Curriculum Vitae

Upcoming Exhibitions 2006

 

OCTOBER
“Degustation- Paint, Paste, Print”, Popopstudios, Nassau, Bahamas.
"Wine & Art", Bahamas National Trust, Bahamas.

NOVEMBER
"Arts International", Lyford Cay Manor, Nassau, Bahamas.

DECEMBER
"Open Studios", Great Western Studios, London.

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2006
"Faces, Colours and Textures”, La Giovane Pittura Bahamiana, Mantero - La Tessitura , Como, Italy, curated by Roberto Borghi, in conjunction with Sergio Gaddi, Minister of Culture and Finance for the Community of Como and Vertex International Consulting.

2005
"Time and Tide", No.5 Blenheim Crescent , London.

2004
"Seascapes", celebrating 275 Years of Parliamentary Democracy in the Bahamas, Friends of the Bahamas, House of Commons, London.

2002

"Parotti Views", an exhibition of the paintings and prints of Lynn and Holly Parotti, The Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas.

1999

“Alive”, Workhouse Gallery, South Kensington, London.

1998
25th Anniversary of Independence Celebration for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas , The Landmark Hotel, Marylebone, London.
Bahamian Art Exhibition in conjunction with the Ministry of Tourism, Parish of Holy Trinity, Guilford.

1997
“Currents”, Royal College of Pathologists Gallery, Carlton House Terrace, London.

1993
"Flood Tide, High Tide, Ebb Tide", Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.
"Currents, Paintings & Ceramic Sculptures - Master of Fine Arts Thesis Show", Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.

1991
"Paintings of Longing & Travel", Gallery X, Charlottesville, Virginia.


Selected Group Exhibitions

2006
"Faces, Colours and Textures”, Young Painters of the Bahamas, Spazio A-Shed , Como, Italy, curated by Roberto Borghi, in conjunction with Sergio Gaddi, Minister of Culture and Finance for the Community of Como and Vertex International Consulting.
"20/20" Beverley Knowles Fine Art, London.
"Square One", The Kings Road, London.
"Artists of the Artists", Artists Rifles Clubhouse, Club Row, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Surrey.

2005
"Artists of the Artists", Artists Rifles Clubhouse, Club Row, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Surrey.
"Aspects of the Bahamas: Sustaining Nature's Treasures", The Royal Commonwealth Society, Northumberland Avenue, London.
"Revel in the Arts", Charity Auction, Mountbatten House and Gardens, West Hill Street, Nassau, Bahamas.

2001
“The Third Affordable Art Fair”, Battersea Park, London.
Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire.

2000
“The Second Affordable Art Fair”, Battersea Park, London.
“Wind and Wave”, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
Lyford Cay Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas.

1999
Annual Auction at Government House, Nassau, Bahamas.
Spring Open, Lyford Cay Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas.

1998
“Ways of Seeing”, Open Exhibition, Pitshanger Manor Museum and Gallery, Ealing.
“New Lines”, Diarama Gallery in conjunction with E1 Gallery, The Media Centre, Great Tichfield Street, London.
Times Metro/Art Movement Art & Dining Club Promotion, Bizrot II, Oxo Tower Wharf and Novelli's EC1, Clerkenwell Road, London.
“Well Being”, Phillips, New Bond Street, London.
“New Landscapes”, Marks & Spencer Head Office, Baker Street, London.

1997
“A Sense of Place - Landscape Abstractions”, Fifth Year Anniversary, Collyer-Bristow Gallery, Bedford Row, London.

1996
“Celebrating Women Through the Millennium”, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Dover Street, London.
Cable & Wireless Head Offices, Theobald's Road, Holborn, London.

1995
“Nine Northumbrian Fields”, Cable & Wireless Head Offices, Theobald's Road, Holborn, London.
"Maryland Studio Artists", Marks & Spencer Head Office, Baker Street, London.

1994
"Nine Northumbrian Fields", Tallentyre Gallery, Morpeth, Northumberland.
"The Art Show", Alexandra Palace, Green Park, London.

1993
"Continuum 2", Women's Caucus for Art, James Centre Gallery, Richmond, VA.

1992
"Group Show", Fresco Barn, Skowhegan, Maine.

