EDUCATION | ||
M.F.A | University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign Fellowship in painting awarded 1988. | 1991 |
B.F.A & B.S.E | Northern Illinois University, Dekalb | 1985 |
Herron School of Design, University of Indianapolis, IN | 2008 |
Old Town Triangle Gallery, Chicago, IL | 2005 |
Joymore Gallery, Chicago, IL | 2002 |
Morton College Gallery, Cicero, IL | 1999 |
The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL | 1993 |
Gallery Nine, Champaign, IL | 1991 |
“Abstraction”, Big Dog Gallery, Dekalb , IL | 2010 |
“Goosetopia”, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL | 2007 |
Baltizar Castillo Space, Chicago, IL | 2006 |
“Disrupting the Image”, Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art, Chicago, IL | 2004 |
“Some Fresh Cuts From Chicago”, Art Post, Grafton, WI | 2004 |
“Lill Street Art Center Faculty Show”, Chicago IL | 2003 |
“Biennial”, New Vision Gallery, Marshfield, WI | 2003 |
Juror, Michele Rowe-Shields, Visual Art Director, Montalvo | |
“12 By 12”, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL | 2002 |
Juror, Lynne Warren, Curator, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois | |
“Midwest Biennial”, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI | 2002 |
Juror, Paul Kline, Art Professor Emeritus, Bridgewater College, Virginia | |
“Midwest Biennial”, Fort Wayne Art Museum, Fort Wayne, IN | 2002 |
“The Salon Show”, PI Gallery, Chicago, IL | 2000 |
“Butter”, Margin Gallery, Chicago, IL | 1999 |
“Link 22”, Jan Cicero, Chicago, IL | 1998 |
“Small Works”, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL | 1997 |
“Optimus Face Lift”, Optimus Inc., Chicago, IL | 1996 |
“Fuse”, Northern Illinois University Gallery, Chicago, IL | 1995 |
“Toy Bomb”, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL | 1994 |
Old Town Triangle Gallery, Chicago, IL | 1993 |
“New Talent”, The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL | 1992 |
“Sentimental Art Show”, The Beret Gallery, Chicago, IL | 1992 |
“All Big Ten Art Show”, Milwaukee School Of Art, Milwaukee WI | 1990 |
“Graduate Painters of Illinois”, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL | 1988 |
Norris Cultural Center, Saint Charles, IL, | 1987 |
Juror, Elizabeth Nueman, Artist |
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Chicago, IL 2000-2001
Instructor
Taught one section of basic drawing.
WRIGHT COLLEGE, Chicago, IL 2000
Instructor
Taught two sections of basic drawing.
TRITON COLLEGE, River Grove, 1999
Instructor
Taught two sections of basic drawing.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Dekalb, IL 1998-1999
Visiting Assistant Professor
Taught two sections of basic drawing.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1989-1991
Instructor
Taught one section of basic drawing and one section of basic painting.
LILL STREET ART CENTER, Chicago, IL 1998-2002
Art Instructor
SUBURBAN FINE ARTS CENTER, Highland Park, IL 1996-1997
Art Instructor
Taught an adult basic painting class.
Taught an adult basic drawing class.
Taught an adult basic and advanced figure drawing class.
PARK RIDGE PARK DISTRICT, Park Ridge, IL 1984-1997
Art Instructor
Taught an adult basic painting class.
RAGDALE FOUNDATION, Lake Forest, IL 1998, 2002
Artist Residency
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Dekalb, IL 1997
Lectured to painting students at my studio.
ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Elgin, IL 1992
Visiting Artist
OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, Chicago, IL 1995
Community Artist Assistance Grant
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana-Champaign, IL 1988-1989
Graduate Fellowship in Painting
Mary-Liz Shaw, “Art, Grafton Gallery to Host Chicago Artists”
Milwaukee Journal, November 19, 2004
Fred Camper, “Critics Choice”, Chicago Reader, August 20, 2004
Michael Bulka, “Artists Who Deserve More Exposure”, Chicago Art Critics Association
News Letter, October 2001.