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Education
| 1991 | MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| 1985 | BA, University of Michigan/The Residential College, Ann Arbor, MI |
Public Art Commissions
| 2011 | SEPTA Art in Transit – sculpture for Cheltenham and Ogontz Bus Loop Project, Cheltenham Township, PA |
| 2010 | San Francisco Arts Commission: art glass for San Francisco General Hospital Acute Care Unit, San Francisco, CA |
| 2009 | Central Corridor Light Rail Transit, integrated artwork for thee transit stations, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. |
| 2008 | Charlotte Area Transit System: commission for artwork at transit stations, Charlotte, NC |
| 2007 | Arts for Transit: commission for artwork at MTA Metro-North train station, Dobbs Ferry Station, NY |
| 2004 | Port of Seattle: artwork for the South Terminal, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA |
| 2002 | Seattle Arts Commission, City of Seattle, Hatch Cover, Seattle, WA |
Grants & Fellowships
| 2006 | Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York, NY |
| 2004 | Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellowship Grant, NY, NY /Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA |
| 2001 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY Fellowship, Special Editions, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY |
| 1997 | Grant for Artist’s Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2012 | Magical Thinking, with Karen Liebowitz and Vanessa Conte, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2007 | Dart, Drift, Dangle, New Work, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA Drawing and Sculpture, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Butterflies, Philadelphia International Airport, Art Installations, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2006 | Nature Unbound, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2005 | Drawings, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA On-Site Artist Projects, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA |
| 2004 | New Work, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2002 | Recent Work, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2000 | New Work: Drawings and Sculpture, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 1999 | Wall Project, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ |
| 1998 | Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID |
Select Two Person and Group Exhibitions
| 2010-12 | Art in Embassies Program. Artwork installed at the Residence of the US Ambassador to Brussels, Belgium and the US Embassy in Riga, Latvia |
| 2009 | New Rococo Show, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ From Studio to Site – Public Art In Charlotte, The Gallery at Carlillon, Charlotte, NC |
| 2008 | Aqua Wynwood, Miami FL (with Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia) |
| 2007 | Oasis, four person exhibition, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, Queens, NY Three Person Exhibition, Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA Bridge Art Fair, (Romo Gallery), Chicago, IL Susan Maasch Gallery, Portland, Maine |
| 2006 | The Drawing Show, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX Garden, Visual Art Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA Ornament Now, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY Takeout, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA and the Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY |
| 2005 | Fleurs, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Mid-Atlantic Fellowship Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD Heavenly, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY White on White, Elaine Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI |
| 2004 | Arthouse, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY |
| 2003 | North American Sculpture NOW, Visual Art Center, Richmond, VA Second World Ceramic Biennale, 2003 Korea, World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea Tasty Buds, Workspace, New York, NY Botanical Exhibition, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA |
| 2002 | New Prints 2002, International Print Center, New York, NY Dreamy: 3-Person Show, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY |
| 2001 | 2-Person Show, Esther Claypool Gallery, Seattle, WA World Ceramic Exhibition 2001 Korea, Yoju, Korea Archie Bray Foundation 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Holter Museum, Helena, MT (traveling until 2005) |
| 2000 | The Clarity of Seduction III, Cranbrook Network, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI A Glimpse of the Invisible, Invitational, Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, CO |
| 1997 | Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art (Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago), Navy Pier, Chicago, IL PONCHO Artist Group Show, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA Grant for Artists Projects, Artist Trust Invitational Exhibition, Seattle, WA |
Teaching & Residencies
| 2007/10 | Distinguished Visiting Artist/Critic, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
| 2008 | Artist in Residence/Graduate Advisor, Alfred University, Alfred, NY |
| 2007/09 | Distinguished Visiting Artist/Critic, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, OH Visiting Artist, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2005 | Visiting Artist, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS |
| 2004 | Artist-In-Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL |
| 2002-03 | Artist-in-Residence, Hunter College, New York, NY |
| 2001 | Visiting Artist, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
| 2000 | Artist-in-Residence, Alfred University, Alfred, NY Visiting Artist, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO & Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| 1999 | Visiting Artist, Connecticut College, New London, CT and the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Artist-in-Residence, University of Michigan, School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1996 | Artist-in-Residence, thematic “Pop Mass and Subculture,” The Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada Artist-in-Residence University of Georgia, Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1993 | Artist-in-Residence, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
Collections
The Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
The Lower Eastside Printshop, New York, NY
The Waldorf Astoria/Hilton, Orlando, FL
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, South Korea
Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Safeco Corporation, Seattle, WA
The University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Paul Allen Corporate Collection, Seattle, WA
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The Port of Seattle, Sea/Tac International Airport, Seattle, WA
Capital One, Richmond, VA
The Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado
Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA
The MTA Arts for Transit, Metro-North, Dobbs Ferry Station, NY
Publications
Erin Szento, "Flower Power", In New York Magazine, July 2006
Jerry Cullum, "Intricate Drawings Bring Beauty, Intimacy of Flora to Life", "tlantic Journal-Constitution, Jan.8, 2006 Craig Kellog, "Currents", The New York Times, July 1, 2004
R.B. Strauss, "Move It – Pentimenti … offers up a monumental show”,"rt Matters, Philadelphia, March 2004
Lori Hill, "First Friday Focus – Pentimenti Gallery", Philadelphia City Paper, March 11, 2004
Hall, Emily. In Arts News, The Stranger, January 30, 2003
Wagle, Kate. "Votive Influences: 4 Amer. Artists" Per Grazia Ricevuta, a cura Tropputi, Malagrina Editore, 2002
Wilson, John M. "A Glimpse of the Invisible", Ceramics Art and Perception (Australia), Issue 49, 2002.
Johnson, Ken. "Dreamy; Margaret Thatcher Projects", The New York Times, April 19, 2002.
Peter Held, A Ceramic Continuum – 50 Years of the Archie Bray Influence. University of Washington Press, 2001.
Riddle, Mason. "Review; Nancy Blum", Sculpture Magazine, March 1999.
Zimmer, William. "Art Bucolic or Upsetting, Suburbs as Locus", The New York Times (CT section) Nov. 29, 1998.