Included in over 243 National, International and Regional exhibitions since 1975.
Participated in nineteen invitational exchange print portfolios since 1996.
2019: University Shar jah, United Arab Emirate, “Artist Collector Exhibition”,
Print Invitational.
2019: SLL Gallery, Arizona Western College, Yuma Arizona. One Man Show.
2019: Delta Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University
Museum Purchase Award.
2019: Southern Graphics International Member’s Traveling Exhibition. Juried,
Dallas Texas
2019: The A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina Pembroke. 10th Annual
International Juried Exhibition. Invitational.
2018: Adam Cave Fine Art Gallery, One Man Show, A Retrospective “In Times of
Anxiety”. Raleigh, North Carolina.
2018: Sucker Museum of Art, Group Print Exchange Portfolio, “Merely Mammalian”,
Purchased for the museum collection
2017: Adam Cave Fine Art, "IN TIMES OF ANXIETY" a very large retrospective of over forty lithographs and
engravings. Raleigh, North Carolina.
2016: Adam Cave Fine Art, Gallery member print exhibition. Raleigh, North Carolina.
2016: Lillian Davis Hogan Gallery. Print exhibition, juried. Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.
2016: Printmaking Department Gallery. Juried print exhibition. Alexander Hall, Savannah College of Art and
Design. GA.
2016: The Contemporary Gallery, Center for Art and Theater. Juried print exhibition. Georgia Southern
University.
2016: Sarus art exhibit (Barriers, Borders,Territoriality) Gallery Wabi Sabi. By invation Group
Exhibition. Wilmington, NC.
2015: Atlanta Print Biennial, Atlanta Print-makers Studio. Kai Lin art gallery. West side district of midtown
Atlanta GA.
2015 Southern Graphics International Member's Traveling Exhibition 2015-2018. Knoxville Tenn.
2015 International traveling print exhibitions. Organized by: Jules Floss, University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Jorge Eliecer Rodriguez Osorio at the Universidad de Caldas, Manizales Colombia to promote artistic and cultural exchange among printmaking artist around the globe. 2015-2018
2014 "Color Blind", Art work in Black and White. The Arts Council, Fayetteville North Carolina.
2014 1st. Annual Fayetteville Contemporary Art Exhibition. Ellington - White Contemporary Art Gallery. Fayetteville North Carolina.
2014 “Things you should have learned in school, had you been listening”, An Exchange Portfolio of 31
prints by 31 printmakers submitted to the Southern Graphics Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.
2014 “It’s in all the making: The printmakers of North Carolina. The Hastings Gallery. Sandhills
Community College, Southern Pines, North Carolina.
2013 “Printmakers of North Carolina”, Members group exhibition. 311 Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina.
2013 The 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. Juried. University of Wisconsin Parkside. Kenosh,
Wisconsin.
2013 Group Print Folio exhibition. Invitational. Lord Hall Gallery, University of Maine, Orono Maine .
2013 “Printmakers of North Carolina Print Exchange. Members group event. 311 Raleigh, North Carolina.
2013 12th International Print Exhibition and Exchanger “Year of the Snake”, Proof Gallery, Toronto,
Canada.
2012 OSO Bay North American printmaking Exhibition. University Gallery, Department of Art, Texas A&M
University, Corpus Christi, Texas.
2012 “Dialogos E. Interpretaciones”, (Dialogs and Interpretationes) An invitational, International print
exchange between three universities in Columbia and four universities in North America.
2012 “Metaphors”, An Exchange Portfolio of twenty prints by twenty printmakers. Presented and
exhibited at the Southern Graphics Conference in New Orleans.
2012 The 2012 Harnett Biennial of American Prints. National, juried. Joel and Lila
Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums.
2012 “Printmakers of North Carolina”, PONC member’s invitational. Cary Town Hall Gallery. Cary, North
Carolina.
2011 “East Meets West”, Prints by Janette K. Hopper & Ralph L. Steeds. Print Arts Northwest Gallery.
Washington County Art Museum, Portland Oregon.
2011 “State of the Art/Art of the State”, Invitational art exhibit. Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington,
North Carolina.
