EDUCATION







Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA B.A. Fine Art & B.A. Mass Communication 1988



Iowa State University, Ames, IA Fine Art 1967



Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA Desktop Publishing 1992











EXHIBITIONS







WOODRIDGE LIBRARY SOLO SHOW 2007



Woodridge, IL







WOODRIDGE LIBRARY SOLO SHOW 2006



Woodridge, IL







BEST OF THE BEST Triton College 2006



River Grove, IL







DOWNERS GROVE MUSEUM Peoples Choice Award 2006



Downers Grove, IL







AURORA CITY ART GALLERY 2006



Aurora, IL







ALGONQUIN PUBLIC ART EXHIBIT 2005-2006



Algonquin, IL 2005-2006







TEXAS ARTISTS MUSEUM GULF COAST NATIONAL JURIED SHOW 2004



Port Arthur, TX







ARTISTS MUSEUM GULF COAST NAT'L JURIED SHOW 2004



Port Arthur, TX







WOMENS HISTORY MONTH JURIED EXHIBIT 2004



Boise State University Boise, ID







PASTEL NATIONAL 2004



Ramon Kelly juror, Wichita, KS







FARMINGTON MUSEUM 2003



Farmington, NM







LANDSCAPE 03



Larry Bradshaw juror, art Professor University of Nebraska, Period Gallery



Omaha, NE







PASTEL NATIONAL 2002



Wolf Kahn juror, author & teacher, Wichita Center for the Arts



Wichita, KS







ABSTRACTION INVITATIONAL 2002, Larry Bradshaw juror, art Professor Univiversity of NE, Period Gallery



Omaha, NE







ALL MEDIA INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT 2002, Larry Bradshaw juror, art Professor Univiversity of NE, Period Gallery



Omaha, NB







GREAT PLAINS NATIONAL 2002, Leesa Fanning juror Fort Hays State University



Fort Hays, KS







PRAIRIE/PLAINS JURIED EXHIBIT 2001, Harold Gregor juror, art Professor Illinois State University, Coutts Memorial Museum of Art



El Dorado, KS







GATEWAY NATIONAL JURIED ART SHOW 2001, Rock Newcomb juror, artist and instructor



Farmington Gateway Museum Farmington, NM







WORKS ON PAPER XIII NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION 2001, Dr. Richard Cary juror, Professor of art Mars Hill College, Valdosta State University



Valdosta, GA







BEST OF THE BEST AWARD SHOW 2001, Triton College



River Forest, IL







ALL MEDIA III INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL JURIED EXHIBIT 2001, Larry Bradshaw juror, art Professor University of Nebraska, Period Gallery



Omaha, NE







57TH JURIED EXHIBITION 2000, Henry Adams, Curator Cleveland Museum of Art, Sioux City Art Center



Sioux City, IA







SUN BOWL ART EXHIBIT 2000, International Museum of Art



El Paso, TX







ON/OF PAPER JURIED EXHIBIT 2000, Adams State College



Alamosa, CO







TEXAS ARTIST MUSEUM GULF COAST JURIED SHOW 2000, Art Museum of SE Texas



Port Arthur, TX







ABSTRACTION 00, Larry Bradshaw juror, art Professor University of Nebraska, Period Gallery



Omaha, NE







NATHAN D. ROSEN MUSEUM JURIED SHOW 2000, Ginger Gregg juror, Professor of art Florida colleges



Boca Raton, FL







TEXAS ARTISTS MUSEUM GULF COAST NAT'L JURIED SHOW 1999, Ann Schneider Rasmus juror, Art Museum of SE Texas



Port Arthur, TX







ABSTRACTION 99, Larry Bradshaw juror, art Professor University of Nebraska, Period Gallery



Omaha, NE







JASPER 1999 JURIED SHOW, Jerry Speight juror, art Professor Murray State University



Jasper, IN







QUAD STATE JURIED COMPETITION 1999, Quincy Art Center



Quincy, IL







DISHMAN COMPETITION 99, Lamar University, Michael Ray Charles juror, art Professor. Univ. of TX Austin



Beaumont, TX







ALL MEDIA 99, Larry Bradshaw juror, art Professor University of Nebraska



Omaha, NE







SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL SHOW XIII - 1998, Allen Gough juror, Southside Art League



Greenwood, IN







ART WYOMING 98, Carl Purcell juror, art educator Snow College, Utah, Casper Artist Guild



Casper, WY







NICOLET COLLEGE NATIONAL JURIED 1998, Betye Saar juror, CA State University educator



Rhinelander, WI







NATIONAL SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION, Ray Yoshida juror, Professor School of the Art Institute of Chicago, An Art Place



