Project Awards:
2009 AZA Best New Exhibit Award:
Russia’s Grizzly Coast, MN Zoo
2006 NAI Media Award for Best Interior Exhibit:
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA
2000 AZA Best New Exhibit Award: Congo
Gorilla Rainforest, Bronx Zoo, NY
2000 AZA Significant Achievement Exhibit Award:
Amazon Flooded Forest, National Aquarium, Baltimore MD
fine art exhibitions:
“Holiday Group Show” @ Soo Visual Arts Center
Mpls, MN 12.12.09 - 12.28.09
“Vier Kunstler” - group show @ Look Art Below
NE Mpls, MN 10.02.09
“DON” - solo exhibition @ ELB Gallery
Mpls, MN 09.05 - 09.23
w/ Closing Artists Talk on 09.22.09
“Poetry, Prose & Paintings” - an evening of spoken word & visual matter
@ Mill District Arts Gallery, Mpls MN. 09.19.09
“Inner Landscapes - Outside Spaces” - solo exhibition
@ Redwood Shores Public Library Gallery
Redwood City, CA 08.09 - 12.09
“Stuffed” -group show @ Look Art Below
NE Mpls MN Art-a-whirl 09
“Extruded Layout” - 2 person exhibition@ the Northern Warehouse
St. Paul, MN Art Crawl 09
“vd09” - Group Show @ Northrup King Gallery. Mpls, MN 02.14.09
“Commute“ - Solo Exhibition @ the Red Cross, St.Cloud, MN 01.09 - 03.09
“Ultimate Landscape - it’s a metaphor”- Group Show @ Gallery 13
811 lasalle ave. mpls, mn 12.12.08 - 1.08.09
*Ongoing* @ Mill District Arts Gallery, mpls, MN.
openings: 11.13.08
12.06.08
http://www.milldistrictartsgallery.com
“Science & Industry” - Solo Exhibition @ ELB Gallery, Mpls, MN 11.08
http://www.myspace.com/elbgallery
“Eleven on Eighteen “ - Group Show @ Northrup King Gallery. Mpls, MN 10.08. http://www.invisiblepilot.com/elevenoneighteen/
“Illumination” - “live” group exhibition @Saphire Supper Club. Orlando, FL. 10.96
“New Stuff” - Solo exhibition @ Cafe Gallery 101. Mpls, MN. ’94
“Selections” - Graduate exhibition @ Minneapolis College of Art & Design. ’94
“Pull & Thrust” - Solo exhibition @ Cafe Gallery 101. Mpls, MN. ’93
“Grabbing Things” - Solo exhibition @ Cafe Gallery 101. Mpls, MN. ’92
“The 3 ring circus” - Group Performance Art exhibition @ Katherine E. Nash Gallery. Mpls, MN. ’91
“Video 91” - Group Exhibition @ the Fine Line Music Cafe. Mpls MN. ’91
“The Cleansing” - Solo exhibition & performance @ U of M Studio Gallery. Mpls MN.’91
“Crazed Lunacy” - Group exhibition @ MCAD Gallery. Mpls, MN. ‘89
Art Experience:
Artist & Board of Directors- Mill District Arts Gallery
Minneapolis, MN 10.08 -12.09
Artist and founding member.
Artist – Studio of Divergent Layers
Minneapolis MN ‘07– present
personal art studio creating original mixed media paintings, drawings, collages & sculpture
Artist- divergent layers ETSY store
08.08 - present
online storefront featuring one of a kind hand painted clothing, original art and neck sculptures.
Sculptor – Split Rock Studios
Arden Hills, MN 11.04 – present
Sculptor of natural elements/ environments for museums.
Artist – Cemrock
@ The MN Zoo, Russian Grizzly Coast exhibit 04.07 - 06.08
Concrete rock sculptor & painter
Artist - Studio Chevelle
Minneapolis MN ‘04 - ‘07
Independent freelance art studio creating sculptures for zoos and private residences
Artist – Hormay Co.
Claremont, Fl ‘05 – ‘06
Freelance concrete rock sculptor and painter
Sculptor – Manmade Wonders
Florence, KY ‘05 – ‘06
Freelance rock sculptor
Artist – Blue Rhino Studio
Bloomington, MN ‘02 – ‘04
Sculptor and painter of commercial art
Artist – Jolly Miller Construction
Seattle, WA ‘97 – ‘01
Traveling Company of artists creating high end, complete environments
for zoos, aquariums, and private residences
Painter – G.O.F Studio
Bronx, NY ‘97 – ‘99
Independent working art studio open to young adults in the neighborhood creating original artworks.
Sculptor – Larson Co.
Tucson, AZ ‘96 – ‘97
Concrete tree and rock carver @ Disney’s’ Animal Kingdom
Artist - Hinz Scenic
Minneapolis, MN ’95
Commercial art studio
Visiting Artist
General Vessey Leadership Academy
11.08 High School Art Classes.
L’Etoile du Nord French immersion School
’07 Sculpture classes with kindergarten, 1st and 4th grades.
Education
Minneapolis College of Art & Design B.F.A in sculpture .’94
The Root Institute for Wisdom Culture, Bodhgaya India - Mahayana Buddhism ’07
collections/ collectors
HALSA . HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance. Los Angeles, CA
Roman-Jacobsen/Farrel collection. Los Angeles CA
V. Martino collection. Hollywood, CA
Madrigal/LaFevere collection. San Francisco, CA