As a child, I experienced materials such as bone and rusted wire in the context of narrative, I now work within the human context using both implied references and spatial approximations usually with more of a structural rather than fluids emphesis. While I find a long and sometimes contentious tradition in art for working with the figure (from “Venus” figures and pictographs to performance art) I also work with ideas and abstract forms--choosing materials that are project specific.  I balance the two aproaches by starting with whichever seems the best fit for the idea or form and working toward the other if necessary.

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Education:    
M.F.A. 2009 Sculpture, Azusa Pacific University

B.A.  1999 Studio Art, Azusa Pacific University
"Outstanding Senior in the Field of Art Award"

Select Exhibitions

*2009 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
Job: Duke Gallery Curator: Kent Butler MFA – Associate Professor Of Art

Figurative Sculpture – Wire Series Temporary Public Installations.
*2008 The Job Project Exhibits 6-7, Pershing Square, Los Angeles, CA
*2007 The Job Project Exhibits 5, Library Park, Monrovia, CA
*2007 The Job Project Exhibits 3-4, Central Park, Pasadena, CA
*2006 The Job Project Exhibit 2, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
*2006 The Job Project Exhibit 1, Azusa Canyon, Azusa, CA

2005    “CODA: A Concluding Passage” The Artists’ Colony, Pomona, CA

*2004    “Soul Sleep” The Red Zone, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa. CA

2004    “Celebrating the Figure” Mt. View Gallery, Marrietta, GA

2004    “Envisioning the Future” The Artists’ Colony, Pomona, CA

*2003    “What Follows” Gallery West, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

2002    “Man” Art Gallery West, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

2001    “Figurative Works in Wax and Clay” Kinnear Studio, Pomona, CA

*2001    “Recent Works” Four Seasons Gallery, Wrightwood, CA

2000    “Prayer” First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, L. A., CA

*1999    “Ecce Homo” Wilden Atrium, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

* solo exhibitions

Presentations

2009    "silence, waiting and literal abstraction"  Darling Hall Gallery, Azusa, CA

2004    “Gestures of the Figure in Clay” The Art Place-Marietta, GA

2002    “Sculpture I: Self-portrait Busts” Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA