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FRANCES A. SMOKOWSKI
128 Remsen St. #4B Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-522-2787
ChyrsalisStudio@Verizon.net
www.chrysalisstudio.com

EDUCATION
MFA (pending), Painting, 2010 The New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
MA, Art Therapy, 1991 the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
BFA, Painting, minor Art History, 1985 State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (summa cum laude)
BS, Graphic Design, 1985 State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (summa cum laude)
40+ Graduate Credits in Fine Art, 1985-1987, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

SCHOLARSHIPS
1990-1991 Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1990-1991 Graduate Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1989-1990 Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1989-1990 Graduate Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1987-1988 Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1986-1987 Teaching Assistantship, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1985-1986 Teaching Assistantship, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

AWARDS
2007 Outstanding Merit Award in Collage/Mixed Media, the Pen and Brush, New York, NY
2000, Cash Award, the Developmental School Foundation, Washington DC metro area
1985, the Dean's Award for Excellence: Fine Arts, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1985, the Dean's Award for Excellence: Graphic Design, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

GRANTS
1983, Student Mini-Grant for the Arts & Humanities, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 1983

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004 PHOTO-Synthesis (Collage), TPMC, Silver Spring, MD
1985 Construct, the Urban Art Project Space at Theater Place, Buffalo, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Ecstatic Drawing, Café Gallery, NY Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art, New York, NY
2008 The Art of Art Therapists (3rd annual), Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, Kansas City, MO
2008 Art Fair, Destination NY, New York, NY
2008 New Work, Images Art Gallery, Westchester, NY
2007 Fall "Brush" Exhibition, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2007, 2006-2007 Award Winners Exhibition, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2007 The Art of Art Therapists (2nd annual), Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, Kansas City, MO
2007 Wider Circle of Friends, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2007 Spring Brush Exhibition, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2007 Photography, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2007 Roles, Rites and Rituals, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2007 Fine Crafts, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2006 Brush Exhibition, the Pen & Brush, New York, NY
2006 Black & White: Art in the Absence of Color, the Capitol Arts Network, Bethesda, MD, 9/06
2005 Bits & Pieces, the Newark Arts Alliance, Newark, DE
2004 Emerging Presence, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2002 Panoply, Gallery in the Square, Pittsburgh, PA
2002 Art in a Changed World, Capitol Normal University, Beijing, China
2002 First China International Art, Academy of Arts & Design Tsinghua University Galleries, Beijing, China
2002 Art in a Changed World, Lalit Kala Akademi (Arts Academy), New Delhi, India
2002 Expressions of Culture, the Cultural Center of the Russian Embassy, Washington, DC
2001 International Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art, (Georgetown) Washington, DC
2000 Speechless (installation), ART-O-Matic 2000, Washington, DC
2000 Images of Humanity, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD
2000 Back from India, Gallery 505, Washington, DC
2000 Spring Around the World, City Hall Courtyard Galleries, Baltimore, MD
2000 Gala, the Monarch, Washington, DC
2000 Relationship of Body & Self, Cooper Street Gallery, Memphis, TN
1999 Bridging 2 Millennia, Lalit Kala Akademi (Arts Academy), New Delhi, India
1999 Biennial Staff ART Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1999 7th Street International, Gallery 505, Washington, DC
1999 Maters at Hand, ART-O-Matic, Washington, DC
1990 Mixed Media, Judith Racht Gallery, Harbart, MI
1989 Goldome Small Works Competition, Goldome Bank Corporate Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1987 Paper Products, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1987 Collage, Assemblage, Frottage, Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
1986 Graduate Student Exhibition, Bethune Gallery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1986 Collage, Construction, Assemblage, Upton Gallery, State University College at Buffalo (SUCB), Buffalo, NY
1986 Sister City Exchange of Outstanding Student Design Work, Facconchschule Dortmund, West Germany
1986 Sister City Exchange of Outstanding Student Design Work, American Arts Exchange Program,
            Upton Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 7/86
1985 Graduate Works, Bethune Gallery, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1985 Paper Works, Upton Hall Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1985 Found Material Compositions, President's Mansion, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1985 Student Design Work, Upton Hall Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1984 Bookwork, Upton Hall Student Gallery, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

COLLECTED LARGE SCALE WORKS
2004 Tapestry, weaving, the Episcopal Center for Children, Washington, DC
2000 Take Your Best Shot, Polymer clay & acrylic paint on panel, Foundation Intermediate School, Landover, MD
2000 Our Faces: Our Dreams, mural in mixed media, Developmental Management Systems, Rockville, MD
1995 Imaginary Landscapes, 2 murals in oil, St. Joseph's Orphanage, AITP Campus, Cincinnati, OH

UNPUBLISHED BOOK WORKS IN INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
1992 Drawing: The Language of Connection, the Library of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1983 Bookwork, the Library of the State University College at Buffalo, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Review in Grah Shobha (House Beautiful), New Delhi, India (April 2000)
Malik, Keshav, (catalog foreward) Hindustam, New Delhi, India (January 2000)

CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Studio 57 Fine Arts, (for limited edition etchings) New York, NY
Images Art Gallery, (for collages) Westchester Co, NY

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2005 Peace through Art, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2005 Equilibrium: paintings and drawings by MJ Kehne, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2004 Photo-Synthesis, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2004 Emerging Presence, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2000 Speechless (installation), ART-O-Matic 2000, Washington, DC
1999 Maters at Hand, ART-O-Matic, Washington, DC
1986 Collage, Construction, Assemblage, Upton Gallery, State University College at Buffalo (SUCB), Buffalo, NY
1985 Construct, the Urban Art Project at Theater Place, Buffalo, NY

EXHIBITION PRODUCTION
2004-2005 Exhibition Director, Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, Silver Spring, MD
2003 Insight & Inspiration: The Fine Art of Artist Healers, The Center for Being & becoming, Washington, DC
1999 Biennial Staff ART Exhibition, (planning and installation committees) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Rotating public exhibition of 2D and 3D client art in every site under "Professional Experience"

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CHRYSALIS STUDIO, Brooklyn, NY, present
THE EPISCOPAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN, Washington, DC; Art Therapist, 9/2000 - 7/2008
THE CENTER FOR BEING AND BECOMING, Washington, DC; Consulting Art Therapist, 4/02 - 12/02
FOUNDATION INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, Landover, MD; Art Therapist, 10/99 - 8/00
ALTERCREST INTENSIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM, Cincinnati, OH; Art Therapist, 5/95 - 4/98
OUR LADY OF VICTORY INFANT HOME NURSERY SCHOOL, Buffalo, NY; Art Therapist, 9/92 - 5/95
THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL; Adjunct Faculty: Continuing Education, 5/91 - 8/92

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
Art Therapy Credentials Board, Certification 1997; Recertified, 2002, 2007
Art Therapy Credentials Board, Professional Registration 1995

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