Education:
Master of Fine Arts, Arizona State University, 1981
Academic Standing:
Professor of Art, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA
Selected International Juried Exhibitions: (1986-Present)
-Funeria-2 nd International Ashes to Art Exhibition, San Francisco, California,
USA -Elit-Tile 2002, La Primera Trienal Internacional del Mosaico Ceramico,
La Fundacion Igneri,
Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
-Contemporary III International Juried Exhibition, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
-Ceramics International Juried Biennial Exhibition, Zanesville, Ohio, USA
-Elit-Tile 1998-1999, La Primera Trienal Internacional del Mosaico Ceramico,
La Fundacion Igneri,
Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
-2nd Bienal De Arte En Ceramica, Monterrey, Mexico
-2nd & 3rd Annual Silverhawk Fine Crafts Internet Exhibition, WWW, Taos,
New Mexico, USA
-15th, 19th & 20th Fletcher Challenge Ceramic Awards, Auckland Institute
and Museum, New Zealand
-Collector's Cups-But with Handles and Made of Clay, Galerie Handwerk, Koblenz,
Germany
-5th International Biennial Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, Atrecerame,
Andenne, Belgium
-1st Kyoto Craft Competition International, Kyoto Craft Center, Kyoto, Japan
Selected Exhibitions: (1973-Present) USA
-Origins in Clay I& II, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
-Wichita National 1990, 1995, 1999, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
-Pacific Tides:The Influence of the Pacific Rim on Contemporary American Ceramics,
Lancaster, PA
-The Container in Art, Kenosha Institute of Art, Kenosha, WI
-USA Craft Today 1997, 1999, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
-27th-34th Annual Celebration Of American Crafts, Creative Arts Workshop, New
Haven, CT -Ceramics USA 1995,1998, SOVA Gallery, Denton, TX
-Feats of Clay 1991, 1998, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
-A Centennial Celebration Exhibition of the American Ceramics Society, University
of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
-1990, 1997 Octagon Annual Exhibitions, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA
-The Clay Cup V, VI, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale,
IL
-11th, 13th & 14th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo
Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
-1996,2001,2003 Materials: Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton,
TX
-4th & 5th Strictly Functional Pottery Nationals, Market House Craft Center,
Ephrata, PA
-1995 Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Kennedy-Douglass Art Center, Florence,
AL
-Earth Views: Looking at Earth From Above, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
D.C.
-Vessels Aesthetic, Taft College, Taft, CA
-Earthenware USA, The Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Selected Awards:
-Mention of Honor, Elit-Tile 1998-1999, La Primera Trienal Internacional del
Mosaico Ceramico, La Fundacion Igneri, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
-Meritorious Acheivements Award, 1st Kyoto Craft Competition International,
Kyoto Craft Center, Kyoto, Japan
-Primary Award Sites, Linked to the 2nd & 3rd Annual Silverhawk Fine Crafts
Internet Exhibition, Taos, NM, USA
-Chautauqua Art Association Award, Chatauqua Exhibition of American Art, Chatauqua,
NY, USA
-Third Place Award, The Wichita National 1995, Wichita Center for the Arts,
Wichita, KS, USA
-1st Place Award, Of Times and Places, Montana Institute of the Arts, Dillon,
MT, USA
-Finalist-Niche Award 1997, Philadelphia Market of American Craft, Philadelphia,
PA, USA
Selected Collections:
-La Fundacion Igneri/Arte y Arqueologia y, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
-Auckland Studio Potters, Inc./ Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland, New
Zealand
-The Kyoto Craft Center, Kyoto, Japan
-Millikin University, Decatur, IL, USA
-Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK, USA
-Taft College, Taft, CA, USA