résumé
Education
BFA Photography, 1976, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
BS Arts & Media, 1980, Grand Valley State University, MI
Exhibitions & Awards
2010 International Color Awards nominee in Nature category
2010 Muse Gallery, Longmont, CO, "Beyond the Obvious" group photography exhibit
2010 Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO, "Confetti" exhibit
2009 Longmont Studio Tour, selected artist
2009 Art Center of Estes Park, CO, "Lines into Shapes"
2009 Redline Gallery, Denver, CO, "Art for Ransom", Premier Exhibitor
2009 Muse Gallery, Group Exhibition, Longmont, CO
2009 Boulder Chautauqua House, Boulder, CO , "The West, Old, New, Wild, True"
2009 Photography Masters Cup, International Color Awards, winner in Portrait category
2009 Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, Photographic Arts Center Members Exhibit
2009 Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, "Colorado Art Open 2009" , curated by Christoph Heinrich of the Denver Art Museum
2009 Louisville Art Association National Juried Photography Show, Louisville, CO, juried by Larry Padgett, founder of The Center for Fine Art Photography
2009 Al-Thani International Award for Photography, for "Lakota Boy"
2008 Photolucida Critical Mass, finalist, juried online portfolio review
2008 Atlanta Celebrates Photography, juried portfolio review
2008 Lafayette Community Art Show, a juried group exhibit
2008 Republic Plaza, juried group photography exhibit, Denver, CO
2008 Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, "Sugar Mill Row"
2008 Longmont Artwalk, juried photography exhibit
2007 Edge Gallery, Denver, juried photography show
2007 IPA - International Photography Awards, winner in Architecture category
2007 Al-Thani Award for Photography, for "Chi" and "Sisters"
2007 Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO, juried show "Regional Art Exposed"
2007 Spark Gallery, Denver Art District, juried group photography show
2007 Santa Fe PhotoArts Market, Santa Fe, NM, juried art show and sale
2007 Louisville Art Association, Annual Juried Photography Show, "Lot Lights"
2007 Art Wolfe’s Gallery, Seattle, WA, EP Invitational, winner "Lot Lights"
2007 Asia Society Museum, Park Avenue, NY
"Glass, Gilding, and Grand Design: Art of Sassanian Iran", photograph titled "Dome of the Rock"
February 15 - May 20, 2007
2007 Popular Photography Magazine, Annual Picture Contest
Grand Prize Award for "Chi", an architectural photograph depicting grand staircase at the Vatican
2006 Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, two-person show
June - July 2006
2005 Louisville Art Association, Annual Juried Photography Show
Judge’s Award for "Seamus and Daisy - Irish Peat Farmer and His Dog"
2004 Louisville Art Association, Annual Juried Photography Show
2nd place category winner for "Persian Boy at Wedding"
2003 Louisville Art Association, Annual Juried Photography Show
1st place category winner for "Moldovan Bride"
2003 Lafayette Art Center Community All Art Show
Best-of-Show for "Lily and the Rose"
Merit Award for Church Beggar - Chisinau, Moldova"
2003 Boulder County Community Services Building, Lafayette, CO
Ongoing permanent exhibit, photographic documentary titled "Lafayette Family Portrait"
Gallery Representation
Spirit Dancer Gallery, 225 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, NM. (Now closed.)
2007 - 2008
Saatchi Gallery Online, view at saatchi-gallery.com
2007 - 2008
Publications
2009 Al-Thani Award for Photography, hardcover coffee table book, winner for "Sisters"
2009 Photography Masters Cup, International Color Awards coffee table book, winner for "Sisters"
2008 Al-Thani Award for Photography, hardcover coffee table book, winner for "Lakota Boy"
2008 Colorado Magazine Online, June issue
Featured artist for "Big Sky"series
2008 Photography Masters Cup
International Color Awards coffee table book, for "Chi", an architectural photograph
2008 Colorado Magazine Online, April issue, photo essay "Nature: Butterfly Pavilion"
2007 Colorado Magazine Online, December issue, photo essay "1940’s Radio Show"
2007 Trierenberg Super Circuit 2008
International photography publication, "Chi" and "Sisters"
2007 Schmap.com, picture in online travel guide of Rome "Dove over the Sistine Chapel"
2007 Photography Vibes, book published by Photography Laureates, Canada
2007 Popular Photography Magazine, January, 2007 issue
2005 Tree Magic: Nature’s Antennas, CD book, SunShine Press Publications
1998 - present: Various publications including:
American Farrier’s Journal, cover photograph
Chinese Herbal Patent Medicines, by Jake Fratkin, hundreds of photos
Capstone Press, various children’s magazine publications
Pilgrim Press, In Good Company, a coffee table book
Invited Talks
FOTO3 Expo, Ft. Collins, CO, entitled "How to present your work to museums, galleries, and how to get published"
Memberships
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Boulder Digital Arts, Boulder, CO
Photo Salon, Longmont, CO
LinkedIn, online professional networking site