• Associate Professor, College of Art/Graduate School of Art

• M.F.A. in Sculpture at Howard University
• B.F.A. in Painting, Teaching Certificate at Temple University

Awards and Fellowships

1997-98 Fulbright Scholar, African Research Program: Ghana

1995 Salute to Women Artists, Nationa Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), St. Louis, MO

1994 Mbari, Ritual & Rememory, Regiona Artists' Projects Grant

1991 Indiviual Artist Grant, Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities

1989 Indiviual Artist Grant, Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities

1988 Aid To Artists, Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities

1987 Indiviual Artist Grant, Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities

1986 Indiviual Artist Grant, Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities

Outstanding Emerging Artist, 5th Annual Mayor's Art Award, Washington D.C.

Study Grant, Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT

1985 Artist-in-Education, Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities

Geographic Development Grant, Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities

1984 Geographic Development Grant, Washington D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities

1983 Study Grant-Howard University, Ford Foundation

1982 Study Grant-Howard University, Ford Foundation

1974 Study Grant, Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

1973 Study Grant, Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

Study Grant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

Solo Exhibitions

1998 "Patterns," Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, MO

1995 "Currents 62," St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

1993 "Heading East and West," Pierce-Arrow Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1991 "Sculptural Assemblages," University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD

1989 "New Work," Jones, Troyer, Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.

"Evolution of Form," Montgomery College, Tacoma Park, MD

"Assemblage," "O" Street Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1986 "Isolation/Saturation," Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), Bozeman, MT

1984 "History as Content," WPA, Washington, D.C.

"Thresholds & Portals That Invoke Memories," Cinque Gallery, New York, NY

Traveling and Group Exhibitions

1996 (traveling) "Seeing Jazz," Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)

"The Hardware Show," Gene Pool & Associates, New York, NY

"wild dreams/domestic obssions," St. Louis Design Center

1994 "Sources: Multi Cultural Influences on the art of African American Sculptors," University of Maryland, College Park, MD

History & Memory-Pictures & Objects, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI

"Girlfriends," Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1993 "New Blood," Murray State University, Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY

Sculptors Invitational, Lindenwood College, St. Louis, MO

1992 "Lost & Found," Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

1990-92 (traveling) "Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic," Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; Samuel P. Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL; and SECCA, Winston Salem, NC

1990 "Gathered Visions," Smithsonian-Anacostia Museum, Washington, D.C.

Encore Show, Montgomery College, Tacoma Park, MD

"Other Rooms," The Kunstrum, Washington, D.C.

1989 "People Who Make Prints," Northern Virginia Community College, Arlington, VI

"Four Artists," Notre Dame College, Baltimore, MD

"Installations," Rockville Arts Center, Rockville, MD

1988-90 (traveling) "Artists' Books," Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, NY; Artemesia, Chicago, IL; Radford University, Radford, VI;University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI; DePauw University, Greencastle, IN; Wooster College Art Museum, Wooster, OH; Center for Book Art, New York, NY; and Diverse Works, Houston, TX

1988 "Bridges to the African American Aesthetic," strathmore Arts Center, Rockville, MD

1987 "The Phillips Connection," Shippee Gallery, New York, NY

"Contemporary Modes of Expression," University of Richmond, Richmond, VI

Afro-American Art Now, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

The Washington Show, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.

1986 "Sojourner," New York City College, New York, NY

1986 Sculpture Symposium, Smithsonian Museum Mall, Washington, D.C.

Black Women Visual Artists, Bethune Museum & Archives, Washington, D.C.

"Myth & Ritual," Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1985 "Let the Art Be First," Washington Women's Art Center, Washington, D.C.

1984 "Traditions," Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Publications

1987 "Isolation/Saturation: Washington, D.C./Montana Artist Exchange," WPA Newsletter, Vol. l, Washington, D.C.

1985 "Window & Door Assemblage: Thresholds & Portals," The Artary, Vol. l, #2, National Conference of Artists

1984 "Window & Door Assemblage: Thresholds & Portals That Invoke Memories," Thesis, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1996 Duffy, Robert, "Six Artists in Search of a Curator," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Oct. 20

"Must See," Riverfront Times, St. Louis, MO., Oct. 23

Lerner, Neal, "Artist/Educator," Washington University Record, Sept. 9

1995 "Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African American Women Artists," Midmarch Press, New York, NY

"Weekender," St. Louis American, June 15

Lewis-Harris, J & Wylie, C, "Currents 62," St. Louis Art Museum, May 25

Kiley Parr, Debra, "Art Review," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 25

"For the Record," Washington University Record, May 12

Bourgeois, Bob, "Snap Shots," St. Louis Life Magazine, Feb. 1

1994 McCoy, Mary, "A World of Black Sculptors," Washington Post, Feb. 16

Pougue, S & Hall, Robert, " Sources: Multi Cultural Influences on the Art of African Americans," University of Maryland, Jan. 1

1993 Clark, Tracey, "Art Collector for Hire," American Visions, Washington, D.C., April 1

Dorsey, John, "African American Sculptures Evoke Jazz, Folk Art," Baltimore Sun, Feb. 11

1992 Kangas, Matthew, "Common Ground, Separate Choices," Art In America, New York, NY, April 1

1991 Hall, Robert, "Gathered Visions," Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

"Next Generation: Southern Black Aesthetic," University of North Carolina: Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston Salem, NC, March 1

1989 James, Curtis, "Denise Ward-Brown," New Art Examiner, Washington, D.C., Dec. 1

1987 "The Washington Show," Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.

"The Phillips Connection," Phillips Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Vitale, Robert, "The Phillips Connection," New Art Examiner, Washington, D.C., May 1

1986 "Myth & Ritual," Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.

Lewis, Jo Ann, "The Myth Masters," The Washington Post, March 1

Morrison, Keith, "Afro-American Art: A Long Tradition, a New Vitality," American Visions, Washington, D.C., March 1

Videos

1995 Recruitment video, Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO

"Senior Citizen's Update," Access Cable, St. Louis, MO

1994 "Spectrum," Boyce, Robin, KETC, St. Louis, MO

1993 "City of Sculpture," Young, Race, St. Louis, MO