Education
1983
MFA Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona (printmaking)
1978 Banff
Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta (lithography)
1977 - 78 Miami
University, Oxford, Ohio (graduate program, printmaking)
1977 BFA
Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, Arizona (printmaking)
Academic Experience
2003 - present Full
Professor, Department of Art, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
(printmaking/drawing
- graduate and undergraduate)
1993 - present Founding
Coordinator and Printer, Cradle Oak Press, Bradley University
1991 - 2003
Associate Professor (tenured), Department
of Art, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1991 - 93 Coordinator,
Undergraduate Studio Programs, Division of Art, Bradley University
1986 - 91 Assistant
Professor, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Director,
21st, 22nd and 23rd Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibitions
Curator/Conservator,
Bradley University Permanent Print Collection
1984 - 85 Instructor
/ Adjunct Faculty, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Part-time (drawing, watercolor, printmaking, art intro, 2-D design)
1983
Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Summer program (painting - watercolor)
1981 - 83 Teaching
Assistant, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (intermediate watercolor)
Awards/Honors Educational/Academic
2002 Faculty
Achievement Award for Scholarship, Slane College of Com. and Fine Arts,
Bradley University
1997 Distinguished
Alumni Award, Centennial Celebration Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
AZ
1996 Sabbatical
Leave, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
1995 Nominated
and elected to membership, Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
1991 New
Faculty Achievement Award for Scholarship, Bradley University, Peoria,
Illinois
1983 Jacob
Kenneth Heller Award in Printmaking, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona
1981 Outstanding
Printmaker of 1981 Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1978 John
Sommers Lithography Workshop Scholarship, Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta,
Canada
1975 - 77 Department
of Art Scholarship, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Awards/Honors Art Profession
2002 Finalist
Award, Artists Fellowships 2002, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL
Printmaking
Residency, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
1999 Juror's
Purchase Award, 12th Parkside National Exhibition, University of Wisconsin,
Parkside, WU
Juror's
Mention Award, 12th McNeese National Exhibition, McNeese State Univ.,
Lake Charles, LA
1997 Purchase
Award, Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhib., Oklahoma State Univ.,
Stillwater, OK
1996 Juror's
Award MAPC Members Juried Exhibition, Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois
1999
1994 2nd
Award 1994 Membershow, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois
1992 Hedges
Memorial Award 1992 Membershow, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois
1991 Award
of Excellence 15th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhib., Harper College,
Palatine, IL
Juror's
Award Hilo National Drawing Exhibition, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii
1990 Best
of Show 1990 Membershow, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, Illinois
1989 Purchase
Award Dakotas International II, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, South
Dakota
Schweinfurth
Special Purchase Award So. Illinois Artists' Comp., Mitchell Museum, Mt.
Vernon, IL
Second
Cash Award Southern Illinois Artists' Open Competition, Mitchell Museum,
Mt. Vernon, IL
Kemper
Insurance Purchase Award Harper 13th National Exhibition, Harper College,
Palatine, IL
1983 Merit
Award UCLA National Student Print Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
O.K.
Harris Award Annual Juried Competition, Univ. Museum and Galleries, Arizona
State University
Selected Exhibitions
2003 Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, Illinois
2002 Solo
Exhibition, Volunteer State College, Gallatin, Tennessee
Epicenter
Printmaking Exhibition, Print Gallery, Fine Arts Acad., Poznan, Poland
New
Faces Group Exhibition, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Printmaking
Residency Group Exhibition 2002, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
14th
Biennial Drawing & Watercolor Exhib., Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois
Univ., Charleston, IL
Pressed
and Pulled X Natnl Printmaking Exhibition, Georgia College and State Univ.,
Milledgeville, GA
Tarot
Exchange Exhibition Carroll Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Exquisite
Voodoo Exchange Exhibition, Southern Graphics Council Conference,
New Orleans, LA
Bradley
Faculty Exhibition and Sale, Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley Univ.,
Peoria, Illinois
Tarot
Print Exhibition, Hartmann Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria,
Illinois
Bradley
Faculty Exhibition, Bartonville Bank, Bartonville, Illinois
2001 Solo
Exhibition, Printmaking Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prints
U.S.A. 2001, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Tarot
Exchange Exhibition, Tate Center Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens,
GA
Invitational
Group Exhibition, Main Gallery, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Collaborative
Ventures Exhibition, SGC Conference, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Tarot
Exchange Exhib., Southern Graphics Council Conf., Univ. of Texas, Austin,
TX
Bradley
Faculty Exhibition, Heuser Center Art Gallery, Bradley Univ., Peoria,
Illinois
2000 Duo
Exhibition: Surrealist Ties (w/Richard Finch), Peoria Art Guild,
Peoria, Illinois
Ecce
Homo 2000 Natnl Print & Drawing Exhib., Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Clemson
Univ., Clemson, SC
Ghost
Machine Digital Exhibition, SGC Conference, Miami Univ., Coral Gables,
FL
The
Print and the Process, (prod. by The Print Consortium) Albrecht-Kemper
Museum, St. Joseph, MO
1999 National
Printmaking 1999, College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey
