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
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
