EDUCATION:
Diploma, The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy June 2002
Four years, painting program
Bachelor of Arts, Troy University, Troy, AL May 1995
Summa Cum Laude Double major in Studio Art and Mathematics
Obirin University, Tokyo, Japan 1993-94
Japanese art, culture, and language studies
Solo EXHIBITIONS:
PENNSWOOD ART GALLERY, Newton, PA, Nov 2013
ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA, May 2010
ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA, April 2008
ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA, June 2006
ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA, June 2000
ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA, May 2000
FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA, March 2005
Select Group EXHIBITIONS:
TROY UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL ARTS CENTER, Troy, AL
Selected Works, Carolyn Pyfrom and Peter Van Dyck, Sept 10 to Dec 18, 2022
CHAUNCEY STILLMAN GALLERY at The LYME ACADEMY of FINE ARTS, Old Lyme, CT
Memento Vivere, October 16 to Dec 10, 2021
WESTBETH GALLERY, New York, NY
Parent Portraits, May 11 to June 8, 2019
STANEK GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA
Passion and Desire, July 6 to August 11, 2018
THE FLORENCE ACADEMY of ART at MANA CONTEMPORARY, Jersey City, NJ,
Two Person Show, with Peter Van Dyck, February, March, 2015
ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Arnold, MD
Subject and Subjectivity, 2015
MANIFEST GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH
Perceptual Painters: A Contemporary Movement, 2014
THE RYE ARTS CENTER, Rye, NY,
Edge of the Seat, April 5 to May 17, 2014
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Macomb, IL,
Painting the Familiar and the Ordinary: Contemporary Still Life, March 8 to April 19, 2014
RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Sarasota, FL
Carolyn Pyfrom and Peter Van Dyck, March 2014
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, PA,
Observation and Invention, The Space of Desire, January 21 to April 6, 2014
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART, Hattiesburg, MS
Everything in its Right Place, January 24 to February 21, 2013
ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA
Year of the Woman, April 2013
39th STREET GALLERY, Bentwood, MD
Real and Remembrance, The Perceptual Painters, March 9 to April 20, 2013
SPALDING UNIVERSITY HUFF GALLERY, Louisville, KY
Perceptual Painters Group, January 4 to February 17, 2013
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, Wilmington, DE
The Aesthetic Moment: The Art of the Still Life, September 2012 to January 2013
25 CPW, New York, NY
Converge: Where Classical and Contemporary Art Collide, Nov. 2012
ART OF THE STATE, STATE MUSEUM OF PENN., Harrisburg, PA 2012, 2009
ARTISTS’ HOUSE GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA
Two Person Show, with Peter Van Dyck, April 2012,
PENN. ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, PA
Anatomy Now, Jan.-April. 2011;
Portrait of the Artist, Oct. – Jan 2011
ELEANOR ETTINGER GALLERY, New York, NY
The Figure in American Art, Jan 11 to Feb 11, 2007
SOLOMON GALLERY, Dublin, Ireland, July 2006
BIGGS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Dover, DE, Jan.-Mar. 2004
WESTBETH ARTS GALLERY, New York, NY, May to June 2003
THE GRENNING GALLERY, Sag Harbor, NY
Five Women Painters, May 2002
AWARDS:
Nomination for Pew Fellowship in the Arts, 2012
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Artist’s Grant, 2005, 2003
The Fleisher Art Memorial Hazell Faculty Fellowship, 2004
American Society of Classical Realism Atelier Student Scholarship, Top Award, 2001
John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Award for students of Realist painting, 2001
Florence Academy of Art Full-tuition Work-Study Scholarship Award, 2000-2002
Troy State Univ. Art and Classics Award for scholarship and artistic excellence, 1995
America-Japan Society full one-year scholarship to Tokyo, Japan, 1993-1994
TEACHING:
Adjunct and Continuing Education Instructor, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA,
Jan. 2003 to present
Adjunct Life Drawing Instructor, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA,
Fall 2021
Visiting Instructor, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Spring 2018
Painting Instructor, The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA,
Feb. 2003 to Spring 2008
Student Drawing Instructor, The Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy,
Spring 2002