12
American Printmakers, Moderna Galerija, Zagreb, Croatia
Fabled
Impressions, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
12th
Parkside National Small Print Exhibition (Award) Univ. of WI, Parkside,
WI
On/Of
Paper National Competition, Green Gallery, Chowan Col., Murfreesboro,
NC
Society
of American Graphic Artists 67th National Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery,
New York, NY
12th
McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition (Award) McNeese
State Univ., Lake Charles, LA
1999
Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Arkansas State Univ., State Univ.,
AR
MAPC
Members Juried Exhibition, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Print
Types Exhibition, (prod. by The Print Consortium) Highland
Community College, Highland, KS
American
Print Survey Exhib., (prod. by The Print Consortium) Wayland
Baptist Univ., Plainview, TX
Monotypes
Group Invitational Exhibition, Parkland Col. Art Gallery, Champaign, IL
Figure
8 Group Invitational Exhibition, Checkered Raven Gallery, Peoria, Illinois
ASU
Alumni Printmaking, SGC Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Bradley
Faculty Exhibition, Heuser Center Art Gallery, Bradley Univ., Peoria,
Illinois
1998 Solo
Exhibition, NAU Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
American/Czech
Portfolio Exhibition, Kennedy Museum of American Art, Ohio Univ., Athens,
OH
5th
Biennial of Slovenian Graphic Arts, Gallerija Bozidar Jakac, Novo Mesto,
Slovenia
Printmaking
Invitational, Harris Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Best
of Peoria Exhibition, WW Gallery, Peoria, Illinois
World
Print Survey Exhibition, (prod. by The Print Consortium) Brazosport
College, Lake Jackson, TX
A
Strange Vision Exhibition, (prod. by The Print Consortium) Truman
State University, Kirksville, MO
1997 Cimarron
National Works on Paper Exhibition (Award) Oklahoma State
Univ., Stillwater, Oklahoma
Trio
Exhibition: Plate Marks (w/Kurt Kemp, Barbara Madsen) Frogman's
Press Gallery, Beresford, SD
Print
Invitational Exhibition, Chidlaw Gallery, Art Acad. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
OH
Boston
Printmaking Symposium Folio Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, MA
Hair
Folio Exhibition (travelled) University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Tennessee
Hair
Folio Exhibition (travelled) SGC Conference, Univ. of South Florida,
Tampa, FL
Emote
Sensing Folio Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
American
Print Survey, (prod. by The Print Consortium) University
of Texas-Dallas, Richardson, TX
Emote
Sensing Folio Exhibition, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh,
PA
Prints
from America's Heartland, (prod. by The Print Consortium)
Indian Hills Coll., Ottumwa, IA
Bradley
Faculty Exhibition, Checkered Raven Gallery, Peoria, Illinois
American
Print Survey, (prod. by The Print Consortium) Highland Community
College, Highland, KS
1974 - 96 Applroximately 200 Solo, Group and Competitive Exhibitions from 1974 - 1996
Visiting Artist/Lecturer
2002 Plains
Art Museum - Printmaking Residency, Fargo, North Dakota
(public lecture, 5-week residency to create new print editions)
2001 East
Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
(public lecture, graduate, undergraduate critiques, tonal collagraph and viscosity
monotype demos)
Northern
Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
(demonstrations and instruction
in engraving/intaglio and drawing techniques)
Frogman's
Print Symposium and Workshops, Vermillion, South Dakota
(demonstrations and instruction
in engraving/intaglio and drawing techniques)
2000 University
of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
(public lecture, graduate critiques,
tonal collagraph and viscosity monotype demonstrations)
1999 Arizona
State University, Tempe, Arizona (November)
(public lecture, graduate critiques,
monotype demonstrations)
Ohio
University, Athens, Ohio
(lecture, demonstrations on
intaglio techniques, critiques, production of a 3-color intaglio edition)
1997 Southern
Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois
(demonstration and lecture
on intaglio techniques)
University
of South Dakota/Frogman's Studios, Beresford and Vermillion, South
Dakota
(lecture, demonstrations and
instruction in intaglio techniques, collaborative print edition, grad critiques)
1996 School
of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
(lecture, demonstrations and
instruction in engraving, collagraph, viscosity monotype techniques)
Windsor
Printmaker's Forum, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
(lecture, demonstrations and
instruction in engraving, collagraph, viscosity monotype techniques)
Quincy
University, Quincy, Illinois
(lecture, demonstration and
lecture on additive/reductive drawing techniques)
1995 Mississippi
State University, Starkville, Mississippi
(lecture, demonstrations and
instruction in viscosity monotype techniques)
Clemson
University, Clemson, South Carolina
(lecture, demonstrations and
instruction in viscosity monotype techniques)
1993 University
of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
(demonstrations and instruction
in engraving/intaglio techniques)
1992 Blackhills
Print Symposium and Workshops, Nemo, South Dakota
(demonstrations and instruction
in engraving/intaglio and drawing techniques)
West
Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
(demos on viscosity monotype,
slide lecture, collaborative print edition, grad/undergrad studio critiques)
Iowa
State University, Ames, Iowa (demonstrations on engraving/intaglio
techniques)
1991 Western
Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois (demonstrations on viscosity
monotype techniques)
1990 Illinois
Wesleyan University, Normal, Illinois (demonstrations on viscosity
monotype techniques)
1989 Southern
Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois (intaglio techniques, grad
and undergrad critiques)
Illinois
Central College, East Peoria, Illinois (demos in additive and subtractive
drawing techniques)
1985 Verde
Valley Preparatory School, Sedona, Arizona (watercolor workshop)
1983 Northern
Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (monotype workshop)
