EDUCATION:
1992 Master of Fine Arts, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1987 Bachelor of Arts, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TEACHING:
1992- Professor of Art, Morehead State University, Kentucky
Current
GRANTS:
2017 Great Meadows Foundation, Artist Professional Development Grant, Kentucky
2013 Creative Production Grant, Morehead State University, Kentucky
2012 W. Paul & Lucille Caudill Little Foundation, Fuse the Muse Grant, Rowan County
Arts Center, Morehead, Kentucky
2008 Creative Production Grant, Morehead State University, Kentucky
2003 Creative Production Grant, Morehead State University, Kentucky
2002 Kentucky Arts Council Grant, Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky
1995 Creative Production Grant, Morehead State University, Kentucky
1994 Kentucky Arts Council Grant, Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky
1992 Product Grant Recipient, Liquitex Excellence Art Grant Program
AWARDS & HONORS:
2022 Juror Award: Digital, ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibit,
GRCC Paul Collins Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2020 Best of Experimental Media Award, Balance & Resilience, National Juried Exhibit,
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
2019 Distinguished Creative Production Award, Morehead State University,
Kentucky
2018 Juror, Summerfair AIA Grants, Cincinnati, Ohio
2013 Juror, Pennsylvania College of Technology Exhibit, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
2012 Juror, Ohio University Exhibit, Athens, Ohio
2010 Distinguished Creative Production Award, Morehead State University,
Kentucky
2005 Purchase Award, Appalachian Corridors, Regional 13-State Juried Exhibit,
The Clay Center's Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, West Virginia
Jury Prize, Visions IX, International Juried Exhibit, The Cathedral Foundation,
Covington, Kentucky
1996 2nd Place Award, Combined Talents, National Juried Exhibit, Florida State
University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
1995 Outstanding Alumnus, Awarded for graduating year: 1992, Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio
1993 Honorable Mention, Exhibition 280: Works Off Walls, Regional Juried, Huntington
Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
COMMISSIONS:
2023
Turtle Walk, Public Art: Sculpture, Juried, sponsored by Morehead Tourism, Morehead, Kentucky
2022 LexARTS, Public Art: Sculpture, Horse Mania, Juried Regional, Lexington, Kentucky
LexARTS, Hand-painted Maker's Mark Whiskey Bottles, Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Morehead State University, President's Centennial Project: Limited Edition Prints, Morehead, Kentucky
2011 Rowan County Library, Juried, Morehead, Kentucky
2003 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Public Art: Sculpture, Dinomite Days,
Juried, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
COLLECTIONS:
2022
Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Lexington, Kentucky
Private Collector, Lexington, Kentucky
2019
The City of Decatur, Georgia
Private Collector, New York City, New York
Private Collector, Montgomery, Ohio
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Portland, Oregon
2018
Rajant Corporation, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Decatur, Georgia
Private Collector, Pasadena California
2017
Private Collector, Portland, Oregon
2016
Private Collector Greenwich, Connecticut
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Turnersville, New Jersey
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
2015
Private Collector, Portland, Oregon
Private Collectors, Morehead, Kentucky
2012
Private Collector, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Private Collector, Miami, Florida
Private Collector, Bronxville, New York
2011
Rowan County Library, Juried, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
2010
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
2009
Private Collector, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Portland, Oregon
2008
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Private Collector, Como, Italy
Private Collector, Charleston, West Virginia
Private Collector, New York City, New York
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Kentucky
2006
State Representative, Greenwich, Connecticut
2005
The Clay Center's Avampato Museum, Charleston, West Virginia
State Representative, Greenwich, Connecticut
2003
Pittsburgh Image Glass (PPG), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998
Private Collector, Lexington, Kentucky
1997
Private Collector, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EXHIBITIONS:
2023
GRCC Collins Gallery, ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibit, Grand Rapids, Michigan
ArtFields, southern Arts Festival Exhibit & Competition, Southeastern 12-State
Juried, Lake City, South Carolina
2022
GRCC Paul Collins Gallery, ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibit, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Living Arts & Science Center, Different Points of View: Abstract Art, 3 Person, Invitational, Lexington,
Kentucky
2021
William King Museum, From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern
Appalachian Highlands, Regional Juried, Abingdon, Virginia; Juror: Michael Rooks,
Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia
2020
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 32nd Annual Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts
Exhibition, International Juried, Online due to COVID-19, Decatur, Georgia
Eastern Kentucky University, Balance & Resilience, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
LaGrange Art Museum, Third LaGrange Southeast Regional, Juried, LaGrange, Georgia
2019
