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EDUCATION

University of Washington.  Seattle, WA. MFA, sculpture

University of Washington.  Seattle.  Graduate program, East Asian Art History

University of California.  Berkeley, CA.  BA, art history

Kokusai Kiristokyoo Daigaku/University of California. Education Abroad Program. Mitaka-Tokyo, Japan.  One year

POST-GRADUATE STUDY

Women, Fire, and Iron.  Metal casting workshop.  Minneapolis, Minnesota

Virtual Reality and Interactive Arts Workshop.  Normal, Illinois

Video-Editing Workshop.  Johnson, Vermont

GRANTS

Western Carolina University Summer Research Grant.  2003-04

State of North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship. 1988-89

Western Carolina University Research Grant.  1997-98

Illinois State University Research Grant.  1995-96

Regional Artists’ Projects Grant.  (Midwestern states) 1993-94

State of Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship.  1993

Illinois State University Research Initiative Award.  1993-94

Illinois State University Research Grant.  1993-94

Faculty Development Grant.  Johnson State College.  1991

King County Arts Commission Grant.  Seattle.  1990

ONE-PERSON SHOWS

William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon Virginia.  “Ephyrian Circle” February-March 2006

CAGE.  Cincinnati, Ohio, “Pastoral Surrogate” 1995

Gallery Northwest.  Indiana University.   Gary, Indiana. 1994

Parkland College.  “2 Meditations” Champaign, IL. 1994

Tough Gallery.   “Culture Talk” Chicago, IL.   October 1993           

Moreau Gallery.  “Pastoral Surrogate” South Bend, Indiana.  September 1993           

St. Xavier University Gallery, “Pastoral Surrogate” Chicago.  April 1993

Contemporary Art Center of Arlington, “2 Meditations” Curators:  James Yood and Hollis Sigler. Arlington Heights, IL.  Feb. 1993

King County Arts Commission Gallery.  “Megaron” Seattle, WA.  Funded in part by King County Arts Commission. 1990           

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS AND HONORS

Eyedrum.  "Fingers + Codes:  The Contemporary Portrait" Atlanta, Georgia.  April - June 2007

Saltworks Gallery. "Sisyphean Desires Systems and Devices" Atlanta, Georgia. Nov. Dec. 2006

MicroMonumentals.  Brush Gallery, Lowell Massachusetts May/June 2006

Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, Louisiana, January-March 2006

Wellington B. Gray Gallery, “Sculpture 2006” Eastern Carolina University, Greenville NC, January 2006                                                 

Asheville Arts Council Gallery, “American Standards” June 2005

Duke University, “Road In Sight” (Survey exhibit of NC artists) Durham, NC, April 2005

3TenHaus Studio, “Gender in Motion” curated by Emma Amos.  Atlanta, Georgia February - March 2005

Eyedrum, “Shelter” Atlanta January - March 2005

“Suitcase Show” Traveling exhibition USA and New Zealand, 2003 through 2005

Brooks Hall Gallery, North Carolina State University, Winston-Salem, NC.  “Whata Relief” November 2004

Upstairs Gallery.  “Art on the Bias” Tryon, NC November 2004

Bank of America Plaza, “Surface Matters” Curator:  Joie Lassiter.  Charlotte, NC January - November 2004

Ion Gallery, “The News” Asheville, NC.  July 2003

Seminole College Fine Art Gallery, “Not Just Another Pretty Face” Sanford, Florida, Feb.-March 2003, First Place Award

Grounds For Sculpture, Summer Exhibition.  Hamilton, New Jersey.  July -Sept. 2002

Tryon Center for Visual Art, “What’s New Two” Charlotte, NC, May 2002

Zone one contemporary, “Gallery Retrospective” Asheville, NC.  Dec. 2001

Art International.   Asheville, NC.  Nov. 2000

Wellington B. Gray Gallery.  Eastern Carolina University.  Greenville, NC.  Oct. 2000

Spiers Gallery, Brevard College.   Brevard, NC.  “Indoor and Outdoor Sculpture” Sept. - Oct. 2000

Weatherspoon Art Gallery.  “Artist Fellowship Exhibition.”  Greensboro, NC, May-June 2000

Green Hill Arts Center.  Greensboro, NC. Sept. - Nov. 1998

Holden Gallery.  Warren Wilson College.  Asheville, NC.  March 1998

Fayetteville Museum of Art.  Sculpture Exhibition.  Fayetteville, NC.  Oct.- Nov. 1997

International Think Dinky Invitational.  Modern Museum.  Durham, NC.  Sept.  1997

Zone one contemporary.  Asheville, NC.  August 1997

Rocky Mount Art Center.  Hines Gallery.  Sculpture Invitational.  Rocky Mount, NC.  June 1977

ARC.  “Potentiality” Chicago, IL.  Sept. 1996

Nexus.  “Future Shock” Philadelphia, PA.  Sept. 1995

International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition.  Invitational.  University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii.  Jan. 1994. 11 museums in U.S. and Taiwan, China through 1996

Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University.  Bloomington, IL.  Nov. 1994

Tough.  “The Uncomfortable Show” Chicago, IL.  Sept. 1994

University Galleries. “Selected Works from the Collection” Normal, IL.  July 1994

Indianapolis Art League.   “Fetish and Shaman“ Indianapolis, IN.   January 1994

Artemesia Gallery.   “Environmental Concerns” Chicago.  1993

Tough.  “Random Access” Chicago.  1993

Dibden Center for the Arts.  “Megaron” Johnson, Vermont.  1991

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Identity Shifts with Expressions of Self" review of "Fingers + Codes:  The Contemporary Portrait" Debra Wolf.  May 20, 2007 

Go Tri-Cities, "Artwork Explores Temporal Themes"  review of "That Moment and This Moment."  Allison Alphonso.  March 2006

Art Papers, Reviews/Southeast, Atlanta: Shelter.  Phil Oppenheim.  May/June 2005 (vol. 29, no.3)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “’Gender in Motion' and 'Green' speak volumes about the power of feminist values” Jerry Cullum.  March 10, 2005

“Road in Sight” catalogue. April 2005

“Gender in Motion” catalogue.  February 2005

“Surface Matters” catalogue.  Trizec Properties Thirteenth Annual Art Exhibit.  Joie Lassiter.  Feb. 2004

Asheville Citizen Times, Asheville, NC.  “Gunning for Answers” Robert Godfrey.  July 2003

“Not Just Another Pretty Face” catalogue.   February 2003

“Summer Exhibition” catalogue.  Grounds for Sculpture.  August 2002

Art Papers, “Gallery Retrospective 1991-2001” Jean Hess.  July/August 2001 (vol. 24 no. 4)

Mountain Xpress, Asheville, NC.  Patricia Bailey.  December 20-26, 2000 (vol. 7 no. 20)

Independent, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.  “Winners at Weatherspoon”  Kate Dobbs Ariail June 14 -20, 2000.  (vol. 17  No. 24)         

Catalogue.  Weatherspoon Art Gallery.  “Fellowship Recipients 1998-99” May, 2000

“A Paean to the Puny” Catalogue for Think Dinky International Invitational.  Meta Museum Project. 1997

“The Fifth International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition” Catalogue.  Taiwan Museum of Art. 1995

Beacon-Journal, Akron, Ohio.  Dorothy Shinn.  January 29, 1995

The New Gazette, Champaign IL “....Works Shine at Intriguing Exhibits.”  Review of  “2 Meditations.”  Gisele Atterberry.  June 24, 1994

Dialogue, “Fetish and Shaman.”  Sharon Calhoon.  March/April, 1994 (vol. 17 no. 2)

“Fetish and Shaman” Catalogue.  Indianapolis Art League.  1994

New Art Examiner, “Faculty Biennial.”