Born:
1937
Woodstown, NJ
Education/Training:
1970-78
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1984
Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH, B.A. Cum Laude
1987-92
Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1994
Wolf Kahn Workshop, Portland, ME
Selected Exhibitions and Awards:
2018
Juried Show “Identity: People”, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
2017
Awarded an Ohio Individual Artists Award for Excellence 2017
Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Invitational Show, “Women of the Western Reserve” AECOM
Penton Media Bldg Cleveland, OH
Solo Show “Revisiting the Family Album” The Gathering Place, Beachwood, OH
Juried Show “VAC 46th Annual Juried Show,” Chagrin Falls, OH
Invitational Show “Trees, Trees, Trees” Cleveland, Botanical Garden
Participated in “Constant as the Sun,” Liz Maugins MOCA Exhibit
2016
Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio
Solo Show, “Pop Art 2016” Shaker Historical Society, Shaker Hts., OH
Juried Show, “ New Now” Tri C Corporate Collage Gallery, Cleveland
Invitational Show, “Nature as Muse” Cleveland Botanical Garden
2015
Invitational Show “ Majority Rising” AAWR, Cleveland, OH
Invitational Show, Beachwood Community Center, “Not Just Pretty Pictures” Beachwood, OH
Duo Show, Audrey & Harvey Feinberg Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH
2014
Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Juried Show, “The New Now” Tri C Corporate College Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Juried Show, “Textures and Patterns, AAWR, Cleveland, OH
Youngstown, OH, Honorable Mention
2013
Solo Show “Recent Work” Humphrey Atrium Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Juried Show Annual juried show, Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, OH, Honorable Mention
Juried Show “Bold Expressions” Northern California, Sacramento, CA
Bold Award Invitational show “ Holiday Invitational” Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
2011
Duo Show, “Introspection” Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
Juried Show, “Looking Inward” Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
2010
Solo Show, “Earthly Delights” Kakoon Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2007
Duo Show, “A Bite of Art” Audrey & Harvey Feinberg Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH
2006
Duo Show, “Bark & Bite” Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
Solo Show, “The Secret Life of Trees” Collectors Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2004
Solo Show, “From Maine to Mexico” Intown Club, Cleveland, OH
2002
Juried Show, Annual Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Duo Show “Mediating Space” AAWR, Cleveland, OH
Juried Show, “Annual Faber Birren National Color Award,” Stamford, CT
2000
Duo Show, “An Inner Light” Cleveland Play House Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Duo Show, “Mediating Space” AAWR, Cleveland, OH
1996
Invitational Show, “Landscape, Landscape, Landscape,” Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Invitational Show, “Up in the Air” Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
Collections
Bank of America, Wilmington, DE
BF Goodrich, Charleston, NC
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH
Fairmount Minerals, Cleveland, OH
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, OH
Glidden House, Cleveland, OH
Google, Inc., Dublin, Ireland
University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Bibliography:
2018
“American Family Album” pub Cleveland, OH
“8th International Painting Annual,” pub Manifest, Cincinnati, OH
2017
“Body Language (I am Not a Camera,”) by Douglas Max Utter pub Blurb
2014
“The Archives Speaks,” pub Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
2011-2018
“52 Weeks, 52 Works,” Academy Graphics Communication, Inc.
2012
“The Glidden House at University Circle Collection”
2006
“Bark & Bite,” essay by Roger Welchans, pub Ursuline College
1997
“The Best of Flower Paintings,” North Light Books
1996
Jewish News review of Brenda Krooz Landscape Show
1995
The Plain Dealer, Landscapes, Town and Country Jan 28, 1995
1994
The Sun Press, profile by Jeffrey Hentosz
1992
Chagrin Valley Times, profile by Barbara Christian
Art Related Public Services and Presentations:
2007-2017
Gallery Chairman at the Intown Club, Cleveland, OH
2015
Presentation about my work ay Ohio Governor’s Spotlight Award Reception
2012-present
AAWR Board of Directors, Cleveland, OH
Peer Review Committee, Nominating Committee, and Legacy Committee, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
2011
AAWR Panel Discussion “Looking Inward” Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
1975-1997
Orange Community Arts Council Board, Pepper Pike, OH