Waterloo Arts Fest Juried Exhibition, International Juried (U.S. & Canada), Cleveland, Ohio
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 31st Annual Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts
Exhibition, International Juried, Decatur, Georgia
Manifest Gallery, Ohio, Kentucky & Pennsylvania Regional Showcase, Regional
Juried, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Carnegie, Auto//Update, Fotofocus Regional Juried, Covington, Kentucky
Georgetown College, The State of Photography, Statewide Invitational, Georgetown, Kentucky
2018
Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Abstraction at Large, International Juried, Brooklyn, New
York; Juror: Eleanor Heartney, author and contributing Editor to Art in America and
Artnews
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, ArtPrize, International Juried, Grand
Rapids, Michigan
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 2018 Fine Arts Exhibition, International
Juried, Decatur, Georgia
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2017
Dab Art & H Gallery + Studios, International Juried Photography Exhibit,
International Juried, Los Angeles, CA
Barrett Art Center, Digitalia, National Juried, Poughkeepsie, NY
Eastern Kentucky University, Order & Chaos, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 2017 Fine Arts Exhibition, International
Juried, Decatur, Georgia
ArtFields, southern Arts Festival Exhibit & Competition, Southeastern 12-State
Juried, Lake City, South Carolina
Kentucky Arts Council, Ways of Seeing, Statewide Juried, Traveling: Eastern
Kentucky University, Richmond, KY; Whitley County Fine Arts, Williamsburg, KY;
Center for Rural Development, Somerset, KY; Glema Mahr Center for the Arts,
Madisonville, KY
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2016
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Take Ten: The Gallery celebrates a decade of
contemporary art, National Invitational, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
LaGrange Art Museum, First LaGrange Southeast Regional, Regional Juried,
LaGrange, Georgia
Rockford Art Museum, The Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Midwestern Juried,
Rockford, Illinois
Visual Art Exchange, Contemporary South, Regional (Southern States) Juried,
Raleigh, North Carolina; Juror: Kristin Fleischmann Brewer, Director of
Programming, Pulitzer Arts Foundation
Kentucky Arts Council, Ways of Seeing, Statewide Juried, Traveling: Appalachian
Artisan Center, Hindman, Kentucky
Kentucky Arts Council, This is 50, Statewide Juried, Convention Center, Lexington,
Kentucky
2015
Living Arts & Science Center, Capturing Light, Two Person, Invitational, Lexington,
Kentucky
Alexandria Museum of Art, 28th Annual September Competition, International
Juried, Alexandria, Louisiana
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Abstract Sanctuary, International Juried, Portland,
Oregon
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 2015 Fine Arts Exhibition, International
Juried, Decatur, Georgia; Co-juror: Amanda Hellman, Curator of African Art,
Michael Carlos Museum, Emory University
Ellington-White Contemporary Art Gallery, Earthy Abstractions, National Juried,
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, National Juried, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Community College, National Juried, Youngstown,
Pennsylvania
Visual Art Exchange, Contemporary South, Regional (Southern States) Juried,
Raleigh, North Carolina; Juror: Chad Alligood, Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of
American Art, Bentonville, AR
ArtFields, Southern Arts Festival Exhibit & Competition, Southeastern 12-State
Juried, Lake City, South Carolina
William King Museum, From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern
Appalachian Highlands, Regional Juried, Abingdon, Virginia; Juror: Stephen Wicks,
Bernstein Curator at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee
Huntington Museum of Art, Exhibition 280, Regional Juried, Huntington, West
Virginia; Juror: Patterson Sims, author, former Director of the Montclair Art
Museum, and former Deputy Director for Research of the MoMA
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2014
Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas National, National Juried,
Nacogdoches, Texas
Eastern Kentucky University, Beauty Matters, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
Kentucky Arts Council, Uncommon Wealth, Statewide Juried, Traveling:
Glema Mahr Arts Center, Madisonville, Kentucky; Berea Arts Council, Berea,
Kentucky; Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky; Spalding University, Louisville,
Kentucky; and Rowan County Arts Center, Morehead, Kentucky; Juror: Jenine
Culligan, Senior Curator, Huntington Museum of Art, WV
2013
Buchanan Center for the Arts, 64 Arts, National Juried, Monmouth, Illinois;
Juror: April Gornik, nationally recognized artist
Majestic Galleries, National Juried, Nelsonville, Ohio
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, A Sense of Place, National Juried, Augusta,
Georgia
Eastern Kentucky University, Crossroads, National Juried, Richmond, Kentucky
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, National Juried, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Community College, National Juried, Youngstown,
Pennsylvania
Kentucky Arts Council, Uncommon Wealth, Regional Juried, Traveling exhibit,
Lyric Theatre & Cultural Center, Lexington, Kentucky; Juror: Jenine Culligan, Senior
Curator, Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
2012
Rowan County Arts Center, Art After Cuba, Two Person, Juried, Morehead,
Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky University, Living with Others, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2011
Rosewood Gallery, One Person Exhibit, National Juried, Kettering, Ohio
