EDUCATION
2008 MA, painting, Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta
2003 BFA, University of Tennessee
1982 MSW, University of Georgia
1975 Certificate in Art Psychotherapy, Eastern Virginia Medical School
1974 BA, psychology, Wake Forest University
EXHIBITIONS (SOLO AND 2 PERSON SHOWS)
2009 Soliloquy in Blue, E. Weber Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008 I am the white of the black and the red of the white and the citrine of
the red, MA Thesis Exhibition, Granite Room, Atlanta, GA
2006 Psyche and Film: Oh Sister, Where Art Thou?, Emory University,
Atlanta, GA
2004 Belleza Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Tomato Head Restaurant Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2003 Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2002 Downtown West Cinema Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Borders Books Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2001 Rubedo, 1010 Gallery, Knoxville, TN
1997 Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Belleza Gallery, Knoxville, TN
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Abstract, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
The Ones to Watch, Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
Beauty and Its Opposite, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
The Guard and the Vanguard, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Metamorphosis: Contemporary Statements in Encaustic,
Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
Occupation Artist, Southeast Region WCA, Presbyterian College,
Clinton, SC
2008 Fine Arts Show, Decatur, GA, Arts Festival, Dalton Gallery,
Agnes Scott College
Sweet Fried, The Defoor Centre, Atlanta, GA
Open Studio, Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
2007 Open Studio, Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
2005 Now and Not Yet, Genema Gallery, Atlanta, GA
H’Art Tsunami Relief Benefit, Living Zen Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Market Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2002 September 11 Anniversary Exhibition. A1 Lab Arts, Knoxville Museum
of Art’s Townsend Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Open Show, Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge, TN
(also: 2000, 1999, 1997)
2001 2-D Student Art Competition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
(also, 1999)
Women’s Work: Into the Millennium, Oak Ridge Art Center,
Oak Ridge, TN
2000 Reinventing Venus, Arts Council, Knoxville, TN (also, 1999)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2009 All Favorite Picks of 2009 Off-the-Wall Pin Up Show, MOCA GA
FORM Atlanta
Honorable Mention, Beauty and Its Opposite, Montserrat College of
Art, Beverly, MA
2008 Travel Scholarship Award, Savannah College of Art & Design,
Atlanta, GA
2002 Honorable Mention, Open Show, Oak Ridge Art Center,
Oak Ridge, TN
1999 Special Mention, Reinventing Venus, Arts Council, Knoxville, TN
Juried Member of Knoxville Watercolor Society
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLISHED ARTWORKS
Calcinatio, 2007, Rubedo Dawn II, 2009, Deliverance, 2008, Prima Materia,
2007, Self and Ego, 2008, FORM: artistic independence 2009, Atlanta: Willliams England Design, 2009
Self and Ego, 2008, Metamorphosis: Contemporary Statements in Encaustic, Lincoln, NE: Haydon Art Center, 2009.
Ghostly Lover, 2003, Journal of Sandplay Therapy XVII, no. 1 (2008): 14.
Camelot, watercolor, 2000. Journal of Sandplay Therapy XVI,
no. 2 (2007): 30.
Shell Purist, encaustic, 2004. Journal of Sandplay Therapy XVI,
no. 2 (2007): 37.
Lotus Rising, encaustic, 2004. Journal of Sandplay Therapy XVI,
no. 2 (2007): 87.
Epiphany, monoprint, 2000. Journal of Sandplay Therapy XVI, no. 2 (2007):
132-133.
Illumination 5, mixed watermedia, 2003. Journal of Sandplay Therapy XVI,
no. 1 (2007): 26.
I love Mary, watercolor, 2001. Journal of Sandplay Therapy XVI,
no. 1 (2007): 49.
Grail series, monoprint, 2000. Journal of Sandplay Therapy XV,
no. 2 (2006): 28-29.
Back to the Source, encaustic, 2004. Journal of Sandplay Therapy XV,
no.2(2006):110.
It Was All a Bad Dream – triptych, watercolor, 2001. Phoenix Literary
Magazine, University of Tennessee, Spring, 2002: centerfold.
PUBLISHED REVIEWS
Jeremy Abernathy, “Ones to Watch shows ATL as a dialog of differences,” review of The Ones to Watch at Alan Avery Art Company, Creative Loafing, August 28, 2009. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/culturesurfing
Donna Johnson, “Preview: Ones to Watch opens at Alan Avery Thursday”, interview by Jeremy Abernathy, Burnaway.Org, http://burnaway.org/2009/08
FORM: artistic independence 2009, Williams England Design, Atlanta, GA
Art Beat, a review of Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church
Gallery, by Heather Joyner. Metro Pulse, July 10 - 16, 2003.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
“Book Review: Foundation and Form in Jungian Sandplay by Lenore
Steinhardt,” The Journal of Sandplay Therapy, Volume 9, Number 2, 2000.
“Fairy Tale Symbolism Applied to Sandplay,” The Journal of Sandplay
Therapy, Volume 8, Number 2, 1999.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Savannah College of Art & Design, Permanent Collection
Johnson Wholesale Floors, Inc.
Individual Collectors
EMPLOYMENT
9/2005-present Psychotherapist with The Link Counseling Center,
348 Mt. Vernon Hwy., NE, Sandy Springs, GA
9/2004 -9/2005 Private Practice Psychotherapist with Spencer Gelernter,
Ph.D., and Associates, Marietta, GA
1991-2004 Private Practice Psychotherapist, Knoxville, TN
1994-1999 Private Practice Psychotherapist, Maryville, TN
1989-1994 EAP Counselor, Blount Memorial Hospital Employee
Assistance
1986-1989 Private Practice Psychotherapist, Memphis, TN
1984-1986 Chief Social Worker, Child Development Institute, Southeast
Mental Health Institute, Memphis, TN
1983-1984 Social Worker, Briarcliff Adolescent Center, Georgia Mental
Health Institute, Atlanta, GA
1982-1983 Social Worker, Anneewakee Treatment Center,
Douglasville, GA
1975-1980 Registered Art Therapist, Human Resource Institute,
Norfolk, VA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 Introduction to Sandplay Therapy, Atlanta, GA
Encaustic Painting, Summer Seminar, SCAD, Atlanta, GA
Combining Art Therapy and Sandplay Therapy, Atlanta, GA
Introduction to Sandplay Therapy, Montgomery, AL
2008 Combining Art Therapy and Sandplay Therapy Workshop, EMDR and
Sandplay, National Conference, Sandplay Therapists of America,
Savannah, GA
2005 Healing Through the Creativity of Sandplay Therapy, Georgia NASW Annual Conference, Marietta, GA
2002-04 Consultation Group in Sandplay Therapy, Knoxville, TN
2003 Psyche & Soma in Sand & Symbol: Body as Metaphor for the
Female Psyche, Denver, CO
2002 Stages of the Sandplay Process, 2002 National Conference, Sandplay
Therapists of America, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Introduction to Sandplay Therapy Seminar, Knoxville, TN
2000 Combining Art Therapy and Sandplay Therapy, The Archetype of Play,
Philadelphia, PA
1998 Ages and Stages of Sandplay, Summer Sandplay Institute,
St. Paul, MN
1997 The Use of Sandplay Therapy with Bulimia, 11th Annual International
Eating Disorders Symposium, Chicago, IL
Bulimia: Symbolism Themes in Sand Trays, Sandplay Therapists of
America, National Conference, Pacific Grove, CA
Non-verbal Techniques with Eating Disorders, Butler University,
Indianapolis, IN
1995 Symbolic Expression of Eating Disorders through Art and Sandplay,
Lafayette, LA