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• 2012“Home Coming” The Sculptors Guild Gallery, DUMBO Brooklyn, NY
  
• 2010“Archetypes: Personal & Universal” LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY
• 2005“Dream Catch”, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
• 2004 The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie in Cadwalader Park, Trenton, NJ, [two artists]
• 2002 “Dream Streams & Ex Votives”, Edison College, Fort Myers, Florida [review-photo]
  “The Responsibility of Dreams”, Washington County Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD. catalogue [review, photos]
  “Exploring Tradition: Ex Votives”, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY [review-photo]
  
• 2001 “Dream Works”, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
  “Spirit Messengers”, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
• 2000 “Spirit Messengers”, Washington Square Windows, New York University, New York, NY
  “Dream Works”, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
• 1999 “Recent Sculpture”, Elgin College, Elgin, Illinois, catalogue-photos [review-photos]
  “Spirit Messengers”, The Kentuck Museum of Art, Northport, Alabama, catalogue-photos [review-photo]
• 1998 “Sculpture Installation”, Rhode Island School of Design, Market House Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
• 1997 “Augury”, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
• 1995 “Myth & Symbol In Wood”, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
  “A Language of Totems”, Broadway Windows, New York University, New York, NY
• 1992 “Sculpture On The Wall”, In Celebration of Columbus, John Jay College, New York, NY
• 1989 “Sculpture Installation”, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, catalogue [photo]
• 1982 Esta Robinson Gallery, New York, NY
• 1978 Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Queens College, Queens, NY

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AWARDS

• 2013 The Beatrice K. Epstein Memorial Award for Sculpture, Jurors: Joyce Pommer, and Lydia Viscardi, N.A.W.A.
• 2008 The “1st international openartsresidency” Erétria, Greece
• 2006 Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship-Mural Workshop Program, National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
  Margo Leibes Harris Memorial Award for Direct Carving, N.A.W.A.
• 2000 Margo Leibes Harris Memorial Award for Direct Carving, Jurors, Grace Knowlton, Karen Shaw, N.A.W.A.
• 1999 Beatrice G. Epstein Memorial Award for Sculpture, Juror, Mary Frank, N.A.W.A.
  PAW, Polich Art Works First Recipient, The Bronze Casting Award, Rock Tavern, NY
• 1996 Amelia Peabody Mem. Award & First Prize Sculpture, Jurors, Miriam Shapiro, Amei Wallach, MaryAnn Unger, N.A.W.A.
• 1995 Gretchen Freelander Memorial Award for Carving, N.A.W.A.
• 1994 Symposium, and exhibition, La Féte Internationale de La Sculpture de Saint-Jean-Port-Joly, Quebec, Canada
• 1988 Pauline Law Award, N.A.W.A.
• 1987 David Levitt Award, N.A.W.A.
• 1985 Musavi Art Gallery, Sculpture Award, Juror, Bill King
• 1985 Anonymous Members Award, N.A.W.A.

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2014The 125th Anniversary, N.AW.A. Sylvia Wald / Po Kim Gallery, NYC
  “Who's Your Mama? Visions of Our Mentors”, Monmouth Museum at Brookdale Community College, NJ
  “Scaled to Fit”, The Sculptors Guild Gallery, DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
  “Governors Island, Transformation, Poetry and Prose”, Curator Michael Wolf, The Sculptors Guild
  “Hullaballoo Collective”, at The Fountain Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, NYC
  “The Sculptors Guild”, at The Fountain Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, NYC
  
• 2013“Renacimento”, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, NY
  “National Association of Women Artists 124th Annual Exhibition”, Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, NYC
  “Crest Art Fest”, Brooklyn, NY
  The Fountain Art Fair, “Sculptors Guild”, 69th Regiment Armory, NYC
  The Fountain Art Fair, “Hullaballoo Collective”, 69th Regiment Armory, NYC
  “Ev(e)olution III”, Riverside Branch, NY Public Library
  
• 2012“Openings, The First Annual Members Group Exhibition”, The Sculptors Guild Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
  “Process” Governors Island, NY, Curator Mikaela Sardo Lamarche, catalogue [photos]
  “Amuletes, Nazars & Evil Eyes: Artists Looking Forward” Queens College Art Ctr. NY, Curator Tara Tye Mathison
  “Sculpture of The 21st Century” The Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Curator Nicholas Capasso
  “Part & Parcel” Arts Guild of New Jersey, Curator Bonnie Gloris, catalogue [photos]
  “Hullabaloo Collective” The Fountain Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, NY
  “What Cannot Be Cured Must Be Endured” Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University. Curated by Anonda Bell, catalogue[photos] and essay by Anonda Bell
• 2011 “DNA” The Edward Willims Gallery, Petrocelli College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ
  “Tranquility” Griffin Court, NYC
  “Intersections” Governors Island, NYC The Sculptors Guild, Curator Karen Wilkin
  “Canaster” Contemporary Art Network, NYC
  “Sculptors Guild: New Work 2011” Broadway Gallery, NYC
  Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama
  Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paolo, Brazil
  
• 2010 Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC
  “30th Anniversary Exhibit: Then & Now” Thompkins Square Library, NY Sculptors Alliance
  “Visual Diaries” Fairleigh Dickenson University, Hackensack, NJ
  “Encounters” Governors Island, NYC Curators Ann Aptaker & Rocia Aranda-Alvarado
  “Creative Inquiries” Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
  “A Book About Death” Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paolo, Brazil
  Suffolk County Community College, NY
  “The Exquisite Corpse” The Paul Robeson Galleries, Curator Anonda Bell, Rutgers University, NJ
  “Small Works Invitational Exhibition” Elon University, NC
  “Bridging Generations: Women Artists & Organizations from Rutgers’ Collection” Rutgers University, NJ
  
