Listed artist Cecile Broz was born in 1959, in Sept Isles, Quebec, Canada, the middle of six children (twins). She moved with her family to the United States in 1966. It was a life long dream for her father, who had immigrated from Czechoslovakia. She received her B.F.A. from the Columbus College of Art and Design, in Columbus, Ohio in 1982. Cecile continued her education in Lincoln, Nebraska, where she received her M.F.A. in Fine Printmaking in 1986. She had the honor of receiving the top award in the Graduate Art Department, the Francis William Vreeland Award that same year. From graduate school, she went on to teach full time at Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa from 1986 to 1989. Her last year there, she was unanimously promoted to Assistant Professor. Cecile is now a professional artist residing in Atlanta, Georgia. Awards: 1990 Best of Show; Ninth Annual Juried Exhibition 1990; the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, August, Georgia 1990 Purchase Award; Carrollton Regional Juried Art Exhibition V; Bess H. Williams on Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, Georgia 1988 Gallery Purchase Award; 2nd Biennial International Juried Print Exhibition, Somerstown Gallery, Somers, New York 1986 Francis William Vreeland Award; the top award in the Graduate Art Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 1984 Thomas P. Coleman Memorial printmaking Award; graduate student award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska