1950        Born Gallipolis, Ohio, USA

1972        BFA in painting and printmaking from Ohio University

1975        MFA in painting from the RISD / Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
1976        Moved to New York city

1977        Enrolled in the Whitney Museum of American0100090000032100000000000500000000000400000003010800050000000b0200000000050000000c0202000200030000001e00040000002701ffff030000000000Art, New York, Independent Study Program

During this period she created the first ‘truisms’ in the form of one-line posters pasted anonymously around the city.

Later she did installations with electronic LED displays

1990        Received the Leone d’Oro for her American Pavilion installation at the Venice Biennale
1996        Began her large-scale Xenon Projections of text on buildings and landscape.

This has included installations in Florence, Rome, Venice, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Oslo, Paris, Bordeaux, Berlin, Washington, New York City and Miami.

2002        Received the Kaiserring from the city of Goslar, Germany.

2004        Awarded the public art network annual award by Americans for the arts
She lives and works in Hoosick, New York.