Education:
BFA, MFA Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Awards and Grants:
2002 NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Sculpture Commission
1978-1981 CETA Artists Program, Cultural Council Foundation, NYC, N Y
1976 National Endowment for the Arts, Sculpture Fellowship
Teaching Experience:
1999 to 2016, Wagner College Art Dept. Adjunct - Sculpture, Painting & Design
1984 to 2017, Notre Dame Academy, S. I., N Y - High School Studio Art,
1996-97 Art Lab, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, S. I., N Y - Sculpture
1993 Snug Harbor Education Project, S. I., NY - Sculpture
1974-75 Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan - Painting
Panels:
1995-2007, NY State Council for the Arts
2008, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
2009, St. Johns University
EXHIBITIONS:
2017: “Cass Corridor Connecting Times", Simone DeSousa Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2017: “Botany and Beauty”, Newhouse Center for Contempory Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, S. I., NY.
2016: “Inhabitants of Ether Island”, Wagner College Gallery, S. I. NY.
2016 Green Kill Gallery, Kingston, NY.
2015: Ryota Pi Gallery, Harlem, NY.
2014: Deep Tanks Gallery, S.I., NY
2013: “Subverting Modernism - Cass Corridor 1966-80”, Eastern Michigan University
2012: One person show, Olga Guanabara Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2012: “Hardscrabble / Tough”, Tahawas Lodge Center, Au Sable Forks, NY.
2011: Group show, Art at Bay, Staten Island, NY.
2011: “The Collection”, Detroit Institute of Art”
2011: Two Person Show, Wagner College Gallery, SI. NY.
2010: Ryota Pi Gallery, Group Show, 231 W. 148 St. NYC
2010: “The Armless Show”, The Assembly Room, Staten Island, NYC. B. Coyle/A. Curtis, Curators
2010: “Metamorphosis”, Light House Museum, Staten Island, COASI.
2010: “Detroit In New York”, Group Show, curated by R. Sestok, Detroit Michigan
2009: “Time and Place”, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Detroit, Mich.
2009: “Value Pack”, Group show, Bay St., Staten Island
2009: “Shit Corner: No Excuses”, Group show, The Assembly Room, Staten Island, B. Coyle/A. Curtis, Curators.
2008: “Mapping Correspondence”, The Center for Book Arts, NYC .
2008: Group Show, Art by the Ferry, SI., NYC.
2008: Group show, Wagner College Gallery
2007 :"Python" a bronze architectural sculpture for the City of New York Dept. of Cultural Affairs and the Staten Island Zoo. (2002- 2007)
2006: "Models for Public Sculpture", Gracie Mansion, NYC
2006: New Sculptures, group show, Wagner College Gallery
2006: Group Show, Noble Museum, Snug Harbor, SI.NYC.
2005: One Person Show, "Knock On Wood", Wagner College Gallery, SI, NYC
2005: “Geometric Geography”, Two Person Show, Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, NY
2004: Installation of Blue Wave boat, Creative Center for the Arts, West 26th St., NYC.
2004: Sculptural Installation and Performance, The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St. NYC
2003: "Green Home", Group Show, Alan Moore Gallery, Winteregarden, SI, NY
2003: Group Show, St. George, SI, NY
2003: Group Outdoor Sculpture show, "Bird Bath Project", Faber Park, SI, NY
2002: “Geometric Geography”, Two Person Show, Germaine Keller Gallery ‘ Garrison, NY.
2002: ”Work In Progress: ‘IMAGES’ from Detroit’s Cass Corridor”, International Film & Video Festival, Village East Cinemas, film by Kathryn Brackett
2002: NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, % for Art, Sculpture commission for the Staten Island Zoo
2001:“Up from the Streets” Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
2001: Grey Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2001: Cass Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
2001: Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, New York
2000: Wagner College Gallery, Staten Island, New York
2000: Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, New York
1999: One Person Show, “Topological Constructions” Wagner College Gallery, Staten Island, NY
1998: ”New Island Views’’, one person and group exhibition, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor.
