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A L I S O N     S H E P A R D

P O E T I C    R E A L I S M  

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CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION

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Artclectic Art GalleryCincinnati, Ohio, USA

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Eisele Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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Art Design ConsultantsCincinnati, Ohio, USA

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Gallery One, Naples, Florida
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EDUCATION

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1999  

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Painting, Extensive work in Intaglio Printmaking, Minor in Philosophy, Honors Student

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

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2002  

Study Abroad, Intaglio Printmaking

Joan Miro Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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2003  

Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking 

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

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2016

Study Abroad, Classical Atelier Drawing

Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona, â€‹Spain

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TWO PERSON AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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2024

DILLSBORO ARTS CENTER FRIENDSHIP GALLERY

Shepard Hildebrandt, a two person exhibition with Evan Hildebrandt

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2019

THE BARN ART GALLERY, Mariemont, OH

Strength and Dignity, a two person show with Tracey Ellis-Haynes

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2016

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​BROMWELL'S GALLERY

By Endurance We Conquer

Solo exhibition of art exploring the incredible voyage of the SS Endurance to Antarctica 1914-16 by Ernest Shackleton and his brave crew of 27 men

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2015

WASH PARK GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio

Meditation, two person exhibition with Evan Hildebrandt

 

2014  

 

DUVENECK GALLERY, CARNEGIE ARTS CENTER, Covington, KY

Adam and Eve: A Portrait of Humanity, solo exhibition in the Duveneck Gallery

Part of the larger exhibition of figure paintings, Recognized, in the Carngie Art Center's five galleries 

 

 

2010  

         

BROMWELL'S GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH

Our Beauty Flows Like Water

Solo exhibition of art inspired by the rich cultural legacy of Cincinnati's art and architecture, Cincinnati, OH

 

KUNKEN GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH

Solo exhibition featuring floral paintings

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2003  

           

ENJOY THE ARTS GALLERY

Modes of Being

Solo exhibition of a series of 8 large mixed media drawings and book art

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HIESTAND GALLERIES, MIAMI UNIVERSITY

Patterns in the Particular

Solo exhibition of MFA Thesis Intaglio works and book art, Oxford, OH

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2024

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ARTCLECIC GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio

-Up Close and Personal, group exhibition of portraits and intimate views of nature

-The Long View, group exhibition of landscapes

-Orange, group exhibition of art using the color orange

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EISELE GALLERY, Mariemont, Ohio

​Summer Salon, group exhibtion of paintings by Eisele's stable of traditonal and contemporary artists

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WASH PARART GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio

Reprise, a group exhibtion of current works by artists from the 2019 Virtuosity exhibition fundraiser for the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra 

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2023

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EISELE GALLERY, Mariemont, Ohio

Stormy Weather, group exhibition of landscapes dealing with extreme weather

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ART DEISGN CONSULTANTS, Cincinati, Ohio

Art Comes Alive, a national juried group exhibion and awards ceremony.

I won a gallery contract with ADC and Gallery One of Naples, Florida

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ART SPACE, STRAUSS GALLERY, Hamilton, Ohio

Beautiful Imagination, group exhibition with Evan Hildebrandt, David Falter, Hope Nowak, David Estep, curated by David Estep and Evan Hidebrandt

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ARTCLECTIC GALLERY, Cincinati, Ohio

-A Room With Many Views

-Portraits of Living Things

-Spring is in the Air

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2022

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EISELE GALLERY, Mariemont, Ohio

Bird's Eye View

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THE THINK SHOP GALLERY, Newport, Kentucky

Think Square 5

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ARTCLECTIC GALLERY

Crazy Eights

 

ST. XAVIER CHURCH UNDERCROFT

Greater Cincinnati Catholic Art Exhibition

 

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2021

 

CINCINNATI LEARNING COLLABORATIVE, Cincinnati, OH

Think Square 4

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2020

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CINCINNATI LEARNING COLLABORATIVE, Cincinnati, OH

Think Square 3

 

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2019

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WASH PARK ART, Cincinnati, OH

Virtuosity, exhibit celebrating the connection between classical music and visual art

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2018

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BG GALLERY, Santa Monica, California

Stranger Than Fiction, art inspired by incredible but true stories

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2017

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21C MUSEUM HOTEL, Cincinnati, OH

