EDUCATION

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA:

Master of Fine Arts

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA: Four-Year Certificate of Fine Arts

Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA

GRANTS & AWARDS

Vermont Studio Center, Residency Grant, 1996

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship Grant for Works on Paper, 1995

United States House of Representatives, Certificate of Commendation, (from Congressman Lucien Blackwell) 1994

Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award (for Painting: Diane Waldman, Director Guggenheim Museum ) 1992

Lorraine & Ben Alexander Award (for Painting: Diane Waldman, Director Guggenheim Museum) 1991

Charles Knox-Smith Founders Award (for Painting: Lisa Temper-Bames ~ Director, Berman Museum) 1991

Max Gibbs Award (Peter Blume, Director Allentown Museum & Virginia Steel, Director Stedman Galleries) 1990

AWARDS FROM PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS 1984-1989

Cresson Memorial Scholarship

Hobson Pittman Memorial Prize (High Achievement in Experimental Painting)

The Alumni Award (Outstanding Achievements in Painting, Leadership in the Academy)

The Wexler Prize (Continued Growth and Achievement) The Thouron Prize (Excellence in Composition)

The Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award (Outstanding Composition, Rich in Texture & Feeling)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Victoria Donohoe, “Start of Something New”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 1996

Edward Sozanski, “Michener Art Museum”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 1996

Victoria Donohoe, “Color Use That Speaks Volumes”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 1996

Valeric Reed, “The Arts: Michener Museum”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 1996

“Contemporary Abstract Art at the Michener”, The Doylestown Patriot, PA 1996

Robin Rice, “Art”, Philadelphia City Paper (Feb) 1994, (Nov) 1991

Mitchell Taylor Gillete, “The Complete Drawing”, Nexus: Foundation for Today’s Art, Catalog (Feb) 1993

Julie Sealander, “A Pair of Painters”, News of Delaware County (Apr) 1992

Victoria Donohoe, “The Arts”, Philadelphia Inquirer (Apr/Mar) 1991

Karen Smiles, “Up Close”, Comcast cable for CNN TV (Video Interview Aired Jan/Feb) 1991

Karen Smiles, “Creativity”, CNN TV (Video Interview Aired Jan/Feb) 1991

Elana Verbin, “Three Point Perspective”, Art Matters (Nov) 1990 Dr. Brooks Denby, “Young and Fresh Talents”, Scoop U.S.A (Nov) 1990 Palmer Poroner, “Pennsylvania Academy Artists”, Artspeak, NY (Oct) 1990 Lillian Bregman, “Galleries”, Interview Philadelphia Magazine 1990 Victoria Donohoe, “The Arts”, Philadelphia Inquirer (Nov) 1989 Diane Roberts, “Reviews”, Art Matters (Nov) 1989

Linda Courtemanche, “Reviews“, The Suburban & Wayne Times (May) 1989 and (October) 1988

1987 Paul Baker, “Plotting Fine (Arts) Protest”, Philadelphia Daily News (Sept) 1987

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Museum Talk, Surface, Symbol, Psyche, Michener Museum, 1997

Instructor: Drawing and Painting Workshops, Studio at Norristown Arts Building, Norristown, PA (ongoing)

Instructor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (summer and evening program) 1992-4

Drawing Workshops, Norristown, Newtown Square and White Horse Corners, PA (ongoing)

Instructor, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA 1993-9 (Intensive drawing/painting seminars and weekly classes)

Curator In Black and White, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ 1997

Slide Lecture “Artist in Transition – Evolution of Form”,

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 1996

Slide Lecture “Connections”, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, MFA Program 1993

Slide Lecture “The Reality of Abstraction”, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA 1993

Juror - Artists Choosing Artists, Main Line Center of the Arts, Bryn Mawr, PA 1992

Guest Speaker “The Reality of Abstraction,” Main Line Center of the Arts, Bryn Mawr, PA 1992

Instructor, Delaware Valley Friends School, Bryn Mawr, PA 1992-4 Gallery Talk, F.A.N. Gallery (video) Philadelphia, PA 1991