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EDUCATION

2012 Master of Arts with Distinction, Art History, Emphasis in the Arts of the Americas, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2010 Master of Fine Arts with Distinction, Emphasis in Drawing and Painting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1978-1981 Bachelor of Arts in Art Education and English as a Second Language, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany

AWARDS

2022   People’s Choice, Taos Fall Arts, Taos, NM

2022   Second Place, Taos Fall Arts, Taos, NM

2021   Juror’s Award, “Adrift”, Main Street Art Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY

2017   Purchase Award, McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA              

2017   Third Place Award, “Equality Matters”, William Woods University, Fulton, MO

2012   Honorable Mention Award, New Mexico Showcase, ART 516, Albuquerque, NM

2011   New Mexico Art in Public Places Purchase Award, Pasatiempo Senior Center, Santa Fe, NM

2010   Jill Hill Prize, St. Louis Artists’ Guilds and Galleries, St. Louis, MO

2010   Purchase Award, Americas 2010, Minot State University, Minot, ND

2010   Merit Award, Americas 2010, Minot State University, Minot, ND

2009   Purchase Award, City of Albuquerque, NM

2002   Jurors’ Award, 32nd Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition, ArtCentric, Corvallis, OR

2000   Duchess Award, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR      

                                                                                                            

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021   Finding Joy, Wilder/Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM

2018   The Shape of Sorrow, Frontier-Space Gallery, Missoula, MT

2016   Sanctuary, Metro Gallery, Lincoln, NE

2016   Unseen Realities, CANO Visual Art Center, Oneonta, NY

2015   The History of a Landscape, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD

2015   New Work, Doane College Library, Crete, NE

2015   *Some Restrictions Apply, Metro Gallery, Lincoln, NE

2015   Forgotten Trails, Lake McConaughy Visitor Center, Ogallala, NE

2014   Gefuehlte Spuren, Rathaus Gallerie, Ebersberg, Germany

2013   Tethered, Rall Gallery, Doane Gallery, Crete, NE

2013   Unfolding Dreams, LCC Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR

2012   Knitted Gold, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2012   Die Weite im Raum. Kunst aus New Mexico, Pinakothek Hallbergmoos, Hallbergmoos, Germany

2011   Shifting Lines, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2011   Lost Connections, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM

2011   Imagining New Mexico, B. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH

2010   New Work, Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2010   Thought Lines, John Sommer Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2010   Spuren der Vergangenheit, Galerie im Rathaus, Ebersberg, Germany

2009   Migration, The Open Mind Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2009   Sound of Solitude, John Sommer Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2007   Neue Heimat/Alte Heimat, Kreissparkasse Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany                                                                          

2006   Moodscapes,  Springfield Museum, Springfield, OR                                                                              

2005   Landscapes/Mindscapes, Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR                                            

2004   The American Northwest, Rathaus Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany                                                                     

2002   Landscapes of the McKenzie Valley, Springfield Museum, Springfield, OR

2002   Old and New Oil Paintings, Giustina Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

2001   Studio Conversations, Provenance Gallery, Eugene, OR                                                          

2001   They are Alive, The Buzz Gallery, EMU, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

2000   New Work, Hawaiian Time Café, Eugene, OR                                      

1999   Works by Monique Janssen-Belitz, Temporarily Maude’s, Eugene, OR                                                        

1999   Landscapes, Collier House, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

1997   New Work, Oregon Arts Supply, Eugene, OR                                                                                                 

1991   Landscapes and Portraits, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA                                                                         

1991   Expressionistic Landscapes and Portraits, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center, Eugene, OR                            

1990   William Temple House, Portland, OR                                                                            

1990   The Village Gallery of Arts, Portland, OR

1989   Collier House, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR                                               

1989   Umpqua Valley Art Center, Roseburg, OR                                                                      

1989   Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR                                                                

1989   Opus 5 Gallery, Eugene, OR                                                                                  

1989   Broadway Travel, Beaverton, OR                                                                                 

1989   Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department, Eugene, OR

1988   Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR                    

1988   Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR                                                                                           

1988   Collier House, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR                                                                                             

1985   Rathaus Krailling, Krailling, Germany                                                                                  

1984   Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Ebersberg, Germany                                                                            

1982   Siemens AG, Munich, Germany                                                                                                  

1981   Department of Visual Arts, Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich, Germany

 TWO/THREE/FIVE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2017    Crossing Paths, with Jennifer Pretzeus, Open Space Center, Albuquerque, NM

2012    Paper Works, with Laurel Lampela, Helen Cozza, KiMo Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2011    Summer Stock, with Jeffrey Sully, Charmaine Banach, Gallery 1078, Chico, CA

2006    Hidden Fears and Hope, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR                                                                          

1998    Painterly Approaches, with Jeffrey Sully, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR            

GROUP EXHIBITIONS * juried exhibitions  

2023    Cedar Point Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Resonator Gallery in Turbine Flats, Lincoln, NE

2023    21th Annual Miniature Show and Sale, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM

2022    Taos Fall Arts, Taos, NM

2022    Neutrality, Rall Gallery, Doane University, NE

2022    Femina 2022, Gallerium.art, Ontario, Canada*

2022    20th Annual Miniature Show and Sale, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM

2021    Taos Fall Arts, Taos, NM

2021    ArtsThrive, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM*

2021    Camouflage:Patterns of Disruption, invited, Bailey Contemporary Art Center, Pompano Beach, FL

2021    Library Invitational Exhibit, Questa Public Library, Questa, NM

2021    Adrift, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY*

2021    Art During Quarantine, New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, NM*

2020    Contemporary Art/Taos Harwood Museum Benefit, 203 Fine Art, Taos,  NM

2020    ArtsThrive, Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM*

2020    Contemporary Art/Taos 2020, Harwood Museum, Taos, NM*

2020    Nests, Magpie Gallery, El Prado, NM

2020    Banners, Questa, NM*

2020    18th Annual Miniature Show and Sale, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM

