Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont, MFA in Visual Art – 1998-2000
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, BFA in Photography – 1990-93
Pacific Fashion Institute, San Francisco, California – 1973-74
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California – 1971-72
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California – 1970
Los Angeles Harbor College, Wilmington, California – 1967-69
Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama – 1966-67
Professional Teaching Experience
2002-present - Florida Atlantic University, Dept. of Arts and Philosophy, Main Campus, Boca Raton, FL
2000-2002 - Broward Community College, Dept. of Arts & Philosophy, Adams Campus, Davie, FL - Adjunct Professor
1995-2001 - Miami-Dade Community College, Dept. of Arts and Humanities, Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL - Adjunct Professor
Professional art museum/gallery experience
2001 – Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL – freelance preparator
1998-2000 - A+ Resources Gallery, Miami, FL – freelance preparator
1998-2000 – Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA - freelance preparator
1996 – Skot Foreman Fine Art, Ltd., Dania, FL – freelance preparator
1994-96 - Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL – preparatory, interim facilities manager
1994-96 – Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA – freelance preparator
EXHIBITION RECORD
Solo Exhibitions
2002 - “Recent Works”, Cultural Resource Center Gallery, Stephen P. Clark Center, 111 NW 1st St., Miami, FL
2000 – “I Anoint My Flesh: MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Vermont college of Norwich University, Montpelier, VT
“Vulture Project & Performance,” St. Lucie Locks, St. Lucie River, Martin Co., FL
“Feature Artist,” South Florida Arts and Culture, http://www.digitalcity.com
1999 – “Vulture Project & Performance,” Myakka River State Park, Sarasota, FL
“Seraphic Light,” Vermont College of Norwich University, campus meadow, Montpelier, VT
1998 – “Mangrove-Mud-Mystery,” Matheson Hammock Park, Coral Gables, FL
1997 – “Cotton & Iron: Another View,” Century21 Galleries, North Miami, FL
1996 – “Cotton & Iron,” Interamerican Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
1995 – “Condition of Unfocus,” University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
1994 – “Water is Both the Barrier and the Passageway,” Center for the Arts, Stuart, FL
1972 – “Images of Life, Death, and the Unknown,” The New Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1970 – “Solo Exhibition,” The Studio, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 “Nepotism” Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2003 “DRAWING CONCLUSIONS” [Art Miami], Buena Vista Building; 180 NE 39th Street 2nd Floor, Suite #218; Miami Design District Miami, FL
“The Diaspora Speaks: African American Artists from the Permanent Collection,” February 1 - March 30, 2003
South Dade Regional Library, Miami-Dade County, 10750 SW 211 Street
2002 “As Art: As Philosophy”, Broward Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Davie, FL
“Houses of the Spirit”, Miami-Dade Public Library Auditorium, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami, FL
“Adjunct Faculty Exhibition”, Broward Community College Fine Art Gallery Broward Community College, 5401 SW Davie Rd., Davie, FL
“A is for Art”, Miami-Dade Public Library Auditorium, 101 W. Flagler St., Miami, FL
“Mirror, Mirror”, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, 3550 N. Miami Av., Miami, FL
“NO-Home Show”, Home of Eugenia Vargas, 890 NE 90th Street, Miami Shores, FL
“NO-Show!”, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, 3078 SW 38 Court, Miami, FL.
2001 “Seven Days - Seven Days: Kwanzaa,” African Heritage Cultural Center, Miami, FL
“Hurricane Show,” New Gallery, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
“Summer Tossed Salad,” Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL
“New Space: New Audience,” Columbia College, Chicago, IL, online exhibition 2001-present
“Vulture Vida,” Miami Courthouse, Miami, FL
“Adjunct Faculty Exhibition,” Broward Community College, Davie, FL
“Photographic Works from the Permanent Collection,” Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1999 – “All God’s Children Got Shoes,” Miami-Dade Public Library, Main Library, Miami, FL
1998 – “ Assembly Line,” Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
“African-American Art in South Florida,” Gallery North, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
1997 – “3 Person Group Show,” Galerie Douyon, Miami, FL
“Florida Provenance: Mixed Media Works from the Permanent Collection,” Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1996 – “Crossings,” Gallery Antigua, Miami, FL
“Ethereal Images: Photographic Installations,” Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona, FL
1995 – “The Black Box Project,” Ground Level Gallery of Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
“Sculpture in the Landscape,” University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1994 – “Where the Water Tastes Like Cherry Wine,” Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland FL
“Chiaroscuro: 1994 Montgomery Biennial,” Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL
“The Body Beautiful,” Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
“Miami DADA,” Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
“Exodus,” Ground Level Gallery of Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
1993 – “Collage & Assemblage,” Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
“Southern Roots: South Florida Invitational,” Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Miami/Beach Exchange,” Ground Level Gallery of Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
“A Caribbean Affair: Watercolor and Photography,” The Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts, Eatonville, FL
“African American Artists,” City Hall Gallery, Orlando, FL
1992 – “Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic,” (tour), Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
“Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic,” (tour), Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
“Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic,” (tour), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
1991 - “Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic,” (tour), Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic,” (tour), Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
“Interior Motives, Interior Motifs,” Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA
“Impressions: From Afrika to Amerika,” Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, Miami, FL
“Martin County Black Heritage Association Invitational,” Martin County Cultural Courthouse, Stuart, FL
1990 - “Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic,” (tour), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
“Ten Years of Kuumba: 1980-1990,” North Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
“Miami: Thriving in change (1940-1990),” North Dade Regional Library, North Beach Miami, FL
“Photography Today,” Peter Drew Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
“Three Black Artists,” Northwood University, W. Palm Beach, FL
1989 – “Sea Oaks Invitational,” Sea Oaks Resort, Vero Beach, FL
“Florida Competitive,” Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
“38th All Florida Juried Competition,” Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
“Zack-Schuster Gallery Invitational,” Zack-Schuster Gallery, Aventura, FL
“Boke N’Deye,” Bakehouse Art Complex Main Gallery, Miami, FL
1988 – “Kuumba Artists Showcase,” Model City Cultural Center, Miami, FL
“Vero Beach Art Club Invitational,” Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1987 – “Ancestral Projections,” North Dade Regional Library, North Miami Beach, FL
“Native Son,” Model City Cultural Center, Miami, FL
1968 – “Onajide Shabaka – Ray Bravo,” Watts Towers Art Center Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
COLLECTIONS
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
Shoreline School District, Seattle, WA
Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, WA
Sequim School District, Sequim, WA
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
1994 – New Forms Florida, Individual Artist Grant
1994 – Individual Artist Fellowship, Florida Department of Cultural Affairs.
1989 – Purchase Award, mixed-media photography, “Annual Florida Competitive, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1988 – Florida Humanities Council (symposium) 1987 – Merit Award, watercolor, Sunstreet Festival, Miami, FL
1987 – Judges Recognition, photography, Sunstreet Festival, Miami, FL
1987 – Purchase Award, watercolor, “Native Son” exhibition, Model City Cultural Center, Miami, FL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Works in Catalogues
“Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and African America,” Museum for African Art, New York, NY.
“Conversations – Interamerican Art Gallery,” Miami-Dade Community College Interamerican Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
“Ethereal Images: Photographic Installations,” Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona, FL
