Artist Statement

My assemblages and collages tell stories based upon such items as vintage photographs, sewing notions, discarded toys, postcards and other paper ephemera. I believe that these found objects can bring forth memories of one’s past and family history. It is my hope that by using such materials, my work is interesting and accessible to the viewer.

Biography

 I’m a self-taught artist.  I studied anthropology and received a BA in art history.  In 2003 I started to show my assemblages and collages at Jamaica Plain Open Studios, and have displayed there every year since.  I have also participated in the Beacon Hill Art Walk, the SoWa Art Walk, Roslindale Open Studios and Arlington Open Studios.

Since 2009 I’ve been part of the annual JP to Me exhibition, most recently shown at UFORGE Gallery. My work was also part of the gallery’s Family Masterpiece and Miniatures shows (2011).

My work has also been seen at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (2011), the Fuller Craft Museum (2009), the Salem Arts Association (2007) and the Arlington Center of the Arts (2006).

In 2010, I was selected by the Rifrakt Artist Collective as one of Boston’s top 25 emerging artists.  My work has been featured in Cloth Paper Scissors (2010), the Jamaica Plain Gazette (2008) and Artitude Zine (2007). I live in Jamaica Plain with my husband, daughter, cat and dog.

  Education

 Harvard University Extension School, BA Art History, 1995