PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH
- Professor of Art, 1999 to present
- Art Department Chair, 2002 to 2005, 2010-present
- MVNU Art Gallery Director, 1989 to 2005
- Associate Professor of Art, 1995 to 1999
- Honors Program Seminar Coordinator, 1995 to 1998
- Assistant Professor of Art, 1991 to 1995
- Instructor of Art, 1989 to 1991
Franklin County Board of MR/DD, Columbus, OH, Art Teacher, 1988 to 1989
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Associate Instructor, 1984 to 1985
EDUCATION
1986: Indiana University, M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, Bloomington, IN
1984: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, Summer
1981: Tyler School of Art, B.F.A., Painting, Philadelphia, PA
1980: Temple University Abroad, Rome, Italy
EXHIBITIONS
2012: Columbus Museum of Art “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Loft Gallery, “Art for the Environment” Ohio Environmental Council auction, Columbus, OH
Concourse Gallery, Group Exhibition, Upper Arlington, OH
2011: Crane Ice Box Gallery, works on paper, Victory at Tyler Juried Show, Temple University, PA
Marcia Evans Gallery, Group Exhibition, Columbus, OH
2010: The Trust Gallery, “Credo” Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Sullivant Hall Gallery, OSU, “Art for Life” Aids Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
Marcia Evans Gallery, Group Exhibition, Columbus, OH
2009: Schnormeier Gallery, “Heavenly Day” Group Show, Mount Vernon, OH
Mansfield Art Center, 64th May Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
Marcia Evans Gallery, “Whimsical Rhythms” Solo Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Crane Ice Box Gallery, Victory at Tyler Juried Exhibition, Temple University, PA
MVNU Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH
2008: Renaissance Theatre, Mansfield, OH
Mansfield Art Center, 63rd May Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
City Center Gallery, “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Root Art Center Gallery, group show, Mount Vernon, OH
Rosendale’s restaurant, Columbus, OH
2007: Mansfield Art Center, 62nd May Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
Schremshock Gallery, 3-person show, Westerville, OH
MVNU Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH
2006: Marcia Evans Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Columbus, OH
The College of Wooster Art Museum. “Convergence 2006”, Wooster, OH
CCAD, Canzani Center “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH
222 South Main, Country Club, Mount Vernon, OH
North Main Gallery, featured artist, Mount Vernon, OH
Mansfield Art Center, 61st May Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
Artworks on Main, “In the Spirit of Fluxus,” performance art, Mansfield, OH.
Pine Tree Barn Gallery, Wooster, OH
2005: Coburn Gallery, Ashland Regional Exhibition, group show, Ashland, OH
Mansfield Art Center, Spring Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
Soho Worthington Gallery, Group Exhibition, Worthington, OH
North Main Gallery, Group Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH
2004: CCAD, Canzani Center “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Soho Worthington Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Worthington, OH
MVNU Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH
2003: Connelly Center Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Villanova University, PA
Alexander and Rhodes, Group Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH
Country Court Nursing Home, Commissioned mural, Mount Vernon, OH
Coburn Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Ashland University, Ashland, OH
2002: MVNU Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH
Pearl Conrad Gallery, All Ohio Juried Show, Columbus, OH
Columbus Museum of Art, “Art for Life” AIDS Task Force Exhibition, Columbus, OH
The Woodmere Art Museum, Group Show, Philadelphia, PA
MVNU Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Mount Vernon, OH
Krasdale Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
2001: Mansfield Art Center, 57th Annual May Show, Mansfield, OH
Knox County Health Department, Commissioned mural, Mount Vernon, OH
2000: Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH
Chiaroscuro, Solo Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Mansfield Art Center, Solo Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
Nextmonet.com, Online Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Firelands Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Bowling Green State University, OH
2000: Mansfield Art Center, Spring Show, Mansfield, OH
YMCA, Commissioned mural, Mount Vernon, OH
1999: Mansfield Art Center, Fall Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
Hillside Veterinary Clinic, Commissioned mural, Mount Vernon, OH
Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Spring Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Mansfield Art Center, Spring Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
1998: Dublin Arts Council Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Dublin, OH
Blue Cosmos Design Corporation, Grandview, OH
