born: denver, colorado, united states.

EDUCATION:

1986 –1988
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York 
M.F.A. Painting and Drawing.

1982 –1985
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 
B.F.A. Painting (Honors).

1975 –1976
The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 
Liberal Art, Art History.

1995
New York Studio School of Painting and Drawing, New York, New York 
Summer Drawing Program.

2013 – 2015
Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 
Mandarin Language Program for Overseas Students.

EXHIBITIONS:

2019
EIPF International Poster Exhibition The Cultural and Scientific Association (NADWA) 
Dubai, UAE, November, 2019.

1998
Fine Art Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Galleries, 
Pratt Institte, Brooklyn, New York, February, 1998.

1996
Small Works Exhibition, Parsons School of Design, 
New York, New York, September, 1996. 

Foundation Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Galleries, 
Pratt Institute, New York City and Brooklyn, NY, 
November, 1995 - January, 1996.

1995
Group Benefit Exhibition, Ashawagh Hall, 
Springs, New York, September, 1995. 

Group Exhibition, The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art 
Amagansett, New York, June, 1995.

1994
“Master of Fine Art Alumni Exhibition”, Juror, Lois Dodd, 
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, May, 1994. 

“Mass Exposure Salon: Dealers Choice”, 
Bill Bace Gallery; 106 Duane Street, 
New York, New York, December, 1994

1992
“Small Works iii”, Faculty Exhibition 
Parsons School of Design, New York, New York, 
September, 1992. 

Gallery Exhibition, Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver, 
Colorado, September, 1992.

1991
“Organization of Independant Artists Salon 1991”, 
Group Exhibition, 148 Duane Street, New York, New York. 

Group Exhibition, Kyle Belding Gallery, 
Denver, Colorado, January, 1991.

1990
“Paradise and Parables: The Tropics”, 
Group Exhibition, Kyle Belding Gallery, 
Denver, Colorado, June-July, 1990.

1990
“Still-Life”, 
Group Exhibition, Kyle Belding Gallery, 
Denver, Colorado, March, 1990.

1989
“Three Women Artists”, Kyle Belding Gallery, 
Denver, Colorado, September-October, 1990.

1988
“Small Works Show” 
Group Exhibition, The New Waterfront Museum, 
Brooklyn, New York, November, 1988. 

M.F.A. Exhibition, Brooklyn College Art Gallery, 
Brooklyn, New York, May, 1988.

1985
“Imagined Realism, Five Figurative Artists”, 
Blake Street Gallery, Denver, Colorado, November, 1985.

AWARDS:

1988
Charles G. Shea Award for Painting, 
Brooklyn College MFA Program, Brooklyn, New York.

1982 –1985
Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship, Colorado 
State University Fine Art Department, Fort, Collins, Colorado.

COLLECTIONS:

Mr. Dieter Bergman, Dublin, Ireland
Mr. Scott Brown, San Francisco, California
Mrs. Alma Elias Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mr. Larry Gibson, Denver, Colorado
Mr. Twirl Hearn, Fort Worth, Texas
Mr. Stephen Hicks, New York, New York
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Murray, Fort Collins, Colorado
Mr. Robert Rich, Denver, Colorado
Dr. and Mrs. Emanuel Salzman, Denver, Colorado
Dr. David Shrier, Denver, Colorado
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Shrier, Engelwood, Colorado
Texaco, Incorporated, White Plains, New York

FINE ART:

On-going Studio Work and Research in Art and Culture in Asia, 1998 – present.

DESIGN/COMMISSIONS:

2019
Award Presenter representing The Design Alliance Asia. 
Qingdao Design in Film and Television Award Ceremony, Qingdao Design in Film and Television Week in affiliation with Beijing Design Week, Qingdao, China, July, 2019.

2006
Documentation, Research, Book Design and Layout: 
“Khampagar Monestary Tibetan Calendar”; Tibetan calendar/book and photo documentation of ritual Cham Dance and Tibetan Art of Drukpa Kargyud Buddhist tradition, Moment Font Studio, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2004
Documentation, Research, Book Design and Layout: 
“A Tribute to Naropa and His Lineage”, (Volume I and II); Vajrayana Buddhism and Tibetan culture, International Drukpa Publications, New Delhi, India.

2003 Toy Design Workshop;
in conjunction with Sudarshan Khanna, Dean of Toy Design and Dean of Education at the National Institute of Design, Ahmadabad, India.
A series of toy workshops held in Malaysia for local children and disadvantaged children with emphasis on design dynamism through movement as found in traditional Indian toymaking. Sponsorship from the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Malaysian Government.

1998 – 2004
Art and Design Examiner: International Baccalaureate program 
(based in United Kingdom) for International High School programs (senior year) for students in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.

1999 – 2002
Documentation, Research, Book Design and Layout; 
“Kayu dan Semangat”: The Spirit of Wood; Woodcarving of the Malay World from Patani, Kelantan and Terengganu, Moment Font Studio, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

Adjunct Associate Professor, Foundation Art Department, and Graduate Fine Art Department,
Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design,
Brooklyn, New York, 1992 - 1998.

Instructor, Foundation Drawing,
School of Art and Design, Parsons School of Design, 
New York, New York, 1995 - 1998.

Instructor, Foundation Department,
Center for Advanced Design,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Summer Program 1997; Fall 1998.

Instructor and Visiting Artist,
Painting, Victor D'Amico Institute of Art,
Amagansett, New York, Summer Program, 1995 - 1998.

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Fine Art,
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, Summer 1994.