Professional Panel & Conference Participation
2002 Presenter.
New Orleans, Louisiana (April)
(2002 Southern Graphics
Council Conference Ð organiz. & presentation of Exquisite Voodoo Folio)
2001 Presenter.
University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
(Second Impact
Conference - demonstrations in single-level viscosity techniques)
Presenter.
University of Texas, Austin, Texas (March)
(2001 Southern Graphics
Council Conference - demonstrations in metal engraving techniques)
1999 Presenter.
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (March)
(1999 Southern Graphics Council
Conference - demonstration in monotype techniques)
1995 Panel
Member: Printmaking, Fresh Approaches, New Techniques
Mid-America College Art
Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana
1992 Panel
Chair: Print Competitions: On the Margins or in the Mainstream
Southern Graphics
Council Annual Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee
1989 Symposium
Panel Member: Business Management for Artists
Sun Foundation, Washburn,
Illinois (panel included: William Struve, Peter Saul, Harold Gregor
and
Ken Holder on the subject of submitting works to professional galleries and
competitions)
Works Published (selected)
2001 Arts
& Letters: Journal of Contemporary Culture Issue Six, Fall 2001
Georgia College and State University,
Milledgeville, Georgia Nine works featured:
Cover Illustration and
pages 97 through 104
1999 Contemporary
American Printmaking (48 American printmakers)
Jilin Fine Arts
Publishing, Changchun, China, ISBN 7-5386-0859-8/J¥630
Four works featured: pages 117 through 120
1999 Americki
Grafigari (catalog of exhibition by 12 American printmakers) Moderna
Galerija
Zagreb, Slovenia
- One work featured: page 9
1999 Delta
National Small Prints Exhibition (catalog of juried exhibition)
Department of
Art, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, one work featured: page
24
1999 Monotype
Invitational Exhibition (catalog of invitational exhibition)
Parkland College
Art Gallery, Champaign, IL, one work featured: page 14, also featured on announcement
1998 Fifth
Biennial of Slovene Graphic Arts (catalog of invitational exhibition)
Narodna Galerija,
Ljubljana, Slovenia,
one work featured: page 111
1998 McNeese
National Works on Paper Exhibition (catalog of juried exhibition)
Abercrombie Gallery,
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, one work featured: page
12
1997 McNeese
National Printmaking Invitational Exhibition (catalog of invitational
exhibition)
Abercrombie Gallery,
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana, one work featured: page
9
1996 Quincy
Herald-Whig Newspaper
notice for one-person
exhibition at Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois, one work featured: page 6C
1994 Color
Print USA 25th Anniversary Exhibition (catalog of invitational exhibition)
FOV Main Gallery, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, one work featured: page 12
1992 Illinois
Writers Review Volume 11, Number 2, Fall 1992,
Illinois Writers,
Inc., Champaign, Illinois, one work featured: Cover Illustration ISSN 0733-9526
1992 Denison
University Invitational Print Exhibition (catalog of invitational exhibition)
Burk Hall Gallery,
Denison University, Granville, Ohio, one work featured: page 14
1991 Dakotas
International Works on Paper Exhibition (catalog of juried exhibition)
University Art Galleries,
Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, one work featured: page 9
1991 Hilo
National Exhibition (catalog of juried exhibition)
Campus Center Gallery,
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, one work featured: page 9
1991 Border
to Border National Drawing Exhibition (catalog of juried exhibition)
Trahern Gallery, Austin
Pea;y State Univ., Clarksville, Tennessee, one work featured: page 11
1991 15th
Harper National Exhibition (catalog of juried exhibition)
Main Gallery, Harper College,
Palatine, Illinois, one work featured: page 3
1989 Dakotas
100 International Works on Paper Exhibition (catalog of juried exhibition)
University Art Galleries, Univ.
