Education, Fellowships:
M.F.A. Painting - Central Washington University - 1998
Graduate courses in painting and art history - Instituto Allende, Mexico -1997
M.F.A. Creative Writing - University of Alaska, Fairbanks - 1991
B.A. Interdisciplinary: Bio, Geo, Eng - St. Lawrence University - 1979
Grants/Awards:
Rasmuson Foundation Artist Project Award - 2004
(Travel to Nepal to paint in restricted region of Upper Mustang)
Artist Residency, Institute of Arctic Biology, Toolik Field Station -2004
AKART Art & Cultures Curriculum, Anchorage Museum of History and Art - 2004
Jared Baker Gutsy Artist Award, 64th Parallel Exhibit, FAA Bear Gallery - 2004
Second Place, 64th Parallel Exhibit, FAA Bear Gallery - 1999
Public Collections:
State of Alaska Art Bank
University of Alaska Museum of the North
University of Alaska Institute of Arctic Biology
Anchorage Museum of History and Art
% for Art DOT AK Marine Highway:
M/V Chenega
M/V Lituya
M/V Fairweather
Solo Exhibitions:
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK - 2012, 2002
Ozone Fine Arts Gallery, Newport OR - 2012
Marine Census - The Annex Art Space, Fairbanks, AK - 2010
Himalaya - Fairbanks Arts Association Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK - 2009
Intern. Polar Year, Arctic Ocean Diversity - Well Street - 2008
Entering Mustang - Well Street - 2006
FAA Bear Gallery - 2005, 2001
Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK - 2005
University of Alaska, Fine Arts Gallery, Fairbanks, AK - 2000
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition - Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, CWU, Ellensburg, WA - 1998
University of Alaska Writing Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK - 1996
Group Exhibitions:
Tributary / Abstract Sanctuary / Passage (Juried Exhibits) - Verum Ultimium, Portland, OR -
2015
For the Love of Science and Technology & other exhibits - Ozone - 2015-2011
64th Parallel Juried Exhibit - FAA Bear Gallery - 2013, 2010-2009, 2007-2004, 2002-1999
Invitational - The Annex - 2009
Masks Invitational - Well Street - 2009
Synthesis - International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK - 2007
Patterns of Influence Juried Exhibit - FAA Bear Gallery - 2007, 2004, 2001, 2000
Bones Invitational - Well Street - 2007
Miniature Exhibit - Well Street - 2006
BiPolor Exhibit - The Annex - 2006
Art Members - International Gallery of Contemporary Art - 2006
Gallery Artists Exhibit - Well Street - 2005, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999
Anniversary Exhibit - The Annex - 2005
Grand Opening - The Annex - 2004
Double XX AK Women's Art Invitational - FAA Bear Gallery - 2003
Spirit of Alaska - Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center, Kenai AK - 2002
SONOT - Alaska Pacific University - 2002
Letters Home - International Gallery of Contemporary Art - 2002
All Alaska Juried Art Exhibit - Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK -
2002, 2000
Defining the Abstract - International Gallery of Contemporary Art - 2001
Letters Home - FAA Bear Gallery - 2001
Decker Morris Gallery, Anchorage AK - 2001
SONOT On the Road Anchorage - Out North Gallery, Anchorage AK - 2001
SONOT On the Road Tok - Tok Community Center, Tok, AK - 2001
University Faculty Exhibit - FAA Bear Gallery - 2001
One Night Stand Art Happening, Bizarre Bazaar - The Annex - 2000
One Night Stand Art Happening, RAW - The Annex - 1999
Fine Arts Camp Instructors - University of Alaska Fine Arts Gallery - 1999
Central Washington Regional Exhibit - Larson Gallery, YVCC, Yakima, WA - 1998
CWU Juried Student Exhibit - Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA - 1997
Publications:
Cover Painting: Beneath the Portrait of a Horse by Cindy Hardy - 2010
Cover: UAF CIFAR (Cooperative Institute for Alaska Research) report to NOAA - 2009
Holiday Card: UAF Fisheries Department - 2008
Cover Painting: Inst. Arctic Biology Toolik Research Station 10 Yr. Plan - 2006
Cover Painting: Destruction Bay by Lisa D. Chavez - 1998