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

Solo Exhibitions

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

Selected Group Exhibitions

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

Awards

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

Education

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

Solo Exhibitions

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

Selected Group Exhibitions

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

Awards

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

Education

M.A., English, UCLA

B.A., English, University of Illinois, Chicago

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