RESUME

EDUCATION
 

1988      Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA, BFA - Photography

2002      Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014      Times Past, Yet Present, Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY

2012      Driven To Inception, Salon Joose Studio, Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012      Mementoes, Christina Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington, DE

2011      Embracing Light, Mosely Art Gallery, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

2010      Photography and Mixed Media, Christina Cultural Arts Center, Wilmington, DE

               Private Visions, Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA

               Shadows of A Journey, African American Heritage Museum of Southern NJ, Newtonville, NJ

2009      Shadows of A Journey, African-American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2007      Southern Connections, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2015      Giving Voice: Women, Artist, Interpretations, Widener University Art Gallery, Chester, PA, Curated by   Tanya Murphy, Artists: Natalie Brown, Martina Johnson Allen, Anyta Thomas-Burwell, Tanya M. Murphy

2014      Visual Narratives, Brandywine Workshop, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Camille Billops, Barbara Chase-Riboud, don Colley, Ricardo Gouveia, Edger Heap of Birds, Lee Jim, Ayanah Moor, Tanya Murphy Dodd, Howardena Pindell, Jose Ortiz Pagan, Michael B. Platt, Robert Pruitt, Faith Ringold, Juan Sanchez, Marta Sanchez, A.J. Smith, Kaylyan Sullivan Two Trees, Hank Willis Thomas, Shirley Woodson,

2014      Philadelphia Voices: Northern Liberties: From World’s Workshop to Hipster Mecca and the People in Between, Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Curated by   Jennifer Baker, (Various artist)

2014      Neo-Genesis, Joose Studio & Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Meredith Jackson, Tanya Murphy2012      Renderings: New Narratives and Reinterpretation. Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, Cornell University Professor Cheryl Finley, Ph.D., Curator,  Artists: Andrea Chung, Hank Willis Thomas, Robert Pruitt, Jamal Cyrus, Tia- Simone Gardner, Tanya Murphy, Letitia Huckaby, Sedrick Huckaby, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, Lorna Williams, Nsenga Knight, Maya Freelon Asante, Reginald Woolery, Ianna Moor,

2012      Woman’s Work, Joose Studio & Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Natalie Brown, Tanya Murphy, Sofya Mirvis, Anyta Thomas

2011      Northern Liberties A Transformation, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Curated by Jennifer Baker, Joe Braverman, Anda Dubinskis, Ray King, Rob Matthews, Ray Metzker, Tanya Murphy Dodd, Bruce Pollock, Ruth Thorn-Thomsen, John Thornton, Ira Upin, Jennifer Baker,

2011      Passion and Pathways: Breaking Barriers, Salon Joose Studio, Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Martina Johnson-Allen, Inga Kimberly Brown, Celestine Wilson Hughes, Tanya M. Murphy, Ife Nii Owoo, Anyta Thomas, Ellen Tiberino

2011      Surface Politics: Looking Beneath Aesthetics and Formalism, Salon Joose Art Gallery, Philadelphia PA, Curated by Theodore Harris, Artists: Quentin Morris, David Stevens, Theodore Harris, Tanya Murphy Dodd, Joan Huckstep, Leroy Johnson, Nadine Peterson, Gabrial Tiberino, and Jared Wood

2010       Small Works and More, Paintings and Mixed Media, ArtJaz Gallery, Philadelphia PA,

Cynthelia Cephas, Michael Clemmons, Calvin Coleman, Tanya Murphy, India Cruse-Griffin, Joachim McMillian, Felix Osiemi, Janis Pinkston, Sonia Lynn Sadler, Anyta Thomas, Dane Tilghman, and  Richard Watson.  

2010      Our Lives Begin and End The Day We Become Silent About Things That Matter, Panopticon Gallery of Photography, Boston, MA, Photographers: Tanya Murphy, Frank Stewart, Leroy Henderson, Robert Sengstacke and Ernest Withers.  

 

2009      Collectors Choice, National Conference of Artists, (NCA) Gallery, Detroit, MI, Paintings and works on paper by Jide Aje, Christopher Batten, Camille Ann Brewer, Elizabeth Catlett, Gail Shaw Clemons, David Driskell, Reginald Gammon, Sam Gilliam, Gregory Johnson, Samella Lewis, Allie McGhee, Eileen Montero, Evangeline Montgomery, Tanya Murphy Dodd, Jocelyn Rainey, Bill Sanders, Gilda Snowden, Asha Walidah, Cheryl Warrick, Raymond Wells, Shirley Woodson

2009      In Your Dreams, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA (Juried Exhibition)

2008      Portfolio: Two Photo Lens - Contemporary Photography, National Conference of Artist, Detroit MI

2008      Storytellers, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1992      First Take, Emerging Artist Juried Exhibit, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

