Education
M.F.A.
Lamar Dodd School of Art- University of Georgia
B.F.A.
Bowling Green State University
 
 
Selected Exhibitions
* indicates solo or two-person exhibition
2009
*Untitled, Independent Artist of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, upcoming May
 
 
2008
Au Courant, Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
 
*Retro-Futuristic Flora, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, School of Art, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
 
All Media National Juried Exhibition (ANJE III), 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
 
The Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
 
*Reap, The Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
 
Projections; A Survey of Wall-based Sculpture Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
 
 
2007
*Simple Flower, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon, October
 
Our Man in Havana: The Vacuum Cleaner in Art, Gallery Aferro, Newark, New Jersey
 
Art Faculty Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon
 
 
2006
* New Work, Fred P. Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
 
 
2005
* Outlet, University Gallery, Porter Hall, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
 
Ultranite, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Invitational, Performance
 
* Impromptu, Synchronicity Gallery, Evansville, Indiana
 
Vacation '05, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Invitational
 
Raku:Ceramica Contemporanea, Alliance Francaise, Medellin, Columbia, South America, Installation
 
Contemporary Cast Iron, The Metal Museum, Memphis Tennessee, Juried
 
Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas, Juried, Catalogue
 
Furniture and Functional Art Exhibit, Historic School 30, Art Community Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, Juried
 
Carved In Stone, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana, Juried
 
2004
* Social Dynamics- An Installation, Raw Space Gallery, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
 
 
19th Annual Florida National Competition, Florida State University Museum of Art, Tallahassee, Florida, Juried, Catalogue
 
Southworks 2004, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia, Juried, Catalogue
 
* Vent!, Main Gallery, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia
 
National Juried Art Show, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, Colorado, Juried, "Best of Show"
 
Fresh Assortment, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juried
 
Metal On My Mind, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia, Juried
 
5th Annual Art Papers Auction, Arts Cool Gallery, City Hall East, Atlanta, Georgia
 
2003
Out Of My Mind, Lowery Gallery and Sculpture Grounds, Danielsville Georgia, Invitational
 
Contemporary Sculpture, Chesterwood National Museum, Stockbridge Massachusetts, Juried, Catalogue, Installation
 
Product: Comments on Consumer Culture, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia, Juried, Installation
 
The Emory Chairs Project, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Juried
 
Southworks 2003, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia, Juried, Catalogue
 
28th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juried
 
4th Annual Art Papers Auction, Arts Cool Gallery, City Hall East, Atlanta, Georgia
 
2002
Agua Coherencia, Museo Universitario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Columbia, South America, Invitational, Group Installation
 
The Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, Juried, Catalogue
 
Sensory Overload, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juried
 
17th Annual Florida National Competition, Florida State University Museum of Art, Tallahassee, Florida,Juried, Catalogue
 
Poke, Lowery Gallery and Sculpture Grounds, Danielsville Georgia, Invitational
 
The Chair Show 4, Traveling Exhibition 2002-2001, Juried, Catalogue
 
Art At Play, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, Juried
 
Concept To Object, John A. Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, Maryland, Juried
 
Southworks 2002, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia, Juried, Catalogue
 
27th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juried
 
2001
Eclectic Electric, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juried, Catalogue
 
Southworks 2001, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia, Juried
 
26th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juried, Catalogue
 
Mish, Mosh, and More, GOCAIA, Tucson, Arizona, Juried
 
2000
Bent, Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, Georgia, Invitational
 
Georgia Sculpture Society Show, Lowery Gallery and Sculpture Grounds, Danielsville Georgia, Invitational
 
25h Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juried, Catalogue
 
10th Annual Mental Health Benefit Art Exhibition and Auction, The Globe, Athens, Georgia
 
1999
Kink, Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, Georgia, Invitational
 
Southworks 1999, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, Georgia, Juried
 
9th Annual Mental Health Benefit Art Exhibition and Auction, The Globe, Athens, Georgia
 
1998
*Something Funky with the Skin on Top, Lowery Gallery, Watkinsville, Georgia
 
Deck the Walls, Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, Georgia, Invitational
 
Annual Art Exhibition, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia, Juried
 
Group Sex Show, The 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia, Invitational
 
1996
The Passover and Passed Over, Ashwell Gallery, Beverly, Massachusetts, Juried
 
Sculpture Garden III 1994-1996, Chattanooga Technical Community College, Chattanooga, Tennessee,Juried, Catalogue
 
1995
*Egomacaroni: M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Ambulatory of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
 
*Loop Cycle, Gallery 2030, Birmingham, Alabama
 
Personal Visions III, An Art Place, Inc. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Juried
 
*Rites of Passage, Callonwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
 
Barnesville Sculpture Walk, Barnesville, Georgia, Juried
 
Vision In Hand II, Traveling Exhibition, Juried
 
1994
*The Fire in the Kitchen Sink, Fine Art Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
 
Ritual Visions, Lowery Gallery, Watkinsville, Georgia, Invitational
 
*The All Art Burlesque Show, William J. Thompson Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
 
Mostra: Lavori en Cortona, Casa di Reposo, Cortona, Italy
 
7th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Mable Cultural Center, Mableton, Georgia, Juried, 2nd Place
 
Georgia Stone Carvers, Georgia Marble World Headquarters, Kennesaw, Georgia
 
1993
*15h Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia, Juried, Catalogue
 
Vision In Hand, William J. Thompson Gallery, Athens, Georgia, Invitational
 
1992
*The Heart of the Art, Artspace (Lima Center for the Visual Arts), Lima, Ohio, Invitational
 
Annual All Ohio Juried Art Exhibition, Pearl Conard Art Gallery, Mansfield, Ohio, Juried
 
 
Visiting Artist Lectures/Workshops
2008
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, Lecture
 
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Lecture and Studio Visits
 
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gallery Lecture
 
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, Gallery Lecture
 
2007
Keene State University, Keene, New Hampshire, Lecture
 
Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon, Gallery Lecture
 
2005
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, Lecture
 
Sede Edificio Bellas Artres, Universidad de Caldas, Manizeles, Columbia, South America, Raku Workshop
 
Sede Edificio Bellas Artres, Universidad de Caldas, Manizeles, Columbia, South America, Lecture
 
Centro Columbo Americano, Pereira, Columbia, South America, Lecture
 
Instituto de Bellas Artes, Medellin, Columbia, South America, Lecture
 
Unversidad Potificado Bolivariana, Medellin, Columbia, South America, Raku Workshop
 
Unversidad Potificado Bolivariana, Medellin, Columbia, South America, Lecture
 
Casa de la Cultura del Carmen de Viboral, Carmen, Columbia, South America, Lecture
 
2002
Museo Universitario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Columbia, South America, Lecture
 
Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Columbia, South America, Lecture
 
Mold Making, Good Dirt Ceramic Center, Athens, Georgia, Moldmaking Workshop
 
1999
Athens Middle School, Athens, Georgia, Ceramics Wheel Throwing Worksop
 
1996
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, Lecture
 
 
Residencies
2005
Centro Colombo Americano/Alliance Francaise, Medellin, Columbia, South America
 
2002
Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Columbia, South America
 
 
Fellowships, Grants, Scholarships
2007
Tech Fee Grant, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande Oregon
 
1996
Award of Recognition, North Adams Contemporary Arts Center, North Adams Massachusetts
 
1994
Commune di Cortona Fellowship, Cortona, Italy