2011 “Multiples”, a printmaker’s invitational art exhibit. Cleveland County Arts Council. Shelby, North
Carolina.
2011 Current Trends in Print. Elon University. Isabella Cannon Gallery, Elon, North Carolina.
2011 “Thinking of Goya”, one man show, lithographs and engravings. 311 Gallery, Raleigh,
North Carolina.
2011 “Print Spiva”, (Synthesis) George A. Spiva Center for the Arts. Invitational.
Joplin, Missouri.
2010 Three group print shows, Adam Cave Fine Art Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2010 2nd Penang International Print Exhibition 2010, International Invitational exhibition. Penang State
Museum & Art Gallery. Penang Malaysia.
2010 Print Summit 2010, “A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking”, National Invitational, Gray Gallery,
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
2010 "Printed Image III", show, Mulvane Art Museum in Topeka KS. Work accepted : Sand Man 4 am.
2009 Big Impressions: NC Prints. Printmakers of NC 2nd Annual Competition/Exhibit. Three works
selected Jurors Choice Award Winner: Buddha Always Smiles, lithograph. Also accepted: The
Golem Released,Lithograph & Relief and Raining for Democracy, lithograph& relief.
2009 Water Mark 09, national juried competition, 2 works accepted, "At What Cost?" lithograph & relief
and "Our Dark Reflections", Lithograph from stone.
2009 Terror Firma: a portfolio of prints addressing the issue of terror in our modern society and how the
effects of terror impact the way we feel about each other as humans. It is dedicated to the memory of Benezir Bhutto.
It is a portfolio using any hand pulled printmaking medium in an edition of30 prints. "At What Cost?" Color Lithograph and Relief, 11x14.
2009 15th SPACEInternational Print Biennial, Seoul, South Korea. International Juried Competition,
"The Golem Released" Color Lithograph.
2009 Los Angeles Printmaking Society 20th National Print Exhibition, National Juried Competition, Los
Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Work accepted - Strange Signs. Color lithograph, 26x23in.
2009 Black Flag Portfolio being shown in May at the Manatee Community College Fine Art Gallery,
Florida, Same Old Glory, Same Old Ghosts.Four plates used, two stones, blue and black and
two relief plates. ed. of 20. 15x11in.
2009 AMERICAN PRINT 2009, National Juried Competition, Foothills Art Center, Golden Colorado.
"Dogs Of War"' lithograph & relief.
2009 Highland Museum Of Art, MOTA, National juried completion. Inverness, North Scotland.
"But No More Music Could Be", lithograph.
2009 The Southern Graphics Council Traveling Show, National juried competition. Athens Georgia,
"Dogs Of War"' lithograph & relief.
2009 Water Mark 09 National Juried Competition, 2 works accepted, "at what cost?" lithograph & relief
and "Our Dark Reflections", Lithograph from stone.
2008 Pacific States National Biennial. University of Hawaii at Hilo. Campus Center Gallery, Hilo, Hawaii.
2008 Southeastern Juried Print Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art. Mobile Alabama.
2008 Prints for Peace, International Invitational print exhibition. Casa Hogar el Refugio Monterey Mexico
and IMNRC Carpinteyro Gallery Mexico City.
2008 Art department faculty group exhibition. Sand hills Community College. Southern Pines, North
Carolina.
2008 One person exhibition. Thirty-five prints. The art department art gallery, Missouri Southern State
University. Joplin Missouri.
2008 33 years at the university of North Carolina at Pembroke, One person show of prints, drawings and
paintings. The art department art gallery.
2007 Print Zero Studios Print Exchange #5, 291 Printmakers from 17 countries. Pacific Northwest College of Art. Portland Oregon.
2007 One person exhibition, 208 Gallery, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
2007 Current Work, 2007 a National Competition, Fayetteville North Carolina State University. Fayetteville North Carolina. Merit Award.
2007 Plotting the Course, an invitational print portfolio exhibited at the Missouri Southern State
University art gallery. Joplin Missouri.
2007 Paperworks: On and of Paper, National competition, The University of West Florida. UWF Art
Gallery.
