Resume and Bio

Group shows:
          

•      2023   Pajarow Art Center, Watsonville, Ca.     
•      2021-2023  Santa Cruz County Fair, Fine Art Gallery
•      2020-2024 Robert Blitzer Gallery,  Wrigley Bld. sculpture display                
•      2020 Del Mar college 54th Juried annual National drawing and small sculpture show, Corpus Christi, Texas
•     2019 Copenhagen Imports, Tucson, Az.
•     2018 Gallery Gaudi Madrid Spain
•     2017 Robert Blitzer Gallery "Metal masters"  Curated by Pierre Riche and Robert Blitzer. Santa Cruz Ca.
•     2017 Oakwilde sculpture park, group show, Valley Springs, Ca.
•     2016 Haggin Museum juried sculpture show. Stockton, Ca.
•     2015 museum of Fine art Boston, Ma.
•     2015-2022  Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH.  
  
•      2014 Titus Gallery, Carmel, CA.
•     2014 Art Design Consultants, Purchase award, Cincinnati, OH.
•     2012 Museum Of And History, Santa Cruz, CA.
•     2012 Museum Of Contemporary Art (MOCA) The Geffin, LA, CA.
•     2012 Art Du Jour Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA.
•     2012 Artist Tree Gallery, Felton, CA.
•     2011 Wisdom conference, Concourse center, SF, CA.
•     2010 Burning Man Festival, Pyramid Lake Region, NA.
•     2007, 2008, 2010, Burning Man Decompression event, SF, CA.
•     2010 Jellyfish Gallery, SF, CA.
•     2009 Anon Salon, SF, CA.
•     2009, 2010 Serra Phi Gallery, SF, CA.
•     2007, 2008 The Crucible Gallery, Oakland, CA.
•     2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 The Concourse Center, SF, CA.
•     2006 The Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA.
•     2005 Tribe Gallery, NYC, NY.
•     2004 Puccio Gallery, NYC, NY.
  
•    2002 and  2004 Kingston Biennial juried Sculpture competition, Kingston, NY.
•     2002 Off The Wall Gallery, Kingston, NY.
•     2001 Colony Sculpture Park, Woodstock, NY.
•     1999 Elane Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, LI.
•     1998 Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, NY.
•     1996 Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY.
•     1995 Woodstock Guild Of Craftsmen, Woodstock, NY.
•     1994,1996 Woodstock artist Association, Woodstock, NY.
•     1991 Makeshift Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
•     1990 Subway Gallery, Bisbee, AZ.
•     1990 Wenniger Gallery, Provincetown, MA.
•     1990 Ridgefield Guild Of Artists, Jurried best in show, Ridgefield, CT.
•      1989 The Chicago Art Institute Student Gallery, Chicago IL.
•     1988 Herman Crown gallery, Chicago, IL.
•     1985, 1986 White Mtn School Student Gallery, Littleton, NH.

Solo shows:

•     2003 Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY.
•     2001 Thanassi Gallery, Cape Cod, Ma.
•     2000 Coffey Gallery, Kingston, NY.
•     1997 Waterfront Gallery, West Stockbridge, Ma.
•     1995 Michael Kisslinger Gallery, NYC, Ny.
•     1993 Wholfarth Gallery, Provincetown, Ma.
•     1992 Stellwagen Gallery, Provincetown, Ma.

Art Fairs:

•        2019 Tucson art fair
•        2018 Cannes International Art Fair
•        2017 Palo Alto arts fair-August 26 & 27,   University Avenue, Palo Alto, Ca.
•        2017 Incline village fine arts festival - August 11-13,  Incline Village, NV.
•       2017  Unscruz event Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Watsonville, Ca.

Sculpture Parks:

•         2022 Cloverdale Ca. Juried sculpture exhibit 
•         2018 Ruth Bancroft sculpture garden, Walnut Creek, Ca.
•         2018, 2019,2020, 2021, 2022 Sierra Azul sculpture garden, Watsonville, Ca.
•         2018 Cloverdale outdoor town-wide juried sculpture exhibit. Cloverdale, Ca.
•         2017 Scotts Valley Sculpture arts walk  Curated by Pierre Riche , Scotts Valley, Ca.
•         2017 Cloverdale outdoor town-wide juried sculpture exhibit. Cloverdale, Ca. Awarded Honorable mention.
•         2o17 Sierra Azul sculpture garden, Watsonville, Ca.
•         2016 Sierra Azul sculpture garden, Watsonville, Ca.
•         2016 Cloverdale outdoor town-wide juried sculpture exhibit. Cloverdale, Ca. Awarded Honorable mention.
•         2016 Oakwilde sculpture park, Valley Springs, Ca.
•         2015 Sierra Azul sculpture garden, Watsonville, Ca.
•         2015 Cloverdale outdoor town-wide sculpture exhibit. Cloverdale, Ca.
•         2015 Ruth Bancroft sculpture garden, Walnut Creek, Ca.
•         2015 Oakwilde sculpture park, Valley Springs, Ca. Awarded best in show.
•         2004 Kingston Biennial juried Sculpture competition, Kingston, NY.
•         2002 Kingston Biennial Juried Sculpture Competition, Kingston, NY.
•         2001 Colony Sculpture Park, Woodstock, NY.
•        1999 three rivers arts festival Pittsberg Pa.