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, A Sense of Place, National Juried, Augusta,
Georgia
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, National Juried, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Community College, National Juried, Youngstown,
Pennsylvania
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
Mezzanine Gallery: Government Center, Two Person, Invitational, Lexington,
Kentucky
2010
Lexington Art League, KY 7 Biennial, Regional 7-State Juried, Lexington, Kentucky
2009
University of Michigan Hospital, One Person, National Juried, Ann Arbor,
Michigan
2008
Pennsylvania College of Technology, One Person, National Juried, Williamsport,
Pennsylvania
Stephen Austin State University, Texas National, National Juried, Texas;
Juror: Artist Roger Shimomura
Eastern Kentucky University, Space, Place and Light, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
Callen McJunkin Gallery, Art on Paper, Small Group Invitational, Charleston,
West Virginia
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford Midwestern, Regional 9-State Juried Biennial,
Rockford, Illinois
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2007
Berea College, One Person, National Juried, Berea, Kentucky
Truman State University, 17th Annual National Art Competition, National Juried
Small Group, Kirksville, Missouri
Holter Museum of Art, Ana 35, National Juried, Helena, Montana
Transylvania University: Morlan Gallery, To Have & To Hold, Small Group
Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art , Uncommon Wealth, Traveling,Statewide Juried
Invitational, Owensboro, Kentucky
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
The Living Arts & Science Center: Gloria Singletary Gallery, Kentucky Visions,
Statewide Juried Invitational, Traveling, Lexington, Kentucky
Ann Davis Gallery, Group Invitational, Ashland, Kentucky
The Actors Theatre, Uncommon Wealth, Traveling, Statewide Juried Invitational,
Louisville, Kentucky
2006
Cathedral Basilica, Visions X, International Juried, Covington, Kentucky
Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show,
National Juried, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of
Contemporary art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Alexandria Museum of Art, 19th Annual September Exhibition, National Juried,
Alexandria, Louisiana
Parthenon, SECAC/MACAA Conference, Midwest and Southeastern States Juried,
Nashville, Tennessee; Juror: Eleanor Heartney, Contributing Editor Art in America
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, National Juried, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Community College, National Juried, Youngwood,
Pennsylvania
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford Midwestern, Regional 9-State Juried Biennial,
Rockford, Illinois; Juror: Gregory Knight, Chief Curator, Chicago Cultural Center
Dairy Barn, OH+5, Regional 5-State Juried, Athens, Ohio
The Southern Ohio Museum, Regional Juried, Portsmouth, Ohio;
Juror: Mark Cole, Associate Curator of American Painting & Sculpture,
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lexington Art League, Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council
Fellowships, Statewide Juried Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky
2005
The Clay Center's Avampato Museum, Appalachian Corridors, Regional 13-State
Juried, Charleston, West Virginia; Juror: Faith Ringgold, International artist
Cathedral Basilica, Visions IX, International Juried, Covington, Kentucky
Lexington Art League: Loudon House, Social Scan, National Juried, Lexington,
Kentucky
Buckham Gallery, 20th Anniversary Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational Juried, Flint,
Michigan
2004
Actors Theatre, Kentucky Arts Council Fellowship Exhibit, Juried Invitational,
Louisville, Kentucky
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky
2002
Three Rivers Arts Festival, “Three Dimensional Art,” National Juried, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky
2000
Center for Visual Arts, National Juried, Denton, Texas; Juror: Mark Leach,
Director Mint Museum of Craft & Design
Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, National Juried, Tempe, Arizona
University of Miami, Southern Graphics Conference, National Juried, Miami
Florida
http://ghostmachine.asu.edu/gallery.html, Ghost Machine Print Project, On-line
Exhibit
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky; Juror: Julien Robson, Curator
of Contemporary Art, JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
1999
Coker College, One Person, Hartsville, South Carolina
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, International Juried, Summit, New Jersey;
Juror: Lisa Dennison, Director & Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Watermark Cargo Gallery, International Juried, Kingston, New York; Juror:
Judy Pfaff, International artist
Alexandria Museum of Art, International Juried, Alexandria, Louisiana;
Juror: Beth Handler, Assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Cleveland State University, Invitational, Cleveland, Ohio
William King Regional Arts Center, From These Hills, Regional Juried, Abingdon,
Virginia
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky
1998
Abraham Lubelski Gallery, Curated, 99 44/100% Pure, New York City, New York
Maude Kern Arts Center, The Third Dimension, Eugene, Oregon
Transylvania University, Three Person, Lexington, Kentucky
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky; Juror: Stoddard, Assistant
Curator, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center
1997
Dublin Arts Council Gallery, One Person, Dublin, Ohio
Radford University, One Person, Radford, Virginia
Buckham Gallery, Almost, but not Quiet, Flint, Michigan.
Huntington Museum of Art, Exhibition 280, Regional Juried, Huntington, West
Virginia
Heike Pickett Gallery, Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Bank One Gallery, Fusion>Art+Technology, Invitational, Louisville, Kentucky
1996
ECC Visual and Performing Arts Center Gallery, One Person, Elgin, Illinois
Lincoln Center, One Person, Fort Collins, Colorado
Rosewood Art Center, Two Person, Kettering, Ohio
RCCA: The Arts Center, Three Person, Troy, New York
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Combined Talents,
National Juried, Tallahassee, Florida
Elmira College, Sculpture Invitational, National Juried, Elmira, New York
1995
The Casements, One Person, Ormond Beach, Florida
Carnegie Arts Center, One Person, Covington, Kentucky
Berea College, One Person, Berea, Kentucky
Museo ItaloAmericano, Mostra 95: Sei artisti italo-americani, Juried,
San Francisco, California
University of Pittsburgh: UP Gallery, Two Person, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chemeketa College Art Gallery, American Portfolio: Twelve Artists, Curated
National, Salem, Oregon
1994
Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Into Wood, Cleveland, Ohio
Quincy University: The Gray Gallery, One Person, Quincy, Illinois
Artswatch, Two Person, Louisville, Kentucky
Ralston Fine Art, Four Person, Johnson City, Tennessee
Central Missouri State University, Ninth Annual Greater Midwest International
Exhibition, International Juried, Warrenburg, Missouri; Juror: Peter Morrin,
Director, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Allentown Art Museum,24th Juried Show, National Juried, Allentown,
Pennsylvania; Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn
Museum
Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1993
Morehead State University Gallery, One Person, Morehead, Kentucky
Capitol Arts Center, New Works, Two Person, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Southeastern Juried Exhibit, Mobile, Alabama;
Juror: Dr. Hopkins, Director of UCLA Art Gallery
Huntington Museum of Art, Exhibition 280: Works Off Walls, Regional Juried,
Huntington, West Virginia
Murray State University: Eagle Gallery, New Blood, Multi-Regional Juried,
Murray, Kentucky; Juror: R. Sommerson, Rhode Island School of Design
1992
Stamford Art Association, Twelfth Annual Faber Birren Color Award Show,
National Juried, Stamford, Connecticut; Juror: Barbara Haskell, Curator, Whitney
Museum of Art
Transylvania University: Morlan Gallery, Book +: A Curated Exhibition of
Emerging Artists, Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Ohio University: Seigfred Gallery, Two Person, Athens, Ohio
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Area Art on View, Regional Juried, Athens, Ohio
Ohio State University: Hopkins Hall Gallery, Juried, Columbus, Ohio
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS:
2015 Floyd County Schools, Color and Pattern Workshop, Jenny Wiley Convention
Center, Kentucky
2013 Kentucky Art Education Association, Digital Photography Workshop for Teachers’
Professional Development, Morehead State University, Kentucky
2012 Ohio University, Visiting Artist Lecture and Graduate Studio Visits, Athens, Ohio
2011 University of Kentucky: Osher Learning Institute, Digital Photography
Workshop, West Liberty, Kentucky
2008 Pennsylvania College of Technology, Digital Photo Stitching Workshop,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
University of Kentucky: Osher Learning Institute, Digital Photography
Workshop, Morehead, Kentucky
2007 Southeastern College Art Association, Panelist, Gesture & Process: The Influence
of New Media on Visual Arts Education & Practice, Charleston, West Virginia
Berea College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Berea, Kentucky
Marshall University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Huntington, West Virginia
2005 Lexington Art League, Panel Discussion: Social Scan, Lexington, Kentucky
1999 Coker College Gallery, Gallery Lecture, Hartsville, South Carolina
1996 ECC Visual & Performing Arts Center Gallery, Gallery Lecture, Elgin, Illinois
1995 University of Pittsburgh, Gallery Lecture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Kentucky, Visiting Artist Lecture, Lexington, Kentucky
Speed Art Museum, Computer Art Demonstrations & Workshops, Louisville,
Kentucky
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Horse Mania 2022 Commemorative Book, LexArts, Lexington, Kentucky, color image
From These Hills Exhibition Catalog, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon,
Virginia, September 2021, color image
Manifest Exhibition Annual (MEAs 14), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, forthcoming,
includes color image
Good Bokeh: Focusing on Fine Art Photographers, Dab Art, Los Angeles, California, 2017, includes
color image; Added to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Balch Art Research Library
collection
