CT
2014 - 2015 Teaching Artist, Mattatuck Museum Art, Waterbury, CT
2014 - Drawing workshop titled “The Power of Line” for disenfranchised children in Mumbai slums sponsored by ASEEMA, a nonprofit foundation, Mumbai, India
2014 - Multiple community workshops in New Haven, CT, sponsored by Arts Council of New Haven
2012 - Visiting artist, Greenwich Academy, CT
2011 - Drawing Workshops, New Haven Public Schools, CT
2009 - Artist Talk at the Norwalk Community College
2008 - Collage Workshop at New Britain Museum of American Art
2006 - 2012 Adjunct Professor at the Middlesex Community College, CT
2005 - Artist Talk, Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, CT
2000 & 2001 - Resident Artist, Young Audiences of Connecticut, New Haven, CT
1999 - 2008 - Visiting Artist “Meet the Artist” project, bringing art gallery to schools, Wallingford, CT
1983 - 84 - Research Residency, an invitational project to teach rural potters technical aspects of pottery
Solo Exhibitions
2019 - Urban Legends of Modern Archaeology, Art Walk, Hartford Public Library, CT
2018 - Writing on the Wall, New Alliance Gallery, Gateway Community College, CT
2018 - Urban Legend, New Alliance Gallery, Gateway Community College, CT
2017 - Writing on the Wall, at Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT
2017 - Modern Archaeology, at Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT
2016 - Cut Up, Collages at Cheshire Academy, CT
2012 - Assembly Line, Collages & Drawings, Greenwich Academy, CT
2009 Photo –Collages Norwalk Community College, CT
2005 - Continuum, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT
2005 - Cultures in Continuum, Cheshire Academy, Cheshire, CT
2003 - Facets, Middlesex Community College, CT
1998 - Full Circle, Landmark Gallery, Wallingford, CT
1997 - Routes to my Roots, Living Traditions Gallery, Bristol, CT
1988 - Paper Collages, Triveni Art Gallery, New Delhi, India
1983 - Paper Collages - Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India
Invitational & Group Exhibitions
2020 - A Century of Creativity, Lyman Allyn Museum of Art, New London, CT
2019 - Nor’easter, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
2018 - Women Artists of the New Haven Paint & Clay Club, New Haven Museum, CT
2017 - Paper Rock Scissors, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2017 - Silence Breakers, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2017 - Cool + Collected, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT
2017 - Broad Stripes & Bright Stars, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2017 - Construction Workers, Keyes Gallery, Branford, CT
2017 - In Grace We Trust, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2016 - Me Gusta el Sonida, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2016 - Virtual Reality, Collages at River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
2015 - Studio Tour and Talk Open Studio, CT, selected for talk by guest curator, Susan Greenberg, exec. Director, Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, NYC
2015 to 2017 - Nor’Easter, Annual Juried Show at the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
2015 - Going Big, Central Booking, New York, NY
2014 - Sway Shift, Installation at SCA Contemporary, Albuquerque, NM
2014 - Cut and Paste, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2013 -Our Expanding Circle, Paper New England, Artspace, Hartford, CT
2012 - Studio Tour and Talk Open Studio, CT, selected for talk by Paul Ha, MIT List Art Center
2012 - Governor’s Island Art Fair New York City, NY
2012 - Garbage Barge Revisited, Islip Museum, New York
2011 - Pick Two at Artspace, Curated by Tim Young, Curator, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
2011 - SCRAWL Large Scale Drawing Project, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2010 - Collages at Old Town Hall Museum, Stamford, CT
2009 - Real Places, Ideal Spaces Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
2009 - Lost & Found, Commission on Culture & Tourism Art Gallery, Hartford, CT
2008 - Curator’s Choice Best of City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2008 - Urban Shape, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
2007 - 101 Dresses Artspace, New Haven, CT
2006 - Ensemble, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2005 - Picasso’s Women, Black Rock Arts Center, Bridgeport, CT
2004 - Butternut Ink, Asian American Arts Center, New York City, NY
2003 - Photo-collages, Art Place, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1986 - Professional Category State Art Exhibition & Bajaj Art Gallery, Bombay, India
1985 - Faculty Chooses Student Bajaj Art Gallery, Bombay, India
1983 - Art International Scarsdale Art Society, Greene Street Gallery, New York, NY
1981 - Selected Invitational Art Society of India, Bombay
Curatorial Projects
2016 Game On, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2015 - By & By, the Gallery at the CT Office of the Arts, Hartford, CT
2007 - 2008 Pilot Pen Invitational Show in Player’s Lounge, CT Tennis Center, New Haven, CT
2007 - Dreams, Memories and Sleep, in collaboration with Yale Dept. of Psychiatry, Haskins Laboratory, New Haven, CT.
2002 - Honor Through Art, a memorial exhibition in honor of the 9/11 tragedy, Wallingford Public Library
Other
2016 - 19 - Panel Reviewer, CT Office of the Arts, for public art projects at Western CT State University,
2014 - Moderator, Sunday Critique sessions at the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
2004 - 2016 - Visual Arts Advisory Group at Arts Council of Greater New Haven
2015 - 2016 - Manager, Flat Files, and Visual Arts Committee, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2006 - 2010 -Coordinator, Director, City-Wide Open Studios, New Haven, CT
1989 -1990 - Professional Photographer, Fuji Film Studio, Sultanate of Oman
Education
Degree in Art, with a double major in Fine Art and Ceramics, Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay, India
Diploma in Photography, Photography Society of India
Certificate in Photoshop, New Haven, CT