1998: Artist’s Photography, Gallery Onetwentyeight, 128 Rivington St., N.Y..C.
1996: Group Exhibition, St. Mark’s Position, 20 St. Mark’s Place, NYC, N Y
1996: Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY
1995: Group Exhibition, Art Lab, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, N Y
1994: Two Person Exhibition, B4A Gallery, 516 Broadway, New York, N Y
1993: Landscapes, Thompkins Square Gallery, New York, N Y, Curator Kurt Novak
1992: Art Lab / Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, N Y
1992: Sculpture In The East Village, Group show, New York, N Y curator Kurt Novak
1991: Empire State / Fulton Ferry Park, Outdoor sculpture exhibit, curator S. Pfaffman
1991: Thompkins Square Gallery, group Exhibition, New York, N Y
1990: One person exhibition, Wager College Gallery, Staten Island, N Y
1990: On the Floor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan
1990: The Children's Pavilion,(a large outdoor sculpture complex), Staten Island, N Y
1989: Natural Structure as Symbol, Thompkins Square Gallery, N Y C, R. Morosan, curator
1989: The Staten Island Invitational, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, N Y, John Perreault, curator
1989: ONETWENTYEIGHT, N Y, N Y, group exhibition, Kurt Novak, Curator
1988: Staten Island Botanical Society, Snug harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, N Y, group exhibition, Elizabeth Egbert, curator
1987: Organization of Independent Artists, Tenth Anniversary Outdoor Sculpture Show, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, N Y Curators: J. Perreault/E. Egbert
1987: Drawings for Large Outdoor Sculpture, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, N Y
1987: Feigenson Gallery, group show, Detroit, Michigan
1987: Stapleton Studio Tour, exhibition in artist's studio, Staten Island, N Y
1986: Michigan National Endowment Fellowship Winners, "65-"85, Focus Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1985: Feigenson Gallery, one person exhibit, Detroit, Michigan
1984: NYC/WSU, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
1984: Willis Gallery, group exhibit, Detroit, Michigan
1983: Silverman Collection of Fluxes Art, PS 1, Long Island City, N Y, and Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1982: Feigenson Gallery, one person exhibition of painting & sculpture, Detroit,Michigan
1982: Museum of Contemporary Art, group exhibition, Chicago, IL, John Neff curator
1981: Kick Out the Jams, (second version with new work included), museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1980: Nineteen at Twenty-six, Federal Plaza Building, Foley Square, New York, N Y OIA
1980: Kick Out the Jams, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
1979: Wards Island Sculpture Library, Wards Island, NYC, NY, OIA
1979: Artists By the Sea, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, OIA
1979: At Cranbrook, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1979: Models for the Federal Court House, World Trade Center, NYC, NY
1979: Maquettes and Drawings for Large Sculpture, Feigenson Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1978: Artists By the Sea I, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1978: Outdoor Sculpture, Castle Clinton, Battery Park, NYC, NY OIA
1978: Willis Revisited, Willis Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1977: Feigenson Gallery, one person exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
1977: Room 33, group exhibition, 280 Grand Street, NYC, NY
1976: Works in Progress II, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
1976: Museum of Contemporary Art, group exhibition, Chicago IL
1976: Detroit Artists Market, group exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
1975: Sculpture Inside and Out, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1975: Cass Corridor Artists, Willis Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1975: A Few Days Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
1974: Old Convention Hall, Detroit, Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
1974: Detroit, Artists Invitational, Detroit Bank and Trust Co., Detroit, Michigan
1974: Willis Gallery, One person exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
1974: Dennison Gallery , group exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
1973: Willis Gallery, One person exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
1973: Forsythe Saga, Forsythe Building, Detroit, Michigan
1972: Michigan Artists Show, Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
1972: Willis Gallery, One person exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
1971: Willis Gallery, group exhibition, Detroit, Michigan