biography

2008 brings with it wonderful opportunities, first, Callie was awarded a commission in the MTA's Arts In Transit program. The station is in the Rockaways, Beach 105th Street.  Callie's art will be on display at ABC Carpet/Home from April 10th to May 20th. Her oils and works on paper will be displayed on the second floor.  And in May, three of her larger iridescent acrylic on canvas pieces will be shown at the DragonFly Gallery in Martha’s Vineyard celebrating Mother’s Day.

In 2005 she graced the cover and was the featured artist in the Feminist Studies Journal, Fall 2005 Edition. She exhibited in such venues as the prestigious Pen and Brush Club in NYC, The Parrish Museum in Southampton, NY, and The Salmagundi Club Gallery, NYC. In 2001 she became an International artist by being invited to show in the Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, in Florence, Italy.

In 2004 she took part in a show at the Aukcio-Ernst Muzeum, Hungary. That same year, she had her first experience as a set designer at La MaMa Etc., NYC for Smokin' Word's BODY WORK, playwright: Claudia Alick. Thirteen mannequins from her series, "A Tribe to Remember", were on display.

"My concerns as an artist are twofold:the unearthing and piecing together of archetypal
forms,and the exploration of the creative process itself. My paintings are stylized pathways,
stories told through intricate designs that both intrigue and reveal. Each painting is an attempt
to recreate the power of personal identity as a living organism within the larger, evolving body
of human history. Each piece seeks to provoke reactions that in turn feed the energy that furthers
the need to create. The graceful line, intricate textures and ambiguous forms entice the viewer
into subtle, lingering experiences.  

I believe that both the everyday and the sacred contain the potential to reach the archetypical
experience. To this end, I combine found objects, aboriginal textures and mythological forms.
The earliest artworks of any culture contain powerful chords that continue to resonate within
our surroundings as well as our own bodies. My paintings follow the weave of this thread
— as dots placed in rich text or as textured pathways of appear to be moving molecules. My
interest is in encouraging the viewer to merge their personal journey into the larger universal
story; to become aware of one's fit into the whole as well as the wholeness of one's being apart from
it. The paintings here represent the journey of the self in the world by means of new combinations
of color, texture, form and pattern that summon the archetypal stories which bind the human race each
to the other and across time. "