Take Ten: The Gallery celebrates a decade of contemporary art Catalog, Pennsylvania College of
Technology, National Invitational, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 2016, includes color image,
statement & biography
Ways of Seeing Catalog, Kentucky Arts Council website, 2 color images, 2016
http://artscouncil.ky.gov/KAC/Showcasing/WaysOfSeeingExhibit.htm
28th September Exhibition Catalog, Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana, 2015, includes color
image & statement
Huntington 280 Exhibition Catalog, Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia, 2015, includes
essay mention and color image
ArtFields Exhibition Catalog, Lake City, South Carolina, 2015
Art After Cuba Exhibition Catalog, The Rowan County Arts Center, 2012, includes 7 color images
Dayton City Paper, “A Peripheral Panorama: Digital Montage and Geometric Repetition at
Rosewood,” Volume 8, October 4-10, 2011, color image
Dayton Daily News, “Taking Note of Life’s Repetitive Cycles, Routines,” Section D, p. 24, Sunday,
October 2, 2011
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, “Sparkling in the Sun,” Section B, p. 1, July 16, 2010
Texas National Exhibition Catalog, Steven F. Austin State University, 2008, color image
Space, Place and Light Exhibition Catalog, Eastern Kentucky University, 2008, color image
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, “Mirror, Mirror,” Section B, p. 1, September 11, 2008, color image
Lexington Herald-Leader, “Couples Designing a Life Together,” Lexington, Kentucky,
February 11, 2007, includes color image
Visions X Exhibition Catalog, The Cathedral Foundation, October 2006, color image
Appalachian Corridors Exhibition Catalog, The Clay Center's Avampato Discovery Museum,
October 2005, color image
Visions IX Exhibition Catalog, The Cathedral Foundation, October 2005, 3 color images
Dinosaurs of Distinction: The Art of Dinomite Days, Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
Broudy Printing Inc, p. 48, 2003, includes 2 color images
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Website
www.dinomitedays.org/designs/mesag.htm, includes one color image
Auction Catalog, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, color image
Dinomite Days Postcard, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, color image, one of a select few
dinosaurs reproduced
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Section G, p.11, July 27, 2003, color image
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Dinomite Days,” Section C, p. 3, May 19, 2003, color image
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Pgh Goes Prehistoric...,” Section E, p. 6, May 16, 2003
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Strong Images,” Section C, p. 8, p.12, June 8, 2002
Arts Across Kentucky, Winter 2001, 2 color images
Materials Hard & Soft Exhibition Catalog, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, February 2000
Encaustic Works Exhibition Catalog, Watermark Cargo Gallery, Kingston, New York, December
1999, color image
17th Annual September Competition Exhibition Catalog, Alexandria Museum of Art, August 1999,
black & white image
From These Hills Exhibition Catalog, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, Virginia, July
1999, color image
Janus Head, Juried, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature, Philosophy, Psychology and the
Arts, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Summer 1999, work featured on cover
(color image); also on-line: www.janushead.org, Summer 1999, 7 color images
The Columbus Dispatch, “Old Techniques Combines With Complex Shapes,” Columbus, Ohio,
December 7, 1997, includes 5 color images
Fusion>Art+Technology Exhibition Catalog, Bank One Gallery, 1997, www.bankone.com/artshow
The Albany Times Union, “Four Art Installations await the Viewer,” Albany, New York,
November 3, 1996
Combined Talents Exhibition Catalog, Tallahassee, Florida, August 1996, black & white image
One Person Exhibit Catalog, ECC Visual & Performing Arts Center Gallery, April-May 1996,
http://elgin.cc.us./gallery.htm
The Courier, “Computers Harness Artist’s Imagination,” Elgin, Illinois, May 12, 1996, includes
black & white image
Dayton Daily News, “Chaos in the Gallery,” Dayton, Ohio, April 14, 1996, includes black & white
image
Northwest Herald, “Art by Mesa-Gaido on View at College,” Elgin, Illinois, April 19, 1996, includes
black & white image
Kane County Chronicle, “Three-Dimensional Art Displayed at ECC Show,” Geneva, Illinois,
April 19, 1996, includes black & white image
The Times, “Rosewood Exhibit,” Kettering, Ohio, March 27,1996
The Express Times, “Juried Art Show Provides Food For Thought,” Allentown, Pennsylvania,
February 18, 1994, p.D-7
Southeastern Juried Exhibition Catalog, Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama, 1993
Exhibition 280: Works Off Walls Catalog, Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia, 1993
New Blood Exhibition Catalog, Eagle Gallery, Murray, Kentucky, 1993
