MFA Sculpture, University of Montana, Missoula, 1984
Metal fabrication, foundry casting in aluminum, cast concrete, stone; professors Rudy Audio, Steve Connell.
BFA in Sculpture, Alfred University, New York, 1980
Metal fabrication, forging, foundry casting in bronze, cast concrete; professors Glenn Zweygardt, Bill Perry.
Areas of study: clay, thrown ceramics, industrial extrusions; professors Val Cushing, Tony Hepburn.
Special study projects (Steel and Concrete), Stony Brook University, NY, 1981-2
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & COMMISSIONS:
2007
"Big Ideas", Small Works Exhibit, Sculpturesite Gallery San Francisco CA.
SOFA Chicago, represented by Sculpturesite Gallery San Francisco CA.
One Person Show, Deloney Newkirk Galleries, Santa Fe NM
Craighead Green Gallery , Dallas TX, Three Person Show
Alfred University, Alfred NY, Breaking The Mold Show
NM Sculptors Guild at the Sculpture Ranch, Santa Fe NM
Introductions North, Denton Arts Council, Denton TX
Lennar Communities Commission, Palm Springs CA.
2006
Remmi Fine Art, Denver CO. – Sculptor and Painter show
Deloney Newkirk, Santa Fe NM – one person show
2005
Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe NM – Toy Show, November 20005
Sculpturesite Gallery – San Francisco, Opening Exhibit
Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe NM - Featured Artist, May 2005
Museum of New Mexico Lecture Series – The Making Of Monuments In Bronze.
Waldorf, Fountain Commission – Santa Rosa California
Solomon, Fountain and Bench Commission – Knoxville Tennessee.
2004
A New Leaf Gallery "Water Works 2004"
Lumina Gallery North – Featured Artist Spring 2004
Sculpture Ranch – "Manifesto 04," Scenario - A site-specific installation
2003
"Inside Out," New Mexico Sculptors, Guild Show
Sculpture Commission, 18’ stainless "Dance Partners Fountain", Lumina
Gallery North, Taos, New Mexico.
Opening Exhibit Invitational, Lumina North
Furniture Show, Shidoni Arts Gallery, New Mexico
2002
"Sculpture, NOW," inaugural invitational, The Sculpture-Ranch, Santa Fe, NM
"In the Round: Sculpture at the Roundhouse", Governor’s Gallery, New Mexico State Capitol. Co-sponsored by the NM Sculptors’ Guild and the Capitol Art Foundation.
Sculpture Commission, 10’ bronze "Healing Partners", New Mexico Cancer Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001
Commission, 9’ bronze "Dancing Curves," Appleton Public Library, Appleton, WI
"30th Anniversary Outdoor Sculpture Show," Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
"Sit On It," invitational furniture show, and “Water Visions 2001,” New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2000
Sculpture Commission, 10’ stainless steel "Nocera Trio" Tampa FL
Shidoni Craft Gallery , Grand Opening
New Leaf Gallery, Ten Year Anniversary Show, Berkley, CA
1999
Cheekwood Museum and Botanical Gardens, Grand Opening, Nashville, TN
Karen Newby Gallery, Tubac AZ
Paseo Sculpture Show, Palm Springs CA
1998 - 1985
Sculpture Commission, 16’ stainless steel piece for Northwestern Mutual Life, Dallas
"Earth Works," site-specific show combining visual art and nature, Santa Fe, NM
"Bronze Age ’98," sculpture show, New Leaf Garden Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Grand Opening Show, Ridhwan Sculpture Garden, Taos, NM
"Water Visions ’97," New Leaf Garden Gallery, Berkeley, CA
"25th Anniversary Outdoor Sculpture Show," Shidoni Gallery
"Water Visions '96," New Leaf Garden Gallery, Berkeley, CA
"Furniture Show," New Leaf Garden Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Cynthia Woody Gallery, Scottsdale AZ.
Two-artist exhibit, Shidoni Contemporary Gallery
Group show, New Leaf Garden Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Outdoor sculpture show , Westin Mission Hills Rancho Mirage, CA
"Los Alamos Shows Shidoni," outdoor exhibition in City of Los Alamos
1992 Solo exhibit, Perry-House Galleries, Alexandria, VA
Solo exhibit, Shidoni Contemporary
1990 Art Los Angeles, Expo '90, represented by Shidoni Contemporary Gallery
"Japan Contemporary Crafts-Art Show," Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Best of Scottsdale," Elaine Horowitch Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ
Chicago Art Expo (Navy Pier Show), represented by Elaine Horowitch Galleries
"Artists' Takes on Architecture," Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.
City of Palm Springs Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Vail Valley Foundation Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Vail, CO
Furniture Show, Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver
The Woodlot Gallery, Wisconsin
Santa Fe Community College Opening Display, Santa Fe
Solo Sculpture Exhibit, Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver
Eve Cohen Gallery, Chicago
COLLECTIONS
Lumina North Taos NM
Albuquerque Cancer Center Albuquerquen NM
Appleton Public Library, Appleton, WI
Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Building, Dallas, TX
Cheekwood Museum and Botanical Gardens, Nashville, TN
Eastern New Mexico University (% For The Arts Purchase), Portales, NM
Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos, NM
La Cueva High School, Albuquerque, NM
Hyatt-Regency, Albuquerque, NM
University of Montana-Missoula, Library
Private collections throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Japan
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Shidoni Foundry
1997 - 2006 Head of foundry operations
1985 - 1997 Head of patination & quality control
1984 - 1985 Production assistant in metal finishing process
ARTIST STUDIO
1992 - present Designed, developed, and maintain studio facility for creation of original works. Metal fabrication,
wax patterns, chasing, patination. Purchased, set up and maintain equipment. Have given numerous educational programs
on the facility, its history, and creative artistic processes.
TEACHING
New Mexico Sculptors Guild board member, 2001, 2002, 2004 – 2007
Museum of New Mexico Lecture Series 2005 – The Making Of Monuments In Bronze
Guest artist/lecturer, University of Montana (Missoula), 1994 and 1992.
Invited lecturer, Alfred University (NY), 1987 and 1991.
Lecturer, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, 1986.
Patina Consultant for Judy Chicago, Powerplay Series, 1986.
Lecturer, Merrill Gallery, Kansas City, KS 1985.
Workshop leader, Alfred University, 1985: methodologies of casting, welding, chasing, and patina.
