Education
  • 1995 Master's of Architecture, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
  • 1992 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
  • 1991 Bachelor's of Science in Design with concentration in Ceramics.
         Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Solo Exhibitions
  • 2018 Western Colorado Center for the Arts, The Land In Which We Live, Grand Junction, CO
  • 2017 The Whitney Center for the Arts, The Land In Which We Live, Sheridan, WY
  • 2016 Pirate Contemporary Art, In A World of Circles and Squares, Denver, CO
  • 2015 Pirate Contemporary Art, Tipping Point, Denver, CO
  • 2014 Pirate Contemporary Art, Horizons, Denver, CO
  • 2013 Pirate Contemporary Art, ReGeneration, Denver, CO

Selected Exhibitions
  • 2018 The Firehouse Art Center, A Place In History, Longmont, CO, Invitational 3 Person Exhibit Pirate Contemporary Art, Alumni Exhibit, Denver, CO, Group exhibition
  • 2017 City of Lafayette, Art on the Street 2017, Lafayette, CO Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Representing the West, Pueblo, CO, Juried Exhibition Burris Hall Gallery, Iron Tribe 2017, Las Vegas, NM, Invitational Exhibition Republic Plaza, Cultivation, Denver, CO, CU Denver, Faculty Exhibit
  • 2016 Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Representing the West, Pueblo, CO, Juried Exhibition
    Arvada Center, Art of the State, Arvada, CO, Juried Exhibition
  • 2015 Arvada Center for the Arts, Fire: Iron, Arvada, CO, Group Invitational
    Emmanuel Gallery, Love Is Love, Denver, CO, Group Invitational Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Representing the West, Pueblo, CO, Juried Exhibition Emmanuel Gallery, UCD Faculty Exhibition, Denver, CO Burris Hall Gallery, Iron Tribe 2015, Las Vegas, NM, Group Invitational
  • 2014 Denver Art Museum, “Bronze Casting Exhibition, Denver, CO, Group Invitational
  • 2013 The Kinsey Institute, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Juried Art Show 2013, Bloomington, IN,
         Jurors Nan Brewer, Betsy Stirratt and Catherine Johnson-Roehr Art on the Streets, Colorado Springs, CO,      Juror Blake Milteer, Museum Director and Curator of American Art at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Arvada Center, Art of the State, Arvada, CO, Juried Exhibition Burris Hall Gallery, Iron Tribe 2013, Las Vegas, NM, Invitational Exhibition Emmanuel Gallery, UCD Faculty Exhibition, Denver, CO

Residencies
  • 2012 Jentel Artist Residency - Banner, Wyoming
  • 2009 Santa Fe Art Institute – Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2008 Santa Fe Art Institute – Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 2007 Jentel Artist Residency – Banner, Wyoming

Grants/Awards
  • 2015 Westword Best Sculpture Show - Solo,
    Best solo Sculpture exhibition in Denver 2014
  • 2015 1st Place Award, Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
  • 2013 Kinsey Institute Curators Award,
    Catherine Johnson-Roehr, Curator of Art, Artifacts, and Photographs, The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
  • 2013 Westword Best Solo Exhibition,
    Michael Paglia, Westword Art critic, Best solo exhibition in Denver for 2012
  • 2010 Art on the Streets 1st Place, Colorado Springs, CO,
    Juror Jan Schall, Ph.D., Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
  • 2009 Art on the Streets 2nd Place, Colorado Springs, CO,
    Juror Jan Schall, Ph.D., Sanders Sosland Curator of Modern Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
  • 2007 Faculty Development Travel Grant, University of Colorado Denver
  • 2006 Faculty Development Grant, University of Colorado Denver
  • 2003 Colorado Council on the Arts 2003 Artists Fellowship,
    Awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Colorado Council on the Arts for recognition of outstanding artistic accomplishment. Funds provided by the National Endowments for the Arts and the State of Colorado.

Professional Teaching Experience
  • 1996-Present Senior Instructor of Sculpture, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO. Courses taught: Three-Dimensional Design, Bronze Casting and Metal Sculpture, Wood and Metal Sculpture, Modeling and Casting the Figure, Installation and Site Specific Sculpture, Kinetic Sculpture, Iron Casting, Sculptural Performance, Sculptural Rendering, Environmental Sculpture, Advanced Sculpture, Graduate Sculpture, Introduction to Art, Interdisciplinary Foundations, Community Outreach, Independent Studies, Freshman Art Seminar, Senior Art Seminar, BFA Thesis
  • 2012 Visiting Sculpture Instructor, International College Beijing, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China.
    Course taught: Visual Culture
  • 2005 Visiting Sculpture Instructor, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, County Clare, Ireland.
    Courses taught: Site Specific Sculpture, Interdisciplinary Studio Practice, and Interdisciplinary Studio Theory.
  • 2001 Visiting Sculpture Instructor, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Scotland.
    Courses taught: Performance Art, Iron Casting, and Interdisciplinary Theory