EXHIBITIONS (*Solo Shows)

All Art Works Holiday Charity Show, The Depot, Grand Haven, Michigan, 2019

All Art Works Show, 37 Ottawa, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2019

Collector’s Show / SPRING, ArtPrize HUB, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2018

Collector’s Show / SPRING, ArtPrize HUB, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2017

Collector’s Show / FALL, ArtPrize HUB, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2016 

Collector’s Show / SPRING, ArtPrize HUB, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2016

ArtPrize, Cathedral Square Showcase Venue, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2012-2014

Project Story, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2013

Friends Don’t Miss Their Friend’s Art Show, Funhouse Gallery, Detroit, Michigan 2012 

ArtPrize, Coit Creative Arts Academy, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2011

*Path to Presence, Art Alley, Lansing, Michigan, 2011

Governor’s Residency Exhibition, Governor’s Residence, Lansing, Michigan, 2010

*Healing Path, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan, 2010

ArtPrize, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2010

Portraits and Pottery Show, Orion Art Center, Lake Orion, Michigan, 2009

ArtPrize, West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2009

People’s Art Festival, Russell Center for Creative Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 2008

Containers in the D, Heidleberg Project, Detroit, Michigan, 2008

American Cancer Society Benefit Show, West Michigan Cancer Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2006.

*Intertwined, Synapse Gallery, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 2005

Featured Artist, River Street Gallery, Manistee, Michigan, 2004 

*Auditorium Gallery Exhibition, C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois, 2003.

Featured Artist, Art Studio One, Mason, Michigan, 2002.

*Main Gallery Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan, 2001.

6th National Juried Art Exhibition, Highland Cultural Center Arts Gallery, Highland, New York, 1999.  Juried By Jennifer Park.

Convergence ’99 –Y2K, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, New York, 1999.  Juried by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve.

Jackson Area Show, Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, Michigan, 1990.   Juried by Bill Farrel

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS

Community Heart of REO, RE Olds Transportation Museum, Lansing, Michigan, 2014-2016

Make a Splash, Art in the Loft, Alpena, Michigan, 2014-2016

Time Bridge Blossoms, New Territory Arts Association, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 2013

Michigan Passageway, City of East Lansing Arts Commission, East Lansing, MI, 2012 

Young Oak Reaching, Coit Creative Arts Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, 2011

Heart and Art of Grand Ledge, Grand Ledge DDA, Grand Ledge, MI, 2011

Stanley Levendowski, Sr. Memorial Mural, Potter Park Zoo, Lansing, Michigan, 2009-2010

Mural of Hope, Friends Together, Alpena, Michigan, 2008

Crossing the River, First Presbyterian Church of Albion, Albion, Michigan, 2007

Heart of Heatherbrook, Barn Preservation Network, Marshall, Michigan, 2007 

Time Bridge Blossoms, New Territory Arts Association, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 2005 

Sesquicentennial Commemorative Painting, Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan. 2005  

Century of Flight, Air Zoo Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan.  2003-2005        

Spirit of REO, REO Town Commercial Association, Lansing, Michigan.  2003  

Cityscape, Metropolitan YMCA, Lansing, Michigan. 2002-2003  

Race Week, Victory Lane, Jackson, Michigan. 2002.    

Baseball Legends, Oldsmobile Park, Lansing, Michigan. 2001.  

The Big Four, Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan. 1999.  

Northwest Airlines, Detroit Metro Airport, Romulus, Michigan. 1998.

WORKSHOPS, LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

Workshop, Art in the Loft, Alpena, Michigan, 2018 

Lecture, Battle Creek Society of Artists, Battle Creek, MI, 2017 

Presentation, Michigan State Federal Credit Union, East Lansing, Michigan, 2017

Workshop, Art in the Loft, Alpena, Michigan, 2014

Lecture, Ingham County Medical Care Facility, Okemos, Michigan, 2014

Workshop, REACH Studio, Lansing, Michigan, 2014

Lecture,  MI-ArtShare, Lansing, MI, 2014

Workshop, Art in the Loft, Alpena, Michigan, 2013

Lecture, Cathedral Square, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2012

Workshop, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI, 2012

Lecture, 1212 Gallery, Lansing, Michigan, 2012 

Workshop, Art Alley, Lansing, Michigan, 2012

Workshop, Grand Ledge DDA, Grand Ledge, Michigan, 2011

Lecture, Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel, Lansing, Michigan, 2011

Lecture, Eaton Art League, Charlotte, Michigan, 2010

Lecture, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2010

Lecture, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2010

Workshop and Lecture, Potter Park Zoo, Lansing, Michigan, 2010

Workshop, West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2009

Earth Studio Classes, Russell Center for Creative Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 2008-2012

Workshop and Lecture, Friends Together, Alpena, Michigan, 2008

Lecture, Battle Creek Society of Artists, Battle Creek, Michigan, 2007 

Workshop, Arts and Industry Council Public Art Program, Marshall, Michigan, 2007.

Workshop, Arts and Industry Council Public Art Program, Albion, Michigan, 2007

Lecture, Mid-Michigan Artist Guild, Williamston, Michigan, 2007

Public Art: Mural Painting Class, Delta Charter Township, Lansing, Michigan, 2006

Workshop, New Territory Arts, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 2005

Lecture, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, Michigan, 2001.

Lecture, Lansing Art Guild, Lansing, Michigan, 2000.

AWARDS AND HONORS

World’s Largest Indoor Mural, Guiness World Records, London, UK, 2004.

First Place for Murals, United States Sign Council Sign Design Competition, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 2000.

Certificate of Merit, HCC-Arts Gallery 6th National Juried Art Exhibition, Highland, New York, 1999.

Certificate of Excellence for Print Media-Business/Trade Publications, American Advertising Awards, Lansing, Michigan, 1997.

Painting Transfer Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, 1993.

EDUCATION

Painting Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, B.F.A., 1995. 

Art Department, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, 1993

Art Department, Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan, 1987-9