2007 20th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin – Parkside Kenosha,
Wisconsin.
2006 Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Art Gallery, Locklear Hall, University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
2006 Watermark 2006, works on paper. Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, North Carolina.
2006 Harnet Biennial of American Prints, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art. University of Richmond Museums, Richmond Virginia.
2006 27th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition. A national Juried Competition. Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri.
2005 “Anrodexterous”, Portfolio, An invitational Portfolio exhibited during the 2006 Southern Graphics Conference, at The University of Wisconsin-Madison. Shown at the COS Art Gallery and the Kohler Art Library.
2005 4th. Lessedra World Art Annual (International) Print Exhibition. Bulgaria.
2005 “Beat for Jesus”, Portfolio, An invitational portfolio exhibited during the 2005 Southern Graphics Conference, At the Corcoran School of Art.
2005 Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Art Gallery, Locklear Hall. The University Of North Carolina at Pembroke.
2005 Two group shows as a member of the North Carolina Printmakers Guild. The Carol Woods Art Gallery, Raleigh-Durham, N.C. The Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill, N.C.
2004 Invitational, Group Show as a member of the North Carolina Printmakers Guild, The Durham Art Guild, Durham, North Carolina.
2004 The 32 Annual Competition for North Carolina Artist Exhibition, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville NC.
2004 Y Chromosome Exchange portfolio. Invitational portfolio including the work Of 21 printmakers
over 40 years of age. Exhibited during the 2004 Southern Graphics Conference. Rutgers New
University, Jersey.
2004 Janet Turner National Print Competition, Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University,
Chico. Chico California.
2003 Minnesota National Print Biennial, University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis Minnesota.
2003 AIT Gallery Invitational, Friends of the Arts, Presented by the Fayetteville Museum of Art.
2003 One Man Show, Mixing Metaphors: Journeys and Self-Portraits. Prints and Drawings. The
Columbus County Arts Council at the Columbus County Arts Center. Whiteville, NC.
2003 37th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas.
2003 Current Work 2003: A National Competition. Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University.
Fayetteville, NC.
2003 American Print Alliance, Invitational, A September 11 memorial Portfolio for the American Print
Alliance. National touring exhibition. Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable,
Massachusetts.
2003 North Carolina Printmakers Guild, Art Gallery, Locklear Hall, University of North Carolina at
Pembroke. Pembroke NC.
2002-03 12th Space International Print Biennial, International Juried Print competition. Sungkok Museum
Of Art, Seoul, South Korea.
2002 Two One Man Shows, Tyler School Of Art/ Temple University. Philadelphia, Pa.
2002 The Second Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Columbus County Arts Center, Columbus County Arts
Council. Whiteville, NC.
2002 North Carolina Printmakers Guild, Rosenthal Art Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville
North Carolina.
2002 Faces 3, International, an International juried drawing competition. Period Gallery, Leavenworth,
Omaha, Nebraska.
2002 Painting 2, International, An international juried painting competition. Period Gallery, Leavenworth,
Omaha, Nebraska. 2002 American Print Alliance, Invitational, A September 11 Memorial
Portfolio for the American Print Alliance. National touring exhibition.
2002 AIT Gallery Invitational, Friends of the Arts. Fayetteville Museum of Art. Fayetteville, North
Carolina.
2001 24th Annual Arts Council Annual Juried Art Competition Fayetteville/Cumberland County Arts
Council. Fayetteville, North Carolina, Jurors award, Second place Prize.
2001 Painting 2001 internet Exhibition an International Juried online competition. Period Gallery, Leavenworth, Omaha, NE. Three paintings were included in this exhibition.
2001 Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Art Gallery Locklear Hall. The University of North Carolina at
Pembroke.
2001 Painting 2001 International Juried Art Exhibition Period Gallery, Leavenworth, Omaha, NE. Won
Three
Special Recognition Awards.
2001 Shadows and Dreams Open International Mail Art Exhibition. Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State
University, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
2001 Regional Originals, the Arts Center, Arts Council Fayetteville/Cumberland County. Arts Council
grants recipient exhibition. Fayetteville, North Carolina. 2001 Watermark 2001-Works on Paper,
A National Juried Competition of works on paper. Southeastern Community College, Whiteville,
North Carolina.
2001 Current Work 2001: A National Competition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University,
Fayetteville North Carolina.
2000 The American experience, The Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. National
juried exhibition.
2000 One Man Show, Mixing Metaphors: Journeys and Self-Portraits. The Art Department at
Southeastern Community College. Whiteville, North Carolina.
1999 Small Prints 1999 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition. Arkansas State University, Fine Arts
Center Gallery. Jonesboro Arkansas.
1999 One Man Show, Mixing Metaphors: Journeys and Self-Portraits. Art Gallery Locklear Hall,
University of North Carolina at Pembroke, North Carolina.
1999 One Man Show, Mixing Metaphors, Art Gallery, Art by Design, Laurinburg, North Carolina.
1999 Evening Mondrain, Collectors choice, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Invitational.
1999 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Arkansas State University Fine Arts Center, Jonesboro,
Arkansas. Juried.
1999 Michael Voors and North Carolina Printmakers, A survey of contemporary North Carolina Prints.
Fayetteville Museum of Art. Invitational.
1999 27th Annual competition for North Carolina artists. Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville
North Carolina. Juried.
1999 33rd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Juried.
1999 11th Biennial National Print Show at the Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
Juried.
1999 22nd Annual Juried Artist Exhibition, an Obsession at the Arts Council of Fayetteville/
Cumberland County, Fayetteville North Carolina. First prize.
1999 Border to Border 1999 Larson Biennial Drawing Competition. Austin Peay State University,
Clarksville Tenn. Juried. Purchase Award, University Art Gallery Study Collection
1999 Water Works a collection of watercolors. The Arts Council of Fayetteville/ Cumberland County.
Fayetteville North Carolina. Invitational exhibit.
1999 Creative Faculties a show featuring works by selected faculty members from five North Carolina Colleges and Universities. The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County. Fayetteville North
Carolina. Invitational exhibit.
1998 A Southeastern Spectrum Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Juried.
1998 27th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition. Shown at the Hartmann Center for the
Performing Arts, the Heuser Art Center, Bradley University and the Lakeview Museum of Arts and
Sciences, Peoria, Ill.
1998 Border Biennial, Museum of York County, Rock Hill, South Carolina. Juried.
1998 32nd Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Juried.
1997 25th Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists. Fayetteville Museum of Art. North Carolina.
Juried.
1997 Southeastern Spectrum Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
1996 “New Regional Printmaking,” a large regional invitational exhibition in the Sara Moody Gallery of
Art at the University of Alabama.
1996 Water Color Society of North Carolina, a semi-annual juried competition. Won second place
award
1996 “National Southeastern Spectrum,” a juried competition sponsored by the Associated Artist of
Winston-Salem.
1996 “Oklahoma Print Exchange Project,” a group project involving twenty Printmakers who have
worked in Oklahoma at some time.
1995 “Henley Southeastern Spectrum”. A juried competition opens to all Southeastern artists. MiltonGalleries in Winston‑Salem, North Carolina and the Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory,
North Carolina.
1995 23rd Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists. Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville,
North Carolina. Juried.
1995 Group Drawing Invitational Exhibition. MUSEO DEL BARRIO in New York City. The exhibition was sponsored by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1993 “Watercolor U.S.A.” A National Competitive Exhibition. Springfield Museum, Springfield, Missouri.
1993 Two Man Exhibition, Ralph L. Steeds and Paul Van Zandt, Art Department Art Gallery, Pembroke
State University.
1992 “Mixing Metaphors and Paradoxes”, Two Man Exhibition, Fayetteville Museum of Art. Ralph L.
Steeds and Paul Van Zandt.
1992 Group Exhibition, “Green Hill Winter Show”, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, North Carolina.
1992 Lithography: True Fine Art Printing, Group Print Exhibition, Hickory Museum of Art. Sponsored by Winstone Press.
1992 26th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas. A National Competitive Exhibition. Juried. Purchase Award.
1992 20th Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists. Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Juried.
