Educational Background

U.S. Fulbright Fellow, College of Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, West Africa, 1998-99

Hot Metal Artist Residency, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN, 2012

Exhibitions: Soho 20 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, She Persisted: National Affiliate Exhibition, 2017

Golden Belt Artist Studios, Durham Art Guild Gallery, Stars Come Up Spinning, Bewildered in Love: Sculpture

M.F.A. – Sculpture and University Fellowship; 1988
Tyler School of Art, Temple University

Awards & Honors

• Coal: The Key to Recreating West African Furnaces in America, paper presented by Virginia Tyler for the 7th International International
  International International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum, Latvia, 2014
• Savienosanas / Coalescence: catalogue for group exhibition showcasing international
  sculptors of the 7th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art