Arts Resume
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree; Painting; Daemen College, Buffalo, NY 1977
Continuing Education; San Francisco; Digital Graphic Communications 2000-04
Solo Exhibitions:
Magnet; "Big Boy Toys", San Francisco, CA 2009
300 Third St.; "New Works", Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2008
Open Studio; New Works, San Francisco, CA 2007
300 Third St.; "New Works", Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2008
201 Third St.; "New Works", Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2007
Open Studio; Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2005 2006
88 Kearny St.; Lobby Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2005
33 New Montgomery: Lobby Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2005
China Basin Bldg.; "Atmospheres" Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2004
45 Fremont St.; Lobby Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2003
Pacific Heights Towers; Staging Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2001
Bayhill Business Complex; 18 works, Exhibition, San Bruno, CA 2001
American Citizen's Theatre; Theatre Installation, San Francisco, CA 1996
Clinical Partners Headquarters; San Francisco, CA 1993
La Merenda; "Sticks for Thought", San Francisco, CA 1992
Open Studio; New Works, San Francisco, CA 1991
Payday Headquarters; Commissions, San Francisco, CA 1988
J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency; Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1984
Gensler and Associates Architects Headquarters; San Francisco, CA 1984,1982
Joseph Magnin's Union Square; Windows Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 1983
Institute of Business Designers; Western Conference: Site Specific Installation, San Francisco, CA 1983
Zuni; "Twenty Stick Works", San Francisco, CA 1982
Flood Gallery; "Stick Constructions", San Francisco, CA 1982
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition; Daemen College, Buffalo, NY 1977
Some S. F. exhibitions have been in the expansive lobbies of downtown San Francisco businesses through working relationships with Art Consultants
Group Exhibitions:
Atlanta Airport; "Visual Encyclopedia", Atlanta, GA 2009
111 Minna; "A Million Little Pictures" w Art House Coop, San Francisco CA 2009
Art House Gallery; "The Canvas Project", Atlanta, GA 2009
Snyder Caldwell Gallery; "Heroes and Hearts" VIP Preview, San Francisco, CA 2009
Hampton Road Gallery; 4th Annual Birdhouse Art Auction for Breast Cancer Southampton, NY 2008-09
SomARTS Gallery; Annual "Big Deal", Visual Aid Benefit, San Francisco, CA 2000- 2008
SomARTS Gallery; "Open Studios Artists Exhibition", San Francisco, CA 2007
Hampton Road Gallery; 3rd Annual Birdhouse Art Auction for BreastCancer, Southampton, NY 2007
Sarah Nightingale Gallery; 2nd Annual Birdhouse Art Auction for Breast Cancer Southampton, NY 2006
The Center; "Healing Force", Group Exhibition, San Francisco, Ca 2006
Denise Robergé Art Gallery; (represented by), Palm Desert, CA 2005-06
Jade Nectar East Gallery; "First Annual Birdhouse Art Auction" Southampton, NY 2005
SomARTS Gallery; "Open Studios Artists Exhibition", San Francisco, CA 2005
Brent Sikkema Gallery; "Postcards From The Edge", New York, NY 2004 & 2006
Academy of Friends; "Awesome Art Auction", The Clift, San Francisco, CA 2004
SF Main Library Exhibition Space; "Reversing Vandalism", San Francisco, CA 2004
Catharine Clark Gallery; "Spice", San Francisco, CA 2003
Space 743; "Scapes", San Francisco, CA 2002
Steven Wirtz Gallery; Group Show: Host: Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA 2002
The Center; "Positive Too", San Francisco, CA 2002
SF Main Library & Bill Graham Auditorium: Am-Far Conference;
San Francisco, Ca, 2002
Derek Silva Gallery; Visual Aid Group Exhibition, San Francisco, CA 2000
Herbst Theatre Greenroom; PRC Benefit, San Francisco, CA 1999
Akron Art Museum; "Have a Heart" Benefit auction, Akron, OH 1985
Institute of Business Designers; Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA 1984
Flood Gallery; "Red", San Francisco, CA 1981
Albright Knox Art Gallery; Juried Exhibition, Buffalo, NY 1977
Wilcox Mansion Gallery; Juried Exhibition, Buffalo, NY 1977
Publications:
San Francisco Bay Times; "Big Boy Toys at Magnet Art Gallery", December 17, 2009
The San Francisco Chronicle; "Artists put their hearts into a good cause", Feb 8, 2009
The Best of California Artists and Artisans, (Book), Kennedy Publications, 2006
(Juried: Honorable Mention, mixed media)
Imagery used:
The Advocate; "Turning Hate into Beauty", by Will Shank, June 2004
The California Arts Fund Brochure, Northern California Grant makers, 2003
Mural Project Article:
Buffalo Magazine; "Flying Colors", Urban revitalization; Murals, July 1978
Web Related articles: imagery used;
Dragonfly Media; "Hate Crime into Art", by Jim Van Buskirk, ("Mixed Messages") 2004
Common Ground; "Reversing Vandalism"/ ("Mixed Messages") 2004
Grants:
Hearts in SF, San Francisco Trauma Center.......2008
Visual Aid San Francisco; Grants: 1999- 2009
Visual Aids New York; Grants: 2005, 2007, 2009
N.Y. State CETA Grants; Community Mural Projects, Buffalo, NY 1977-79
Commissions:
Numerous residential commissions completed: both nationally and internationally.
Commissioned 2 art installations for corporate headquarters:
• PAYDAY, Reception lobby and President's office, San Francisco, CA 1990
Related Experience:
Volunteer artists' mentor; Creativity Explored, teaching developmentally disabled adults 2007-10
Fine decorative finishes; 1979-2000
CETA Mural negotiation, design and execution, 1977-79