1991 19th Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, North Carolina. Juried.
1991 Steele Marsh National Juried Print Exhibition Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, New Jersey.
1991 Artists and Printers Exhibition at Appalachian State University at the Catherine Smith Gallery.
1990 “Watercolor U.S.A.” A National Competitive Exhibition. Springfield Art Museum, Springfield,
Missouri.
1990 Two Man Exhibition, Ralph L. Steeds and Paul Van Zandt, St. Andrews College, Laurinburg, North Carolina.
1990 Group Print Exhibition, Invitational, Toured Poland and West Germany for one year.
1990 Pembroke State University Faculty Art Exhibition.
1989 4th Annual Members Exhibition of the North Carolina Print and Drawing Society, Charlotte, North Carolina.
1988 Group Exhibition, Methodist College, Invitational Exhibition for the Mallett‑Rogers House.
1987 Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, North Carolina.
Juried.
1987 Group Exhibition, “Green Hill Winter Show”, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art.
1987 Pembroke State University Faculty Art Exhibition in Morganton, North Carolina, sponsored
by the Berk County Arts Council.
1986 Pembroke State University Faculty Art Exhibition.
1986 Group Exhibition, “Green Hill Winter Show”. Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art.
1985 Group Exhibition, “The Printed Image”, More Than Meets The Eye”, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art.
1985 One Man Exhibition, Chelsea Gallery, Western Carolina University, North Carolina.
1983 Group Exhibition, Ben Pickard Art Gallery Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1983 Group Exhibition, Van Straaten Gallery. International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois.
1982 Missouri, Print Bi‑Annual, National Juried Printmaker’s Exhibition.
1982 Terrance Gallery, National Juried Artists Exhibition. Plainville, New York, Purchase Prize.
1982 Group Exhibition, Invitational, “New Directions”, Shown in the Oklahoma Museum of Art, The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Madison Art Center and The Montgomery Museum of
Fine Arts .
1981 Two Man Exhibition, Ralph L. Steeds and Paul Van Zandt, Fayetteville Museum of Art,
Fayetteville, North Carolina.
1981 North Carolina, Water‑color Invitational, High Point Art Gallery, High Point, North Carolina.
1980 9th Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Cash Prize.
1980 Group Print Exhibition, Invitational, “Sidney Chafetz and Friends”, Toured Yugoslavia for one year.
1980 Two Person Exhibition, Steeds and Van Zandt, the Jailhouse Gallery, Morganton, North Carolina.
1980 Fourth National Print Exhibition, on/of Paper, Invitational, the Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska.
1979 Group Print Exhibition, “American Prints”, toured several major Art Galleries in London, England for one year.
1979 Group Print Exhibition, Invitational, and Tokyo, Japan.
1979 Third North Carolina Artists Invitational, Rowan Art Gallery, Salisbury, North Carolina.
1979 Two Person Exhibition, Walker & Steeds, The Greenville Art Center, (Affiliate of the North Carolina Museum of Art) Greenville, North Carolina.
1979 Annual North Carolina Artists Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina. Juried.
1979 21st Annual National Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Juried.
1979 “Eggsibit” 3rd Annual Eggsibit, Invitational, Local and National Invitational Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1978 Seattle National Print and Drawing Competition ‑ Seattle, Washington. Purchase Prize. Juried.
1978 University East, Carolina Faculty, Invitational Exhibition, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston‑Salem, North Carolina.
1978 46th Southeastern Competition, Drawing, Photography and Printmaking, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston‑Salem, N.C.
1978 Color Print U.S.A., Department of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Juried.
1978 7th Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Juried.
1978 One Man Show, Prints and Drawings, the Arts and Crafts Center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1977 Hawaiian International Print Exhibition. Juried.
1977 6th Annual Competition Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Juried.
1976 Color Print U.S.A., Lubbock, Texas, Texas Tech University. Juried.
1976 One Man Show, North Carolina Museum, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
1976 All North Carolina Exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina. Juried.
1976 Four Man Show, Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa. Invitational.
1975 National Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1975 All North Carolina Exhibition, purchase award, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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