Education:
Minneapolis College of Art & Design B.F.A in sculpture 94
The Root Institute for Wisdom Culture, Bodhgaya India - Mahayana Buddhism 07
Fine Art Exhibitions:
2008-Present
"Love/Hate" - The Cult Sisters Group Show @ Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis
"Influently" Two Person Show @ Elida Art Gallery, Camas, WA
"S.E.A.10" Solo exhibition of drawings and paintings. @ Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis
"Beauty School Drop Outs" Group Show @ Gallery 13. Minneapolis
"Cult Sisters II: The Ladies Show" @ Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis
"VD11" - Biennial Art Show for Valentine's Day @ Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis
"Ruff Love" Benefit Show @ Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis
"Get Lucky" Group Show @ Soo Visual Arts Center,Minneapolis
"Cult Sisters 5: The Ladies Show" @ Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis
"My Nameless Love" - Group Show @ Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis
"Resident Artists V1: Creative Collaborations" @ Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis
"Equinox" - Group Show @ Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis
"Holiday Group Show" @ Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis
"Over Under Sideways Down" Group Show @ Look Art Below, Minneapolis
"Vier Kunstler" - Group Show @ Look Art Below, Minneapolis
"DON" - Solo Exhibition @ ELB Gallery, Minneapolis. w/ Closing Artists Talk on 09.22.09
"Poetry, Prose & Paintings" - an evening of spoken word & visual matter @ Mill District Arts Gallery, Minneapolis
"Inner Landscapes - Outside Spaces" - Solo Exhibition @ Redwood Shores Public Library Gallery, Redwood City, CA
"Stuffed" - Group Show @ Look Art Below. NE Minneapolis
"Extruded Layout" - 2 Person Exhibition @ the Northern Warehouse. St. Paul
"VD09" - Group Show @ Northrup King Gallery. Minneapolis
"Valentines Bites" @ W7 Collective. St. Paul
"Commute" - Solo Exhibition @ Red Cross. St.Cloud, MN
"Ultimate Landscape - it's a Metaphor". Group Show @ Gallery 13. Minneapolis
"Science & Industry" - Solo Exhibition @ ELB Gallery. Minneapolis
"Eleven on Eighteen" - Group Show @ Northrup King Gallery. Minneapolis
Visiting Artist:
Cult Status Gallery Mpls MN - Volunteer teaching various installation methodology for fine art pieces.
General Vessey Leadership Academy - 11.08 High School Art Classes.
L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion School - 2007. Sculpture classes w/ kindergarten, 1st & 4th grades.
Previous Projects:
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN MN Zoo Russia's Grizzly Coast
National Aquarium, Baltimore – Amazon Flooded Rainforest
Portland Zoo – Stellar Sea Cove Field Museum, Chicago – Ancient Americas
Anza Borrego State Park, CA
John Ball Zoo, MN
MN Historical Society
Bronx Zoo – Congo Gorilla Rainforest
Denali National Park Bangor Sub Base, WA
Toledo Zoo, OH
Disneyʼs Animal Kingdom Weedon Island Nature Preserve, FL
Blanchard Springs Visitor Center, AR
Nature Realm, OH Cincinnati Zoo Lone Pine Visitor Center, MT Woodland Park Zoo
Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center, AR
Florida Keys Eco Discovery Center Hobcaw Barony,Charleston SC
Nature Realm, OH North Dakota Historical Society & various private residences in WA, OR, OH, MN and VA
Project Awards:
2009 AZA Best New Exhibit Award: Russia's Grizzly Coast, MN Zoo
2006 NAI Media Award for Best Interior Exhibit: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA
2000 AZA Best new Exhibit Award: Congo Gorilla Rainforest, Bronx Zoo, NY
2000 AZA Significant Achievement Award: Amazon Flooded Forest, National Aquarium, Baltimore MD
Work Experience:
Art Preparator - Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 05.12 - Present
Artist - Pacific Studios, Seattle, WA 12/11 - 05/12
Lead Sculptor – Split Rock Studios. Arden Hills, MN 11.04 – 05.11 Lead Sculptor specializing in fabrication and installation of large scale natural elements for museums, zoos and interpretive centers.
Artist – Divergent Layers. Minneapolis MN / Seattle WA ʻ07– present. fine art studio creating paintings, drawings, collages & sculpture
Board of Directors - Mill District Arts Gallery. Minneapolis, MN 10.08 -12.09 Artist and founding member.
Artist – Cemrock @ The MN Zoo, Russian Grizzly Coast exhibit 04.07 - present Rock Sculptor & painter
Artist – Studio Chevelle. Minneapolis MN 01.04 – present. Independent studio. mixed media paintings, sculptures for zoos and residences
Artist – Hormay Co. Claremont, Fl 05 – 06. Freelance rock sculptor and painter
Sculptor – Manmade Wonders. Florence, KY 05 – 06. Freelance rock sculptor
Artist – Blue Rhino Studio. Bloomington, MN 07.02 – 10.04. Sculptor and painter of commercial art
Artist – Jolly Miller Construction. Seattle, WA 03.97 – 04.01.Traveling Company of artists creating high detail, complete environments for zoos, aquariums, and private residences
Painter – G.O.F Studio. Bronx, NY. 01.98 – 01.99 Independent "open" art studio
Sculptor – Larson Co. Tucson, AZ 09.96 – 01.97 Concrete tree and rock carver @ Disneyʼsʼ Animal Kingdom
Older:
"Illumination" - Live Group Exhibition @ Sapphire Supper Club. Orlando, FL 10.96
"New Stuff" - Solo Exhibition @ Cafe Gallery 101. Mpls, MN '94
"Selections" - Graduate Exhibition @ Minneapolis College of Art & Design '94
"Pull & Thrust" - Solo exhibition @ Cafe Gallery 101. Mpls, MN '93
"Grabbing Things" - Solo exhibition @ Cafe Gallery 101. Mpls, MN '92
"The 3 Ring Circus" - Group Performance Art exhibition @ Katherine E. Nash Gallery. Mpls, MN '91
"Video 91" - Group Exhibition @ the Fine Line Music Cafe. Mpls MN '91
"The Cleansing" - Solo exhibition & performance @ U of M Studio Gallery. Mpls MN '91
"Crazed Lunacy" - Group exhibition @ MCAD Gallery. Mpls, MN '89
2010 - present
2010 - present