Born: Detroit, Michigan
Education: BFA, with Distinction, Wayne State University, 1975

Telephone: 818-705-8194

Selected Group Shows

2008

Juried Admission Show, LosAngeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

2004

2004 Juried Open Topanga Canyon Gallery( Juror, Michael Zakian, Director Weisman Art Museum, Pepperdine University.) Topanga, CA

2003

The Brewery Artwalk, Los Angeles, CA
A Classic Competition, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Art Methods and Materials Show, Pasadena Convention Center. (Juried show sponsored by American Artist magazine). Pasadena, CA
Water/Works City ofBurbank Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA.
This Land is Your Land, Valley Institute of Visual Arts Gallery (VIVA), Northridge, CA
Reflections, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Thousand Oaks, CA
The Written Word, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
One Great Nation, VIVA Gallery, Northridge, CA

2002

Beyond 9/11, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
California Gold Coast Watercolor Society 12th Annual Juried Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Spring Expressions, Valley Institute of Visual Arts Gallery, Reseda, CA
This Land of Ours, VIVA Gallery, Northridge, CA

2001

Showcase: Julie Dayton Paul, Paintings/Brian Mc Bean, Ceramics. Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
Summer Celebration, VIVA Gallery, Northridge, CA

2000

Kaliedoscope, VIVA Gallery, Northridge, CA
California Gold Coast Watercolor Society 10th Annual Spring Open Competition, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA.
Arts Council of the Conejo Valley Visual Arts Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
Art in the Park, benefit exhibition, Topanga, CA.

1999

Play of Light, VIVA Gallery, Reseda, CA (First place award)
California Gold Coast Watercolor Society 9th Annual Spring Open Competition, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
ACCV Visual Arts Show, Thousand Oaks

1998

Act One, California State University Northridge Performing Arts Center, Northridge, CA
Calendar, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
ACCV Visual Arts Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
A Gathering of Arts, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA

1996

Journeys: Recent paintings by Julie Dayton Paul, Linda Bolhuis and Nancy Swenson Williams. Pinoccio Café, Venice, CA
California Gold Coast Watercolor Society 6th Annual Spring Open Competition, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA.
Kindred Spirits, TopangaCanyon Gallery, Topanga, CA.
ACCV Visual Arts Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA
A Touch of Class,Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, CA.
Vibrations, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA

1995

New Horizons, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
Idiosynchronicity, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA.
California Gold Coast Watercolor Society 5th Annual Spring Open Competition, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, C
In the Thicket of Art: Rebirth and the Garden, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA.

1994

A Gathering of Arts, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
Everything in SITE, SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1980

A Fine Line, Curator Ellen Ekedal, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Westchester, CA.

Selected Awards and Prizes

1999 Valley Watercolor Society, First Prize, “Play of Light” exhibition
1996 Valley Watercolor Society, Honorable Mention, “Vibrations” exhibition
1995 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Second Place, “New Horizons” exhibition (oils)
1983 Art Director’s Club of New York Award for Xerox Corporation publication
1978 Citation Award in Design, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education

Bibliography

Proskow, Christine. “Paintings of Place Memory”, Watercolor magazine, (an American Artist publication), Fall 2001, pages 120-127
Art Calendar 2003, Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA

Associations/Community Activities

2008 Los Angeles Art Association
1994-2004 Topanga Canyon Gallery, LLC
1996-2004 Valley Watercolor Society
2000-2003 National Watercolor Society
1994-95 SITE
1975-’78 Co-founded the Artist Guild of Detroit, a non-profit, alternative gallery introducing emerging Detroit artists to the public.

Related Experience

Twenty years as a graphic designer and art director for various ad agencies, art studios and higher education.