American Born
EDUCATION
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
GRADUATE STUDIES
1997 UCLA Graphic Design, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Bruno Lucchesi, Los Angeles, CA
1986 Joseph Martinek, Los Angeles, CA (second generation apprentice to Auguste
Rodin)
1984 Burne Hogarth, Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CA
1974-75 Joseph Mugnaini, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
1973 Charles White, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2010 Villa Haiss Museum, Germany
2009 MAH, Santa Cruz, CA
2008 Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Royal Botanical Gardens, Ontario, Canada
2007 The Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
2005 Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
2003 Grounds for Sculture, Hamilton, NJ, permanent collection
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, permanent collection
2001 Passage de Retz, Paris, France
2000 Equitable Art Gallery, New York, NY
Historiches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna, Austria
Binghamton University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY
UCLA at The Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Laguna Art Museum Sales/Rental Gallery, Laguna, CA
1994 UCLA at The Armand Hammer Museum of Art Sales/Rental Gallery, CA
1991 Museum Katten Kabinet, Amsterdam, Holland, permanent collection
1977 Los Angeles Museum, Exposition Park
SELECTED PUBLIC WORKS
2008 I. Wolk Gallery, Sculpture Garden, Auberge Du Soleil, St Helena, CA
Northshore Sculpture Park, Skokie, IL
2004 Triton Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, Santa Clara, CA
Community Art Project, Wells Fargo Bank, Laguna Beach, CA
2003 Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
1999 Northshore Sculpture Park, Skokie, IL
1998 Village Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
1996 ASPCA National Headquarters, NY
1993 San Diego Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA
San Diego Wild Animal Park, San Diego, CA
1992 Los Angeles ZOO, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Museum Katten Kabinet, Amsterdam, Holland
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Southern California Art Projects & Exhibitions, Corona Del Mar, CA
2001 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1998 Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Hatachi Corporation, Santa Clara, CA
1980 Newell Hill Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1979 Panache Sculpture Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1978 Theater Vanguard, Los Angeles, CA
1978 Versailles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 I Wolk Gallery, St Helena, CA
2001 Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1998 Palm Desert Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
1991 Retrospective Gallery, San Diego, CA
Biota Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989 Biota Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Westside Repertory, Los Angeles, CA
1979 Elsa Wild Animal Appeal, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Red Dot Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2010 SCAPE Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
2010 I.Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, Ca
2008 I. Wolk Gallery, St Helena, CA
2007 S C A P E, Corona Del Mar, CA
2003 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2002 Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2001 Figuration Critique, Sintra, Portugal
2000 Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000-08 Phyllis Weil & Company, New York, NY
1999 Sai Gallery, NewYork, NY
Toit de la Grand Arch, Paris, France
1996 Perry House Galleries, Washington, DC
750 Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Phyllis Weil & Company, New York, NY
1995 Perry House Galleries, Washington, D.C.
Amos Eno Gallery, Soho, NY
1994 Cypress Gardens, Florida - Wildlife Sculpture Series
UCLA at The Armand Hammer Museum of Art Gallery, L.A., CA
Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1993 Montserrat Gallery, New York, NY
New England National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA
1992 Forum Gallery, James Town, NY
Biota Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Retrospective Gallery, San Diego, CA
1990 Sho-Enu, Romona, CA
1989 Sterling Gallery, La Jolla, CA
1985-87 Accent on Art, Los Angeles, CA
1985 Southern California Contemporary Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1982-83 Artesania Art Center, Sedona, AZ
1981-85 Paula Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1981-83 Home Gallery, San Diego, CA
1981 Major Porterfield, Los Angeles, CA
1980 Art Expo, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture III Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
1979-88 Haggenmaker Galleries, Laguna Beach, CA
1977-88 Serendipity Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1977 Los Angeles Museum, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA
1974 Barnsdall Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1972-73 Design West, California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS AND HONORS
2010 VILLA HAIS MUSEUM / Permanent Collection
2005 GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE / Permanent collection
2004 TRITON MUSEUM OF ART / Permanent Collection
2000 THESIS: Dreamworks/ Exhibition Tour Year 2000
Centenary of Sigmund Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams"
1999 LONG BEACH ARTS SOLAR ETCHING AWARD
Curator: Noel Korten, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park
1995 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
Library and Research Center’s Archives on Women Artists, Washington,
D.C.
1995 PERRY HOUSE GOLD MEDAL, SCULPTURE
Perry House Galleries, Washington, DC
Juried by: Glenna Goodacre, Women's Memorial, Washington, DC
1993 ART OF CALIFORNIA DISCOVERY AWARDS
Sculpture awards, contemporary & traditional
Juried by: Michael Botwinick, Director, Newport Harbor Art Museum
Robert Barrett, Director, Fresno Art Museum
Harvey Jones, Senior Curator of Art, The Oakland Museum
Ilene Susan Fort, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1993 PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
Juried by: Arthur Oilman, Director, Museum of Photographic Arts
Robert Barrett, Executive Director/Chief Curator, Fresno Art Museum
Michael Botwinick, Director, Newport Harbor Art Museum
1992 ART OF CALIFORNIA DISCOVERY AWARD
Sculpture Award
Juried by: Robert Barrett, Fresno Art Museum
Philip Linhares, Chief Curator of Art, Oakland Museum
Henry Hopkins, Director, UCLA Wight Art Gallery
Juanita Pumer, NEA Curatorial Fellow, San Diego Museum
of Contemporary Art
1991 MUSEUM KATTEN KABINET, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
Permanent Collection
1990 INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE:
Inclusion of sculpture in presentation entitled "Evidence of the Visionary
Tradition in Contemporary Sculpture," given by Virginia Watson Jones. A
focus on diverse styles of sculpture by men and women artists of
all nationalities.
1978 SCULPTURE AWARD:
Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA
1977 SCULPTURE AWARD:
Federation of Labor AFL.CIO., Los Angeles, CA
1975 LOS ANGELES CITY SCHOOLS SERVICE AWARD:
In recognition of outstanding service for special art enrichment classes
for students.
PUBLICATIONS
2007 SCULPTURE MAGAZINE / REVIEWS
2004 ARTWEEK, REVIEW, TRITON MUSEUM OF ART
2000 DREAMWORKS/Sigmund Freud’s Centenary, Cornell University Press;
German & English Edition
SOUTHWEST ART MAGAZINE/FEATURE STORY
1996 NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
1995 THE GUILD
1992 THE GUILD
UTOPIA: "Envisioning A Dream"
1991-92 THE CALIFORNIA ART REVIEW
An illustrated Survey of the State's Museums, Galleries and Leading Artists
1990 AMERICAN ARTIST: AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF LEADING
CONTEMPORARIES - SECOND EDITION BOOK
1989 BEVERLY HILLS COURIER
SCULPTURE MAGAZINE
1988 COAST LINE NEWS, LAGUNA BEACH
1986 GLAZA NEWS L.A., CYNTHIA RICHARDSON
1983 DAILY NEWS, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CA, TRICIA CRANE
1980 EAST BAY MAGAZINE, SAN FRANCISCO
DESIGNERS WEST, L.A.
1979 LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE
VALLEY LIFE
1978 VANGUARD NEWS, L.A.
SOUTHWEST ART, JUDY HENRY CRANDALL
ART NEWS
LOS ANGELES TIMES, ARA GUZELIMIAN
VALLEY MAGAZINE, GREGORY LEE
1975 LOS FELIZ NEWS, L.A.