ACADEMIC STUDIES
B.A. – Psychology and Sociology – U.C.L.A.
M.A. – Clinical Art Psychotherapy – Immaculate Heart College
Ph.D. – Psychoanalysis – Psychoanalytic Center of California
ART STUDIES
California State University Northridge – undergraduate and graduate studies
Art Center College of Design
U.C.L.A. Extension
Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, Maine
Santa Fe Photography Workshops, New Mexico
Los Angeles Center of Photgraphy, Los Angeles
Personal photography mentor: Ken Merfeld, Culver City.
Private photography and art studio instruction
[Workshop instructors have included: Joyce Tenneson, Arno Minkkinen, Mary Ellen Mark, Sean Kernan, Harvey Stein, Amy Arbus, Cig Harvey, John Goodman, Todd Hido, Elizabeth Opalenik, Bobbi Lane, Stephen Shafer.]
WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNATIONAL - Charter Member
LOS ANGELES CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY- Charter Member
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Los Angeles Center of Photography Juried Exhibition, 2014
LA County Psychological Association, Mirrors of the Mind 3, 2014
Studio Channel Islands Art Center Exhibition, 2014
Photo LA - Women in Photography International, Santa Monica, 2013
LA County Psychological Association, Mirrors of the Mind 2- Juried Exhibition, 2013
Photo LA - Women in Photography International, Santa Monica, 2012
Face Deep – Portraits, New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, 2012
Photo LA - Women in Photography International, Santa Monica, 2011
Photo LA - Women in Photography International, Santa Monica, 2010
Faces of Aging Around the Globe – Belmont Village, Encino, 2006
The Power of Aging – Gelabert Studio Gallery, New York, 2002
Faces of Aging – American Medical Directors Association, San Diego, 2002
After 75: In Celebration of the Human Spirit - Westside Jewish Community
Dignity of Aging – Milken Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA 2001
Faces of Aging – The Living Room Gallery, Santa Monica, 2000
HONORS AND AWARDS
Women in Photography International - Juror's Choice Special Recognition, 2013
B&W Spider Awards Nominee, 2014
Black and White Magazine - Single Image award (2 images) 2013
International Fine Art Photography Competition – Jurors Award of Merit, 2012
Black and White Spider Awards – Nominee Honor, 2012
Women in Photography International – Honorable Mention, 2012
Black and White Magazine – Single Image award, 2012
Black and White Magazine – Single Image award, 2011
Women in Photography International – Honorable Mention, 2010
Women in Photography International – Third Place Award – 2008
PUBLICATIONS
Black and White Magazine, Issue #95, 2 images, February 2013
Black and White Magazine, Issue #88, February 2012
Black and White Magazine, Special Issue, October 2012
The Light Relaxes into Evening, poetry by Kendall Merriam, 2012
History of India by Stanley Wolpert, PhD, Oxford Univ. Press 2007
Journal of American Medical Directors Association, cover photo, March 2003
Journal of American Medical Directors Association, cover photo, January 2001
Journal of American Medical Directors Association, cover photo, Sept. 2001
Journal of American Medical Directors Association, cover photo, Nov. 2001