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Artist Statement:
About My Sisters 1996-2006
I began photographing my
sisters in 1993 during my
first photography class in
high school. It wasn’t until I
was a junior at Mass Art that
I began to take it seriously
as a project and see its
larger potential.
I began trying to compare my
sister’s very different lives
to my own. We have different
mothers; theirs being Jane my
stepmother, but we share the
same father I was fascinated
by how I thought they were
being socialized into Girls
with a capital G. I loved when
I could catch them staring in
the mirror pretending to have
breasts, playing with their
toy ironing boards and dolls
or playing dress-up in a
princess dress. At the same
time, I started photographing
their friends. What I
discovered defeated my notion
that there was an easy
definition to what a girl is.
At this time Abby was seven
and Emily was eight. Emily was
adopted when I was 12 because
my stepmother and father
couldn’t conceive. As soon as
they adopted her, Jane became
pregnant with Abby. They are
nine months apart and where
always in the same grade. I
was absolutely...
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Artist Reviews:
Dear Friends,
In my last email I announced
my partnership with United
States Artists to raise funds
for the BAG project to travel
to Montana. I am writing to
you again with a plea for
action. There are only
30-something days left for me
to reach my funding goal ...
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Exhibition Record
Solo Exhibitions
2011- BAG, Glasgow Goodkind Gallery, Glasgow, MT
2010- BAG, Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
2009- A Chronicle of Lovers Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
Korean Notebooks Orange Coast College Photography Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 2009-
2008- Images from Ciudad Colon, Galeria Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007- Yo Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006- International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
2005- Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
Elastic Identity, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX
2004- Information, Information, Bridgette Mayer Gallery (project space), Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibition, Tyler School of Art Exhibition Space, Philadelphia, PA
A Little Girl No More, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
A Little Girl No More, Abrons Art Center, Henry St. Settlement, New York, NY
New Work, Clinton House Artspace, Ithaca, NY
2003-Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbox, TX
2002-Phantom Art Gallery, Girl/Woman/Girl, San Jose, CA
Remembering Twelve, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibit, Gallery Three, San Jose, CA
2001-New Mythologies, Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA
New Paintings, Gallery Five, San Jose State University
Scopophilia, Collaboration with Jennifer Levy, San Jose State University
2000 -Girls, Gallery Two, San Jose State University
1998 -Girls at Ten, Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain, MA
Of Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice, Light Sources, Boston, MA
Select Group Exhibitions
2011
Refugee Reading Room, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
MassArt Juried Benefit Acution, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
The Public & The Private, (Scene)Metrospace, Lansing, MI
2010
ICPNY, Anniversary Exhibition, New York, NY
Photobook!! Davis Orton Galery, Hudson, NY
Essence: The Truth in Portrait, Austin Details Art & Photo, Austin, TX
Photo Spiva 2010, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
Identity The Anchor Collection, Philadelphia, PA
SPE Juried Exhbition, Silicon Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Women, The International House, UPENN, Philadelphia, PA
2009
ltered Book: Artists Re-imagine the Book Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
Fall Exhibition Gallery 612, Haddon Heights, NJ
Summer Selections 2009 International Print Center, NY, NY
Bodega Exhibition, Perfect Eight, New York, NY
Bitch Fusion Art Musueum, New York, NY
Sanlun Yishu, Mobile Gallery, Beijing, China
A&C Art Fair Seoul 2009, Seoul Art Gallery, Seoul, S, Korea
The Concept of Contemproary Art, Galery Meepyung, Seoul, S.Korea
Philadelphia Center for the Book presents Stretching the Spine: Books on Health &
Healing the Hahnemann Library, Philadelphia, PA
H(4U) Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2008
Sanlun Yishu, Mobile Gallery, Beijing, China
IRevelar, Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Artoteque 1st Annual Biennial, London, England
Faculty Exhibition, University of Ulsan, South Korea
Print Center’s 82nd International Competition The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Pacific Festival of the Book, Victoria Arts Connection, Victoria, BC Canada
Big Food, Bowman Gallery, Allegheny College, PA
Altered Books, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, MN (curated by Betty Bright)
2007
Dirty Little Secrets, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Conceptually Bound, University Art Gallery, Chico, CA (catalogue)
Dangerous Women, The Gallery at Mercer Comm. College, Trenton, NJ (catalogue)
Crossroads, Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY (catalogue)
Interactions, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Detrius Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, S. Orange ,NJ