 RESIDENCY AWARD

2010      Artist-In-Residence, Brandywine Print Workshop, Philadelphia, PA

 ARTICLES & REVIEWS

2012      In My Lifetime, Urban Suburban Magazine

2011      African American Stories Shared…The Daily Times/Shore Life (Ursula Ehrhardt)

2011      More Than Meets The Eye? The ArtBlog (Edward Epstein)

2011      Surface Politics, City Paper/Favorite Things (Robin Rice)

2010        African Heritage, The Philadelphia, Inquirer (Victoria Donohoe)

2010      Dream Scheme, Philadelphia Weekly/ART (Roberta Fallon)

2009      Art For Barter's Sake Gives Artists A Break, Courier-Post (L. Decastro)
2008      Shadows of A Journey, The Philadelphia Tribune/Lifestyles (Bobbi Booker)
2008      Must Love Dog, New York Post (Julia Szabo)
2004      Dodd Brings Bible to Life, The Philadelphia Inquirer/Faith Life (Kristin Holmes)
1992      First Take, The Philadelphia Inquirer/The Arts (Edward Sozanski)

    PUBLICATIONS

 

THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART, (catalogue by IRAAA) Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia, 2011

AT TIME A SEASON: A VISUAL TRIBUTE TO OPRAH WINFREY, (book by BAIA) Black Art In America, Atlanta Georgia, 2011

COLLECTORS CHOICE, (self-published catalogue) 2011

TEN TALENTS MOVIE, John Detita Independent Film, 2009

SOUTHERN CONNECTIONS: IMAGES FROM MY HERITAGE, (self-published book) 2007

FIRST TAKE, (catalogue by Minority Resource Council, Inc.,) Philadelphia PA, 1992

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Writer, Urban Suburban Magazine, Philadelphia, PA

Director of Communications, (NCA) National Conference of Artists, Phila., PA, 2010

Co-Founder/Director/, SALON JOOSE GALLERY Co-Host, JOOSE UNLEASHED (Internet Radio Podcast)

Gallery Director, Sande Webster Gallery, Phila., PA

CURATOR

GIVING VOICE: WOMEN, ARTISTS, INSPIRATIONS,  Widener University, Chester, PA, 2015

ANDREW TURNER-THINGS PAST YET PRESENT, Widener University, Chester, PA, (with William Dodd and Sande Webster, 2007)

THE FAMILY TIBERINO-A LEGACY OF ART, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (with John McDaniel/Artist, 2007)

GUEST JUROR

               Faculty/Student Art Exhibit, Widener University Art Gallery, Chester PA, 2009

               Photography, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA, 2008

               Millbourne Station Award, SEPTA Art In Transit, Philadelphia, PA, 2008

SELECT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

The Art Museum at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, Brandywine Workshop Collection, Philadelphia, PA, Charles Blockson Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Camp William Penn Museum, LaMott, PA, Faith Tabernacle Mutchmore Memorial, Philadelphia, PA, Gospel Temple Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA, Victory Temple, AME, Lansdowne, PA, St. James Baptist Church, Beverly, NJ, Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA, Beloved Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA, Sabrina McMillian, ESQ, Washington, DC, Michael Chisolm, New York, NY, Ervin Thompson, Jr., Philadelphia, PA, Leslie & Marcellette Ellison, Philadelphia, PA, Lois & Michael Haber, Wynnewood, PA, Marie Buncombe Dodd, Brooklyn, NY, Richard Webber & Tanya Holcomb, Morris Township, NJ, Robert L. Archie, Jr. ESQ, Philadelphia PA, William H. Brown, III, ESQ, Philadelphia PA, Honorable Judge, Paul A. Dandridge, Philadelphia PA, Honorable Judge, Ricardo C. Jackson, Philadelphia PA, Peter J. Liacouras, ESQ, Chancellor, Temple University, Professor, Robert Reinstein, Philadelphia PA, JoAnne A. Epps, Dean, Temple Law School, Philadelphia, PA, Maggie McClellan, Teaneck, NJ, Ronald & Monique Ollie, Newark, NJ, William & Gail Robinson, NJ, Richard L. Watson, Bryn Mawr, PA, Donnell Walker, Yeadon, PA, Adrian Moody, Esq, Philadelphia, PA, Stacy Shields, Esq., Philadelphia, PA, R. Wright, Philadelphia PA, Kevin Pugh, Bryn Mawr, PA, Jude Vercoe, Philadelphia, PA, Anyta Thomas-Burwell, Philadelphia, PA, Rasheeda Johnson, Phila., PA, Darrius Louder, Phila., PA, Stokes Mott, Phila., PA, Mott Warsh Collection, Flint, MC, CC Jones, /Wilmington, DE, Terrie M. Williams, NY, NY, Anthony& Lorraine Drake, Philadelphia, PA, Edwin & Nikki Henderson, Falls Church, VA, Danny Simmons, Brooklyn, NY, Christine D’Alessandro, Phila., PA, A. Scott, & Timothy Benston, Philadelphia, PA, Caspian Ackenbom, Philadelphia., PA, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC, Michelle Lawrence, Philadelphia, PA, Jerry & Raye Johnson, PA, Allison Manning, PA, Crystal Patterson, Philadelphia, PA,