EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1985-1987
Emphasis - Ceramic Sculpture; Academic Record: 3.9

Tim Holmes Studio, Helena Montana, 1994 - Residency

Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, 1987 - Residency


COLLECTIONS
University of Montana Permanent Collection, Missoula, Montana, 1990


COMMISSIONS
Clay Relief Sculpture for the Montana Historic Preservation Award,
Montana State Historic Preservation Society, Helena, Montana, 1989

Two Ceramic Relief Sculptures for the Montana Governor’s Award for Service in AIDS Work,
Montana AIDS Program, State Health Department, Helena, Montana, 1991


AWARDS
Mary E. McLaughlin McElwain Butte Artist of the Year, Butte-Silver Bow Arts Foundation,
Butte, Montana, 2000

Best of Show, Montana Interpretations, Arts Chateau, Butte, Montana, 2001, 1996

Merit Award, Sweet Pea Fine Arts Show, Beall Park Arts Center, Bozeman, Montana, 1990
Merit Award, Salmon River National, Salmon, Idaho, 1990

Recipient, Grants to Artists Program, Helena Film Society/Second Story Cinema/Friends
of the Helena Film Society, Helena, Montana, 1989

College Scholarship Award, Ceramic Sculpture, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, 1986

SELECTED SHOWS 

Redefining Nature, group show LACMA Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2008

Finished Wood, one man show, Metro Gallery, Los Angeles 2008

Small Wonders, group show Pharmaka, Los Angeles, CA 2007

ARTWALK, Studio II, Culver City, California, 2007

Group Show, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 2006

Heroes and Holy Men, one man show, Missoula Art Museum, MT 12-03 

Art on the Plains, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND 2003

Jolly Ghost Gallery, Missoula, Montana, 2003

One Man Show, Main Stope Art Gallery, Butte, Montana, 2003, 2002, 2001

Cry of the Land, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, 2000

Montana Art Show, Affinity Fine Arts Ltd., Palm Springs, California, 2000

Faultline, Journal of Art & Literature, Annual Publication of the University
of California, Irvine, California, Issue 8, 1999

Montana Interpretations, Arts Chateau, Butte Montana,
2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1996

The Winds of War, Pennelope Loucas Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, 1994

The Visual Arts in Montana, Cutbank #38, Paxon Gallery, University of
Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1992

Electrum, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, 1990, 1989, 1987

True Blues, Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arizona, 1990

Montana 3-D, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, Montana, 1990

Helena Film Society Grant Winners Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, 1990

Vahki, 12th Annual Vahki Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona, 1990

Portraits of Habitat, Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, Montana, 1990

Ten Montana Artists, Artworks Gallery, Seattle Washington, 1989

The Helena Invitational, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, 1988

Clay West, Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, Montana, 1988

Resources: Plenty and Plundered, Brunswick Gallery, Missoula, Montana, 1987



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