Born in 1966
EDUCATION
1997 MFA in Sculpture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1991 Academic Scholarship, Blossom Kent, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Henry Halem, Robert Carlson, Fred Tchida
1990 BS in Studio Art, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1990 Glass Workshop with Arthur Reed, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000-01 Self Employed Glass Artist, Owner of Ring of Fire Hot Glass Studio, Champaign, IL
1993-present Cold Shop Coordinator, Hot Shop Technician, and Gaffer, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
1993 Assistant to glass artist Dan Dailey, Dan Dailey Inc., Kensington, NH
Technical Assistant to Professor Jose Chardiet, University o f Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1992-93 Technical Assistant to glass artist William Carlson, Carlson Studios, Urbana, IL
Hot Shop monitor and Technician, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1989-92 University assistant to Peter Pellettieri, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
1992 Technical assistant to glass artist Peter Greenwood, Greenwood Glass, Farmington, CT
1991 Technical assistant to glass artist John Burchetta, Burchetta Hot Glass, Carmel, NY
1988-90 Technical assistant to glass artist Jose Chardiet, New Haven, CT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Expansion, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Blue Plate Special, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 From Blue Collar to Black Tie, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2000 Visual Misperception, Suzanne Brown Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1999 Prism Gallery, Pontiac, MI
Hot Stuff, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 High Volume, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001 Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
2000 Glass Masters, Prism Gallery, Nashville, TN
International Glass Exhibition, Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI
Hot Glass 2000, Gallery Dorita!, Atlanta, GA
1999 Generation X, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Form and Texture, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Sculptural Bias, Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, FL
A Glass Act, Prism Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1998 The ABC's of Glass, Mostly Glass, Englewood, NJ
Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, (SOFA), Chicago, IL
The Next Wave, Marx-Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Glass America, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, (SOFA), Chicago, IL
1993-96 Pilchuck Glass School Staff Show, Stanwood, WA
1995-96 Emerging Artists in Glass, Portia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 A Survey of Contemporary Glass Art, Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Students in Contemporary Glass, The Gallery, C.G.C.A., Millville, NJ
1994 Pilchuck Glass Exhibition at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck New York, Miller Gallery, New York, NY
North American Glass, Guilford Handcrafts Center, Guilford, CT
1993 Eighteenth Biennial Regional Art Exhibition of South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
AWARDS AND GRANTS
1998 Best of Show, ABC's of Glass, Englewood, NJ
C.G.C.A. Wheaton Village Fellowship, Millville, NJ
1996 University of Illinois Award for Outstanding Instructors
1994 Portfolio Award, North American Glass Exhibit, Guildford, CT
1991 Academic Scholarship, Blossom Kent Glass Program, Kent, OH
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997-98 Visiting Assistant Professor, Sculpture Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
1991-92 Adjunct Faculty, university glass program, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
PUBLICATIONS
2001 American Style, Spring, 2001
"Fragile Art is Built of Sweat," The News Gazette, March 22, 2001
1999 Glass Arts Society Journal, 1999
Niche Magazine, July, 1999
Vetro Magazine, July, 1999
American Style, May, 1999
1998 Portfolio Page, American Craft Magazine, June-July, 1998