Chicago, IL







BAKER ART CENTER NATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION 1998, Judith Brodie juror, Assistant Curator National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Baker Art Center



Liberal, KS







9TH ANNUAL HIGH PLAINS SHOW 1997, Larry Prestwich juror, Professor, Fort Morgan Museum



Fort Morgan, CO







SHELBY 23RD JURIED EXHIBITION 1997, Dr. Sidney Markman juror, art Professor. Duke Univ., Shelby Art League



Shelby, NC







CHEYENNE 28TH ANNUAL COMPETITION 1997, Maggie McClellan juror, author and teacher



Cheyenne, WY







MONTANA INTERPRETATIONS 1997, Fred Boyer juror, Montana Institute of Arts



Butte, Montana







BEST OF BEST SHOW 1997, West Suburban Fine Arts Alliance Award Winners Exhibition, Triton College



River Forest, IL







QUINCY ART CENTER'S 47TH ANNUAL 1997, Martin Hewitt juror, Curator Tweed Museum of Art



Quincy, IL







GALLERY TEN GROUP EXHIBIT 1997



Rockford, IL







AN ART PLACE 1997 Julia Fish juror



Chicago, IL







OAKBROOK FITNESS CENTER INVITATIONAL 1996



Oakbrook, IL







THE CHRISTMAS SHOW 1996, Swann Gallery



Detroit, MI







HEART & SOUL OF THE CITY JURIED EXHIBIT 1996



Swann Gallery Detroit, MI







27TH ART COMPETITION 1996, Doug Dawson juror, author and Master Pastelist, Cheyenne Artists Guild



Cheyenne, WY







ART WYOMING 96, Tony Couch juror, teacher and author, Casper Artists Guild



Casper, WY







BEST OF BEST SHOW 1996, West Suburban Fine Arts Alliance Award Winners Exhibition, Triton College



River Forest, IL







LEWIS-CLARK JURIED EXHIBITION 1996, Lewis-Clark Center for the Arts & History



Lewiston, ID







WOMEN'S WORK EXHIBITION 1996, Carole Fisher juror, Bemidji Community Arts Center



Bemidji, MN







21ST ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION 1995, Michael Klauke juror, North Carolina Museum of Art, Shelby Art League



Shelby, NC







HIGH PLAINS HERITAGE ART EXHIBIT1995, Laurie Jollife juror, Fort Morgan Museum



Fort Morgan, CO







ART WYOMING 1995, Nita Leland juror, teacher and author, Casper Artist Guild



Casper, WY







REGIONAL JURIED SHOW X -1995, Southside Art League



Greenwood, IN







MONTANA INTERPRETATIONS XVI -1995, Juried Exhibition



Butte, MT







ART WYOMING 1994, Doug Dawson, AWS & PSA member & Professor at Colorado Institute of Art



Casper, WY







KLAMATH JURIED OPEN 1994, Peter Stone juror, Professor of art West Oregon St. College



Klamath Falls, OR







MONTANA INTERPRETATIONS XV -1994, Mimi Grant juror



Butte, Montana







NPVAG NATIONAL JURIED SHOW 94



Scottsbluff, NE







NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTISTS JURIED COMPETITION 1994, Roseann Frasier juror



Santa Fe, TX







MIDWEST WINTER JURIED EXHIBITION 1994, Center for the Visual Arts



Wausau, WI







ANNUAL RIVER ROAD SHOW 1993, Morgan Samuel Price juror, Louisiana Artist Guild, Cortana Gallery



Baton Rouge, LA







27TH REGIONAL JURIED SHOW 1993, Earline Barnes juror, teacher & author, Richardson Art Association



Richardson, TX







ART WYOMING '92 JURIED COMPETITION, Stephen Quiller juror, author & teacher, Casper Artists Guild



Casper, WY







ALL MEDIA '92 JURIED EXHIBIT, Harold Nelson juror, Director. of Long Beach Art Museum, Irvine Fine Arts



Irvine, CA







AESTHETICS '92, Linda Faw-Light juror, McPherson College



McPherson, KS







NORTH VALLEY NATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION 1992, James Kirk juror, Professor of Art West Oregon State College



Redding, CA







IRVINE CREATIVE ARTS GUILD JURIED EXHIBITION 1991



Irvine, CA







WITTENBURG SUMMER INVITATIONAL 1990, Wittenburg Gallery



St. Louis, MO











SOLO EXHIBITIONS







WOODRIDGE LIBRARY SOLO SHOW, Woodridge, IL 2007



WOODRIDGE LIBRARY SOLO SHOW Woodridge, IL 2006



MARMION ACADEMY Aurora, IL 2004



DOWNERS GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY DUO SHOW Downers Grove, IL 2004