Elevated Art

Five paintings from By Endurance We Conquer exhibited in the hotel of 21C

 

Castle Gallery Rothesay, Bute, Scotland

Gallery representation with Evan Hildebrandt

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2016

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Eisele Fine Art,

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Gallery representation with Evan Hildebrandt

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Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 

Gallery representation with Evan Hildebrandt

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2015

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SPECTRUM MIAMI, ADC/ Blink, Miami Florida, Shepard Hildebrandt collaborations

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ART SAN DIEGO, ADC/Blink, San Diego, California, Shepard Hildebrandt collaborations, a Spectrum show​

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2014

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GLOW GALLERY, Covington, Kentucky, Launch of the Glow Collective, 

Exhibition with Collin Rowland, Dan Augur, and Evan Hildebrandt

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Representation at GALLERY 42, Mason, Ohio

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Representation at BROMWELL'S, Cincinnati, Ohio

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2013

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CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS FAIR, Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

booth of works with Evan Hildebrandt, juried by Mary Ran of Ran Gallery

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2012

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EVA G. FERRIS ART GALLERY, THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, Crestview Hills, Kentucky

When Love Conquers Fear

Collaboration of 9 large scale mixed media scrolls and two drawings with Chris Beiting, Lee Schatzman, and Carolyn Wagner.

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ART DESIGN CONSULTANTS, Cincinnati, Ohio, Art Comes Alive , Juried group exhibition

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GLOW GALLERY, Covington, Kentucky, Group exhibition with Collin Rowland, Evan Hildebrandt, Dan Augur

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2011                                                                        

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BROMWELL’S GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, The Eye of the Beholder, Exhibit of work that questions concepts of beauty, with Chris Kromer and Evan Hildebrandt

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SIGRA GALLERY, Bellevue, Kentucky, Approaching Normal

Exhibit with Evan Hildebrandt, Chris Beiting, Lee Schatzman, Carolyn Wagner

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EVA G. FERRIS ART GALLERY THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, Crestview Hills Kentucky

Faculty Show

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REDTREE GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Red , Juried exhibition

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2010

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STUDIO SAN GUISEPPE GALLERY, COLLEGE OF MT. ST. JOSEPH, Cincinnati, Ohio, Faculty Exhibit

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THE CARNEGIE CENTER FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, Covington, Kentucky

Group printmaking show

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2009

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SYNTHETICA GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Passage and Stay, Four person exhibition curated by Mason Paul

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BROMWELL'S GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, In the Flesh, Group figurative exhibition juried by Marlene Steele.

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BROMWELL'S GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Represent, Group show curated by Evan Hildebrandt and Tracy and Jeff McClorey

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MIAMI UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, Oxford, Ohio, Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition 

29 January - 21 June, Department of Art Faculty and their nominees of retired former faculty and alumni.

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MUSIC HALL CINCINNATI OPERA 4th Floor Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Three month exhibit curated by Litsa Spanos, Art Design Consultants

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2008

 

ART DESIGN CONSULTANTS, Cincinnati, Ohio, Exhibition with Evan Hildebrandt in the Pendleton Arts Center Gallery

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RED TREE GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Emerge: Coming into View 

Exhibition with Stephen Smith and Evan Hildebrandt, curated by Wendy Smith

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NICHOLAS GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Anatomy 101 ,Group figurative invitational

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THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, A Sense of Place ,Group exhibit by the NKU Print Club

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GALLERY ZAUM, Newport, Kentucky, Elect Ink III, Group exhibit by the NKU Print Club

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STUDIO SAN GUISEPPE GALLERY, COLLEGE OF MT. ST. JOSEPH, Cincinnati, OH, Faculty Exhibit

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JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Louisville, Kentucky, Familiar Faces 

Exhibition of Figurative work and Portraiture with Evan Hildebrandt, curated by Barry Motes

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ARTONOMY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Art Now

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ARTONOMY, Cincinnati, Ohio, The Art of Printmaking

Group exhibit by the NKU Print Club

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2006-07

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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI GALLERIES, Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH, Printed by Hand 

Invitational Printmaking Show

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ART DESIGN CONSULTANTS, INC., Cincinnati, Ohio, Art Comes Alive 2007 , Juried exhibition

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THE ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI, PEARLMAN GALLERY