• 2009 “A Book About Death” The Emily Harvey Foundation, NYC/Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
     Queens Museum of Art NYC/Mobius Gallery, Boston/LA County Museum of Art Research Library/The River Mill Art Gallery, NJ
  “Memento Mori: Contemporary Manifestations” Morehead State University, Kentucky. Curator Eleanor Heartney
  Elon University, Elon, NC Inaugural Small Works Invitational
  The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
  “For Peace & Development: Disarm Now” United Nations NGO Conference, Mexico City
  “Got Art” The Creative Arts Center, The University Settlement, NYC
  “Nightmares” Maryville University, St. Louis, Mo.
  “Wish You Were Here 8” A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY [review photo]
• 2008 “Generations” A.I.R. New York, NY [review] [photo]
  Walter Wickiser, New York, NY
  “In-Site” The Sculptors Guild at Governors Island, New York, NY
  The “1st international openartsresidency” Erétria, Greece
  “Supermarket Art Fair”, Stockholm, Sweden. Sculptors Guild
  “earthlink.net” Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY [six artists] [review]
• 2007 “More Than 450 Women Have been Murdered In Ciudad Juarez” SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
  “The Annunciation In Contemporary” The College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ
• 2006 The National Academy Museum School of Fine Arts, New York, NY & Stipend
  “Archival To Contemporary Six Decades of The Sculptors Guild”, Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY
• 2005Washburn University's 10th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, 2005-2006, Topeka, KS
• 2004 “L x W x H + texture =” MMC Gallery, MarymountManhattan College, New York, NY [two artists]
  “small works”, New York University, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY curator Molly Barnes
  “Life & Death”, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA [six artists]
  “Looking In - Looking Out.” Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford , CT [review]
• 2003 “Notebook” / Artscape, Pinkard Gallery, Bunting Center, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
  “Three Artists From New York”, Daiwa Gallery, Gifu City, Japan
  “The 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition”, U. Of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Traveling Two Years, 16 Mus. & Univ.
• 2002 “Glory Be”, The Johnson-Humrick House Museum, Coshocton, Ohio
  “Inspired By The Land”, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, Mass.
• 2001 Jemison-Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, Alabama Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ catalogue [photo]
  “Sculpture Takes Over”, Rockland Center For The Arts, West Nyack, NY
• 2000 “Eden Revisited: Considering The Garden, “ Islip Museum, Islip NY curator Rhonda Cooper
  “From The Heart of The Artist”, Sarasota Visual Arts Center, Sarasota, Florida
  The Consulate of Columbia, New York, NY
  “Exploring Heritage,“ Suffolk County Community College, NY [six artists] [review]
  Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho [two artists] [review-photo]
  Hutchins Gallery, CW Post College, NY
• 1999 “The Sculptors Guild at Grounds For Sculpture”, Hamilton, NJ catalogue [photo]
  “The Object; of Sculpture”, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
  “Works In Wood”, Chesterton Art Gallery, Chesterton, Indiana, catalogue [photo]
• 1998 “Friends”, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
  “The Sculptors Guild 60th Anniversary”, Lever House, New York, NY catalogue [photo]
  C.W. Post College, Hutchins Gallery, Brookville, NY
• 1997 “Generations”, A.I.R., 25th Anniversary, New York, NY
  “For The Birds”, Mirage Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
  “Multiplism As A Feminist Strategy”, W.C.A. & C.A.A. National Conference, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
  Dag Hammerskjold Tower, New York Society of Women Artists, New York, NY
• 1996 “Gold”, The Interchurch Center, New York, NY
  “Chips Off The Block: Carvers”, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY [review]
  Kohn Pederson Fox Associates PC. New York, NY
  “Flowers”, Park Avenue Atrium, New York, NY
  “Global Focus”, Museum of Women In The Arts, Washington, DC
  “Ticket Art”, O.I.A. Benefit Raffle, New York, NY
  “Maximum Capacity”, Art Initiatives Salon, New York, NY
• 1995 “Tall & Thin”, Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY
  The NY Society of Women Artists at Artists Equity, New York, NY
  “A Grand Affair”, Benefit Exhibition & Auction for Art Initiatives, New York, NY
  “Salon ‘95”, O.I.A., New York, NY
  “Global Focus, Women In Art & Culture, Bejing, China
  Long Island University, The Salena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY [four artists]
• 1994 Symposium & Exhibition, La Féte Internationale de La Sculpture de Saint-Jean-Port-Joly, Quebec, Canada catalogue [photo]
  “Sculpture ‘94”, The Sculptors League, Lever House, New York, NY
  “The Self Portrait Show”, The New York Law School, New York, NY
• 1993 “The Art of Discovery”, Krasdale Foods Inc., Bronx, NY catalogue
  Wilkes Art Gallery, N. Wilkesboro, NC
  Washington & Lee University, duPont Gallery, Lexington, VA
• 1992 Museum Without Walls, Bemus Pt., NY
  “An Unlikely Continuity”, C.U.N.Y. Graduate Center, New York, NY, [six sculptors] catalogue [photo]
• 1991 “The Transformation of Matter Into Art”, The New York Academy of Science, New York, NY
  “Individual Approaches To Abstraction”, O.I.A., New York, NY
• 1989 “The Natural Image”, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, catalogue [photo]
  “Annual Small Works Show”, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Sharon Jacques
  Jehangir Art Gallery, [Bombay, Ahemedabad, Bhavangar, Baroda, Surat], India, catalogue [photo]
• 1988 “39th Annual Art of the Northeast”, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Juror: Lowery Sims, catalogue [photo]
  “31st Annual”, Chatauqua Art Association, Chatauqua, NY, Juror: Douglas G. Schultz, catalogue
• 1987 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, catalogue [photo]
  “Horizons”, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, Curator Donald Kuspit
  Monmouth Museum of Fine Art, Monmouth, NJ
• 1986 “Cycles”, The Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY, Curator: Harmony Hammond, catalogue [photos]
  “Women’s Sensibilities”, Warm Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, catalogue [photo]
  “New Art U.S.A.” Isis Gallery, Port Washington, NY Juror: T. Saltzman
  “Perspectives ‘86” Passaic Community College, Passaic, NJ
  “The Artist & The Spiritual Quest”, The New York Open Center, New York, NY
• 1985 Mussavi Art Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Bill King [award]
  “Beyond The New”, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: John Perreault
• 1984 Three Rivers Festival, Pittsburgh, PA, Curator: Harry Rand, catalogue
  “The Shape of Things To Come”, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
  “Women In The Mainstream”, Louisiana Word Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, Jurors: Lowery Sims, Ida Kohlmeyer
  “Nat. Juried W.C.A. Exhibition”, Le High UN, Bethlehem, PA, Curators: A. Flack, J. Kozloff, J. Marter, [catalogue] [photo]
• 1983 “Italian American Artists Celebrate The Renaissance”, Pace University Art Gallery, New York, NY
  “The Third Annual Competition”, Museum of The Hudson Highlands, Cornwall, NY

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LECTURES/PUBLIC SPEAKING/SYMPOSIUMS

• 2010 LaGuardia C. College, Live Radio Interview with Professor Hugo Fernandez
• 2008 The “1st international openartsresidency” Erétria, Greece
• 2006 Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop, National Academy Museum School of Fine Arts
• 2004 MarymountManhattan College, New York, NY
  The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
  The Pen & Brush Club, New York, NY
• 2002 “Dream Streams & Ex: Votives”, Edison College, Fort Myers, Florida
• 1997 “Augury” 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY, C.U.N.Y. Graduate Students
• 1994 Symposium, La Féte Internationale de La Sculpture de Saint-Jean-Port-Joly, Quebec, Canada [eight artists]
• 1989 Eye Witness News Report, Channel 7, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• 2014Transformation, Catalogue- Sculptors Guild on Governors Island
  Featured Artist, The Artist Catalogue, www.theartistcatalogue.com/low_res/Summer_2014_Volume_3_Issue_2.pdf
  Featured Artist, Artsy Shark, http://bit.ly/1jyAskW
  Art Fuse A Photographers Tour of The Fountain Art Fair, by Olya Turchin. April 9, 2014 [Photos]
  The Art of Collage by Nancy Nikkal, Hullaballoo Collective at The Fountain Art Fair, April 9, 2014 [Photo]
  Hyperalergic at The Fountain Art Fair, Hullaballoo Collective
  New Criterion at The Fountain Art Fair, Hullaballoo Collective
  Smug Mug By Linda Tharp, Hullaballoo Collective [Photos of Visionaries Mask III]
  
• 2012Celebrating Silent Spring, www.silentspringat50.org/video--2d-art.html
  Stone Voices “Garden of Augurs” Summer 2012 - Spirituality-Mindfulness-Creativity
  Prime Time, Part & Parcel, Rahway, NJ
• 2010OurLIC.com “Archetypes: Personal & Universal” Interview & Photos
• 2008www.brooklynartproject.com posted by Allicette, Feb 8, 2008 A.I.R. Generations 2008
  “The pigmentation and chiseled sensuality of this piece is intense. My photo does not show the majesty of this work.”
• 2004 The Sunday Republican,“Looking In/Looking Out” by Tracey O‘Shaughnessy, The Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT
• 2003 The 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition,[Two Catalogues] University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
• 2002 Sculpture Magazine, “Irene Gennaro” by Joel Silverstein. Exploring Tradition Ex Votives, 55 Mercer Gallery, NY, NY
  The News Press, “Artist’s Dreams Come Alive”, by M. Pereira. “Dream Streams & Ex Votives” Edison Col. Ft. Myers, FL
  The Herald Mail, “In Her Dreams” by Kevin Clapp, Washington Co. Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland
  The New York Times, “Exploring Heritage” by Phyllis Braff, Suffolk Co. Community College, New York, NY
  The Boise Weekly, “Big Art On Campus” by Beth Bow, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho [review-photo]
• 2000 The New York Times, “Exploring Heritage” by Phyllis Braff
• 1999 The Daily Chronicle, “Irene Gennaro Polychromed Sculpture” by Ben Mahmoud, Elgin College, Elgin, Illinois
  Courier News, “Dream Works”, by Kathleen Roberts, Elgin College, Elgin, Illinois
  Spirits In Wood” Essay & Catalogue by Ed Krantz, Elgin College, Elgin, Illinois
  Spirit Messengers” Essay [Catalogue] by Elizabeth Brunazzi, The Kentuck Museum of Art, Northport, Alabama
• 1998Review Art, “Chips Off The Block: Carvers” by April Kingsley, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
• 1996Le Kamouraska, “Sculpture Symposium Saint-Jean-Port-Joly” Quebec, Canada
  L’oie Blanche, “Sculpture Symposium Saint-Jean-Port-Joly” Quebec, Canada [photos]
• 1991Artspeak, “The Transformation of Matter Into Art”, by Joseph Merkel, New York Academy of Science, New York, NY
• 1989 The New York Times, “Art Imitates Life”, by Vivian Raynor, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT [photo]
• 1987 Artspeak, “N.A.W.A. Annual” by Alice Shapiro
• 1985 Artspeak, “Beyond The New” by Joseph Merkel, Pleiades Galley, New York, NY
• 1984 Artspeak, “The Shape of Things To Come”, by Palmer Poroner, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY [photo]
• 1983 Artspeak, “Italian American Artists Celebrate The Renaissance” by Joseph Merkel, Pace University, New York, NY
• 1983 Cornwall Local, Tom E. Pray, Museum of The Hudson Highlands, Cornwall, NY
• 1980 Woodstock Times, “Women Choose Women”, Woodstock, NY

