Artist Statement

I embark into worlds of adventure through my art. I am influenced by the various cultures of the places that I have lived, traveled for moments of time, and stemmed from Eastern European fairytales and folklore.

Artist CV 

Solo Exhibitions
2023

• Birds, Cats, and Other Magical Beings: The Loft Gallery, Occoquan VA
• Biomorphic: Printmakers Inc. Alexandria VA

2022

• Magical Chimeras: Birds, Cats, and More: Green Springs Historic House, sponsored by the Friends of Green Springs, Fairfax VA(Invited)
• Fabled Creatures: Montclair Library, Dumfries VA (Invited)

2021

• Birds, Cats, and Other Magical Beings: The Loft Gallery, Occoquan VA
• Re-Speciations: Printmakers Inc. Alexandria VA

2020

• Fairy Tails, Feathers, & Scales: The Art League, Alexandria VA

2019

• Vero BBK’s Solo show: Printmakers Inc, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA
• Curiosities: Creative Caldron, Falls Church, VA

2016: Mercreatures and Fairy tales: Printmakers Inc, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2013: Vero's Solo Art Show: MOCA Gallery Georgetown Washington D.C.
2011: East Meets West, Gallery 141, Lancaster PA
2009: Perro Salado Restaurant, Newport RI
2002-2003: “Around Midnight Jazz club” Naples, Italy
2001-2002 :“Café Malu” Naples, Italy
Media

• The ALX Art Scene is Hot in August as the Weather But it’s Much More Fun!, Zebra
• Press, 2023
• Wild Roof Journal, Issue #18, Jan 2023
• Elan Magazine, Celebrating the Arts, June Issue 2021
• Art in Embassies Catalogue November 2021, U.S. Department of State (made the cover)
• Washington Post, Written by Mark Jenkins “In the galleries: Cutting, pasting, and creating dazzling order of chaos,” 27 Nov 2020
• Old Town Crier, Included in an article by F. Lennox Campello
• Washington Blade, Volume 48, Issue 13, March 2017

Affiliations

• Gallery Underground, Arlington VA December 2022 – present, Monthly Shows
• Printmakers Inc. Torpedo Factory, Alexandria VA 2016 – present, Monthly Shows
• Gallery 97, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria VA
• The Art League, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria
• Discover Graphics Artier Affiliate, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria

Grants

• Biomorphic Lantern Project, Playa del Fuego, Mid-Atlantic Burning Man Regional 2023

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