Ohio State Fair Professional Division, Columbus, OH
Mansfield Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, OH
1997: Fort Hayes Gallery, Columbus Art League Juried Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
Timbuktu, Wooster, OH
1996: Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Ceramic Tile Design, Commissioned residential installation, OH
Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1996: MVNU Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH
1995: Spangler Cummings Gallery, Columbus, OH
1994: Six for Two Exhibition #3, Curator and Exhibitor, Columbus, OH
Fluxus Event, Performance Art Participant, created by Don Boyd, Columbus, OH
MVNU Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH
Fall Exhibit, Columbus Art League, Upper Arlington, OH 1993: (remove colon)
1993: Licking County Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Newark, OH
Fort Hayes Gallery, by invitation, Columbus, OH
1992: Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Semple-Upham Cultural and Arts Center, Mount Vernon, OH
Wilmington College, Solo Exhibition, Wilmington, OH
Katz & Dawgs Gallery, National Juried Show “Heroes/Victims” Columbus, OH
1991: Six for Two Series, Columbus Art League, Columbus, OH
MVNU Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH
Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
1990: MVNU Art Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH
Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Art League Exhibition, Columbus, OH
1989: Artreach Gallery, Columbus, OH
1988: LA/Chicago Artist Liaison Exhibition Catalog, publication
1988: Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Art League Exhibition, Columbus, OH
First Impressions Gallery, Solo Exhibition, “Small Works,” Columbus, OH
Pontifical College Josephinum Gallery, “Marian Art: 1988,” Worthington, OH
1987: Columbus Museum of Art, Juried Exhibition, Harmony Hammond, Juror
Spangler Cummings Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Rothschild Berry Farm Festival, Solo Exhibition, Urbana, OH
Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
1987 Spangler Cummings Gallery, “Gifts from the Gifted,” Columbus, OH
Spangler Cummings Gallery, Group Show, Columbus, OH
1985: Fine Arts Gallery, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University
1985: Artlink, Contemporary Art Space, Bill Struve, Juror, Fort Wayne, IN
1984: Arbutus Gallery, Group Show, Indiana University
1981: Elkins Gallery, B.F.A. Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
HONORS
Presenter and Panelist- “Expression, Decency and Censorship”, Mansfield Art Center, May 2012
Co-Curator with Marcella Hackbardt, “Heavenly Day”, Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon, OH, 2009
Faculty Mini Grant, Art History Blackboard Presentation, MVNU, 2003
Sabbatical from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2002
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship, 2001
Faculty Mini Grant, Art History PowerPoint Presentation, MVNU, 2000
Lecturer, “Icon Imaging,” Muskingum College, New Concord, OH, 1999
Faculty Research Grant, “Figurative Abstraction,” MVNU, 1999
Faculty Research Grant, “Icon Imaging,” MVNU, 1997
Presenter, National Collegiate Honors Council, San Francisco, CA, 1996
Lilly Grant, Painting and Drawing, MVNU, Mount Vernon, OH, 1991
AWARDS
Edward Frey Award for Excellence, Mansfield Art Center Spring Exhibition, 2005
Lucille Lemley Award for Painting, Mansfield Art Center May Show, 2001
Edward Frey Award for Excellence, Mansfield Art Center Spring Exhibition, 2000
Juror Award for Painting, Mansfield Art Center Fall Exhibition, 1999
Lucille Lemley Award for Painting, Mansfield Art Center Spring Exhibition, 1999
Edward Frey Award for Excellence, Mansfield Art Center Fall Exhibition, 1998
Award for Painting, 12th Biennial Liturgical Art Exhibition, Schumacher Gallery, Columbus, OH
Jean Lamb Hall Award for Painting, 79th Annual Art League Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, (remove comma)
Award for Painting, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 1987
Full Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1984
Graduate Summer Fellowship to Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1984
REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS
The Hilton Downtown Collection, catalogue, Columbus, Ohio 2012
The Columbus Dispatch, April, 2012
The Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 2006
The Mansfield News Journal, May 2005
The Columbus Dispatch, Jeanne Fryer-Kohles, 2004
Dialogue Magazine, March-April, 2004
The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 2003
The Mainline News, January 2003
The Mansfield News Journal, October 1999
The Mansfield News Journal, March 1999
The Mansfield News Journal, October 1998
The Columbus Dispatch, November 1993
Newark Advocate, Gale Williams, April 1993
The Columbus Dispatch, Lesley Constable, July 1991
The Columbus Dispatch, Jacqueline Hall, May 1988
The Columbus Dispatch, Jacqueline Hall, March 1987
Business First, Gaye Spetka, March 1987
The Columbus Dispatch, Jacqueline Hall, July 1986 and December 1985
