EDUCATION
1982 - MASTER OF FINE ARTS. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1977 - BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS. Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
1975-76 - Drake University in Florence, Italy
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 - Individual Artist Project Grant. Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, Illinois
2020 - Faculty Development Grant. Columbia College Chicago
2018 - Professional Development Grant. Illinois Arts Council
Award of Excellence. Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, New York
Workshop Scholarship. Pittsburgh Glass Center. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2016 - Professional Development Grant. DCASE, Chicago, Illinois
Faculty Development Grant. Columbia College Chicago
2014 - Bronze Award. Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.
2012 - Faculty Development Grant. Columbia College Chicago
2010 - Best of Metal. Chicago Metal Arts Guild Exhibition
2008 - Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award
2007 - Purchase Award. American Craft Exhibition, Evanston, Illinois
2006 - Travel Grant. Embassy of the United States of America. (travel to Australia)
Workshop Grant. Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
Travel Grant. Columbia College Chicago. (travel to Australia)
2004 - Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award
2003 - Project Grant. The George Sugarman Foundation.
2001 - Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award.
Award For Excellence. Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.
Governor James R. Thompson Award for Excellence. Illinois Artisans Program.
2000 - Purchase Award. American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois
1999 - Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award
Craftsmen's Choice Award. Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C.
Best of Metal. American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois
Second Prize. Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1993 - Project Grant. Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs/Illinois Arts Council
Project Grant. Ruth Chenven Foundation, New York, New York
1980 - Ford Foundation Fellowship Grant. Indian University, Bloomington, Indiana
Ford Foundation Project Grant. Indian University, Bloomington, Indiana
National Society of Arts and Letters Award. Bloomington, Indiana
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Airport Gallery, Moline, Illinois - Three Person Exhibition
SPACE 900 Gallery, Evanston, Illinois - Three Faces of Sculpture
2021 - 3D4D Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - Re-Imagining Connection
AIR Gallery, Glencoe, Illinois - My Voice Matters
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana - Time Capsule
3D4D Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - 12 x 12 x 12
2020 - Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa - 2nd Craft Invitational
Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago Illinois - Constructed Visions
2019 - Adler Arts Center, Libertyville, Illinois - Elemental
Vale Craft Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - Midwest Metalsmiths
SNAG Conference, Chicago, Illinois - Adorned Spaces
2017 - SOFA Chicago, K. Allen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - Recent Works
Carla Massoni Gallery, Chesterton, Maryland - Fragmentation
2016 - SOFA Chicago/K. Allen Gallery, Chicago Illinois
2015 - Graver's Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Structure and Form
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois - Sculpture Invasion
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois - Behold - Modern Metal Vessels
Robert Morris University Gallery, Chicago, Illinois - Made in Illinois
2014 - SOFA Chicago/K. Allen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois - Sense of Scale
Allen B. Dow Museum of Science and Art, Midland, Michigan - Metalsmithing Today
Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, New York - On the Surface: Outward Appearances
Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Playing With Fire
Art Palm Beach/K. Allen Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
2013 - Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, Peoria, Illinois - Observation and Response (solo exhibition)
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois - The Art of Craft
SOFA Chicago/K. Allen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2012 - Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona - CU29 - Work in Copper
2011 - Morgan Contemporary Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Teapots!
James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, Illinois - Memory and Reflection (solo exhibition)
2010 - Del Mano Gallery, LosAngeles, California - Flora and Fauna
The Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Staunton, Virginia - Transformations
2008 - Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin - Recent Gifts to the Collection
Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona - 29th Annual Contemporary Crafts
2007 - SOFA Chicago/FunctionArt Gallery, Chicago Illinois
2006 - Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois - Midwest Metals Invitational
2005 - Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin - Magnificent Extravagance
D.A.M. Gallery, Detroit, Michigan - Metalize
2003 - Miami University, Oxford, Ohio - Vessels (solo exhibition)
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Transformation
2002 - Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York - Expressions
2000 - SOFA Chicago, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), Chicago Illinois - Works From Metalsmith: Exhibition in Print
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Racine Art Museum. Racine, Wisconsin
Barr Foundation. Virginia Beach, Virginia
Kamm Teapot Foundation. Sparta, North Carolina
Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri
Evanston Hospital. North Shore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois
Highland Park Hospital. North Shore University Health System, Highland Park, Illinois
Borg-Warner Corporation. Chicago, Illinois
Blank Rome, LLP. Los Angeles, California and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Center for Art in Wood. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo. Toledo, Ohio
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia - Visiting artist, 2014
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois - Adjunct faculty, 1991-2021
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois - Faculty, 2007-present
Evanston Art Center, Chicago, Illinois - Faculty, 1985-2000 and 2013- present
Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York - Visiting Artist, 2009
College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois - Adjunct faculty, 2008
Maker: Metal Arts Workshop & Educational Retreat, YMCA Camp Loma Mar, California - Visiting Artist, 2007
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia - Artist in residence, 2006
The Jewelers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia, Sydney, Australia - Visiting artist, 2006
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois - Adjunct faculty, 2004 and 1990
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan - Visiting Artist for Michigan Silversmiths Guild, 1991
Artpark, Lewiston, New York - Visiting Artist, 1990
CraftSummer, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio - Visiting Artist, 1989
North Central College, Naperville, Illinois - Adjunct faculty, 1985-86