some curatorial projects

SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2024
One Thing Becomes Another. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

2023

Myth & Magic. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

Holding Space. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

2022
Primal Affinities, Ely Center of Contemporary Art and Perspectives Gallery

Full House: Self Organizing Situations, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven

After Eden, Solo Exhibition by Susanne Anker, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

Storytellers ll, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

Storytellers, Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

Hidden Spaces. Unknown Places. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

2021

#wip. Ely Center of Contemporary Art. New Haven, CT

Above Us Only Sky. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

Continuum. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

fu-tur-ol-o-gy. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

2020

A Pattern Language. Co-curator, Shaunda Holloway. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

Harmonious Discord. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

Dreamscaping. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

Witchy/ Extra Human. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

2019

Space. Travel. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

Sea & Soil. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

Our Bodies Ourselves. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

Whimsy By Nature. Perspectives Gallery@Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

2018

Shared Humanity. Whitney Center Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT

CIRCLING LEV: The Art and Life of K. Levni Sinanoglu. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

Silence Breakers. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT (collaboration with Nasty Women CT)

#Unload: Pick Up The Pieces. Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

In Formation. Whitney Center Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT

Social Patterns. Whitney Center Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT

2017

An Anthropogenic World. Margaret L. MacDonough Gallery at Albertus Magnus College.New Haven. With Art Space Management students.

Sensing The Surround. Whitney Center Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT

Soft Revisited. Artspace 30 Anniversary Exhibition. . New Haven, CT

Where The Whole Universe Dwells. Whitney Center Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT

In Grace We Trust. Ely Center of Contemporary Art. New Haven. CT

Narrative Abstracts. Whitney Center Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT

2016

Nature Constructed. Whitney Center Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT

Knack. Whitney Center, Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT

2015

Nos Povos Nos Tradison. Co-curator, Movimentu Shokanti. EleMar Gallery, New Haven

Konbersu Pintadu. Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. New Haven. CT

Side by Side. Whitney Center. Hamden, CT

2014

On The Spiritual in Art. Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

Animal Powers. Whitney Center, Hamden, CT. includes crowed-sourced companion show.

Self Ease, Whitney Center, Hamden, CT. Self Eaze,a participatory companion show

Artist. Art Therapist. Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. New Haven.

Doll-like. John Slade Ely House of Contemporary Art. New Haven, CT. Co-curator, Paul Clabby. Invitational exhibition, community based workshops and community doll collection room

2013

Vibrant. A Look at Contemporary Lyricism. Co-curator, Insook Hwang. Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

On Nature. Gallery at Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

2012

Web Versions. Gallery at Whitney Center. Hamden, CT

Rules of Conversion. Artists Explore Embedded and Encoded Language. Haskins Laboratories, Yale University. Co-curator, Carol Padberg

Ripple Effect. 756 Studio. 756 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT

Dreamy. Gallery at Whitney Center. Hamden, CT

2011

Red Alert. Sumner McKnight Crosby Gallery. New Haven, CT

Mind Sets: Artists & Scientists Collaborate. Haskins Laboratories. Yale University. New Haven, CT.Co-curator, Cat Balco

2010

Side by Side. Whitney Center, Hamden, CT

2009

Work. Place. An Exhibition in Two Parts. Parachute Factory. Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PYRCH). New Haven, CT. Co-curator, Joy Pepe.

•White Collar. Blue Collar. Pink Slip. (part 1)

•Out of House and Home (part 2)

2008

Status Update. Haskins Laboratories. Yale University. New Haven, CT. Co-curator, Donna Ruff

Cellutations. Cell Phone Art. Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery. New Haven

Made Space. Temporary Storefront Art Installation Initiative. New Haven, CT

Family Business: Family Dynamics & Structure. Parachute Factory. New Haven, CT

Routes. An Exploration of Maps, Pathways & Networks. Parachute Factory, New Haven, CT

Full Spectrum. Artists with Autism. Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT

Intricacies. Haskins Laboratories, Yale University. New Haven, CT

Table Tops. Haskins Laboratories, Yale University New Haven, CT

2006

What You Write? A Graffiti Show. Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT

Art in the Garden. Wilber & King Nursery. Guilford, CT (Annually 2004-2006)

2005

In The Round. Collaboration with Arts Council and John Slade Ely House. New Haven, CT

2003

Soft. Artspace. New Haven, CT

2001

P A R T S. (un)titled space. Artspace. New Haven, CT

2000

Line. Collaborative Outdoor Sculptural Installation. The Lot, Artspace

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Web Versions. Perspectives Gallery@ Whitney Center

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Loaded. Exhibition as final project for Curatorial Studies course taught at Albertus Magnus College