Education
Master of Fine Art; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2004
Florence Academy of Art, Italy, with Robert Bodem, Daniel Graves; 2003
Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, with Gary Faigin, et al. 2001-3
Hipbone Studio, Portland, OR; 1994-8
Bachelor of Art – Literature & History; Reed College, Portland, OR; 1984
Deerfield Academy; 1979
Selected Work Experience
Instructor, Gage Academy of Art; 2003-current
Instructor of Sculpture/Public Art, University of Washington; 2003-2009
Resident Artist/Tutor, Art Academy of London; 2003
Instructional Technician, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1996-2001
Foundryman, Maiden Bronze, Sandy, OR; 1995-6
Residential and Commercial Contractor, Portland, OR; 1990-1996
CoFounder/Manager, Paradox Café, Portland OR; 1984
Commissions and Public Art
Cannonball!; life-sized bronze, private commission, Hunts Point, WA; 2012
Sid; portrait; private commission, Seattle, WA; 2010
Abacus; Microsoft, Redmond, WA; 2010
Medal of Honor Memorial; Site Specific Installation, UW, Seattle, WA; 2009
Faculty Nobel Honor Wall; 6 bronze relief panels, UW, Seattle, WA; 2007
Lot’s Tribe; 3 lifesized figures in salt, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA; 2006
Blocked Out (Diversity Project); UW Collaborative Design/Build with students; 2005
Voices of Dissent; UW Collaborative Design/Build with students, City of Seattle, WA; 2003
University Heights/Pea Patch; UW Design/Build with students, City of Seattle, WA; 2002
Assumption Virgin; life-sized bronze, Village Enterprises, Portland, OR; 2001-2,
Our Lady of Life; life-sized bronze, Village Enterprises, Var. locations; 2001-2
Resurrection Altarpiece; Life-sized relief, St Anthony’s Parish, Portland; 2000
Stations of the Cross; 14 relief panels, St Anthony’s Parish, Portland, OR; 1999
Doyle Owl; 3000 Figurines, Reed College, Portland, OR; 1998
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
First Place; Naturally Nude juried show, Ciao Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY 2010
First Prize in Sculpture; 5th International ARC Salon Competition, 2008-2009
Gap Grant for Visual Art; Artist Trust, Seattle WA, 2007
Arts Special Projects; 4Culture, Seattle, WA; 2006
Gonzales Award; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2002, 2004
Best Sculpture; Faith & Form/IFRAA Religious Art Award, AIA; 2000
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2013 Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Allied Arts, Vashon WA; Figures and Places
Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA; Naked Truth
2012 Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Blue Horse Gallery, Bellingham, WA; EOS Goddess of the Dawn
Ciao Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY; Naturally Nude
Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno; Iraqi Memorial
Steele Gallery, 20th Anniversary, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2009 Portland, OR; Caught in the Moment
Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA
Stanwood, WA; Unclad
2007 Portland Art Center, Portland, OR; New High Renaissance
Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA; earth+fire+imagination
Stanwood, WA; Unclad
2006 St Marks Cathedral, Seattle, WA; Works of Hope
Form/Space Atelier, Seattle, WA; Lots Tribe Maquettes
Sam Day Gallery, Seattle, WA
Form.Space.Light Gallery, Seattle, WA; Pacific Northwest Sculptors.
Stanwood, WA; Unclad
Gallery By the Bay, Camano Island, WA; New Figurative Work
Gene Juarez Studios, Seattle, WA
2005 Gallery 154, Seattle, WA; New Figures
Rosen Gallery, Seattle, WA; Gesture
Gene Juarez Studios, Seattle, WA
2004 Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; MFA Show
University House, Seattle, WA
Caswell Gallery, Portland, OR; Works of Faith
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gallery 154, Seattle, WA, Erotic Art Show
2003 Art Academy of London, UK; Resident Artists
Gallery 154, Seattle, WA; Bodyworks
2002 Palazzo Pio, Campo di Fiore, Rome, Italy; SAPIR X
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA; WIP
Portland Center for the Performing Arts; Pacific Northwest Sculptors
2001 Vital V Gallery, Seattle, WA; Counterfeit
First Lutheran Church, Portland, OR; Works of Faith
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland, OR; Pacific Sculptors
Chicago IL, Juried Two Year Traveling Exhibition; Sextablos
2000 Macris Gallery, Portland, OR; Reconstruction
1999 Mt Angel Abbey Library, Mt Angel, OR; Images of Faith
Portland, OR; Wrong Side of the Tracks 2
1998 Macris Gallery, Portland, OR; New Figurative Artists
Portland, OR; Wrong Side of the Tracks
Last Thursday House, Portland, OR, Praxis
1997 Mt Angel Fine Arts, Mt Angel, OR; Inspired by Form
Alternative ArtSpace, Portland, OR; Go Figure
Courses Taught
Gage Academy of Art (was Seattle Academy of Fine Art); 2002-10
Life Size Torso
Beginning Figure Sculpture
Figure Sculpture Studio
Gesture Sculpture
Beginning and Advanced Portrait Sculpture
Intro Drawing
Foundation Drawing Certificate Program
Beginning Figure Drawing
Figure Drawing
Foundation Figure Drawing Certificate Program
University of Washington; 2001 – 2007
Art 121, Foundation Drawing
Art 272, Modeling, Moldmaking, Non-Metal Casting
Art 273, Wood and Metal Fabrication
Art 290, Figure Drawing
Art 332, Public Art Design/Build
Art 333, Metal Fabrication
Art 332, High Kitsch
Art 273, Time Machine
Art Academy of London; 2003
Human Anatomy for Artists
Figure Sculpture,
Metal Fabrication
Wood and Stone Carving
Workshops
Moldmaking & Casting, Life-sized Silicone Molds with Forton, Casting in Alt Media, Sculpting The Hand, Drawing from 2D into 3D, Patination.
Professional Affiliations
Pacific Northwest Sculptors, Seattle, Founding Member; 1999, President 2005-7
National Sculpture Society, Member since 1997
International Sculpture Society, Member since 1996
Significant Travel, Living Abroad
Rome, Florence, UK; Research and Teaching, 2002-3
Germany, Barcelona, Gibraltar; Study and Travel, 1984-5
Tokyo, Japan, Southeast Asia; Teaching English 1982-3
References available upon request