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PUBLICATIONS

• 2014The Artist Catalogue, Featured Artist, Summer 2014 Issue, Print / on Line [Photos and Interview]
  Featured Artist on Artsy Shark http://bit.ly/1jyAskW
  
• 2012Silent Spring,www.silentspringat50.org/video--2d-art.html(The Ex-Votive Series)
  What Cannot Be Cured Must Be Endured, Essay by Anonda Bell (The Exquisite Corpse, Rutgers University)
  Process, Essay by Mikaela Sardo Lamarche, The Sculptors Guild / Governors Island
  Stone Voices "Garden of Augurs" Summer 2012, Art - Spirituality - Mindfulness - Creativity
  Part & Parcel, Arts Guild New Jersey, Curator Bonnie Gloris
  Sculpture of The 21st Century [Catalogue - Photo] Essay by Nicholas Capasso
  
• 2011“Intersections” [Catalogue - Photo] Essay by Karen Wilkin
  reneephillips.blogspot.com, Online Interview
• 2010“Encounters” [Catalogue - Photo] Essay by Ann Aptaker
  Radio Interview with Professor Hugu Fernandez, Lauardia C. College
• 2009The Exquisite Corpse Essay by Anonda Bell, Rutgers University
  Memento Mori: Contemporary Manifestations, Essay by Jennifer Reis
• 2007 The Annunciation In Contemporary Art, Essay by Dr. Virginia Fabbri Butera
• 2002 Responsibility of Dreams, Essay by Gerrit Henry [Catalogue] Washington County Museum of Fine Art
• 1999 Spirit Messengers, Essay by Elizabeth Brunazzi [Catalogue] The Kentuck Museum of Art, Northport, Alabama
• 1999 Spirits In Wood, Essay & Catalogue By Ed Krantz , Elgin, Illinois
• 1994 La Féte Internationale de La Sculpture de Saint-Jean-Port-Joly,Quebec, Canada [Catalogue]
• 1992 An Unlikely Continuity, City University Graduate Center & OIA, Essay by Mary Ann Unger [Catalogue]
• 1989 Snug Harbor Sculpture Festival, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY [Catalogue]
• 1983 V.A.R.S.
• 1981 Woodworking The New Wave, by Donna Z. Meilach, Crown Publisher

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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

• The Siena Art Institute, Italy
• LaGuardia Community College, NY
• LA County Museum of Art Research Library
• Museum of Modern Art, NY
• Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Pauolo, Brazil
• The Washington County Museum of Fine Art, MD
• The Trenton City Museum, NJ
• Hillwood Art Museum, NY
• Maryville University, MO
• The United Nations, NY
• Washburn University, Topeka, KS

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AFFILIATIONS

• 55 Mercer Gallery / The Sculptors Guild, New York, NY / O.I.A. / The National Association of Women Artists
• Artists Round Table, New York, NY

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RELATED EXPERIENCE

• 2008-2012Sculptors Guild B.O.D.
• 2011-2012 Gallery Director, The Sculptors Guild, Organized the First Annual Members Group Exhibition “Openings” Brooklyn, NY
• 2011 Initiated & Organized “Home” Gallery 256, The Sculptors Guild, Brooklyn, NY
• 2003-‘04 Art Educator, Columbia Presbyterian, Pediatric Neurology Clinic, New York, NY . Ourtrech Program, N.A.W.A.
• 2001-‘05 Sculptors Guild Member B.O.D.
• 1994-‘99 Member B.O.D. National Association of Women Artists
• 1992 Organized & Curated, “Kathleen Gattuso, In Memory” Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, NY
  Ind. Curator: O.I.A. “An Unlikely Continuity” C.U.N.Y. Grad. Ctr., New York, NY [six sculptors] [catalogue-photo]
• 1976- Carving Instructor, Artists Studio

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EDUCATION

• 1962 AAS Graphic Design, City University, New York, NY
• 1967 The Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
• 1972 The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
• 1973 The New School For Social Research, New York, NY
• 2014 The New York School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture