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Education

2001 M.F.A. Painting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1997 B.A. Painting, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
1995 Independent Study, Painting, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Solo Exhibitions

2008 "archeTEXTURES", Kinsey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 "Northern Tectonics" , Verve Wine Bar & Cellar, Seattle, WA
2003 "Gestural Representations, Visual Abstractions," Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA

Two Person Exhibitions

2010 "Moving Inward", Gallery I|M|A, Seattle, WA
2009 "Form and Memory", Gallery I|M|A, Seattle, WA

Group Exhibitions

2009
"Gathering Image, Fugitive Form", Kittridge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
"One to One, Jurors Picks", Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Return to Departure", Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
"Nature of Paper", Kinsey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2007
"Size Does Matter", Kinsey Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Greenwood ArtWalk", Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA

2006
Faculty show, Kinsey Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005
Faculty show, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA

2004
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Faculty show, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland Washington
"A-Z," Zeitgeist gallery, Portland, OR

2003
"Choose Hope Series 2," Seattle Culture Center, Tukwila, WA

2002
"We Are Not Alone," Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA
"Victory Over Violence," University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Daniel Smith Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2001
"Zenith and Beyond," Berozkina Gallery, Kirkland, WA
"M.F.A, thesis exhibition," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Juried Works on Paper," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA "Work in Progress," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999
"Consciousness into the Unconsciousness," Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, IL

1997
"Unsung Heroes," DePaul University, Chicago, IL
"Imagelogs," Solo Exhibition, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
"Four Diverse Chicago Artists," DePaul University Chicago, IL "Dialogo," DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Collections

Julian Lethbridge, NY, NY
Suzi & Ted Morris, Seattle, WA
Josef Venker, Seattle, WA
Nathan and Christina Fisher, Woodinville, WA
Sara Brown, Seattle, WA
Shawn Conroy, Seattle, WA
Terri Koyano, Seattle, WA
Monica Soto, Seattle, WA
The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA
Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA

Commissions

2001 Chicago Public Transit, by Chicago Public Art group
1999 Y.M.C.A, Evanston, IL
1999 Nobel Elementary School, Chicago, IL, by Chicago Public Art group
1998 "Nuestra Diversidad", Latino Research Center, DePaul University

Awards And Honors

2008 Vermont Studios, Artist Residency
2000 Lambdo Rho honorary and Associates, Jacob Lawrence gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 DeSilva Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1996 Recognition Award, DePaul University: The Cultural Center and Student Affairs, Chicago, IL
1995 Smith Scholarship, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Bibliography

Dave R Davison, "A Quartet of Evocatively Murky Painters". The Tacoma Weekly, November 4, 2009
Corey Blaustein, "ArcheTEXTURES Puts Tuscany in Planar Perspective". The Spectator, Seattle University, November 19, 2008, p. 11
Kaser, Aren. "If a Tree Falls." Seattle University Newsletter, June 19, 2007, vol. 1, no.4
Flappan, Dave. "Mural by DePaul graduate Lauds Latino Culture." DePaulia, March 13, 1998, p.1, p.3
Ludwig, Howard. "Cultural Center Mural Continues to Develop." DePaulia, April 4, 1996,p.1, p.8

Teaching And Lecturing

2009- Guest Presentor, Kittridge Gallery at the University of Puget Sound", Tacoma, WA
2008-Present, Figure Painting, University of Washington Extensions Program, Seattle, WA
2004-present Lecturer, Drawing I & II, Color & Design, Seattle University, Seattle, WA
2007 Summer Quarter, Resident Director of Seattle University Siena Program: Drawing and Painting, Siena, Italy
2006/2007 Visiting Artist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2006-2007 Drawing I & II, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2004-2006 Introduction to Oils, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
07/05-08/2005 Outdoor Sketching, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
07/04-12/2005 Landscape Painting: watercolor and acrylic, Northwest Art Center, Medina, WA
9/04-12/2004 Acrylic Painting, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA

Projects

2010 Artist Trust Art Auction, Fisher Pavillion, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
2008 Art Auction, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2007 Curator, "Canti, Focal Points: Sculpture, Architecture, Painting", Student art exhibit, Kinsey Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Art Auction, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2005 Kirkland Art Center Summer Fest life drawing facilitator, Seattle, WA
2005 Art auction, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2004-2005 Life Drawing facilitator at Kirkland Art Center, Seattle, WA
2003 Year of the Ram Art Auction, The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA
2002 Curator, "Passages," Weldon Butler, Mithun Architects, Seattle, WA