Complex sentence: A student of John Vanderpoel at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she first exhibited portrait miniatures at the institution's annual exhibition in 1897; she would go on to show work in the school's annual shows for local artists for over thirty years.
Split into simpler sentences: A student of John Vanderpoel at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she first exhibited portrait miniatures at the institution's annual exhibition in 1897. She would go on to show work in the school's annual shows for local artists for over thirty years.