Awards
- Art Goes Public, Art residency sponsored by South Brunswick Arts Commission, 2004
- Brooklyn College Graduate Fellowship 1985
- Brooklyn College Graduate Fellowship 1984

Exhibitions

2010
- "The Human Presence/As Seen By Hand", Clifton Arts Center Gallery, Clifton, NJ.
- Sculpture Association of New Jersey Group Show, Silva Gallery, Pennington, NJ.

2009
- The Spectacular Sculpture of Janis Purcell, The Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Mansion, Trenton, NJ - Two Person Show.
- Mercer County Artist 2009, Mercer County Community College, W. Windsor, NJ.
- “As Seen By Hand”, Mercer County Community College, W. Windsor, NJ, Group show, SANJ, touchable sculpture

2008
- “Between Heaven and Earth”, Spiritual Transformation and Sacred Spaces
- The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey
- Trenton After School Program, Clock Project, Trenton, NJ - Invitational
- "The Raw and The Cooked”, Artworks, Trenton, NJ , Group show with SANJ
- “Food Glorious Food”, South Brunswick Arts Commission, S. Brunswick, NJ
- “26th” Ellarslie Open, The Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie Mansion, Trenton, NJ

2007
- Access: A Feminist Perspective, Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY
- Mercer County Artist 2007, Mercer County Community College, W. Windsor, NJ
- 5th Annual Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA
- Please Touch Sculpture, Monmouth Museum and Cultural Center, Lincroft, NJ
 - “The Mind’s Eye” Ceres 15th Annual Friends Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, NY, NY
- Dangerous Women Two, Trenton Avant Garde, MCCC, W. Windsor, NJ

- “Small Ray’s of Hope and Fragments of a Larger Idea”, Rhonda Schaller Studio, NY

2006
- Art goes Public Exhibition Series, S. Brunswick Municipal Gallery, and S Brunswick, NJ
- Mercer County Artist 2006, MCCC, W. Windsor, NJ
- Ellarslie Open XXIV, The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ

- 4th Annual Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, New Hope Arts, New Hope, NJ
- “Looking In/Looking Out” Ceres 14th Annual Friends Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, NY
- Works in Wood, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA

2005
- One-person show, Educational Testing Services (ETS), Lord hall Lobby and Messick Hall Lobby, Princeton, NJ
- Mercer County Artist 2005, MCCC, West Windsor, NJ
- Mercer County Community College Faculty Show, Artworks, Trenton, NJ

2004
- TAWA @ 25 – Ellarslie, The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
- Memory: Past or Present, Artsbridge Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
- Skin and Bones Show, Artsbridge Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
- Mercer County Artist Show 2004, MCCC, W. Windsor, NJ
- Small Works Show, The Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ

Memberships/Associations
- SANJ, Sculpture Association of New Jersey
- TAWA, Trenton Artist Workshop Association
- Artsbridge, Lambertville, NJ
- Artworks, Trenton, NJ

Recent Publications
- 2009 Calendar, Ellarslie Open XXVI, published by Trenton Museum Society "Raw or Cooked", Time Off Magazine, Princeton - Packet, March 21, 2008
- Small Ray’s of Hope and Fragments of a Larger Idea Calendar, Rhonda Schaller Studios, New York, N.Y 2007
- Dangerous Women Two, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
- Part of “The Feminist Art Project”, Rutgers University, 2007
- Access: A Feminist Perspective, Rhonda Schaller Studio, NY exhibition catalogue
- MCCC News, January 25, 2007
- “Public Art in Public Places”, South Brunswick Post, March 16, 2006
- TAWA @ 25 Exhibition Catalogue, The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie
- “Landscape of Sculptors Dreams…” Trenton Times, April 29, 2006
- MCCC Gallery Showcases, “most outstanding”, Trenton Times, March 11, 2005
- “Local Exhibition Series begins with sculptor”, The Sentinel, November 25, 2004
 - Trenton Artist Workshop Celebrates 25 years, US1, June 23, 2004
- Mercer an Artful Shell Game, US1, April 7, 2004
- Sculpture at Mercer County Comm. College, The New York Times, August 12, 1984

Juror
- All Creatures Wild & Tame, S. Brunswick Municipal Gallery, South Brunswick, NJ, 2007