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Selected Gallery Shows

2012 September Two Person Show
Obsolete, Venice, CA

2012 "100 Artists: Art of Communication"
Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR

2011 "Foundation to Fruition" A mini-retrosective
Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA

2010 "Undaunted" New Works
Obsolete, Venice, CA

2009 Group show
Evan Lurie Gallery, Indianapolis, IN

2009 LA Art Show
Red Truck Gallery, Los Angeles,CA

2009 “It Moved!”
Device Gallery, San Diego, CA

2008 8 New Works
Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

2007 “Found Objects” group show
Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006 34th Annual Toys Designed by Artists Exhibition
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

2006 “The Other” group show
Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR

2005 “Snowball in Hell” group show
Garde Rail Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999-2001 Art-O-Rama, Venice, CA

1997 Heike Pickett Gallery, Lexington, KY

Juried Exhibitions

• Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO 2007
• Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI 2006
• Old Town Art Fair, Chicago, IL 2006
• Main Street Ft. Worth Arts Festival, Ft. Worth, TX 2006
• ACC Baltimore Fine Craft Show, Baltimore, MD 2006
• Wilton Historical Society American Craftsmanship Show, Wilton, CT 2003, 2004
• Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
• Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO 2002, 2005
• St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, MO 2002
• Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL 2002, 2003
• Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL 2002, 2003
• Winter Park Art Festival, Winter Park, FL 2001, 2005
• Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA 2000, 2001, 2005
• Artscape, Atlanta, GA 2000, 2001
• Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Awards

2007
Shared Top Prize, Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO

2006
Juror's Award, Main Street Ft. Worth Arts Festival, Ft. Worth, TX

2005
Best of Show - 3D, Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO
Award of Distinction, Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL

2004
Best of Show-3D, Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO
Award of Distinction, Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL

2003
Best of Category–Sculpture, Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO
Merit Award, Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL

2002
Best of Show, Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL
Award of Merit, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
Best of Show-3D, Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO
Award For Excellence And Originality, Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI

2001
Award of Merit, Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, FL
Best of Show-3D, Brookside Art Annual, Kansas City, MO

Publications

• Kansas City Star, April 2005, “Brookside: Where the Art Is” By Ward Triplett
• 400 Wood Boxes, Lark Books, 2004
• Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion Magazine, August/September 2004
• Smithsonian Magazine, October 2003, “Folk Art Jubilee” by Brian Noyes
• Black & White, Birmingham, AL, April 2002, by Jane Longshore
• The Birmingham News, April 2002, Art in the Park
• The Tampa Tribune, March 2002, “Art of Blowing the Crowd Away” by Kathy Steele
• Orlando Sentinal, March 2001, “Art Festival Celebrates Creativity” by Terry Hummel
• Ann Arbor News, July 2001, ”Innovation Keep Art Fairs Fresh” by Amy Orringer
• Ann Arbor Observer, July 2000, "New Artist for a New Millennium" by Laura Bien

TV Appearances

• “Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations” Season 10, KCPT Productions, Kansas City, MO
• “Something from Nothing” DIY Network, 2001-Present

Education

Bachelor of Science in Design, (Industrial Design) University of Cincinnati, 1985