Bio

My artistic journey spans decades and continents. I first began batik silk in 1970 — a path that led me to live and work in Mexico City and San Miguel de Allende; to teach art, and ultimately to return to Chicago to study art, music, and education. Over twenty years, I taught in Chicago Public Schools, then at the university level, mentoring future educators in arts integration. 

After retiring from teaching, I returned to fiber art — now with a renewed urgency. My work is explicitly feminist and political. It reckons with the body and identity, with power and vulnerability, with structures that seek to define or confine. My silk pieces embody contradictions — fragility made weighty, translucence made visible, softness made resistant. Through form, material, and context I strive to reflect not only my personal history, but broader social narratives. 

My work has been shown throughout Chicago and beyond — including at the Evanston Art Center, Woman Made Gallery, ARC Gallery, The Art Center Highland Park, Koehnline Museum of Art, Stola Contemporary, and more. My pieces have also entered public and institutional collections, including the Illinois State Museum.