EDUCATION

1992-1994 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART , New York Academy of Art , New York, NY MFA in Painting with honors

1988-1992 RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI BFA in Illustration

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009

Control, juried by Guerilla Girls West, SOMarts, San Francisco, CA

2007

Solo Exhibition, Diane DeBilzan Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Group Exhibition , Diane DeBilzan Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Expressions West, juried competition, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

2006

Images of Africa, solo exhibition, Diane DeBilzan Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Faculty Exhibition, Saddleback College Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA

2005

La Famiglia, solo exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Spring Show, group exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2004

Fall Show, group exhibition, Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Faculty Show, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA

2003

Juror, National Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA

2002

A Thousand Clowns, invitational exhibition, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamont Station, CA

Faculty exhibition, Laguna College of Art and Design, 7 Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2001

Faculty exhibition, Laguna College of Art and Design, 7 Degrees Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Refusee, invitational exhibition, Hatch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2000

Beginnings, invitational exhibition, Hatch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1999 - 2000

Represented by 2nd Dimension Gallery, New Hope, PA

1998 - 1999

Represented by Paul Toner Gallery, New York, NY

Faculty exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Woods Gerry Gallery , Providence, RI

Faculty Award Winners, Grant recipients’ exhibition, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY

1997

Solo exhibition, Gallery on 2nd, New York , NY

Inaugural alumni exhibition, New York Academy of Art , New York, NY

Works on Paper, Gallery on 2nd , New York, NY

1996

100th Annual Exhibition,Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club , New York, NY

Group show, Gallery on 2nd , New York, NY

Faculty exhibition, St. John’s University, Queens , NY

1995

Group exhibition, Gallery on 2nd , New York, NY

Mirror, Mirror, South Shore Art Center , Cohasset, MA

Drawings and Stills, Gallery on 2nd , New York, NY

Federal Plaza Invitational, Jacob Javits Center , New York , NY

1994

Faculty exhibition, St. John’s University , Queens, NY

Take Home A Nude, charity auction, New York Academy of Art , New York, NY

Diploma Works, New York Academy of Art , New York , NY

New Old Master Drawings, New York Academy of Art , New York , NY

AWARDS and PUBLICATIONS

LA Times Coastline Pilot, “…For Africa and of Africa”, July 2006

Orange County Register Laguna News Post , “Kenyan Life Portrayed in Grilli Paintings”, April 2006.

Riviera Magazine, “Visual Arts Happenings”, October 2005.

Laguna Beach Independent, “Whitney Exhibits Grilli Work”, October 2005.

The Best of Drawing and Sketching, Rockport Press, Cincinnati, OH, 1999.

American Artist Magazine, “Directional Forces”, June 1998.

1994, 1996 Artist grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

New York Academy of Art catalog 1995

Works are included in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe. References are available upon request.