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Born 1962, Pittsburgh, PA
Lives and works in N.Y.C.
B.F.A. Edinboro University, 1984
M.F.A. Rochester Institute of Technology, 1987
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Border Crossings, Cohju Contemporary, Kyoto, Japan
Border Crossings, Kyoto City International Foundation, Kyoto, Japan
2007 Weave, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Rilke Project, Video installation (catalogue), twenty-four cities including Berlin, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Leipzig and Munich, Germany
2003 Lorinda Knight Gallery, Recent Paintings, Spokane, Washington
Galeria Trece, Obras Recientes, Ventillo, Spain
2002 CSC Gallery, Selections from the Transmission Suite, NYC
2001 Kunsthaus Orfeo’s Erben, techNo+, Frankfurt, Germany
2001 Galerie Tucherpark, Transmission Suite, Munich, Germany
2001 Lustspielhaus, Rilke Project, Munich, Germany
2000 Galeria Rosa Pous, Obra sobre papel, Girona, Spain
2000 Heidi Cox Salon, NYC
2000 University of Southern Indiana, Transmissions
1998 Theodore Stamas Salon, NYC
1998 Galeria Maria Salvat, Trabajos Recientes, Barcelona, Spain
1995 Fifth Avenue Gallery, NYC
1984 Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA
Group Exhibitions
2006 War Again, Sideshow, NYC
2005 Excavated, Planet Thailand, curated by Rene Pierre Allain, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Pierogi a Go-Go!, Pierogi 2000, NYC
2003 Brave New World, Organization of Independent Artists, NYC
2003 Williamsburg Salon, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut
2003 The Extended Dot, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, NYC
2003 Nurturing The New, NURTUREart, curated by Amy Wilson, NYC
2002 New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC
2002 Champions of the Arts, N.Y. Foundation for the Arts benefit auction, NYC
2002 Reactions, Exit Art, NYC
2001 Buying Time, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship recipients, Sotheby’s, NYC
Faculty Exhibition, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ
1999 Exposicion Collectiva, Galeria Rosa Pous, Girona, Spain
1998 Exposicion de Artistas Internacionales, Foundacion Josep Niebla, Girona, Spain
1998 Gallery Artists, Galeria Maria Salvat, Barcelona, Spain
1998 Faculty Exhibition, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ
1997 Espacio Urbano y Escultura: Paseo Manzanares 1997, Cumana, Venezuela
1997 Drawings & Recent Works, Ayacucho Museum, Cumana, Venezuela
1997 Obsessions, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC
1996 The Art Market, curated by GEN ART, NYC
1995 Works on Paper, Mary Anthony Gallery, NYC
1995 Four Wheels at Four Walls, Brooklyn Gravity Racers, Pierogi 2000, Four Walls, NYC
1994 New Painting, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
1993 DADA, Aids Project L.A. Benefit, Sebastian International, Los Angeles, CA
1992 The Salon Of the Mating Spiders, Herron Test-Site, NYC
1992 1.5 Show, curated by Muranushi/Lederman, Tribeca 148 Gallery, NYC
1991 Damage Assessment, Snug Harbor Gallery, Staten Island, NYC
1989 Group Painting Show, The Gallery, NYC
1987 Light and Sound, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
1986 Momento Mori, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
1984 New Directions, Edinboro, PA
1983 Space in Time, Erie, PA
1982 25 under 25, Johnstown Museum of Art, Johnstown, PA
Grants, Fellowships, Awards
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
Border Crossings: Painting for a New Era, Robert C. Morgan, 2008, Exhibition essay
Towards a Perception of the Real, Robert C. Morgan, 2004, Catalogue essay
The Spokane, Spokesman Review, Julianne Crane, April 3, 2003, Spokane, Washington
Playbill, CSC gallery, November 1, 2002, New York City
Die Zeit, Konrad Heidkamp, March 29, 2001, Hamburg, Germany
Vogue, April 1, 2001, Hamburg, Germany
Stern, March 22, 2001, Hamburg, Germany
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Andreas Obst, March 11, 2001, Frankfurt, Germany
Die Welt, Ringo Frey, March 3, 2001, Berlin, Germany
The News, May 9, 2000, New Harmony, Indiana
Bellas Artes de Barcelona, Febrero de 1998, Barcelona, Spain
El Punto De Las Artes, 23 al 29 de enero de 1998, Madrid, Spain
El Periodico, Josep M. Cadena, Martes, 27 de enero de 1998, Barcelona, Spain
Crazy Like a Textile Designer, Frances Chapman, Waterfront Week, Volume 7.10, May 22, 1997
Getting Behind Euphemisms of War, Michael Fressola, Staten Island Advance, May 19,1991
Damage Assessment, Michael Fressola, Staten Island Advance, May 3, 1991
Teaching Positions
Visiting Artist/Guest Lecturer, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1999 & 2003
Associate Professor, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ
Visiting Artist, Marymount Manhattan College, NYC
Instructor of Fine Arts, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
Adjunct Instructor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Holistic Medicine for the Artist, Marymount Manhattan College, NYC, 2004
Is Seeing Believing? Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, April 3, 2003
Williamsburg Salon, lecture and panel discussion, Central Arts, Nutmeg Television, Feb. 2003
Conversations, American Folk Art Museum, NYC, April 25, 2002
The Artist Responds, NYFA fellowship recipient lecture, Sotheby’s, NYC, June 22, 2001
Artist and Audiences Exchange, The Neighborhood School, NYC, June 14, 2001
German Cultural TV Programming, syndicated interview, Munich, Germany, March 8, 2001
Transmissions, public lecture, University of Southern Indiana, May 20, 2000
A Decade in New York, public lecture, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., March 7, 1999
Onda Cero Radio, Formas y Angulos, radio interview, Barcelona, Spain, Jan. 27, 1998