Public Art
Prairie Boat, a gathering space in Beaubien Woods Forest Preserve, Chicago, completed 2023
Cardinal/Crow Log Benches, Cornell Park, Chicago, completed 2019
De-constructed Monument, a carved tree sculpture, and Viewing Bench, Calumet Park,
Chicago, completed 2016-2017
The Reading Room, a multi-sculpture diorama, Purdue North Central University Library,
Hammond, Indiana, 2016-2018
Tales from the Woods, a multi-sculpture installation, Purdue North Central University
Library, Westville, Indiana, 2015-present
Picture Tree, a carved tree sculpture, 31st St. Marina, Chicago, completed 2013
Bas-relief Billboard, in Chicago Park District/Chicago Sculpture International Outdoor
Exhibition, Chicago lakefront, 2012-2013, and Purdue University, 2013-2014
Story Forest, a multi-sculpture diorama, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, 2010
Graftings, in Garden of Delights, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Brooklyn Bridge Park,
Brooklyn, New York, 2006
Kozuch Gallery, Chicago, 1996
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1996
Lake Street Gallery, Miller Beach, Indiana, 1994
Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois, 1994
Sazama/Brauer Gallery, Chicago 1988
Sculpture Invasion 2022, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
Build, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, 2020
True to Form: Works from Chicago Sculpture International, Brauer Museum of Art,
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, 2016
Invoking the Absence, Chicago Sculpture International 2014 Biennial Exhibition, Elks
National Veterans Memorial, Chicago, 2014
Six to the Third, Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 2011
Jumping Off of Cliff, artists influenced by H.C. Westermann, McCutchan Art Center/
Pace Galleries, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, 2010
Common Ground: Proposals for Public Art, Westchester Community College, Valhalla,
New York, 2007
Aesthetic Eye, Chicago, 2006 and 2005
Chicago Does Wood, Hull House Center for Arts and Culture, Chicago, 2005
Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, 2002
Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1993
Anderson Fine Arts Center, Invitational, Anderson, Indiana, 1993
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Director's Invitational, Staten Island, New York, 1990
Award of Excellence, "Sixteenth Harper College National Print and
Drawing Exhibition," Harper College, 1992
Merit Award, "Quad-State Juried Exhibition," Quincy Art Center, 1991
Robert Cooke and Rossanna Enlow Purchase Award, "Forty-First
Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition," Evansville Museum, 1988
Award, "Evanston and Vicinity: Paintings," Evanston Art Center, 1986
M.A., English, UCLA
B.A., English, University of Illinois, Chicago
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Public Art
Prairie Boat, a gathering space in Beaubien Woods Forest Preserve, Chicago, completed 2023
Cardinal/Crow Log Benches, Cornell Park, Chicago, completed 2019
De-constructed Monument, a carved tree sculpture, and Viewing Bench, Calumet Park,
Chicago, completed 2016-2017
The Reading Room, a multi-sculpture diorama, Purdue North Central University Library,
Hammond, Indiana, 2016-2018
Tales from the Woods, a multi-sculpture installation, Purdue North Central University
Library, Westville, Indiana, 2015-present
Picture Tree, a carved tree sculpture, 31st St. Marina, Chicago, completed 2013
Bas-relief Billboard, in Chicago Park District/Chicago Sculpture International Outdoor
Exhibition, Chicago lakefront, 2012-2013, and Purdue University, 2013-2014
Story Forest, a multi-sculpture diorama, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, 2010
Graftings, in Garden of Delights, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Brooklyn Bridge Park,
Brooklyn, New York, 2006
Kozuch Gallery, Chicago, 1996
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1996
Lake Street Gallery, Miller Beach, Indiana, 1994
Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois, 1994
Sazama/Brauer Gallery, Chicago 1988
Sculpture Invasion 2022, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
Build, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, 2020
True to Form: Works from Chicago Sculpture International, Brauer Museum of Art,
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN, 2016
Invoking the Absence, Chicago Sculpture International 2014 Biennial Exhibition, Elks
National Veterans Memorial, Chicago, 2014
Six to the Third, Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 2011
Jumping Off of Cliff, artists influenced by H.C. Westermann, McCutchan Art Center/
Pace Galleries, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, 2010
Common Ground: Proposals for Public Art, Westchester Community College, Valhalla,
New York, 2007
Aesthetic Eye, Chicago, 2006 and 2005
Chicago Does Wood, Hull House Center for Arts and Culture, Chicago, 2005
Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, 2002
Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1993
Anderson Fine Arts Center, Invitational, Anderson, Indiana, 1993
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Director's Invitational, Staten Island, New York, 1990
Award of Excellence, "Sixteenth Harper College National Print and
Drawing Exhibition," Harper College, 1992
Merit Award, "Quad-State Juried Exhibition," Quincy Art Center, 1991
Robert Cooke and Rossanna Enlow Purchase Award, "Forty-First
Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition," Evansville Museum, 1988
Award, "Evanston and Vicinity: Paintings," Evanston Art Center, 1986
M.A., English, UCLA
B.A., English, University of Illinois, Chicago
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