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EDUCATION
New York University, NY, MA Art Ed., Ph.D. Art/Aesthetics
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, BA Classics
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Major Classics
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Langstein Gallery, Nyack, NY, 2019
Outside IN Piermont, Piermont, NY, 2019, 2014, 2012, 2009
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2009, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1998, 1995, 1992
Flywheel Gallery, Piermont, NY, 2011, 2009, 2008
Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, 2003
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2002
Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, 1999, 1996
Parc de Derrière-Bourges, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1993
Parco di Villa Tigullio, Rapallo, Italy, 1993
Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1992
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Bound up Together: On the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY, 2020
RoCA Nest, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, 2019
Collaborative Concepts, Saunders Farm Project, Garrison, NY, 2018, 2017, 2016
Art Walk Poster Design, Nyack, NY, 2018
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, 2017, 2009, 2005, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1993
Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, 2017, 2013
Art Gallery at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Pleasantville, NY, 2017, 2016
Bex & Arts, Bex, Switzerland, 2005
Europa Parkas, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1999
Chesterwood Museum, West Stockbridge, MA, 1999
Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany, 1998
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1994
PUBLIC PROJECTS AND COLLECTIONS
The Web, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, 2020
The Web, Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY, 2018
The Nest, Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY, 2017
Tryptic Portal, Saunders Farm, Garrison, NY, 2016
Relief of Betty Friedan, Village Hall, Grandview, NY, 2011
Portrait of Jamarr, commissioned by Palisades Community, Palisades, NY, 2007
Vilnius Nest, Europa Parkas Sculpture Park, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1998
Earth Goddess, Burlington County College, Pemberton, NJ, 1995
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Nick Ludington, bronze, commissioned by Cass Ludington, 2023
Jane Fonda, bronze, commissioned by Jane Fonda, 2022
Parker, bronze, commissioned by Ernest de la Torre and Kris Haberman, 2021
Jackie Vorenkamp, bronze, commissioned by Jackie Vorenkamp, 2019
Gabor Nemesdy, bronze, commissioned by Gabor Nemesdy, 2018
Mirtilla, bronze, commissioned by Laura Marazzi, 2018
Liliane Tomasko, bronze, commissioned by Sean Scully, 2017
Neveioro, bronze, commissioned by P.J. Mouquin, 2015
Oisin Scully, bronze, commissioned by Sean Scully, 2014
Olivier Zingg, bronze, commissioned by Olivier Zingg, 2013
Simon Bergson and Jackson, bronze, commissioned by Simon Bergson, 2013, 2012
Jack, Teddy, Phoebe and Dylan Keegan, bronze, commissioned by Nadine and Leo Keegan, 2012, 2011, 2010
Paulo Ribeiro, bronze, commissioned by Walter Cain, 2010
Charles Mouquin, bronze, commissioned by Charles Mouquin, 2007
Luisa and Crystal, bronze, commissioned by Marina and Jim Harrison, 2006
Sterling, bronze, commissioned by Edgar Jerins, 2006
Pat Walsh as Tiamat, bronze figure, 6 feet 4 inches tall, commissioned by Pat Walsh, 1990
BOOKS
Le Abitazioni Della Dea, Italian translation of Habitations of the Goddess, 2022
Four Legs + Two, with Marina Harrison and Gianni Biaggi 2021
Activism into Art into Activism into Art, self-published, 2018
The Rule of Mars: Readings on the Origins, History, and Impact of Patriarchy Knowledge, Ideas & Trends, Inc., Manchester, CT, 2006
In the Footsteps of the Goddess, Knowledge, Ideas & Trends, Inc., Manchester, CT, 2000
Habitations of the Great Goddess, Knowledge, Ideas & Trends, Inc., Glenrock, NJ, 1994
SELECTED LECTURES and PAPERS PRESENTED
· Wisdom Across the Ages: Celebrating the Centennial of Archaeomythologist Marija Gimbutas, ASWM Symposium, Virtual Event, 2021
· Activism into Art , ASWM Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2018
· Volcano Goddesses and the Volcanoes I Have Climbed , Association for the Study of Women, & Mythology (ASWM) Goddess Spirit Rising, International Goddess Conference, Simi Valley, CA, 2017
· Art & Activism , ASWM Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2014
· Keynote Speaker, The Goddess as the Original Environmentalist , ASWM Conference, Scranton, PA, 2010
· Inspiration of Activism in Art , Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, NY, 2008
· The Dark Goddess: She Who is Now Appearing in the Forefront, Goddess Conversations, Ephesus, Turkey, 2006
· A Woman’s Lineage: Following the Goddess into Contemporary Art and Activism , University of Australia, Cambera, AU, 2004
· The Web: The Pattern That Connects – Its Paleolithic and Neolithic Manifestation and Its Importance Today, Third Archaeomythology Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003
· How Did the Black Sea Flood Affect the Kurgan Culture and Why Did they Become Warlike ?, Liguria Study Center, Italy, 2002
· Keynote Speaker, The Dark Goddess in History and Her Relevance to Women Today, Southwest Universalist Unitarian Women's (SUUW) Conference, Fort Worth, TX, 2002
· The Strange Persistence of Forms , Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC (6/7). 2000
· Myth, Monument and Matristic Societies, First Archaeomythology Conference, Madouri, Greece and Woman and Earth Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, 1998
· Calabria, Sicily and Malta , 92nd Street Y, NY (4/17), 1997
· The Goddess in the Paleolithic and Neolithic , American Museum of Natural History, NY (3/22), 1997
· The Priestess Figure of Malta , World Archaeology Conference, Southampton, England, published in The Meaning of Things , ed. Ian Hodder, London: Unwin Hyman, 1986
· The Significance of the Nudity, Obesity and Sexuality of the Maltese Goddess Figurines , Archaeology and Fertility Cult Conference, University of Malta, Malta, 1985
AWARDS, HONORS AND POSITIONS
Pioneer in the Arts Award, The Rockland Center for the Arts, 70th Anniversary Gala, 2017
Rockland Center for the Arts, Board Member, 2015 – Present
Bogliasco Foundation, Trustee, 1996 – Present
Veteran Feminists of America, NY Award for Art, 2003
Rockland County Executive’s Arts Award, NY, 1997
FILM, TELEVISION, THEATER AND RADIO
The Last Keepers, dir. By Maggie Greenwald; my participation – as Goddess Consultant, 2013
The Vagina Monologues, Performed at Rockland Community College, 2012
Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, directed by Bruce Bereford, Starring Jane Fonda, in supporting cast: Cristina Biaggi as a Priestess to the Goddess
Cristina was also the Goddess Consultant
Voices of the Sacred Feminine with Karen Tate, www.KarenTate.com/Tate/radioshow 2/24/10, 2010
Focus on Women, NY, Channel 11 News with Connie Collins, Cablevision, 1995
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Tae Kwon Do, (5th Degree Black Belt), Kung Fu, (Black Sash), Flying, Scuba Diving, Mountaineering