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M.F.A. Photography - University of Illinois. Champaign, IL.
B.F.A. Photography - University of Alaska, Anchorage. Anchorage, AK.
A.B. English Literature & Speech Communication. Augustana College. Rock Island, IL.
public art commissions / permanent installations
2011 porous. 2011. Hampton Roads Transit. Light Rail Station-ten exterior wind screens.
2010 coelostat, coalesce, anatomia, coryphaeus, integer, corona, consonance and tactus.
Secchia Medical Center. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Seven ceramic wall panels. Two glass wall
panels. Medium. Laser printed decals kiln-fired to ceramic tile and glass panel.
2009 expectation. Wharton Performing Arts Center. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI
Dimension. 300 sq ft. Medium. Laser printed decals kiln-fired to ceramic & small glass platesadhered to tile surface.
2009 equivalence of site. Landscape Architecture and Architecture Library, Penn State University.
Public Art Commission. Dimension 4.8 ft h x 25 ft. Medium. Laser printed decal kiln-fused to multiple 5x10 ceramic tiles.
2009 rendering the familiar. Mecklenburg County Courts, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Public Art Commission. Dimension. 24 ft w x 8 ft h.Medium. Laser printed decals fused to ceramic tile & glass panel.
2009 trestle. Rothwell Student Center, University of Wisconsin, Superior. LEED Building.
Public Art Commission. Dimension. 40ft. w x 2.5 ft. h.Medium. Laser printed decal kiln-fired glass; safety laminated.
2009 beacon and lumen. Southeast Division Police Station, Houston, Texas Public Art Commission. Dimensions. 30 ft. w x 10 ft. h Glasswall and 10 ft. w x 8 ft. h Self Lit Sculpture.
Medium. Laser printed glaze kiln-fired to glass.
2008 kernel. Rice Auditorium. Wayne State College. Wayne, Nebraska.
Public Art Commission. Dimension. 32 ft. w x 5 ft. h. Ceramic tile with custom image.
Medium. Laser printed decals kiln-fired to multiple 8 inch ceramic tiles.
2008 solar system. Ralya Elementary School Couryard, Haslett, MI.
Commission. 9 ft w x 5 ft h Custom image fused to ceramic tile.
2007 Benefactors Plaza. Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.
Art Commission. Fourteen outdoor 6’ limestone columns , custom image/ Donor names inset
on 56 faces. Medium. Laser printed glaze enamels kiln-fired to ceramic tile.
2007 benevolence. Renton Technical College. Renton , WA.
Public Art Commission. Dimension. 8 ft w x 4.5 ft h, Ceramic tiles w/custom image.
2006 knowledge made matter. School of Chemistry, Western Michigan Univ.
Commission Award. Dimension. 1 8.5 ft. w x 9.5’ h ceramic tile/custom image +1.5” x7”
glass Donor recognition tiles.
2006 View from a Distance. University Development, Michigan State Univ. East Lansing, MI.
Commissioned 6 large scale photographic murals (ceramic & glass tile).
2005 Pegusas Center-Tribute to Matilda Wilson. School of Veterinary Science.
Commissioned 1 8 ft. w x 3.5’ h framed mural. 3 16” x 20” images. Donor Tribute.
2005 Monuments to Newaygo. Newaygo, MI.
Public Art Commission. Eight Free standing Exterior Sculptures.
Medium. Laser printed glaze enamels kiln-fired to ceramic and glass.
2004 the hinge between. Coffee Creek Information Center, Chesterton, IN.
Commission. Laser printed decal kiln-fired to ceramic tile.
2004 point of light. Lobby front entrance of Framing Concepts, Chesterton, IN.
Commercial Commission 35 sq ft. Photographic Mural wrapping center colomn&door jams.
Medium. Laser printed glaze enamels kiln-fired to multiple 4 inch ceramic tile.
publications.
Midwest Home Magazine, Best of Issue, September 2009. p. 36.
500 Tiles, Collection of International Works. Publisher: Lark Books. 2008.
Midwest Home Magazine, November 2008 issue p.30.
selected exhibitions.
2009 13 vs. Summer Funk.Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN.
2006 Collaborations. Irvine Fine Arts Center. Irvine, CA. Collaboration with artist Blake J. Willimas.
2006 3rd Annual Michigan Invitational. Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI.
2003 solo. In Place of Equilibrium Riverside Arts Center. Riverside, Illinois.
2002 solo. resemblance and habit. I-Space Gallery. Chicago, Illinois.
2002 Topography. Northeastern Illinois University. Chicago, IL. Curator: John Brunetti.
2002 The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire & Water. Walker’s Point Arts Center. Milwaukee & Whitewater.WI.
2002 Glow. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. Chicago, Illinois. 3-Person Exhibition.
2002 2nd Biennial First to See the Light. Internationl Alternative Process Photography Exhibition.
Quay School of the Arts. Wanganui, New Zealand.
2001 Works on Paper. Riverside Arts Center. Riverside, Illinois.
2000 International Exchange. Technikon Pretoria, South Africa.
research projects / public lectures / publications / juror service.
2011 Lecture. Electronic Impulse in Contemporary Glass. BECon Conference. Portland, OR.
2009 History of Image and Architecture, AIA Minnesota, Minneapolis Convention Center, MN
2007 Visiting Artist Series / Lecture. Chester College of Art , New Hampshire
Lecture/Slide Talk on Between. Fine Art Gallery, Mott Community College, Flint, MI
2002 Publication: Mouth to Mouth, the chicago art scene speaks for itself. Chicago, IL.
Lecture: Tracing the Fugitive. Michigan State University Department of Art &Art History.
2001 Publication: Muses. College of Arts and Letters. Volume 13, issue 2b. Spring.
Lecture: Making the Ephemeral Tangible. MSU Department of Art & Art History
2001 Guest Lecturer / slide presentation. MSU Department of Art and Art History.
Juror. Sara Jane Venable Competition. Lansing Art Gallery. Lansing, MI.
Editorial Advisory Board, Collegiate Press. San Diego, California.
