statement

Education and Awards
2009 SAC collaboration grant
2003 Canada Council project grant
1999 Canada Council travel grant
1995 Award of Merit, Look ‘95, Victoria, BC
1991 Award of Excellence, Images and Objects
in North Vancouver, BC
1989 M.F.A. in painting, Auckland University, N.Z
1986 Commonwealth Scholarship for postgraduate studies,
Auckland, N.Z.
1984 B.F.A. University of Victoria
1983 Award of Excellence, Images and Objects,
Penticton, BC

Selected Solo Exhibits
2008 Winchester Gallery Victoria BC
2007 Arrangements, Point Gallery, Saltspring Is., BC
2006 Image Poems, Saltspring Woodworks Gallery, Saltspring Is., BC
2005 Zorba, Saltspring Woodworks Gallery, Saltspring Is., BC
2004 Subeez, Vancouver, BC
2000 Family Affairs and Other Trends - SSI Gallery of Fine Arts,
Saltspring Is., BC
1999 Bilder auf Holz, Galerie Melnikof, Heidelberg, Germany
1997 Assembly for Reconciliation, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
1992 Sylvia and Others - Vortex Gallery, Saltspring Is., BC
1991 Giving My Father a House, Vortex Gallery, Saltspring Is., BC
1988 Gallery III - Auckland, N.Z.
1986 Of Temples and Greenhouses, MacPherson Gallery,
University of Victoria, BC

Selected Group Shows
2009 Dance/installation collaborative project
2008 Ganges Forest Sculpture Walk, Saltspring Is.
2007 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2007 Salvaged, Artspring Gallery, Saltspring Is., BC
2006 Denz and Kimura, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2005 Break age, North Vancouver Arts council Gallery,
North Vancouver, BC
2004 Points of view, Point Gallery, Saltspring Is., BC
2003 Summer show, Fran Willis Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Victoria BC
2002 Recycled Art, North Vancouver Arts Council Gallery,
North Vancouver, BC
2001 Swimming with Jim, Larsen Gal, Vancouver, BC
2001 Artropolis, CBC building, Vancouver, BC
1998 Stoyko/Denz, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay, BC
1996 Erotic Show, Mahon Hall, Saltspring Is., BC
1995 Five Women Painters, Saltspring Is., BC
1992 Oppel/Denz, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
1989 Gallery Artists, Star Art Gallery, Auckland, N.Z.
1986 Spiral Procedures- a collaboration involving music,
dance, and painting, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
1985 Two Painters, Theatre Gallery, Duncan, BC

1996-2008- has been teaching drawing and painting classes
on Saltspring Island. Presently represented by Saltspring Woodworks
Gallery, and Winchester Gallery, Victoria BC.