ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Opened NEXT STEP STUDIOS in 1995, Ferndale, MI
Junior League Showhouse w/Brian Killian & Co.
Publicity in House Beautiful Magazine
Exhibited in several outdoor Art Fairs (1994-1998)

EDUCATION

1992 BFA, Ceramics, Center for Creative Studies – Detroit, MI
1985-1988 Oakland Community College – Royal Oak, MI

EXHIBITIONS

1998 SOFA Show, NYC Armory on Park Ave., (rep. by Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA)
1997 Two Person Show, Next Step Studios, Ferndale, MI
Navy Pier SOFA Show, Chicago, IL (rep. by Gallery Function Art, MI)
The Artful Cup Exhibit Invitational, Karen Ruhl Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1996 One Person Show, Berman Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
New Art Forms Invitational, Bell Gallery, Memphis, TN
1995 One Person Show, Berman Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Pewabic Pottery Christmas Group Show, Detroit, MI
Michigan Ceramics MPA Show, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
1994 Kaiser Suidan/Karen Izenberg, Two Person Show, Gallery 414 Ann Arbor, MI
1993 New Works in Clay, Artspace Gallery – Birmingham, MI
1992 New Works in Clay, A One Man Show, Center Galleries – Detroit, MI
Detroit Artist Market Juried Exhibition – Detroit, MI
Center for Creative Studies Graduate Show – Detroit, MI
1991 Detroit Artist Market Scholarship Show – Detroit, MI
1990 Helen DeRoy Art Competition, Oakland Community College – Orchard Ridge, MI
Ceramics Majors, Center Galleries – Detroit, MI
Art Source Gallery – Flint, MI
Decorative Arts and Architecture Exhibit, Scarab Club – Detroit, MI

AWARDS

1997 Best of Show, Art in the Park, Birmingham, MI
1996 Best of Show, Art in the Garden, Evanston, IL
Best of Show, Art on the Green, Franklin, MI
Award of Merit, MPA Group Show, Detroit, MI
1992 Benson and Edith Ford Scholarship CCS Scholarship
1991 Booth Scholarship CCS Scholarship
Best of Show, Meadowbrook Art Fair
Bet of Show, Franklin Art Fair
Best of Show, Detroit Festival for the Arts
1990 Cash Award, Helen DeRoy Art Competition, Oakland Community College
First Place, Crafts, Mid–Michigan Art Competition
Honorable Mention, Art Source Gallery
Best of Show, Grosse Point Art Competition
Detroit Artist Market Student Scholarship
Center for Creative Studies Alumni Scholarship
Benson and Edith Ford Scholarship
1989 Center for Creative Studies Scholarship

RELATED EXPERIENCE

1993 Instructor of Ceramics Extension Program
Artists in School Workshops – CCS
1986-1992 Exhibited in numerous Michigan art fairs
1990 Internship, Swidler Gallery – Royal Oak, MI