EDUCATION:
M.F.A. - Painting / Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. 2002
B.F.A. - Painting / Drawing with an emphasis in Illustration,
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri. 1994
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2002 - Present – Assistant Professor of Art, Central Wyoming Community College, Riverton, Wyoming
1999 - 2002 - Instructor of Record, Painting and Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
1995 - 1999 - Studio Artist / Freelance Illustrator, Kansas City, Missouri
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007 – “In the Distance,” Casper College, Casper, Wyoming
2007 – “Here and Somewhere Else,” Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2003 - “Desire to Disappear,” Western Community College, Rock Springs, Wyoming
2003 - The Wyoming Arts Council Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007 - “Rocky Mountain Invitational,” The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming
2007 - “The Governors Capitol Art Exhibition,” The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Juried by Ben Mitchell, Curator of Art, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, Washington
2007 - “New Wyoming Painters,” The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming
2007 - “C.W.C. Faculty Show,” Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
2006 - “C.W.C. Faulty Show,” Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
2005 - “Happen Inc. Show,” C Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2005 - “C.W.C. Faculty Show,” Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
2004 - “Print & Paper,” Wyoming Arts Council Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming
2004 - “The Renewal of the Spirit,” Art West Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2004 - “Constructing Environments,” 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 - “This Aint’ Cowboy Art,” Pirate Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2003 - “C.W.C. Faculty Show,” Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
2003 - “Re-Create,” The Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming
2002 - “C.W.C. Faculty Show,” Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
2002 - “Interspaced: Four artists Interpretations of Space.” Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
2001 - “Humane/ Inhumane,” Butler County Community College, Eldarado, Kansas
Juried by Kevin Mullins, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
2001 - “Graduate Group Show,” Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas
2001 - “13th Annual Biennial Faculty Show,” Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
2001 - “Miami University Annual Young Painters Competition,” Miami University, Miami, Ohio
Juried by Angela Lange, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
2000 - “Spring Graduate Group Show,” Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
2000 - Inclusion in the juried national Internet format of New American Paintings, M.F.A. Annual 2000
1999 - “Some Art / Semantics,” Clayton Staples Gallery, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
1997 - 2000 - Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri (Continuous representation)
AWARDS:
2007 - Governors Capitol Art Exhibition, Bobby Hathaway
Jurors Choice Award and the Wyoming State Collection Purchase award
PUBLICATIONS:
The Casper Star Tribune, May 11, 2007 - The Weekender, “Three-Ring Exhibition” - Article and images
The Dallas Art Review, “Odd Wonderments at 500X.” - Article and images
SPLASH! - Vol. 7 - #2 “The Renewal of the Spirit” - Article and images
The Wichita Register, April 2002. - Image
COLLECTIONS:
Audax Theatre Group, New York, New York
Lawson Financial Services, Santa Monica, California
The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg, Florida
The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming
The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Numerous Private Collections
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