Education

  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, MFA/Sculpture, 1981; BA/Religious Thought, 1976.
  • Parsons Paris, Paris, France, one year of study, 1985 – 1986, Department of Painting.

Work and Professional Experience

  • Professor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, 2003-present. Associate Professor, 1997-2003.  Assistant Professor, 1992-1997.  Chair, Art Department, 2008-2020.
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 1988 – 1992.
  • Member of the Board of Directors, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, 2015-2019. Vice President, 2019.

Selected Exhibitions

  • Emerge Gallery and Art Center, Greenville, NC, “Downeast National Juried Indoor Sculpture Exhibition”, 2022.
  • Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, “Valdosta National 2022”, National juried exhibition, 2022.
  • Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, “The Sublime Nude”, National juried exhibition, 2022.
  • The Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, “34th September Competition”, National juried exhibition, 2021.
  • Macon Arts Gallery, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA, “Drawn to Macon”, National juried exhibition, 2021.
  • Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL, “Galex 55”, National juried exhibition, 2021.
  • TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “2020 California Open”, National juried exhibition, 2020.
  • Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL, “64 Arts 2020: National Juried Exhibition”, 2020.
  • First Street Gallery, New York, NY, “2019 National Juried Exhibition”, National juried exhibition, 2019. (Juror:  Nancy Margolis)
  • Kavanaugh Gallery, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL, “Sculpture at the Kavanaugh”, National juried exhibition, 2019.
  • Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX, “47th International Art Show”, International juried exhibition, 2019.
  • Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA, “10x10x10xTieton 2017”, International juried exhibition, 2017.
  • Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, “Inspirations – The 4th Annual Art Competition of the Hammond Museum”, National juried exhibition, 2017. (Juror:  Judy Hecker)
  • Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, “94th Annual Spring Show”, Regional juried exhibition, 2017. (Juror:  William Wegman)
  • Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, “Art on Paper 2017”, National juried exhibition, 2017.
  • Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO, “Lines into Shapes/2016”, National juried exhibition, 2016.
  • Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, “Off the Wall”, Continental juried exhibition, 2016.
  • The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, “After the Pedestal”, Regional juried exhibition, 2016.
  • Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Introductions 2016”, National juried exhibition, 2016.
  • Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association Art Center, Blue Ridge, GA, “Southern Appalachian Artist Guild 2015 National Juried Show”, National juried exhibition, 2015.
  • Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, “Studio Montclair: Viewpoints 2015”, National juried exhibition.
  • HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA, “Dab Art: 2014 International Juried Show”, International juried exhibition, 2014.
  • Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA, “A Sense of Place 2014”, National juried Exhibition, 2014.
  • Chico Art Center, Chico, CA, “All Media 2014”, National juried exhibition, 2014.
  • University of Tennessee Uptown Gallery, Knoxville, TN, “Nexus 2014”, National juried exhibition, 2014.
  • Hoyt Center for the Arts, New Castle, PA, “Recent Work”, Solo Exhibition, 2014.
  • North Dakota Art Gallery Association, “Americas 2000: Best of the Best Invitational”, Invitational traveling exhibition, 2014 – 2015.
    • Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND
    • Northern Lights Art Gallery, Mayville, ND
    • The Art Center, Jamestown, ND
    • Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND
    • Dawson Community College, Gallery 126, Glendive, ND
    • University of Mary, Bismarck, ND
    • Cando Art Center, Cando, ND
  • Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND, “Americas 2000: Best of the Best Invitational”, National invitational exhibition, 2013.
  • Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, “The New Collective”, Regional juried exhibition, 2013.
  • Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY, “56th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art”, National juried exhibition, 2013.
  • Ames Mansion at Borderland State Park, North Easton, MA, “The Blanche Ames National Juried Art Exhibition/2012”, National juried exhibition, 2012.
  • Foster Tanner Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, “Pinnacle 2012”, National juried exhibition, 2012.
  • Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, “OH+5 2012”, Regional juried exhibition, 2012.
  • Allegany Arts Council’s Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD, “Will’s Creek Survey 2011 Exhibition”, National juried exhibition, 2011.
  • Visual Art Society of Texas, Denton, TX, “42nd Annual Exhibition”, National juried exhibition, 2011.
  • Root Division, San Francisco, CA, “Eye of the Beholder”, National juried exhibition, 2011.
  • K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, “The Third Coast National”, National juried exhibition, 2010.
  • Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND, Solo exhibition, 2010.
  • Robeson Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, “Images 2010”, Mid-Atlantic regional juried exhibition, 2010.
  • Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, “Axis 4th National Juried Exhibition”, National juried exhibition, 2009.
  • Little Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Firelands College, Huron, OH, Solo exhibition, 2009.
  • FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL, “Tallahassee International”, International juried exhibition, 2008.
  • Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, “Texas National 2007”, National juried exhibition, 2007.

Gallery Affiliation

  • Schmidt Dean Gallery, Cherry Hill, NJ, www.schmidtdean.com, 1989 –