WORK EXPERIENCE:

35 years Custom Cabinetmaker.

EDUCATION:

Self Taught

EXHIBITIONS, RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS:

2025
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, Group Exhibition Close Ltd Contemporary, Somerset England
ONE TREE, Group Exhibition, Ruthin Art Center, Ruthin, Wales
A USABLE PAST: REFLECTIONS ON A NATION AND ITS INHERITANCE, Group Exhibition, Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
WICKED WOOD, Group Exhibition In Print, Peter Valley School of Craft, Layton, N. J.

2023
Windgate Artists Residency Program, Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
PLACING, Group Exhibition, Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA
FRAMEWORK, Group Exhibition, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

2021
American Craft Council Show Baltimore (online)
American Craft Council Show Atlanta (online)

2020
American Craft Council Show San Francisco (online)
American Craft Council Show Baltimore

2019
Profiled in “American Craft” Magazine, December 2019/January 2020 issue
WestEdge Design Fair, Santa Monica, CA
Best In Show Award as Emerging Artist, American Craft Council Show, San Francisco
Honorable Mention for Contemporary Furniture, Design In Wood Exhibition at the San Diego County Fair
Third Place, Art Furniture, Woodworking Exhibition, Orange County Fair
Participant in the Wood X Furniture Exhibition, Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery

2018
Third Place, Art Furniture, Design in Wood Exhibition, San Diego County Fair
Best Use of Recycled Materials Award, Design in Wood Exhibition, San Diego County Fair
Third Place, Peoples Choice Award, Design in Wood Exhibition, San Diego County Fair

2007
Official Selection, Festival Internacional de Cine de Acapulco, Acapulco, Mexico
Official Selection, Port Townsend Film Festival, Port Townsend, WA
Official Selection, Oxnard Film Festival, Oxnard, CA

2006
Co-Director and Producer credit for one hour documentary, Crossings
Crossings included in exhibition, Caudal Del Sur, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Official Selection, Festival International de Cine de Morelia, Morelia, Mexico
Crossings, in traveling presentations: Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles; Galeria La Raza, San Francisco, Ca; Museum of Modern Art, San Franciso, CA; Museum of Modern Art, NY; Forum Universal de Las Culturas, Monterrey, Mexico

2004
Bones Collins Turner Award and Image-Ination Award, “Works On Paper,” Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA

2003
Excellence in Design Award, Design in Wood Exhibition, San Diego County Fair

2001
Second Place Photography Award, “New Photography,” Los Angeles County Fair, CA
Second Place Photography Award, “New Photography,” Los Angeles County Fair, CA
Honorable Mention Photography Award, “New Photography,” Los Angeles County Fair, CA

OTHER ART RELATED ACTIVITIES:

Cuz Democracy Still Got Legs, acquired by Museum for Art in Wood’s Permanent Collection, 2023
Participant in Kipaipai, Professional Artist Development Workshop (Online), 2020
Participant Kopkind/CID Film Camp, Vermont, 2006
Participant Documentary Filmmaker Lab, Film Independent, Los Angeles, 2004
Participant Salt Fire Workshop, Mill Creek Pottery Studio, The Dalles, Or, 1974