JASPER ART CENTER 4 Person Show, Jasper, IN 2004



MARMION ACADEMY 2 Person Show, Aurora, IL 2002



DOWNERS GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY Downers Grove, IL 2001



NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE Naperville, IL 2001



MARMION ACADEMY Aurora, IL 2000



CHASE MANHATTEN MORTGAGE BANK Naperville, IL 2000



LA GRANGE ART GALLERY LaGrange, IL 1999



PROSPECT FEDERAL BANK Worth, IL 1999



BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY Lisle, IL 1998



DOWNERS GROVE PUBLIC LIBRARY Downers Grove, IL 1997



AERO SERVICES INTERNATIONAL Midway Airport Chicago, IL 1997



FIRST SUBURBAN BANK OF BROADVIEW Broadview, IL 1997



VISUAL MEMORIES, Fairview Village Downers Grove, IL 1996



NOW AND THEN Sac City Arts Council Sac City, IA 1996



LAND LEGENDS Witter Gallery Storm Lake, IA 1996



SAC CITY REVISITED Sac City Arts Council Sac City, IA 1994



THE PORTFOLIO Irvine Fine Art Center Irvine, CA 1993



TIMOTHY JOHN'S GALLERY Irvine, CA 1991-1992











PUBLICATIONS







FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS Iowa State Arts Council publication of artwork depicting the 1993 floods Bruce Williams, Director of Creative Artists and Arts 1993



VISTA VIEW FINE ARTS MAGAZINE Publication of lithographs 1987



BUENA VISTA CALENDER Publication of alumni and faculty art Buena Vista College Storm Lake, IA 1986











AWARDS & HONORS







DOWNERS GROVE MUSEUM, Downers Grove, IL HONORABLE MENTION 2004



DOWNERS GROVE LIBRARY, Downers Grove, IL HONORABLE MENTION 2004



BEST OF THE BEST EXHIBIT, juror Phyllis Kozlowski, Triton College River Forest, IL HONORABLE MENTION 2002



TEXAS ARTIST MUSEUM JURIED ART COMPETITION, juror Meredith "Butch" Jack Professor of art Lamar Univ., Texas Artist Museum Port Arthur, TX FIRST PLACE 2001



DOWNERS GROVE SPRING EXHIBIT Downers Grove, IL



SECOND PLACE 2001



LA GRANGE ART GALLERY La Grange, IL HONORABLE MENTION 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002



DOWNERS GROVE EXHIBIT, Madeline Shea juror, educator, Downers Grove Artist Guild Downers Grove, IL



HONORABLE MENTION 1999



DOWNERS GROVE EXHIBIT, David Smith juror, educator, Downers Grove Artist Guild Downers Grove, IL HONORABLE MENTION 1998



BEST OF BEST EXHIBIT, Ratindra Das juror, West Suburban Fine Art Alliance Award Winners Exhibition, Triton College River Forest, IL HONORABLE MENTION 1998



ANOTHER VIEW-LA GRANGE ART LEAGUE, John Wantz juror, Professor of Art College of DuPage La Grange, IL



HONORABLE MENTION 1998



BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY HONORS LOCAL ARTISTS 1997 honored and showed in special group exhibit, Lisle, IL April 1997



DOWNERS GROVE FALL EXHIBIT, Downers Grove Art Guild Downers Grove, IL 1996 THIRD PLACE AWARD



HOLIDAY EXHIBITION, Phyllis De Sio juror, LaGrange Art Gallery LaGrange, IL 1996



JUDGE'S CHOICE HONORABLE MENTION AWARD



DANADA NATURE JURIED SHOW Wheaton, IL 1996 MERIT AWARD



LUSH LANDSCAPES, Norman Von Koughnett juror, DuPage Art League Wheaton, IL 1996 MERIT AWARD



SAC CITY HALL OF FAME Wilson inducted into Educational Hall of Fame, Sac City, IA April 1996



BUILDING BRIDGES, Frisco Days Juried Exhibit Springfield, MO 996 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD



DOWNERS GROVE WINTER EXHIBIT 1995, Phyllis De Sio juror



Downers Grove, IL '95 FIRST PLACE AWARD



DOWNERS GROVE WINTER EXHIBIT, David Smith juror



Downers Grove, IL '94 JUDGE'S CHOICE HONORABLE MENTION AWARD



MC COOK COLLEGE ANNUAL COMPETITION, John R. McKirahan juror, Wrightstone Fine Art Center



McCook, NE 1994 PATRONS MERIT AWARD



MINNESOTA ARTISTS ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Tom O'Sullivan juror, Curator of Art for the Minnesota Historical Society St. Paul, MN 1989 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE