Biography

Education

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Honors B.A. Degree. History Major December 1992

Apprenticeships

  • 1993 — Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown, PA
  • 1988 — Suehiro Oshio, Nara, Japan
  • 1987 — Byron Temple, Lambertville, NJ

Experience

  • 1993-Present — Established Independent Ceramic Studio, Boston, MA, Lambertville, NJ
  • 2016-Present — Studio Artist at the Stove Factory, Charlestown, MA
  • 2015 -Present — Studio Artist at Mudflat Pottery School, Somerville, MA

Related Associations

  • 2018-Present — Board member, Mudflat Pottery School, Somerville, MA
  • 2016-Present — Member of the Artist Group of Charlestown, Charlestown, MA
  • 1997-2005 — KHMK Partnership for NJ Transit Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transit System
  • 1995-Present — Founding member, Covered Bridge Artisans, Stockton, NJ

Public Commissions / Tile Mural Installations

  • 2019 — 168th Street MTA Subway Station, Historic tile restoration, New York, NY
  • 2018 — “Ceramic Silhouettes”, Mudflat Pottery School, Somerville, MA
  • 2017 — “Looking Back”, Thomas Edison University, Trenton,NJ
  • 2013 — “Through the Trees”, Ann Klein Forensic Center, Trenton,NJ
  • 2011 — “Somerville Seasons”, Somerville Train Station, Somerville, NJ
  • 2010 — “Egrets”, Monroe Township Public Library, Monroe Twp, NJ
  • 2010 — Nat Turner Park, Community Tile Installation, Newark NJ
  • 2008 — “Nature in the Urban Environment”, Trenton Train Station, Trenton, NJ
  • 2007 — Roosevelt Borough Hall Community Mosaic, Roosevelt, NJ
  • 2006 — Restoration of Tile Mural, Library for the Blind, Trenton, NJ
  • 2005 — “Pinelands Stories”, Batsto State Park Visitor's Center, Hammonton, NJ
  • 2004 — “Princeton Stories”, Princeton Public Library, Princeton, NJ
  • 2004 — “Remembrance Park”, Moorestown, NJ
  • 1997-2005 — “River Rail Revival”, NJ Transit Southern New Jersey Light Rail Transit System.
  • 2001 — New Jersey Pinelands Commission, New Lisbon, NJ
  • 1999 — NJ Transit, Edison Train Station, Edison, NJ
  • 1997-2000 — NJ Transit, Hudson–Bergen Light Rail Transit, Bayonne, NJ
  • 1998 — New Jersey War Memorial, Tile Restoration, Trenton, NJ
  • 1994-1995 — “Just So Stories”, New Jersey State House Annex, Trenton, NJ
  • 1995-Present — Private Custom Tile Installations

Gallery Exhibitions

  • 2020 — “Natural Silhouettes”, Clay Studio, Bonovitz Space, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2019 — “Everyday Ordinary: Art of the People”, NCECA Conference, Clay Studio Gallery Expo, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2019 — CraftBoston, Spring Show, Cyclorama, Boston, MA
  • 2018 — “Archetype”, New Hope Arts, with Robert Beck, New Hope, PA
  • 2018 — CraftBoston, Spring Show, Cyclorama, Boston, MA
  • 2016 — Solo Show–New Sculpture, Aisling Gallery, Washington, DC
  • 2013 — “Delaware Valley Fine Crafts Invitational”, Trenton City Museum, Trenton NJ
  • 2013 — “Witness”, Robert Beck Art Academy, Lambertville, NJ
  • 2013 — “Morven in May”, Morven Museum, Princeton, NJ
  • 2012 — “Gifted”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2012 — “Morven in May” Morven Museum, Princeton, NJ
  • 2011 — Holiday Invitational Exhibit, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
  • 2009 — “Gifted”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2009 — “Image, Imagine and Arts Engine”, Roma Bank Hdq. Robbinsville, NJ
  • 2009 — “Transformation”, Hicks Art Center Gallery, Newtown, PA
  • 2008 — “Gifted”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2008 — “Creative Dialogue – Art, Campus and Community” Rutgers –Camden Center for the Arts. Camden, NJ
  • 2008 — “Variations in Clay”, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
  • 2007 — Solo Exhibit, The Bonovitz Space, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2007 — “Mastery in Clay”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2007 — “Plates and Platters”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2006 — “Dining by Design”, The Arts Council of Princeton, NJ
  • 2006 — “Mastery in Clay” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2006 — “Gifted”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2005 — “Sauce for the Goose”, The Arts Council of Princeton, NJ
  • 2005 — “Gifted”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2003 — Stedman Gallery "Art in Transit", Rutgers Center for the Arts, Camden, NJ
  • 2003 — “Echo of the Flame”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Gallery Representation

  • 2018 – Present — Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
  • 2005 – Present — The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2008- 2014 — Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
  • 2006 – 2016 — Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln NB

Lectures, Demonstrations and Workshops

  • 2017 — Mudflat Pottery School, Somerville, MA, Designing Tile Installations Workshop
  • 2016 — Office for the Arts at Harvard, Cambridge, MA, Artist Presentation
  • 2016 — Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA, Surface Decoration Workshop
  • 2016 — Mudflat Pottery School, Somerville, MA, Artist Presentation
  • 2014 — The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Surface Decoration Workshop

Grants/ Residencies

  • 2008 — Banff Centre, “Visual Arts Residency”, Banff, Canada.
  • 2003 — Mid Atlantic Arts Council. "Artists in Communities", Grant for community tile mosaic installations in coordination with the Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ.
  • 2003 — New Jersey State Council on the Arts "Project Serving Artists", Grant to fund a series of firings using the South Jersey Appel Farm Wood Kiln in coordination with the Perkins Center for the Arts
  • 1999 — Centro Internazionale Studi Insegnamento Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy Traditional marble mosaic techniques Residency, Valentino Montanari

Selected Bibliography

Continuing Education/ Workshops

  • 2018-2020 – Stonybrook Fine Arts, Bronze Casting, Jon Koppel, Boston, MA
  • 2016-2017 – MassArt, Continuing Education, Branze Casting, Zachary Gabbard; Margee-Ann Levine, Boston, MA
  • 2013 – Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Bronze Casting with Beverley Penn, Deer Isle, Maine
  • 2013 – Peters Valley, Introduction to Jewelry Making with Raychel Wengenroth, Layton, NJ
  • 2010 – Anderson Ranch, “Growing Sculpture” workshop with Michael Sherrill, Snowmass, CO
  • 2010 – Hunterdon County Polytech Tig Welding Class, Flemington, NJ
  • 2003 – Hunterdon County Polytech, Basic Welding Class, Flemington, NJ
  • 2002 – Raven Studios Blacksmithing apprenticeship, Lambertville, NJ
  • 2002 — Peters Valley, Layton, NJ Introductory Blacksmithing with Meagan Crowley
  • 2000 — Alfred University, Alfred, NY Ceramic workshop taught by John Gill, Mary Law, and Sun Yuh Koo
  • 1999 — Centro Internazionale Studi Insegnamento Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy Taditional marble mosaic techniques taught by Valentino Montanari
  • 1997 — Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY Traditional mosaic techniques taught by Robert Hickman.
  • 1995 — Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME Introductory glass blowing workshop taught by Brian Pike.