1992 Master of Fine Arts, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1987 Bachelor of Arts, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TEACHING:
1992- Professor of Art, Morehead State University, Kentucky
Current
GRANTS:
2017 Great Meadows Foundation, Artist Professional Development Grant, Kentucky
2013 Creative Production Grant, Morehead State University, Kentucky
2012 W. Paul & Lucille Caudill Little Foundation, Fuse the Muse Grant, Rowan County
Arts Center, Morehead, Kentucky
2008 Creative Production Grant, Morehead State University, Kentucky
2003 Creative Production Grant, Morehead State University, Kentucky
2002 Kentucky Arts Council Grant, Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky
1995 Creative Production Grant, Morehead State University, Kentucky
1994 Kentucky Arts Council Grant, Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky
1992 Product Grant Recipient, Liquitex Excellence Art Grant Program
AWARDS & HONORS:
2022 Juror Award: Digital, ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibit,
GRCC Paul Collins Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2020 Best of Experimental Media Award, Balance & Resilience, National Juried Exhibit,
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
2019 Distinguished Creative Production Award, Morehead State University,
Kentucky
2018 Juror, Summerfair AIA Grants, Cincinnati, Ohio
2013 Juror, Pennsylvania College of Technology Exhibit, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
2012 Juror, Ohio University Exhibit, Athens, Ohio
2010 Distinguished Creative Production Award, Morehead State University,
Kentucky
2005 Purchase Award, Appalachian Corridors, Regional 13-State Juried Exhibit,
The Clay Center's Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, West Virginia
Jury Prize, Visions IX, International Juried Exhibit, The Cathedral Foundation,
Covington, Kentucky
1996 2nd Place Award, Combined Talents, National Juried Exhibit, Florida State
University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
1995 Outstanding Alumnus, Awarded for graduating year: 1992, Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio
1993 Honorable Mention, Exhibition 280: Works Off Walls, Regional Juried, Huntington
Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
COMMISSIONS:
2023
Turtle Walk, Public Art: Sculpture, Juried, sponsored by Morehead Tourism, Morehead, Kentucky
2022 LexARTS, Public Art: Sculpture, Horse Mania, Juried Regional, Lexington, Kentucky
LexARTS, Hand-painted Maker's Mark Whiskey Bottles, Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Morehead State University, President's Centennial Project: Limited Edition Prints, Morehead, Kentucky
2011 Rowan County Library, Juried, Morehead, Kentucky
2003 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Public Art: Sculpture, Dinomite Days,
Juried, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
COLLECTIONS:
2022
Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Lexington, Kentucky
Private Collector, Lexington, Kentucky
2019
The City of Decatur, Georgia
Private Collector, New York City, New York
Private Collector, Montgomery, Ohio
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Portland, Oregon
2018
Rajant Corporation, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Decatur, Georgia
Private Collector, Pasadena California
2017
Private Collector, Portland, Oregon
2016
Private Collector Greenwich, Connecticut
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Turnersville, New Jersey
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
2015
Private Collector, Portland, Oregon
Private Collectors, Morehead, Kentucky
2012
Private Collector, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Private Collector, Miami, Florida
Private Collector, Bronxville, New York
2011
Rowan County Library, Juried, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
2010
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
2009
Private Collector, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Portland, Oregon
2008
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Private Collector, Como, Italy
Private Collector, Charleston, West Virginia
Private Collector, New York City, New York
Private Collector, Morehead, Kentucky
Private Collector, Kentucky
2006
State Representative, Greenwich, Connecticut
2005
The Clay Center's Avampato Museum, Charleston, West Virginia
State Representative, Greenwich, Connecticut
2003
Pittsburgh Image Glass (PPG), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1998
Private Collector, Lexington, Kentucky
1997
Private Collector, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EXHIBITIONS:
2023
GRCC Collins Gallery, ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibit, Grand Rapids, Michigan
ArtFields, southern Arts Festival Exhibit & Competition, Southeastern 12-State
Juried, Lake City, South Carolina
2022
