BIOGRAPHY
Lives and works in Connecticut
Education
1972
MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1969
BFA, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Selected Exhibitions
2017
Hoping for Clear Skies, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2016
1970’s: 9 Women and Abstraction, Curated by Barbara Stehle, Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Art Connections 11, Featured Artist, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University,Montclair, NJ
2013
Lesbian Herstory Archives’ 40th Anniversary, Johannes Vogt Gallery, West 26th Street, New York, NY
2011
Forget-Me-Nots, Hygienic Art Galleries, New London, CT
2010
Hidden in Plain Sight, Black Women in Visual Perspective, 35th Anniversary Exhibit, Maplewood Arts Center, Maplewood, NJ
2008
Heritage Patterns, Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, Queens
Borough Library System, Queens, NY
(an)Other Show, Selected works by Artists of Color from Connecticut State University Faculty, New Britain, CT
Building Consensus, ECSU Visual Arts Department Faculty Exhibition, Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT
2006
Invitational, Signature Showcase, The Cornell Museum of Art and Art History, Delray Beach, FL
That’s A Whole ‘Notha Story, Art in the Atrium, Morristown, NJ
2005
62nd Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, The Slater Memorial Museum, CPSA 12th
International Juried Exhibition, The Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
2004
That’s A Whole ‘Notha Story, Art in the Atrium, Morristown, NJ
Invitational, Mirror Mirror; Self Portrait, Self Image, The William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
2003
Drawing and Graphics 2003, International Exhibition, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Contemporary Art influenced by African Culture, The Illinois Institute of Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 91st Annual Exhibition, Mystic Art, Association Gallery, Mystic, CT
Bands of Light, Lula Mae Blocton, Pegasus Gallery, Middlesex, Community College, Middletown, CT
2001
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 90th Annual Exhibition, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Drawings on Life, Lula Mae Blocton, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, CT
CSU Faculty Art Exhibition, Ruth Haas Library, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
2000
CSU Faculty Exhibition, J. Eugene Smith Library, Willimantic, CT
1999
Color Passages, The Promenade Gallery at the Bushnell, Hartford, CT
1998
CSU Faculty Exhibition, New Library, ECSU, Willimantic, CT
1997
5th Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) International Exhibition, Chicago, IL
68th Annual Connecticut Women Artists Juried Show, West Hartford, CT
1996
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 85th Annual Juried Show, Hartford, CT
ADA: Women and Information Technology, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
CSU Faculty Exhibition, Chen Art Center, New Britain, CT
1995
International Colored Pencil Exhibition, Art At The Powerhouse, Cleveland
The World’s Women On-Line! Video/Internet Gallery, An interactive electronic network of images by women artists globally, Computing Commons Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AR
United Nation’s Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, ChinaThe Pump House Gallery, Black and White Equal Solo Exhibition, Hartford, CT
University-Wide Gallery of the Arts, Solo Exhibition, New Britain, CTCSU Faculty Exhibition, Chen Art Center, CCSU, New Britain, CT
Back to the Motherland: Exploring the African Diaspora, QVCTC, Danielson, CT
1994
Beyond Africa: Cultural Influences in American Art, Juried Show, Greensboro, NC
Through the Eyes of Our Sisters, Invitational, CRT’s Craftery Gallery, Hartford, CT
1993
States of the Art: National Juried Show of Women Artists Curated by Lowery Sims, Celebrating the 21st Anniversary of AIR Gallery, New York, NY
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 82nd Annual Juried Exhibition, The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
International Juried Colored Pencil Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Faculty Exhibition, Akus Gallery, ECSU, Willimantic, CT
1992
And This is Now, Black Art In The 1990’s, Juried Traveling Exhibition, Samuel S. T. Chen Art Center, CCSU, New Britain, CT, CRT’s Craftery Gallery, Hartford, CT, The Legislative Office Building, Hartford, CT
1991
Artworks, Juried National Exhibition, Hartford, CT
Wimminfest Invitational, Jonson Gallery at the University of New Mexico
3rd Annual CSU Art Faculty Exhibition, CCSU, New Britain, CT
5th Annual Women in the Visual Arts National Juried Exhibition, New Haven, CT
1990
Drawing 1990 National Juried Exhibition, Larsen Gallery at Brigham, Young University, Provo, UT
American Drawing Biennial II National Juried Exhibition, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1989
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Akus Gallery, ECSU, Willimantic, CT
1987
Lula Mae Blocton, Solo Exhibition, Mahopac, NY
1986
Workshop Artist Show, Mahopac, NY
1983
Group Exhibition, Two Steps Down Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1982
Heresies Benefit, Group Exhibition, Frank Marino Gallery, New York, New York
1981
Fragments of Myself/The Women, Douglas College Art Gallery at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Group Exhibition, Yolisa House Gallery, New York, New York
Third Wave Group Exhibition, Hibbs Gallery, New York, New York
Heresies Benefit, Group Exhibition, Frank Marino Gallery, New York, New York
GALAS Invitational, The Women’s Building, Los Angeles, CA
1978
Soho 20 Invitational, New York, New York
Postcard Size International Traveling Exhibition, Arte Giera in Bologna, Italy
Lula Mae Blocton, Solo Exhibition, Soho Center for the Visual Artists, New York, New York
Women Artists ’78, Graduate Center City University of New York, New York
1977
Faculty Exhibition, SUNY at New Paltz, NY
Fourteen Women Artists, Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Perspectives On The Black Experience, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
1976
Celebrate The Birth Of Women, SUNY at New Paltz, NY
Salute to ’76, Gallery Group Exhibition, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, New York
1975
Painting Faculty Exhibition, SUNY at New Paltz, NY
1974
Invitational Studio 81, Jersey City, NJ
Faculty Exhibition, Kean College of New Jersey, Union, NJ
1973
Black Women in Visual Perspectives, Newark, NJ
Drawing In Any Media, Kean College of New Jersey, Union, NJ
1972
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Black Art Educator’s Painting Exhibit, Indiana University Museum, Bloomington, IN