Public Art ::

•      2019 Bicentennial Park sculpture garden Reno, Ca.
•       2017 Santa Cruz Soquel bridge Public art grant: chosen as a finalist.

Collections::

• Reno Arts & Culture Commission
• Instagram office, LA, Ca.
• First State Mortgage Corporation Collection. Providence, RI.
• Club Mamakins. Boston, MA.
• The Wildhorse Restaurant. Beverly, MA.
• Hasbrouk House Collection. Stone Ridge, NY.
• Markerteck Corporation. Saugerties, NY.
• Shine Theatre Lounge. SoHo, NYC.
• Restaurant 277. Tribeca, NYC.
• The Emerson House resort and spa. Phonecia, NY.
• Mortgage Dot Com Corporation. Kingston, NY.
• Loie Restaurant. Philadelphia, PA.
• Reggie Cabral. Provincetown, Ma.

Museum collections:

• Bisbee Mining Museum. Bisbee, Az.
• Aldridge Museum Of Contemporary Art. Ridgefield, CT.

Magazines:

• American Art Collector
• High Times
• Juxtapose
• Hudson Valley

Bio:
         ​ 2022 Honorarium grant received from Burning Man "Wild Horses Of The American West" 
          2019 First public art placement in Reno Nv. at Bicentennial Park

• 2018 First International Art gallery representation at the Gaudi Gallery in Madrid Spain.
• 2018 First international showing at the Cannes International Art Fair
• 2017  Elected Head of the Scotts Valley Arts committee and curated The Scotts Valley annual Arts Walk.
• 2017 Cloverdale outdoor town-wide juried sculpture exhibit. Cloverdale, Ca. Awarded Honorable mention.
• 2016 Accepted into Cloverdale Ca. town-wide juried sculpture exhibition and received Honorable mention award.
• 2015 Awarded best in show for "Gears Of Thought" sculpture at Oakwilde Ranch and sculpture juried sculpture show in Spring Valley  Ca.
• 2014 Received a purchase award for the Juried ACA (Art Comes Alive) show from ADC (Art Design Consultants)  in Cincinnati Ohio.
• 2012 Exhibited fire sculpture and “Metaface” in front of the MOCA at the Geffen in LA. for “Spirit Of Hope” fundraiser
• 2010 Invited to show “Healing Eye” Fire sculpture on the  playa at Burning Man festival.
• 2009 studio fire destroyed building and some equipment. some sculptures were destroyed and some damaged.
• 2007 Taught a metal mask making class at “the Crucible” in Oakland, Ca.
• 2007- 2012 Built a large fire sculpture for Fire art festivals and toured it to festivals.
• 2006  Joined the community metal arts studio at the “Box shop” in San Fransisco, Ca.
• 2005 moved to California.
• 2002, 2004 Participated in Kingston Ny. juried biennial sculpture show.
• 2002 Taught welding to intern student from local elementary school.
• 2001 Curated a sculpture park in Woodstock, NY. on Woodstock's 100 year anniversary of Americas oldest artist colony.
• 2000 Chosen to exhibit "Melting Strat" guitar sculpture in the village square of Woodstock NY. for a juried guitar sculpture exhibition. The sculpture was auctioned off by Southebys auction house on Ebay.  
• 1997 Took figure sculpting class at the Art Students league NYC.
• 1995 Showed and sold sculpture at Avery Fisher hall at  Lincoln center plaza. NYC.
• 1994 Guitar sculpture collected by The Lions Group and placed in Aerosmiths private club “Mama Kins” in Boston.
• 1994 Exhibited a life sized guitar player welded metal sculpture at Woodstock 25th anniversary concert. Had sculpture on the TV news channels in Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia and other countries.
• 1994 Moved to Woodstock NY.
• 1993 Apprenticed with Metal sculptor Jack Kearney In Provincetown, Cape Cod Ma.
• 1992 Had artworks collected and placed in the Reginald Cabral art collection.
• 1992-1994 Lived on Cape Cod in an Artist colony. Was a member of the Provincetown arts museum.
• 1991.  Created an art installation for the Bisbee, Az. mining museum.
• 1990 Awarded best in show in Ridgefield Guild Of Artists juried art show.
• 1988 -1991 Attended  The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago.
• 1985-1988 Attended The White Mtn. School in Littleton, NH.  Studied oil painting, drawing, ceramic sculpture, printmaking and photography.
•  1966 Born in NYC.

 

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