EDUCATION:

M.F.A., Sculpture/Ceramics, Northern Illinois University, 1988.
B.A., Art, North Central College, 1986.
A.S.C.T., Civil Engineering, Chicago Technical College, 1976.
B.S.A.E., Architectural Engineering, Chicago Technical College, 1975.

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS:

1995 Multi-Corporate Sponsorship - Kiln-Building Project (USA)
1988 Multi-Corporate Sponsorship - "Archi-Cubes" Series (USA)
1986 Richter Fellowship – Research in Japanese 3-D Art (Japan)

EXPERIENCE:

2001 - pres. Director, Beaver Street Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ
1999 - 2002 Chair, Advisory Board, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
1988 - 1989 Faculty, North Central College, Naperville, IL
1977 - 1980 Lead Designer, Sargent & Lundy Engineers, Chicago, IL
1976 - 1977 Architect, The Twenty North Wacker Corporation, Chicago, IL

EXHIBITIONS:
22 solo and 48 invitational exhibitions

COLLECTIONS:

Many private and public collections and museums in Europe, the Far East, and the USA.

I started doing political art on a small scale in 1991, after the first Iraq war. After moving from the Chicago suburbs eight years ago, living and working in Arizona and California, I was prompted to expand my focus because of the problems I saw locally in my new areas. I had started a gallery, and so could show what I pleased. I began doing shows drawn from local injustices that I saw and experienced.

After George Bush took office and began the new Iraq War, however, I again branched out to attack another war that I saw to be unjust, and also to attack the Patriot Act’s reductions in our own personal freedoms and privacy. I have been asked what I will do when Bush leaves office. I don’t see that as problem, unfortunately, because as long as there are politicians and public officials, there will be problems and corruption to be exposed.