Education

1987                        University of Georgia, Master of Fine Arts

1983                        Tyler School of Art, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Teaching

2008-present         The Jo-Ann and Robert Stewart Professor of Art, Kalamazoo College

1993-2007               Associate Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History, Kalamazoo College

1990-1993               Assistant Professor of Art, Whittier College, Whittier, California

1987-1990               Visiting Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan

1987                        Visiting Assistant Professor, Kutztown University, Kutztown,  PA

 

Solo Exhibitions

2008                        “The Ghost Portraits and Burn Paintings" Kingscott, Kalamazoo, MI

2006                        "Cosmologies” Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI

2002                        "Road Maps and Street Signs" Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo College

2001                        "Mixed Media Paintings" Diekama/Hamann, Kalamazoo, MI

1999                        "Television Gone Mad" Galerie Blu, Pontiac, MI

1998                        "Reel Life" Greater Kalamazoo Arts Council, Kalamazoo, MI

1997                        "Open Studio: TV Gone Mad" installation, Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo College,

1996                        "Video Series" Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI

1994                        "Season of All Souls" Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

1993                        “For All the Martyred Saints" Whittier College, Whittier, CA

1990                        "Scary Monsters and Earthly Delights" The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts,

Kalamazoo, MI

1989                        "The Art of Silverpoint" Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Arkansas

1989                        "The Art of Silverpoint" Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

1989                        "The Art of Silverpoint" Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI

1987                        "The Art of Silverpoint" Allen Priebe Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh,

1987                        "Recent Paintings" Light Fine Arts Gallery, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo MI

 

Biennial and Small Group Exhibitions

2009                        "The Luster of Silver" Evansville Art Museum, Evansville, IN

2009                        "Facing Michigan" Urban Institute of Contemporary

                                 Art,Grand Rapids, MI

2008                        "They Practice What They Teach" Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI

2007                        “A Natural Order: Art Exploring the Organic and Artifice” Morehead State University, KY

2004                        "Biennial 2004" Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2003                        "Biennial 22" South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana

1999                        "Go West!" ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI

1998                        "Gallery Artists Preview" Galerie Blu, Birmingham, MI

1995                        "The 7th Dimension" Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH

1993                        "Los Angeles Multi-site Biennial" Barnsdell Art Park, Los Angeles, California

1993                        "Silverpoint Etcetera: Contemporary American Metalpoint Drawings" 

                                Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

1993                        "Silverpoint Etcetera: Contemporary American Metalpoint Drawings" Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Massachusetts

1993                        "Silverpoint Etcetera: Contemporary American Metalpoint Drawings"             

                                 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1992                        "Silverpoint Etcetera: Contemporary American Metalpoint Drawings" Arkansas Art Center,

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

Invitational Group Exhibitions

2004                        "Faculty Show" Little Cities Art Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

2003                        "Summer Faculty Exhibition" Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2001                        "Summer Faculty Show '01" Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2001                        "Its All Academic" Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI

1999                        "Body and Soul" Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI

 

Juried Group Exhibitions

2003                        "West Michigan Area Show" Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

2002                        "Independence Edition" of Independent Exposure Presented by

                                Microcinema, Inc/Black Chair Productions, Springfield, OH

2002                        "West Michigan Area Show" Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

2001                        "Independence Edition" (video screening) of Independent Exposure,

                                Presented by Microcinema, Inc/Black Chair Productions Seattle, WA

2001                        "West Michigan Area Show" Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

2000                        "2D, 3D and 4D" Period Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska

1999                        "Our Town" Birmingham Community House, Birmingham, MI

1998                        "Michigan Fine Arts Competition" Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI

1998                        "Annual Juried Art Exhibit" John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN

1997                        "18th Michigan Artists Competition" Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI

1997                        "Annual Juried Art Exhibit" John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN

1997                        "97 Kalamazoo Area Show" Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Kalamazoo, MI

1995                        "National Works on Paper Exhibition" St. John's University, Jamaica, NY

1995                        "8th Annual Michigan Art Competition" Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI

1994                        "94 Kalamazoo Area Show" Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

1993                        "BACA 9th Annual Juried National Exhibition: Part II works on paper" Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA

1989                        "Kalamazoo Area Art Exhibition'89" Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

1988                        "9th Annual Michigan Artists Competition" Battle Creek Museum of Art, Battle Creek, MI

1986                        "Lagrange National XI" Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, Lagrange, GA

1986                        "Graduate Sculpture and Painting Exhibition" University of Georgia, Athens, GA

1984                        "National Aquas Open '84" Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, 

                                Pittsburgh, PA

1984                        "April Salon" Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah

 

Awards and Honors

2008                        The Jo-Ann and Robert Stewart Chair in Art, Kalamazoo College

2002                        Lucasse Fellowship, Kalamazoo College, Awarded for Excellence in Creative Work

1999                        2 cash awards, Birmingham Community House, Birmingham, MI

1999                        First Prize, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, "Michigan Fine Arts Competition"

1997                        Cash Prize, Art Center of Battle Creek, "18th Michigan Artists Competition"

1997                        Grand Prize, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, "97 Area Show" K&M Machine Fabricating,

1986                        Purchase Award, "La Grange National XI," Chattahoochee Valley Art Association

 

Residencies

2002                        The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest IL, Artist Residency Fellowship

1997                        Ox-Bow Summer Arts Program, School of the Art Institute of

                                Chicago, Professional Artist in Residency

1996                        Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency Fellowship

 

Corporate and Public Commissions

1987                        Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Executed eight drawings for the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Association to honor member of the armed forces who served in Vietnam. The drawings were reproduced on polished black granite.

1984                        Xerox Corporation Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

1983                        Borough of Lemyone, Pennsylvania

 

Collections

Diekema/Hamann Architects, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Xerox Corporation, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, Georgia

Dr. Kendall Taylor, Author, Washington DC.

Dr. Timothy Light, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Thomas Lynch and Associates: Manufacturers Representatives,

St.Petersburg, FL

Dr. Billie Fischer, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Dr. Seamus Lagan, Whittier, California

Alison South and John Bell, Mill Valley, California