“Crossings,” Gallery Antigua, Miami, FL
“Sculpture in the Landscape,” University of Miami campus, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
“Where the Water Tastes Like Cherry Wine,” Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
“Chiaroscuro: 1994 Montgomery Biennial,” Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, Montgomery, AL
“Southern Roots: 3rd South Florida Invitational,” Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
“Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic,” Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
“Miami/Beach Exchange,” Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL
“Florida Competitive,” Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
REVIEWS/ARTICLES
Turner, Elisa, “Exhibit captures small-town feel of African-American like,” The Miami Herald, Miami, FL, 12 March, 1998
Cantor, Judy, “Cotton & Iron: Another View,” New Times, Miami, FL, 5 March, 1997
Turner, Elisa, “Cotton & Iron – redux,” The Miami Herald, Miami, FL, 4 April, 1997
Morgan, Ann Barclay, “Ethereal Images,” Sculpture, July/August 1996
Pierce, Susan, “UALR’s 3 Galleries,” Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Little Rock, AR, 29 October, 1995
Dean, Kevin, and Kipling, Kay, “The American Experience: Onajide Shabaka,” The Longboat Observer, Sarasota, FL 7 January, 1993
Tagliarini, Lynda, “Artist advocates multiculturalism,” Fort Pierce Tribune, Ft. Pierce, FL, 21 May, 1993
Kangas, Matthew, “Common Ground Separates Choices (Next Generation),” Art in America, New York, NY, Vol. 80, No.3, March, 1992
Feature Article, The News Tribune, Fri., 24 May, 1991
Patterson, Tom, “Focus on New African American Art,” The Arts Journal, June, 1990, Vol. 15, No.8, Winston-Salem, NC
McQuaid, Kathy, “Black Aesthetic is emerging,” Journal Messenger, Manassas, VA, 20 November, 1990
Butler, Jeri, “Rejoicing in one’s heritage,” The Stuart News, Stuart, FL, 21 February, 1989
Pulliam, Nisha, “Fort Pierce resident shows off works at Kuumba Artists Association Exhibition,” The Palm Beach Post, W. Palm Beach, FL, 11 February, 1989
Pulliam, Nisha, “Boca Museum Juried Exhibition,” June, 1989
INTERVIEWS
“Conversations – Interamerican Art Gallery,” Miami-Dade Community College Interamerican Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL, 1996
“TCTV – Vero Beach Live,” Vero Beach, FL, May 1989
“TCTV – Vero Beach Live,” Vero Beach, FL, July 1989
Wilder, Anne, “His Dream,” Fort Pierce Tribune, Ft. Pierce, FL 1977
Wilder, Anne, “African Heritage,” Fort Pierce Tribune, Ft. Pierce, FL, 31 July, 1977
Bartlett, John, “African Import Shop,” The Palm Beach Post, St. Lucie Co. edition, 23 February, 1977
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES, PERFORMANCES
2001 - Artist-in-residence, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
1996 – Slide Lecture, Black and White Men Together, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1995 – Slide Lecture, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
1990 – “The Validity of African American Art,” slide lecture, Norton Museum of Art, W. Palm Beach, FL
1989 – “Tradition and Change in the Next Decade,” lecture, Cultural Arts Conference, Ft. Pierce, FL
1988 – Artist-in-residence, Indian River County School District, Vero Beach, FL
1998 – Guest Lecturer, College Reach-Out Program, Indian River Community College, Ft. Pierce, FL
Authored publications
“The Structure of Puryear,” www.miamiartexchange.com, 16 July, 2001
“Homage to Denise Andrews,” www.miamiartexchange.com, 26 April, 2001
“Equal but Separate Exhibition,” www.miamiartexchange.com, 3 November, 2000
“Medicines of a Reconstructed Past: African American Burial Art in Florida,” Tomb With a View, Lyndhurst, OH, Spring 1997
“Interview with Gary Moore,” Art Papers, Vol. 20, Jan/Feb 1996, pp. 10-13
“View From Beyond the Scared Garden: Interview with Edouard Duval-Carrié,” Art Papers, Vol. 20, Jul/Aug 1996, pp. 14-17
NTU ArtsNewsletter, Editor, Publisher, 1989-1991
“Glassman: Dale Chihuly,” Sarasota Arts Review, Vol. 5 Issue 3, December, 1994, pp. 10-14
Freelance Writer, The Florida Mirror, Palm Beach County, FL 1989
“Afrikan Roots,” weekly columnist, The Chronicle, Ft. Pierce, FL, August-October, 1997
Conferences Organized
Cultural Arts Conference, Director & Moderator, 1990 Leadership Conference, NTU ArtsNewsletter, Ft. Pierce, FL , 30 November, 1990
Cultural Arts Conference, Director, Afro-American Cultural Exposition for the Arts, Ft. Pierce, FL, 1989
“Spirit of a People,” Co-Director and Project Consultant, symposium sponsored by Florida Humanities Council and Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL, 1988
Professional Community Service Organizations
2002 - Managing Editor, www.miamiartexchange.com
1998 – African Diaspora Fine Arts Committee, Education Committee, Miami, FL
1995 – Art Center South Florida, Exhibition Committee, Miami Beach, FL
1988-1994 – Kuumba Artists Association, Board of Directors, Miami, FL
1993 – South Carolina Arts Commission, FYI 1994-95, Juror, Individual Artist Fellowship
1990 – St. Lucie County Cultural Affairs Council, Reorganization Sub-committee on Mission Statement/Bylaws, Ft. Pierce, FL
1989 – Treasure Coast Fine Arts Festival, St. Lucie County Department of Parks and Recreation, Art Juror, Ft. Pierce, FL
1988 – Martin County Black Heritage Association, Board of Directors, Stuart, FL
1988 – “Black Gold: The Wealth of African and African American Culture,” Steering Committee, sponsored by Florida Humanities Council and St. Lucie County Department of Parks and Recreation, Ft. Pierce, FL
