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Solo Exhibitions

2023 Reflections, Land Collective, Philadelphia PA
2022 Human Nature, Facture, Philadelphia PA
2015 Bower, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2014 Spirit Space, Spring Hill Design, Chadds Ford PA. Collaboration with Michael E. Lane, LA
2013 Out of Hand, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2012 Hybrids, Community Arts Center Sculpture Garden, Wallingford PA
Contemplations, Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia PA
2011 Improvisational Botany, Briar Bush Nature Center, Abington PA
2010 Contemplating Nature, Harrisburg Area Community College, Lancaster PA, curated by Judith Johnson
2009 Pouring Out My Heart (in bronze), Keystone Center for Arts & Culture, Lancaster PA
2005 Genesis, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2004 Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, Gratz College, Melrose Park PA
2002 Hand Plants & Impressions, Paula Barr Chelsea, New York NY
Hand Plants & Impressions, Shipley School, Bryn Mawr PA
1999 Impressions, Ceres Gallery, New York NY
1998 Impressions, Pebble Hill Church, Doylestown PA
1997 I Never Heard of Such a Thing, Main Street Theater, Quakertown PA
1996 I Never Heard of Such a Thing, Ceres Gallery, New York NY
1993 Small Bronzes, Ceres Gallery, New York NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 Women in Sculpture, Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA
2023 Second Look, Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia PA, curated by Vita Litvak
2022 Mixture, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia PA
2021 Sculpture in the Glen III, Gladywyne PA, curated by Clare Finin for InLiquid
2020 Assemblage, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia PA, curated by Christina Catanese
2019 Constructionists, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem PA
2019 Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY, curated by Judith Linhares
2018 Vibrant Affects, Kimmel Cancer Center, Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia PA, curated by Mat Tomezsko for Revolvd
International Variety, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Ley Lines, 1715 Rittenhouse, Philadelphia PA, curated Bryant Girsch
2017 Metal AD: Strategies in Foundry, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA
2016 Branching Out, Lieberman Gallery of Allen’s Lane Art Center, Philadelphia PA
2015 Buddhism in Contemporary Art, LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
Reflections, Engagement Studios, Philadelphia PA, curated by Mat Tomezko
All That’s Jazz, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia PA, juried by Richard J. Watson
October Show, Boston Street Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2014 Artist Council Exhibition, Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs CA, juried by Donna MacMillian
Ceres At 30, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Paper Work, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ, curated by Elise Mannella and Gabriel Romeu
On the Ground: Four Corners Art Exhibition, The Painted Bride, Philadelphia PA
2013 A Fine Line, Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA, curated by Joan Manapace
A Celebration of Art and Life, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA,
curated by Genevive Coutroubis
2012 Art is Ageless, New Courtland & Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia PA
There’s Something About Germantown, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2009 In Your Dreams, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia PA
2007 Parallel Worlds, Paula Barr Chelsea, New York NY, curated by Myriam Rotzetter
2006 Metals and More, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia PA, curated by Charles Burwell
l’dor v’dor, Goldman Gallery, Hebrew College, Newton Centre MA, juried by Deborah Davidson
Before, After and In Between, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia PA
2005 Art Miami, Miami FL, represented by Projects Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2004 From the Studio, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia PA,
curated by Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, Philadelphia Museum of Art
2003 Palm Desert Art Works, public art exhibition, El Paseo, Palm Desert CA, curated by John Nagus
2002 Crossing the Line, public art exhibition, Logan Circle, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia PA, juried by Paul Hubbard
Art in the Environment, public art exhibition, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, juried by Marsh Moss
On the Edge, Long Beach Foundation for the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island NJ
The Figure in Bronze, Toad Hall Gallery at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton NJ
Contemporary Work in Nature, Gallery in the Garden, Hawk Mountain PA
Coda Gallery, Palm Desert CA
2000 Philadelphia Sculptors 2000, public art exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
Captured Vision, Washington Square, Washington DC
Selected Works..., Allen’s Lane Gallery, Philadelphia PA, curated by Paul Hubbard
1999 Common Ground, Raab Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Celebrating Partnership, The Philadelphia Building, Philadelphia PA
Ceres at Fifteen, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn NY
1998 A Sense of Self, Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia PA
Philadelphia Sculptors, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton NJ
Friends of Ceres, Ceres Gallery, New York NY
1997 Art and Faith, Wagman Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA,
curated by Anne El-Omani and Robert Reinhardt
Sally Hawkins Gallery, New York NY
1996 Closed & Open Form, NY Studio School, New York NY, juried by Michael Brenson
Sally Hawkins Gallery, New York NY
1994 Figuratively Speaking, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich CT
Views from Different Directions, Ceres Gallery, New York NY
Point of View, Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia PA, curated by Ofelia Garcia
Sum & Parts: Sculptural Perspectives on the Body, S. S. White, Philadelphia PA
Paper Prayers, Vox Populi, Philadelphia PA
1993 Sally Hawkins Gallery, New York NY
Meyerson Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
1992 Ceres on Broadway, Ceres Gallery, New York NY
Diversity and Vision, Prince Street Gallery, New York NY
1991 Meyerson Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
1990 The Figure Now, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York NY; Selena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn NY
Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York NY
1989 On the Move, Metropolitan Transit Authority, New York NY
1988 WCA Benefit, Ceres Gallery, New York NY
1987 Rude Awakening, Gowanus Arts Exchange, Brooklyn NY, with choreographer Barbara Mahler
1985 56 Warren Street, New York, two-person exhibition
1983 Best, Ten Worlds Gallery, New York NY
1980 Woods Hole Gallery, Woods Hole MA

Awards and Honors

2011 New Courtland Artist Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2006 Artist in Residence, Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Finalist, Southeastern PA Transit Authority security gate project
2004 Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2003 Finalist, Sam Azeez Museum site-specific dedication sculpture, Woodbine, NJ

Bibliography

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*Burton Wasserman, “Art in the Environment,” Art Matters, September 2002
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*Deborah R. Kravetz, “A Sense of Self: Ethnic Women’s Perspectives in Art,” Art Matters, Nov. 1998
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*Kate Jennings, “Artists Explore Man’s Self-Awareness with a 20th Century Cast, Greenwich News, October 27, 1994
*“‘Figuratively Speaking’ Exhibit at Hurlbutt Gallery,” Greenwich Time, October 19, 1994
*Rita Beyer, “Gina Michaels’ Bronzes at Thos. Moser,” Chestnut Hill Local, November 25, 1993

Board memberships

2018-present Penn Weitzman Alumni Association
2001-22 Philadelphia Sculptors

Education and Training
1993 MFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
1976-8 New York Studio School, New York NY
1975 Apprenticeship with sculptor Joel Shapiro, New York NY
1976 BA, Art & Art History, Oberlin College, Oberlin OH
1973 Rhode Island School of Design, Rome Italy
1972 Sarah Lawrence College, Lacoste France