1991
"The Independent Group", graduate painting show, Artspace, Richmond, VA.
"6+2", graduate painting show, Interact Gallery, Richmond, VA.
"Continuum 1", Women's Caucus for Art, James Centre Gallery, Richmond, VA.
"Face it, Shockoe Bottom Alive / Richmond for Life", painted murals which were sold to raise funds for Richmond Aids Service Organisations.
"Annual Juried Fine Arts Show", Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA.

1990
"Senior Thesis Exhibition", The Butler Building, Purchase, NY.
"Sea-Love", a book and "Dialogue", handmade paper sculptures, Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Purchase, NY.
"Junior Painting Exhibition", Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York, Purchase, NY.
"Interior Space", an installation using audio, video & sculpture to simulate the effects of water on the body, Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York.


Work in Collections

Mr. Vincent & Mrs. Marina D'Aguilar, Nassau , Bahamas Sir Arthur and Lady Foulkes, Nassau, Bahamas High Commission of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas , London Bahamas Maritime Authority, London & New York Wilmott Dixon, London David Gregory, Goldman Sachs Investment Bank, London Filip Lein, Merryi Lynch, London Mr. David & Mrs. Cindy Wofford, Virginia Mrs. Michelle Patterson, Nassau Bahamas Mr. Barry Malcolm, Grand Bahama Port Authority , Bahamas Gold Circle, Nassau , Bahamas.

 

Qualifications


1995-96

“Training for Artists in Schools”, Institute of Education, University of London. A course for Artists' Residencies in schools, galleries and other venues in conjunction with the London Arts Board.

1991-93
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting & Printmaking, summa cum laude, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

1987-90
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, summa cum laude, State University of New York at Purchase, New York.

1985-87
College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, New York.


Awards and Grants


1995-1999

London Arts Board, Funding Programmes (yearly grants) - Arts Education Projects. Visual arts workshops at the Chelsea Children's Hospital School, The Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Collingham Gardens Child and Family Unit. Project Titles: “Create Whilst Healing" & "Life Celebrations”.

1997-1999
London Borough of Ealing Grant Aid (yearly grants) - Corporate Resources Group, Ealing in partnership with Arts for Everyone, Lottery Funding. Conducted a year long visual arts residency programme in Ealing schools and provided visual arts workshops at the Pitshanger Manor Museum and Gallery for the academic year.

1996
London Arts Board, Funding Programmes 1996 - 98 – Local Authority Art Education. Provided Arts Education Day for schools at the Pitshanger Manor Gallery, Ealing, for the academic year.

1993
Phi Kappa Phi, Honour Society, Virginia Commonwealth University.

1992
Artist's Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Maine.

1991-92
Graduate Assistantship for three semesters, Virginia Commonwealth University. Full tuition waiver and monthly stipend.

1990
President's Award for Visual Arts, State University of New York.

1985-92
Scholarships, Lyford Cay Foundation, Nassau, Bahamas.

1985-87
Merit Scholarship, College of Mount St Vincent, Riverdale, NY.

1984-85
Scholarships, Esso Standard Oil Art Competitions, Nassau, Bahamas.


Artists' Residency


1992

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine. Arranged through its head offices in New York, this residency is highly competitive and takes place in a remote wooded town of Maine. Sixty-five selected international artists are given the opportunity to make their work under the tutorial of world-renowned professional artists and other authorities in the field of art.


Professional Experience


1995 - 2006

Artist in Residence, The Chelsea Children's Hospital School, London.

Responsible for creative visual art workshops at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Collingham Gardens Child and Family Unit. Project Titles “Life Celebration I-IV” and “Create whilst Healing” are issue-based, dealing with topics like racism, bullying, environmental conservation, nature and art, artists, personal identity and body image through the creative arts. All Key Stages are taught within a flexible Special Needs framework. A cumulative exhibition featuring the work from this programme has been on tour in Great Britain since 1998 and has also travelled to Barcelona. It has been exhibited in venues such as The National Gallery and the Royal College of Pathologists, London; as well as the Banbury Museum and the H.O.P.E. conference, Barcelona. Numerous articles have been written about this touring exhibition, in addition to the production of a book and other publications, raising the profile of hospital schools and the art of young people.

 

 

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