Seams and Surfaces, Gallery 124, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Medial 2. Art Biennial, Art Addiction, London, England
Contained Art, Galerie Sei-Un-Do, Zurich, Switzerland
Growing Up Girl, Open Lens Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Holidaze, Go North Gallery, Beacon, NY
2006
Proof: Video Screening curated by Colette Copeland, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
SubTerrane, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Vernacular Spectacular Extravaganza Exhibition, UPenn Meyerson Gallery, Phila. PA
Terror, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Texas Photographic Society International Juried Traveling Exhibition, Austin, TX
Growing Up Girl, Open Lens Gallery at the Gersham Y, Philadelphia, PA
Cut and Paste, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Boobies, Falling Cow Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Second Skin, Harding Mott University Center Gallery U of Michigan, Flint MI
80th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Engendering Diversity, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
12th Juried Exhibition, curated by Bonnie Benrubi, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
National Women’s Exhibition, Impact Artists’ Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Women’s Things: Reassessing Everyday Objects, Rogue College, Grants Pass, OR
Bound/Unbound, The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Framed, City/County of Wilmington, DE
Click Art, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
Meraviglia, Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
2005
Alpan International 2005, Alpan Gallery, Long Island, NY
SPE Mid-Atlantic Video Festival Screening, Fairfax, VA
Philadelphia Cheek, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Momenta Art Benefit 2005, White Columns , New York, NY
Art Full Text, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
National Women’s Show, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD
Women, Words and Images, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
Letters, Words and Books, SPA Gallery, Barre, VT
2004
Relative: Photographing Domesticity, ATHICA, Athens, GA
Pareidolia, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
Closer In, Contemporary Arts Center, North Adams, MA
Rendering Gender, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2004 Everson Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Women in the Middle, for NWSA, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
New American Talent: The Nineteenth Exhibition, Arthouse, TX: Traveling Exhibition
re(GENDER), University of Detroit, Detroit, MI
Bethesda International Photography Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Pages, The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY (Curated by Buzz Spector)
Document, TIXE Art Space, NY, NY
Identity, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Alternative Materials Show, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2003
National Juried Show, Organization of Independent Artists, Gallery 402, NY, NY
Faculty Show, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
International Assemblage Artist Exhibition, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany
Ellie Brown and Erin Shaddox, Community School of Music and Art, Mtn. View, CA
Juried Exhibition, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Girls, Georgia State University Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Heritage Bank Group Show, San Jose, CA
Ladyfest South, Atlanta GA
Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
MUSAWWIR ARMAS, First Exhibition, Trenton, NJ
Regarding Beauty, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
National II Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
June Show, The SPACE Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002 Spring International Invitational Exhibition, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
The Center for Photography Annual Benefit Auction, invitational, Woodstock, NY
Out of State, WORKS, San Jose, CA
2001
Namenlosen, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA
Best Contemporary Art 2001 WWW National Juried Art Exhibition and Photographic Processed III International Exhibit, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE Urban, Suburban & the Boondocks, The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA
Genderplex, San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
Embodied: Feminist Self Portraits, Galeria Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista, CA
Artist/Athlete/Artist: Portrait of the Artist as Athlete, Sun Gallery, Hayward, CA
Juried Art Show, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove
National Juried Competition, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ-Merit Award Winner
29th Annual Photo Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
Women Image Women, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
A.I.R. Gallery 4th Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1996-2000
Two Photographers, Exit Gallery, Reno, NV, 2000
Terminal, Gallery Oni, Boston, MA, 1999
Perfect Strangers, The White Elephant Gallery, Boston, MA, 1998
Summer Exhibition, Skopelos, Greece, 1997 International Exhibition
Manifest, A Biennial of Contemporary Visual Art, Copley Society, Boston, MA, 1997
Emerging Image, Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, MA, 1997
Illuminations, Massachusetts College of Art, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA, 1996
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