ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a multi-disciplinary mixed media artist using a wide range of techniques to explore intrapersonal psychological experiences, emotional realization, and societal critique. A love of the natural environment often appears in unpolished juxtaposition to the cruelty and the beauty of human endeavor. My work is about commitment to social change, insistence on the relevance of unconscious and dream material, and a view of humor as a discipline that accesses both the randomness and the hidden order that surround us.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
I have Master of Fine Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology degrees, having studied at the University of Iowa, Hebrew and American Universities in Israel, and at Tisch School of the Arts, New York City. Faculty appointments include the University of New Mexico, University of Iowa, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. I am represented in collections including Denver Art Museum; Getty Research Institute; Magic Silver Permanent Collections in Kentucky and Iowa; Women in Photography National Archives in Arcadia, California; Iowa Women’s Archives; and the Universities of Wisconsin, Iowa and Northern Iowa Permanent Collections. A Lifetime Member of the National Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA), I have served as Midwest Regional Vice-president, National Conference Chairperson, and Chair of the International Committee. My work appears in publications of the American Photography Institute, Magic Silver, Lifeworks Arts Press, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, New Mexico Photographer, and Montana Magazine.
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