Education:              

                                Rhode Island School of Design: BFA, 1984

                                Taking the Leap: A Practicum for Artists, 2003

                                Member: Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association

 

Exhibitions:              

                                 

  2021 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul MN

  2021 American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis MN

  2021 Hopkins Art Center, Hopkins MN

  2019 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul MN

  2018 Larson Gallery (solo exhibition) St. Paul MN

  2017 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul MN

                                 2016 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul MN

                                 2016 Minneapolis Club, solo exhibition

                                 2015 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul MN

                                 2015 Elmhurst Museum of Art, Elmhurst IL

                                 2014 Art-A-Whirl Exhibition, Minneapolis MN

                                 2014 Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul MN

                                 2013 Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco CA 

                                 2012 J. Cacciola Gallery, New York NY 

                                 2012 Gallerie Citi, San Francisco CA 

                                 2012 Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco CA 

2011 Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta GA 

2011 U.S. Ambassador's Residence, Sarajevo Yugoslavia

        (US State Department "Art in Embassies" program)

2011 Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale MN (Solo)

2010 Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis MN 

2010 Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale MN 

2010 Minnesota State Fair Arts Pavilion, St. Paul MN 

2009 Hopkins Arts Center, Hopkins MN 

2009 Minnetonka Arts Center, MN 

2009 Stevens Square Arts Center, Minneapolis MN 

2009 Ditch Studios, Minneapolis MN (Solo)

2008 Minnesota State Fair Arts Pavilion, St. Paul MN  

2008 Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale MN 

2008 Paul Mahder Gallery, San Francisco CA 

2007 Thomas Paul Gallery, Los Angeles CA (Solo)

2007 Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins MN 

2006 George Billis Gallery, New York NY

2006 George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco CA 

2005 Keller & Greene Gallery, Los Angeles CA (Solo)

2005 George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2004 International Art Expo/Larry Evans Gallery, San Francisco CA

2004 DFN Gallery, New York NY 

2004 Newmark Gallery, San Francisco CA 

2004 Brentwood Arts Commission, Brentwood CA 

2004 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco CA 

2004 CPF Gallery, San Francisco CA (Solo)

2003 Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica CA (Solo)

2003 Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco CA 

2003 International Art Expo/Larry Evans Gallery, San Francisco CA

2003 Right Mind(s) Exhibition, Oakland CA 

2002 RISD Alumni Exhibition, San Francisco CA

           

 

Publications:            

                                AcrylicWorks 2: Radical Breakthroughs 2014

                                New American Paintings, 2014 Midwest edition #113

                                Harper’s Magazine, November 2006

                                San Francisco Chronicle (Profile interview), July 2004

                                SF Weekly Newspaper, September 2004

                                San Francisco Chronicle, March 2004

                                SF Weekly Newspaper, April 2004

                                SF Independent Newspaper, March 2004

 

 

Awards:                

                               

                                2015 Minnesota State Fair:

                                Great State of Minnesota Award

                                First Glance Award

                                2015 NEMAA Fine Arts Show, People’s Choice Award

                                "100 Super-Hot Artists for 2014" by Michael Corbin (ArtBookGuy.com)

                                International Artist Magazine 8/14: "People & Figures" (Finalist)

                                2012 National Society of Painters in Cassein and Acrylic

                                2009 American Artist Magazine/Utrecht

                                Fine Arts Competition: Winner (Acrylic Division)

                                2009 Hopkins Arts Center: People's Choice Award

                                2009 Minnetonka Arts Center: Honorable Mention

 

 

Presentations:  

                                2015 Elmhurst Art Museum

                                2014 Lifetime Fitness Corp “Shift Series”

                                2004 Newmark Gallery, San Francisco CA