Education
Certificate Program, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
Awards
Samuel Davidson Memorial Prize for Cast Drawing, 1994
Louis Fine Purchase Prize, 1995
Morris Blackburn Prize for Best Landscape, 1995
Historic Yellow Springs Prize, 1995 (Honorable Mention)
Second Place (Oils): 28th Art Competition, Cheyenne Artist’s Guild, 1997
Third Place (Other Media): 28th Art Competition, Cheyenne Artist’s Guild, 1997
First Place (Painting): Art Ice Fest, Artists Guild of Ouray, 1998
First Place (Pastels): National Greeley 35th Annual Art Exhibition, 1998
Best in Show: 70th Anniversary Celebration and Exhibit, Colorado Artists Guild, 1998
First Place (Oils): 70th Anniversary Celebration and Exhibit, Colorado Artists Guild, 1998
Award of Excellence: 70th Anniversary Celebration and Exhibit, Colorado Artists Guild, 1998
Colorado Artists Guild Award: Artists of Colorado IV, Colorado Artists Guild, 1999
Best of Show: Regional Exhibition, Thompson Valley Art Guild, 2000
Third Place: Colorado Art Guild Annual Show, 2000
First Place Oils, Lincoln Gallery, 2013
Larimer Department of Natural Resources Visual Artist of the Year, 2016
What If? Ideation People’s Choice Award, 2016
Art in Public Places, Purchase Award, Loveland, Colorado. 2020
Juried Exhibitions
Spring, Summer, Fall Student Art Shows, PAFA, Philadelphia, PA, 1993,1994
96th Annual Exhibition of the Fellowship of the PAFA, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 1993
Lost Dreams on Canvas, Traveling National Exhibition
28th Art Competition, Cheyenne Artist’s Guild, Cheyenne, WY, 1997
Colorado Art Open, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, 1997
1997 National Pastel Painting Exhibition, Pastel Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1997
Art Ice Fest, Artists Guild of Ouray, Ouray, CO, 1998
National Greeley 30th Annual Art Exhibition, Greeley, CO, 1998
70th Anniversary Celebration and Exhibit, Colorado Artists Guild, Denver, CO, 1998
Artists of Colorado, Colorado Artists Guild, Denver, CO, 1999, 2000
MOCA Studio Tour, Ft. Collins, CO, 2005, 2006, 2007
Loveland Studio Tour, Loveland, CO, 2009-2020
North Colorado Medical Center (NCMC) Spring art show, Greeley, CO, 2011
NCMC featured artist, Greeley, CO, Summer 2011
NCMC summer art show, Greeley, CO, 2012
22nd Annual Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO, 2013
Salon des Refuses 2014
TAAP Library Loveland Show, 2012
TAAP Library Loveland Show, 2016
Galleria Library Exhibition, Loveland Library, 2016-current
Art in the Park Exhibition, 2018-current
21nd Annual Vivian and Stanley Reed Marine Show, 2021
Gallery Exhibitions
Levering Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Spring, Summer, Fall 1996
Cafe on the Platte, one-man show, Denver, CO, Spring 1997
Mt. Vernon Country Club (Denver Art Guild), Summer 1997
St. Mark’s Coffeehouse, one-man show, Denver, CO, Winter 1997
Aurora Fox Theatre, one-man show, Aurora, CO, Winter 1998
Metropoint (McGrath & Braun), one-man show, Denver, CO, Winter 1998
Hugo Anderson Studio, one man show, Denver, Co, Winter 2001
Gary Hixon Designs, one-man show, Fort Collins, Co, Winter 2002
Two Woman Show at Gallery of the Master, Fall 2007
Featured Artist, Sage Moon Gallery, Spring 2009
Lyse Dzija: Art All Over the Place, Windsor Museum, Windsor, CO, Spring 2012
4th Street Gallery, Spring/Summer 2017
Earthwood Collections, Estes Park, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
Lincoln Gallery Exhibition, Loveland Gallery, 2019
Fundraisers and Benefits
“Lost Dreams on Canvas” Washington DC, project to heighten awareness for victims of drive-by shooting
McKee Medical Center, one-man show, Backcountry Discovery, Loveland, CO
Sierra Club Benefit
Legacy Land Trust
Backcountry Discovery
Legacy Land Trust Juried Show
Loveland Youth Gardeners Garden Tour
Loveland Feed and Grain Benefit Auction 2009
Participation in painting project to benefit families of recently slain children in Newtown, Connecticut 2012
Zen Doodle Demonstration for Children and Adult audience participation to raise awareness for Mental Health 2016
UCHealth Behavioral Health Fundraiser 2015
UCHealth Behavioral Health Fundraiser 2016
UCHealth Behavioral Health Fundraiser 2017
Loveland Historical Society 2019
Current and Former Representation
McGrath & Braun Corporate Art Consultants, Denver, CO
Levering Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
C.B. Anthony Gallery, Beaver Creek, CO
Desurmont Gallery, Taos, NM
Gallery of the Master, Loveland, CO
Tinmath Gallery, Tinmath, CO
Power Station Gallery, Loveland, CO
Thornwood Gallery, Houston, TX
Sage Moon Gallery, Loveland, CO
Natural Accents, Taos, NM
Henry’s, Loveland, CO
Lola’s Fresh Patina, Loveland, CO
Earthwood Gallery, Boulder and Estes Park, CO
Rabbask Gallery, Loveland, CO
Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
Public works
6 city commissions to paint transformer boxes, Loveland, CO
Art in Public Places purchased work for Loveland Civic Center, Loveland, CO
Fort Collins Justice Center, Fort Collins, CO
Collections
American College of Podiatry
R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Great-West Life Assurance Co.
Ranch-Way Feeds
Dr. Rhonda Krause, Loveland Family Dentistry
Art in Public Places
Loveland Transformer Project 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
Loveland Civic Center, 2020
Former Juried Member of the Colorado Artists Guild, Thompson Valley Art Guild and Gallery, National Association of Woman Artists; Juried member of Northern Colorado Artists Association (formerly); Juried artist for ArtBark.com
Juried member, Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, Colorado