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CHRONOLOGY Born in Columbus, Georgia in 1895. Studied at Howard University, Washington, D.C., (first graduate of that art department), B.S. 1924; Colombia University, New York, M.A. 1934; American University, Washington, D.C., (studied with Summerford, Gates, and Kainen), 1950-60. Taught at Shaw Junior High School, Washington, D.C., 1924-60. Toured European art centers under the auspices of Temple University, 1958. Retired from teaching and began painting full-time, 1960. ONE-WOMAN EXHIBITIONS 1958 College Art Traveling Service, Washington, D.C. Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, D.C. 1960 Dupont Theatre Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. College Art Traveling Service, Washington, D.C. 1961 Dupont Theatre Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1966 Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1967 Margaret Dickey Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1968 Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1970 Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1971 Carl Van Vechten Gallery of Fine Arts, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. 1972 Whitney Museum of American Arts, New York. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1954 Barnett Aden Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1955 "Tenth Annual Area Exhibition," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1956 Barnett Aden Gallery, Washington, D.C. "Eleventh Annual Area Exhibition," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1957 Barnett Aden Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1958 Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1959 Barnett Aden Gallery, Washington, D.C. "Fourteenth Annual Area Exhibition," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C 1960 Dupont Theatre Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Barnett Aden Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1961 "Washington Religious Art Exhibition," Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 1968 "16 Washington Artists," Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Washington, D.C. "Negro Artists in Washington," George Washington University Art Gallery, Washington 1969 "Twelve Afro-American Artists," Lee Nordness Galleries, New York. "The Washington Painters," Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida. "Contemporary American Black Artists," Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 1970 "Afro-American Artists: New York and Boston," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Dimension of Black," La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California. "Washington: Twenty years," Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland. 1970- "Contemporary American Black Artists," Smithsonian Institution 71 Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C. 1971 The Art Barn (Inaugural exhibition), Washington, D.C. "Contemporary Black Artists in America," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. "Black American Artists/71," Illinois Bell Telephone, Chicago (traveled to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Michigan).