EDUCATION:

2002  M.F.A.- Painting / Drawing, Wichita State University, Wichita,Kansas.

1994  B.F.A. - Painting / Drawing with an emphasis in Illustration, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2002 - Present   Assistant Professor of Art, Central Wyoming Community College, Riverton, Wyoming.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2009  "Now and Then," Central College, Pella, Iowa.

2008  "A View of Solitude,"  Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho.

2008  "In Search of..." Memorial Hall Main Gallery, Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska.

2008  "Lost and Found," Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

2007  "In the Distance," Casper College, Casper, Wyoming.

2007  "Here and Somewhere Else," Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, Wyoming.    

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2010  "Atlas of Echoes," Visions West Gallery, Livingston, MT.

2003  "Desire to Disappear," Western Community College, Rock Springs, Wyoming and The Wyoming Arts Council Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2010 "Elements of Abstraction," Gallery MAR, Park City, Wyoming

2009 " Wyoming Arts Council Biennial Fellowship Exhibition,"  Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

2009-2002 "CWC Annual Faculty Show," Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming.

2008  "The Songcatcher Show," Lark and Key Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina.

2008  "Winter Exhibition," Stewart Gallery, Boise, Idaho.

2007  "Art NOW Miami," exhibited by Stewart Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida.

2007  "Variable Constant," Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

2007  "New Wyoming Painters," Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper,Wyoming.

2007 "The Governors Capitol Art Exhibition," The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming.  Juried by Ben Mitchell, Curator of Art, Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, Washington.

2006  "Rocky Mountain Invitational," The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper,Wyoming.

2004  "Print & Paper," Wyoming Arts Council Gallery, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

2004  "The Renewal of the Spirit," Art West Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

2004  "Constructing Environments," 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2004  "This Aint' Cowboy Art," Pirate Gallery, Denver, Colorado.

2003  "Re-Create," The Lander Art Center, Lander, Wyoming.

2002  "Interspaced: Four artists Interpretations of Space." Lee Shiney Gallery, Wichita, Kansas.

2001  "Humane/ Inhumane," Butler County Community College, Eldarado, Kansas.  Curated by Kevin Mullins, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas.

2001  "Graduate Group Show," Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas.

2001  "13th Annual Biennial Faculty Show," Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas.

2001  "Miami University Annual Young Painters Competition,"   Miami University, Miami, Ohio. Juried by Angela Lange, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York.

2000  Inclusion in the juried national Internet format of New American Paintings, M. F.A. Annual 2000. 

1997 - 2000  Gallery V, Kansas City, Missouri. (Continuous representation.)

AWARDS:

2008  Wyoming Arts Council Fellowship Award

2007  Governors Capitol Art Exhibition, Bobby Hathaway Jurors Choice Award and the Wyoming State Collection Purchase award.

PUBLICATIONS:

Western Art & Architecture, Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2010.  Pg. 56-57.  "Ones to Watch," Illuminations.

Southwest Art Magazine, Vol. 39, No. 10, March 2010. Pg. 38-39.  "Artist to Watch," (the editors' choice for up-and-coming talent.)  Article and Images.

Jackson Hole News and Guide, June 4-10, 2008.  "Art, Exploration Mix in Show of Paintings" Article and Image.

Jackson Hole Daily, June 6, 2008.  Vol. 30 Issue 135. "Art, Exploration Mix to Form Show," Article and Image.

Planet Jackson Hole, June 4-10, 2008.  Vol. 6 Issue 25.  "Space Art; Lost and Found; Picasso at NMWA,"  Article and Image.

The Casper Star Tribune, May 11, 2007.  The Weekender.  "Three-Ring Exhibition"Article and images.

The Dallas Art Review.  "Odd Wonderments at 500X." Article and images.

SPLASH!  Vol. 7 #2  "The Renewal of the Spirit" Article and images.

The Wichita Register, April 2002.  Image.

COLLECTIONS:

Audax Theatre Group, New York, New York

The Scott Opler Foundation, St. Petersburg, Florida

The Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming

The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Spink Butler LLC, Boise, Idaho

Numerous Private Collections