2020    Winter in Taos, Ernest Blumenschein Museum, Taos, NM

2019    Taos Fall Arts: Of Heaven and Earth, Taos, NM

2019    Taos Town Hall Exhibition, Taos, NM

2019    Taos Art Insurgency, Wilder Nightingale Gallery, Taos, NM*

2017    Mexico: At a Crossroads, Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, NY*

2017    30th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese  State University; Lake Charles, LA*    

2017    Up/Rooted, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA*

2017    150 Artists, 150 Artworks, 150 Years of Nebraska, Bone Creek Agrarian Museum, David City, NE

2017    Equality Matters, Mildred M. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO*

2016    Artist and Location, CICA Museum, Samdo-ro, Yangchon-eup, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea*

2016    Atypical Topographies, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO*

2016    31st Tallahassee International, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL*

2016    Cut it Out, Gallery One Visual Art Center, Ellensburg, WA*

2016    Nebraska Landscapes, St. Mathew’s Episcopal Church, Lincoln, NE

2016    Alter + Combine, (SCENE) Metrospace, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI*

2016    ARTexchange, College Art Association Conference, Washington, DC*

2016    Faculty Show, Rall Gallery, Doane University, Crete, NE

2014    Invitational to student organized show at Kirkland Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2014    Doane Faculty and Alumni, Hot Shops Art Gallery, Omaha, NE

2014    Squared, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams University, Alamosa, CO*

2013    WEAD Juried Membership Exhibition, China Brotsky Gallery, The Presidio of San Francisco, CA*

2013    Miniatures and More, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM*

2013    Hidden Agendas, Atelier 6000, Bend, OR*

2013    ARTexchange, College Art Association Conference, New York, NY*

2012    Miniatures and More, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM*

2012    New Mexico Showcase, Juror: Peter Frank, 516 ARTS Gallery, Albuquerque, NM*

2011    Act in Response: Santa Fe Speaks, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2011    Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO*

2011    Altered Ground, invitational,WORK Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI

2011    Miniatures and More, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM*

2011    9 x 12 Budapest Exhibition, Ferencvarosi Pince Gallery, Budapest, Hungary*

2011    Inside/Outside, Juror: Bruce Samuelson, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA*

2011   18 Days, Muñoz Wax Gallery at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM*

2011    Art on Paper, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD*

2011   12 x 12 Works of Art, Todd Hall Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Mursfreeboro, TN*

2011   32nd Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO*

2011   40th Anniversary Exhibition, LCC Art Gallery, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR

2010   25th Tallahassee International, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL*

2010   23rd McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA*          

2010   Artist/Educator Exhibition, Masley Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2010   Wanted: Wall Work, 1078 Gallery; Chico, CA*

2010   Graphomania, Garbageman/Astronaut Project Space, Portland, OR

2010   Americas 2010 Paperworks, Northwest Art Gallery, Minot State University, Minot, ND*

2010   Shifts in Perspective: Migrating Viewpoints, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO*

2009   Jesus Show, Open Mind Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2009   Artist/Educator Exhibition, Masley Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM*

2009   2nd Annual Juried UNM Art Exhibit, VSA N4th Gallery, Albuquerque, NM*

2009   Summer Group Show, The Open Mind Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2008   At First Sight, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

2008-2010   Judicial Notice III, Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Albuquerque, NM*

2007   Annual Faculty Show, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR                                                                

2007   By Land and by Sea, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR*       

                                           Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, Tillamook, OR*

                                           White Sturgeon Art Gallery,Vancouver, WA*

                                           Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR*

                                           Gordon House, Silverton, OR*

2007   Road Trip, an Oregon/Minnesota Artists’ Book Exchange, Minnesota Center for Book Arts,                   Minneapolis, MN*                                                                                                              

2007   Dog and Pony Show, Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR*

2006   Claylane, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR *

2006   Art on the Rogue, Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR *

2006   All Around Oregon, ArtCentric, Corvallis, OR *

2005   Lane Community College Faculty Show, DIVA, Eugene, OR                                         

2004   Annual Faculty Show, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR                                       

2003   Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany*

2002   Monique’s Painting Class, LaSells Stewart Center, OSU, Corvallis, OR   

2002   32nd Willamette Valley Juried Exhibition, LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis, OR *               

2002   Animals, Animals, Animals, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR * 

2002   Fresh Works 2002, Red Brick Center, Aspen, CO *

2001   Monique’s Painting Class, Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR                          

2000   Monique’s Painting Class, Canyon Moon Gallery, Eugene, OR    

1988   Women’s Group Show, Gallerie Schunn, Lechbruck, Germany                                             

1996-2000  Membership Show, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR                                    

1991   Batik und Serigraphie, Gallerie Schunn, Lechbruck, Germany                                             

1990   Ninth Lane County Juried Exhibition of Art, Eugene, OR *

1988-89   Mayor’s Art Show, Eugene, OR *                                                                                      

1988-91   Annual Juried Exhibition of the Art Association Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany *                           

1981-85   Annual Juried Exhibition of the Professional Artists’ Association, Munich, Germany *

1981-85   Annual Juried Exhibition of the Art Association Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany * 

1982   Annual Juried Exhibition of the Art Association Gauting, Gauting, Germany *

1981   Grosse Kunstausstellung Muenchen, Munich, Germany *