COMMISSIONS, AWARDS AND HONORS
U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Art-in-Embassies Program, Dept of State
2007
Artist-in-Residence, Death Valley National Park, California
2005, 2006
U.S. Embassy Antanarivo, Madagascar, Art-in-Embassies Program, Dept of
State 2002-04
Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts International competition
2002, 2003
Artist-in-Residence, Joshua Tree National Park, California
2002
Best Conceptual Award, Steamboat Springs Arts Council, Steamboat Springs,
CO 2001
Artist-in-Residence, Glacier National Park, Montana
2001
Artist-in-Residence, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT
1999
Certificate of Appreciation - The Art Commission of the City of New York
1996
Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for poster,
NY 1995
Artist-in-Residence, Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz, NY
1995
Artist-in-Residence, Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1995
Artist-in-Residence, Resident Naturalist Program, Appalachian Mountain
Club, NH 1991
Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
1984
Henry Adams Certificate, City College, New York, NY
1982
Certificate of Merit, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1980
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Edge of the City, Waterfront Paintings” La Guardia College, L.I.C New
York 2007-08
“Mountain Paintings” American Alpine Club, Union Club, New York
2007
“Neighbor, St. Augustine & Environs” St. Augustine Church, Brooklyn,
NY
2005
“Pieces of Park Slope, griffins balustrades & stoops” Ozzie’s Café,
Brooklyn NY 2004
“Coney Island Edge of the City, Edge of the Sea” Coney Island Museum,
Brooklyn, NY
2004
“Brooklyn: Enduring Landscapes” New Prospect Café, Brooklyn, NY
2002
“Brooklyn, Brownstones, Night" New Prospect Cafe, Brooklyn, NY
2000
“Landscapes: Brooklyn to Bolivia” Greenwich Arts Council Gallery,
Greenwich, CT
1998
"Wildlands: Mountains and Interior Landscapes"
Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz, NY
1995
"Coney Island, Brooklyn, Night" Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1995
"White Mountain Tundra" Near East Cafe, New Paltz, NY
1990
"New York: Mysterious Places" Eat Restaurant, New York, NY
1989
"New York City: Streets and Skies" Allegra Corporation, New York, NY
1988
Solo Shows at Brooklyn Collegeand The Educational Alliance, New York, NY
1986
"Avenue J in Pencil" Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY
1982
EXHIBITIONS
“Small Matters of Great Importance” Hopper House Art Center, Nyack,
NY 2007
"30th Annual Juried Exhibition," Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2007
"Fish Follies" Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova Alaska
2007
“Singular Objects, Artistbook Library” Brooklyn College Library, NY
2007
“The Artistsbook Library” Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2007
“Painting the Metropolis: Visions of Lower Manhattan” The Educational Alliance
2006
“Printshop Benefit 2006” Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
2006
"Past & Present" Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn
2005-6
“Metropolitan Transportation Authority Exhibition” UBS Gallery, New York,
NY 2005
“the 8th annual mermaid show” Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2005
“American Lancscapes” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
2005
“Broome Street Gallery Holiday Invitational” New York, NY
2004, 5, 6
“Night of 1000 Drawings” Artist Space, New York, NY
2004, 5
“Fish Follies” Cordova Historical Museum, Cordova, Alaska
2004
“Discovering Native Woodlands and Meadows” Adkins Arboretum, Maryland
2004
“10th Anniversary Celebrations” Maria Henle Studio, St Croix, US Virgin
Islands 2002
“Walk the Windows” Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn Arts Council
2002
“Nostalgia and Decay, Remembering the Thunderbolt,”
Brooklyn Borough Hall, NY
2002
“A Tale of Three Cities” Object Image Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001
“The Bridges of Brooklyn” Brooklyn College Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001
“Two New York Artists Exhibiting in Bishkek”
National Museum of Art of Kyrgyzstan
2000
"Brooklyn Arts Council, Printmakers Portfolio" MetroTech Center, Brooklyn,
NY 2000
"Brooklyn Arts Council, Printmakers Portfolio" Brooklyn Borough Hall, NY
2000
Old New York Gallery, Orchard Street, New York, NY
1999
“City Art” HBO Corporate Gallery, New York, NY
1998
“Pier Show Five” Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
1997
“19th and 20th Annual Open Exhibitions” Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
1996-97
“On the Waterfront, Art About Brooklyn”
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
1996
“New York Scapes” Saint Marks Church, New York, NY
1996
“Cityscapes” Solena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
1996
“Gaughuin Was A Public Servant” Tweed Gallery, NYC Art Commission, NY
1996
"Three Artists in the Andes" Maria Henle Gallery,
Christensted, St. Croix, US Virgin Is.
1996
"Objects of Affection" Gateway National Park, Brooklyn, NY
1994
"Small Works Show" Multi Media Art Gallery, New York, NY
1993
"The Spirit of Utah Wilderness" Tivoli Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
1992
"Prints" Ward Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
1992
"New York Stories: Paint, Film, Metal and Glass" Grupo Arte, Albany, NY
1991
"Artists Love New York" Marine Midland Bank,
curated by CityArts, New York, NY
1991
“City Views" and “Summer in the City” Ward Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
1991-90
"Emerging Artists" Gregg Gallery, New York, NY
1986
"District Council 37 Show” Lincoln Center, New York, NY
1985
"Brooklyn Landscape, & Brooklyn '82"
Community Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, NY
1979 & 82
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
Antioch University at Keene N.H., Columbia University ESL Program,.
Death Valley National Park, Fire Island Cabin Appalachian Mountain
Club
Brooklyn Technical High School, LaGuardia High School
ARTICLES (Selected)
Art Calendar “Embracing Life in Death Valley”
February 2006
PleinAir Magazine En Couleur California
December 2005
Brooklyn Daily Eagle “Death Valley National Park Attracts B’klyn Artists
July 20, 2005
New York Times “In Praise of Urban Landscape”
April 23, 2000
Courier Lifestyles “Borough Landscape: Captured Scenes of Brooklyn”
April 17, 2000
The Brooklyn Arts Council News Susan Rowland “Artist Profile
September 2000
Public Employee Press Susan Holleran “Putting a Glow on the Big Apple”
March/April 1999
The Advocate and Greenwich Time O’Connell “From Brooklyn to Bolivia”
September 1998
Brooklyn Daily Eagle “Gowanus Canal, Park Slope Churches, Coney Island
Inspire Artist Gregory Frux”
October 17, 1997
COLLECTIONS
Coney Island Museum
Death Valley National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Glacier National Park
Metrotech, B.I.D.
National Museum of Art, Kyrgyzstan
New York City Board of Education
New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York University, Fales Library and Special Collection
Universal Diagnostic Laboratories
United States Library of Congress
Maria Henle, artist, master printmaker
Kevin Burke, President & CEO of Con Edison
Samuel Delany, Hugo Award winning science fiction author and scholar
Steven Larsen,
author of Shaman's Doorway. Center for Symbolic Studies
EDUCATION
Brooklyn College - Master of Fine Arts, thesis advisor: Lennart Anderson
1986
City College - Bachelor of Architecture
1981
National Academy of Design, studied with Harvey Dinnerstein
1979-80
Art Student's League, studied anatomy with Robert Beverly Hale
1974-75
Brooklyn Museum Art School, studied with Andrew Reiss, Francis Cunningham
1972-74
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Arts Administrator-Curator managing over 1300 works of art,
Public Art for Public Schools, New York City Board of Education
1990 - 2006
Architect, designing schools for New York City Board of Education
1983 - 1990
Architecture License, New York State 1985