EDUCATION

1981

BFA, Sculpture, University of Kansas

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022  

BIG NEON Playground, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle WA.

Light the Forest, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.

2021  

Transect, installation, Method Gallery, Seattle, WA.

Shunpike Storefronts, “DERVISH”, installation, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA.

Shine A Light, Downtown Seattle Association, installation on Pike Street, Seattle, WA.

2020

Lusio Lights / Pioneer Square, “PIET”, installation, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA.

2019

Big Neon, Steve Gilbert Photo Studio, Seattle, WA.

2017

Block and Bind, Calypte Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2015  

Bears, Steve Gilbert Photo Studio, Seattle, WA.

2009  

Blockheads, Soil Gallery Backspace, Seattle, WA.

2003  

Horse Pop, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT.

Roundup, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA.

2001  

Bounties, Gallery 4, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.

2000  

Milk and Honey, Howard House, Seattle, WA.

Horse and Ram Stories, Kitteridge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

1999  

End of the Trail, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon, WA.

1998  

Westward Ho! ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, WA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022   

XO Seattle: A Love Letter to Seattle, Seattle, WA.

Seattle Design Festival, Seattle, WA.

Again & Again, The En Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2020   

Bigs and Smalls, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2019    

Your Life Story in Light, Refract Glass Festival / Western Neon School Of Art, Seattle, WA.

Jazz Mom, Nikita Ares, Kelsey Fernkopf, Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA.

En Masse, Confluence Gallery, Winthrop, WA.

2018

Glow Up, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

This Noble Work, Inscape Gallery, Seattle, WA.

The Wonder Building, Art Spirit II Gallery, Spokane, WA.

2017

City Arts Art Walk Awards, Sole Repair, Seattle, WA.

2016

10 x 10 x Tieton, Mighty Tieton, Tieton, WA.

2015

10 x 10 x Tieton, Mighty Tieton, Tieton, WA.

Interstate, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA.

2014

Just Be Your Selfie, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2009

Artist Trust Auction, Centerpiece Artist, Fischer Pavillion, Seattle, WA.

2005

National Small Works Exhibition, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA.

Bashville, Henry Art Gallery Auction, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

2004

Sell Out, Howard House, Seattle, WA.

Whiteness, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA.

ANA 33, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.

Art at the Port, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA.

Art Port Townsend, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA.

2003

Young Seattle Artists, Howard House, Seattle, WA.

Whiteness, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

46th Chatauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chatauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chatauqua, NY.

Art Equinox, Paris Gibson Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT.

2002

Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.

SouthSounds 2002, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA.

Art at the Port, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA.

Art Port Townsend, Port Townsend, WA.

2001

SouthSounds 2001, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA.

Art Equinox, Paris Gibson Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT.

Henry ArtBash, Henry Art Gallery Auction, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington,

Seattle, WA.

2000

SouthSounds 2000, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA.

1999

Air Hockey, Howard House, Seattle, WA.      

The End, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.

Phresh, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA.

1996  

Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.

1995  

The Land, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.

AWARDS

Allied Arts Grant in Craft, Allied Arts Foundation, 2022

Juror’s Award, 10x10xTeiton, Mighty Tieton, 2016

Albert J. Turbessi Award, 46th Chatauqua National Exhibition of American Art, 2003

MEDIA / PUBLICATIONS

Manitach, Amanda, “Light in the Wilderness”, Public Display Art, Vol.2, Issue 1, Dec.-Feb. 2022 – 2023

Vansynghel, Margo, “A Big Indie Alternative to the Seattle Art Fair”, Crosscut.com, July, 13, 2022

Lambert, Ken, “Lighting up the Gloomy Days in Pioneer Square”, Seattle Times, Jan.3, 2021

Elliot, Gwendolyn, “Western Neon celebrates 33 Years with New Art School”, May 2018

Erickson, Anne, “The Artist Behind the Rainier R”, KING 5 Evening, October 20, 2015

Stallings, Tyler, “Whiteness”, Catalog, 2003, p.18, 43,52

Roediger, David, “Whiteness”, Catalog, 2003, p.63

Roediger, David, “I Came for the Art”, ArtPapers, May/June 2003, p.26

Mendenhall, Lauri, “The Helter Skelter of Whiteness”, Coast Magazine, May 2003, p.11

Hall, Emily, “The Stranger Suggests”, The Stranger, 07/06/00, p.52

Joslin, Victoria,“Highway Signs Point to Unique Creations”, SeattlePostIntelligencer,07/28/00

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2023

(Upcoming) Neon Instructor, “The Lights in the Trees”, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA.

(Upcoming) Neon Instructor, Museum of Neon Art, Glendale, CA.

2017-2021

Cofounder and Neon Instructor, Western Neon School of Art, Seattle, WA.

2015-2016

Neon Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.