of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, one work featured: page 8
1988 Illinois
Writers Review Volume 7, Number 2, Winter 1988,
Illinois Writers, Inc.,
Champaign, Illinois, one work featured: Cover Illustration ISSN 0733-9526
1983 3rd
UCLA National Student Printmaking Exhibition (catalog of juried exhibition)
Grunwald Center for the
Graphic Arts, F.S. Wigh Art Gallery,
Uniiversity of Callifornia,
Los Angeles, California, one work featured: page 6
Juror (selected)
1993 9th
Tyler National Print and Drawing Exhibition, University of Texas, Tyler,
Texas
Power
of Line, Print, Drawing and Pastel Exhibition, St. Louis Artists' Guild,
St. Louis, Missouri
1992 16th
Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine,
Illinois
Springfield
Old Capitol Art Fair, Springfield, Illinois
1991 Regional
Prints and Drawings Exhibition, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
1990 Seventh
Annual Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Normal, Illinois A Celebration of the
Arts
1990
Juried Art Show, Peoria, Illinois
1989 Peoria
Art Guild 27th Annual Fine Art Fair, Peoria, Illinois
Workshops/Symposia Organized and Conducted
1991 A
Bradley Forum on Printmaking, 1991
speakers: Dan Britton, Andrew
Ruben, Susan Goldman
demonstrations by: Joseph Zirker, Lloyd Menard, Larry Schuh
1989 A
Bradley Forum on Printmaking, 1989
speaker: Ofelia Garcia
demonstrations by: Ray George, Andrew Rubin, Joel Feldman, Bradlee Shanks,
Richard Finch
1987 A
Bradley Forum on Printmaking, 1987
demonstrations by: David Driesbach,
Robert Malone
speakers' panel: Cynthia Archer, Jules Heller, Martin Levine, Edward Shay,
Moishe Smith, John Sommers
Exhibitions Organized and Conducted
1990 - 91 23rd
Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition - Juror: Frances Myers
1988 - 89 22nd
Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition - Juror: Ofelia Garcia
1986 - 87 21st
Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition - Juror: Jules Heller
Printer/Artist Collaborations
2002 Artist,
Keiji Shinohara
production
of a five-color, four-plate, 60 impression intaglio edition (Cradle Oak Press)
2001 Artist,
John Dowell
production
of a four-color, 65 impression lithograph (Cradle Oak Press)
2000 Artist,
Robert Natkin
production
of a series of 58 monotypes (Cradle Oak Press)
Artist,
Robert Glasgow
production
of a multi-technique - litho, intaglio, relief edition (Cradle Oak Press)
1999 Artist,
Paula Jull
production
of an Artist's Book with text and images (Cradle Oak Press)
1998 Artist,
Richard Hull
production
of a black and white, engraved edition (Cradle Oak Press)
1997 Artist,
Katsunori Hamanishi
production
of a two-color mezzotint edition (Cradle Oak Press)
Artist,
Warrington Colescott
production
of a multi-color intaglio edition (Cradle Oak Press)
1995 Artist,
Patricia Bellan-Gillen
production
of a 3 color intaglio edition (engraved key, 2 color aquatints)
1994 Artist,
Carol Wax
production
of a black and white mezzotint edition (Cradle Oak Press)
1993 Artist,
Robert Paulson
production
of 16 large format monotypes (Cradle Oak Press)
Artist,
James Robert Pace
production
of a large format, 3-plate woodcut edition (Cradle Oak Press)
1992 Artist,
James Robert Pace
production
of a drypoint edition and a tonal collagraph edition (Cradle Oak Press)
1989 Artist,
Kirk Pedersen
production
of a series of 30 large-format monotypes
Public/Permanent Collections
Amity
Art Foundation
Arizona
State University Art Museums
Bradley
University
Carleton
College
Clemson
University
Fogg
Museum, Harvard University
Illinois Benedictine College
Indiana University - Southeast
Iowa State University
Kleven Print Collection, Bemidji, MN
Kemper Group Collection/Chicago
Lauren Rogers Museum, Laurel, MS
Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Illinois
Mississippi State University
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City
New York Public Library
Plains Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
Northern Illinois Art Museum
Northern Arizona University Museum
Ohio University
Oklahoma State University
Queensland University of Technology Art
Museum
The Print Consortium, Missouri
Savoire Faire, Sausalito, CA
Southern Graphics Council
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
University of Louisville
University of Notre Dame
University of South Dakota
University of Tennessee
University of Texas at Tyler
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
West Virginia University
William Rainey Harper College