For A Better World 2005: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice

by Greater Cincinnati Artists, curated by Saad Ghosn

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THE ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI, Chidlaw Gallery, S.O.S. Art, curated by Saad Ghosn

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BEHRINGER-CRAWFORD MUSEUM, Covington Kentucky, Fresh Art 2006 

Invitational exhibition

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CARNEGIE ARTS CENTER, Covington, Kentucky, Prints in Translation, Group exhibition by the NKU Print Club

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UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI GALLERIES, Sycamore, Cincinnati, Ohio, S.O.S. Retrospective, curated by Saad Ghosn

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THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, The Darrell Brothers Figurative Invitational

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2004-05

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STUDIO SAN GUISEPPE GALLERY, COLLEGE OF MT. ST. JOSEPH, Cincinnati, Ohio, Faculty Exhibit

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THE MOCKBEE, Cincinnati, Ohio

SOS ART, a sociopolitical, for peace and justice exhibition Book of Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice.

Organized, published, and curated by Saad Ghosn. The book from this year includes 44 local poets and 44 local visual artists.

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CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, Cincinnati, Ohio 

23 October 2004 – 13 March 2005, Freedom Works Project   

Collaboration with Tim Rollins + KOS, Thom Shaw, and the apprentices of Artworks. Curator, Tamara Harkavy.

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HAGGERTY GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, Irving, Texas, 18th National Print Invitation 

Professor Juergen Strunck, coordinator, juried by University of Dallas graduate students.

Traveling exhibition 2004-5.

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THE MOCKBEE, Cincinnati, Ohio, SOS ART, Sociopolitical, for peace and justice exhibition, Curated by Saad Ghosn

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GARFIELD TOWERS, Cincinnati, Ohio, Fringe Festival,Group exhibition, Juried by Hollis Hammonds

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RUTGERS CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE PRINT AND PAPER, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Dimensions commemoration to the Southern Graphics Conference, Curator, Emily Wilson

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2003

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FITTON CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, Hamilton, Ohio, Feed the Body, Feed the Soul: Gifts from the Earth

 Jurors Betty Talbot, Director of the Ohio Craft Museum, and Ellen Price, Professor of Art, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

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ENJOY THE ARTS/ START GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Under Pressure, I curated an exhibition of works by Miami’s graduate printmaking students

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FITTON CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS, Hamilton, Ohio, 39th Annual Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit

Jurors, Stuart Fink, sculptor and lead artist in Ohio Arts Council’s Community Development,

and Cindy Tiedemann, gallery coordinator/ collection manager of Sinclair Community College

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LOUSIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lagniappe V

Juror, Karen Kunc, professor of art at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 16th Parkside Small Prints Exhibition

Juror, Wayne Kimball, nationally recognized lithographer, Professor of Art, Brigham Young University

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

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Sayler Park Elementary School, Cincinati, Ohio (paintings on permanent display)

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Museum of Spiritual Art, Franklin, Ohio (painting on permanent display)

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Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio (painting and woodcut print, Freedom project,. works on paper archives)

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New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana (intaglio print in works on paper archives)

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The American Print Alliance, Peachtree City, Georgia (intaglio print)

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Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky (painting)

 

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REVIEWS

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'Meditation' exhibit at Wash Park Art Gallery

Review by Jane Durrell of Aeqai Art Journal March 2015

Images for a Better World

Saad Ghosn, Aeqai Art Journal August 2014

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CATALOGUES

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2012 For A Better World, a compilation of art and poetry dealing with issues of peace and justice, reduction linoleum print

“Soup Kitchen Savior/ Warrior of Truth” featured.

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2005 18th NATIONAL PRINT INVITATION catalogue,

“Patterns in the Particular”, intaglio print

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2004 SOS ART, a sociopolitical, for peace and justice exhibition catalogue

“What is Freedom?” painting Saad Ghosn organizer

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2003 16th PARKSIDE SMALL PRINTS EXHIBITION catalogue

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GALLERY REPRESENTATION HISTORY

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2024

Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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2024

Gallery One, Naples, Florida

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2022-24

Eisele Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA​

 

2022-24

Artclectic Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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2017

Castle Gallery Rothesay, Bute, Scotland

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2016

Eisele Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 

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Gallery 42, Mason, Ohio, USA

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2009-2017

Bromwell's, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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