GRCC Paul Collins Gallery, ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibit, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Living Arts & Science Center, Different Points of View: Abstract Art, 3 Person, Invitational, Lexington,
Kentucky
2021
William King Museum, From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern
Appalachian Highlands, Regional Juried, Abingdon, Virginia; Juror: Michael Rooks,
Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia
2020
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 32nd Annual Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts
Exhibition, International Juried, Online due to COVID-19, Decatur, Georgia
Eastern Kentucky University, Balance & Resilience, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
LaGrange Art Museum, Third LaGrange Southeast Regional, Juried, LaGrange, Georgia
2019
Waterloo Arts Fest Juried Exhibition, International Juried (U.S. & Canada), Cleveland, Ohio
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 31st Annual Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts
Exhibition, International Juried, Decatur, Georgia
Manifest Gallery, Ohio, Kentucky & Pennsylvania Regional Showcase, Regional
Juried, Cincinnati, Ohio
The Carnegie, Auto//Update, Fotofocus Regional Juried, Covington, Kentucky
Georgetown College, The State of Photography, Statewide Invitational, Georgetown, Kentucky
2018
Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Abstraction at Large, International Juried, Brooklyn, New
York; Juror: Eleanor Heartney, author and contributing Editor to Art in America and
Artnews
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, ArtPrize, International Juried, Grand
Rapids, Michigan
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 2018 Fine Arts Exhibition, International
Juried, Decatur, Georgia
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2017
Dab Art & H Gallery + Studios, International Juried Photography Exhibit,
International Juried, Los Angeles, CA
Barrett Art Center, Digitalia, National Juried, Poughkeepsie, NY
Eastern Kentucky University, Order & Chaos, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 2017 Fine Arts Exhibition, International
Juried, Decatur, Georgia
ArtFields, southern Arts Festival Exhibit & Competition, Southeastern 12-State
Juried, Lake City, South Carolina
Kentucky Arts Council, Ways of Seeing, Statewide Juried, Traveling: Eastern
Kentucky University, Richmond, KY; Whitley County Fine Arts, Williamsburg, KY;
Center for Rural Development, Somerset, KY; Glema Mahr Center for the Arts,
Madisonville, KY
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2016
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Take Ten: The Gallery celebrates a decade of
contemporary art, National Invitational, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
LaGrange Art Museum, First LaGrange Southeast Regional, Regional Juried,
LaGrange, Georgia
Rockford Art Museum, The Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Midwestern Juried,
Rockford, Illinois
Visual Art Exchange, Contemporary South, Regional (Southern States) Juried,
Raleigh, North Carolina; Juror: Kristin Fleischmann Brewer, Director of
Programming, Pulitzer Arts Foundation
Kentucky Arts Council, Ways of Seeing, Statewide Juried, Traveling: Appalachian
Artisan Center, Hindman, Kentucky
Kentucky Arts Council, This is 50, Statewide Juried, Convention Center, Lexington,
Kentucky
2015
Living Arts & Science Center, Capturing Light, Two Person, Invitational, Lexington,
Kentucky
Alexandria Museum of Art, 28th Annual September Competition, International
Juried, Alexandria, Louisiana
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Abstract Sanctuary, International Juried, Portland,
Oregon
Agnes Scott College: Dalton Gallery, 2015 Fine Arts Exhibition, International
Juried, Decatur, Georgia; Co-juror: Amanda Hellman, Curator of African Art,
Michael Carlos Museum, Emory University
Ellington-White Contemporary Art Gallery, Earthy Abstractions, National Juried,
Fayetteville, North Carolina
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, National Juried, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Community College, National Juried, Youngstown,
Pennsylvania
Visual Art Exchange, Contemporary South, Regional (Southern States) Juried,
Raleigh, North Carolina; Juror: Chad Alligood, Curator, Crystal Bridges Museum of
American Art, Bentonville, AR
ArtFields, Southern Arts Festival Exhibit & Competition, Southeastern 12-State
Juried, Lake City, South Carolina
William King Museum, From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern
Appalachian Highlands, Regional Juried, Abingdon, Virginia; Juror: Stephen Wicks,
Bernstein Curator at the Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville, Tennessee
Huntington Museum of Art, Exhibition 280, Regional Juried, Huntington, West
Virginia; Juror: Patterson Sims, author, former Director of the Montclair Art
Museum, and former Deputy Director for Research of the MoMA
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2014
Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas National, National Juried,
Nacogdoches, Texas
Eastern Kentucky University, Beauty Matters, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
Kentucky Arts Council, Uncommon Wealth, Statewide Juried, Traveling:
Glema Mahr Arts Center, Madisonville, Kentucky; Berea Arts Council, Berea,
Kentucky; Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky; Spalding University, Louisville,
Kentucky; and Rowan County Arts Center, Morehead, Kentucky; Juror: Jenine
Culligan, Senior Curator, Huntington Museum of Art, WV
2013
Buchanan Center for the Arts, 64 Arts, National Juried, Monmouth, Illinois;
Juror: April Gornik, nationally recognized artist
Majestic Galleries, National Juried, Nelsonville, Ohio
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, A Sense of Place, National Juried, Augusta,
Georgia
Eastern Kentucky University, Crossroads, National Juried, Richmond, Kentucky
Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, National Juried, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Community College, National Juried, Youngstown,
Pennsylvania
Kentucky Arts Council, Uncommon Wealth, Regional Juried, Traveling exhibit,
Lyric Theatre & Cultural Center, Lexington, Kentucky; Juror: Jenine Culligan, Senior
Curator, Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
2012
Rowan County Arts Center, Art After Cuba, Two Person, Juried, Morehead,
Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky University, Living with Others, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2011
Rosewood Gallery, One Person Exhibit, National Juried, Kettering, Ohio
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, A Sense of Place, National Juried, Augusta,
Georgia
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, National Juried, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Community College, National Juried, Youngstown,
Pennsylvania
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
Mezzanine Gallery: Government Center, Two Person, Invitational, Lexington,
Kentucky
2010
Lexington Art League, KY 7 Biennial, Regional 7-State Juried, Lexington, Kentucky
2009
University of Michigan Hospital, One Person, National Juried, Ann Arbor,
Michigan
2008
Pennsylvania College of Technology, One Person, National Juried, Williamsport,
Pennsylvania
Stephen Austin State University, Texas National, National Juried, Texas;
Juror: Artist Roger Shimomura
Eastern Kentucky University, Space, Place and Light, National Juried, Richmond,
Kentucky
Callen McJunkin Gallery, Art on Paper, Small Group Invitational, Charleston,
West Virginia
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford Midwestern, Regional 9-State Juried Biennial,
Rockford, Illinois
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
2007
Berea College, One Person, National Juried, Berea, Kentucky
Truman State University, 17th Annual National Art Competition, National Juried
Small Group, Kirksville, Missouri
Holter Museum of Art, Ana 35, National Juried, Helena, Montana
Transylvania University: Morlan Gallery, To Have & To Hold, Small Group
Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art , Uncommon Wealth, Traveling,Statewide Juried
Invitational, Owensboro, Kentucky
Capitol Annex, Kentucky Visions, Kentucky Arts Council Statewide Juried,
Frankfort, Kentucky
The Living Arts & Science Center: Gloria Singletary Gallery, Kentucky Visions,
Statewide Juried Invitational, Traveling, Lexington, Kentucky
Ann Davis Gallery, Group Invitational, Ashland, Kentucky
The Actors Theatre, Uncommon Wealth, Traveling, Statewide Juried Invitational,
Louisville, Kentucky
2006
Cathedral Basilica, Visions X, International Juried, Covington, Kentucky
Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show,
National Juried, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of
Contemporary art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Alexandria Museum of Art, 19th Annual September Exhibition, National Juried,
Alexandria, Louisiana
Parthenon, SECAC/MACAA Conference, Midwest and Southeastern States Juried,
Nashville, Tennessee; Juror: Eleanor Heartney, Contributing Editor Art in America
Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, National Juried, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County Community College, National Juried, Youngwood,
Pennsylvania
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford Midwestern, Regional 9-State Juried Biennial,
Rockford, Illinois; Juror: Gregory Knight, Chief Curator, Chicago Cultural Center
Dairy Barn, OH+5, Regional 5-State Juried, Athens, Ohio
The Southern Ohio Museum, Regional Juried, Portsmouth, Ohio;
Juror: Mark Cole, Associate Curator of American Painting & Sculpture,
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lexington Art League, Uncommon Wealth: Legacy of the Kentucky Arts Council
Fellowships, Statewide Juried Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky
2005
The Clay Center's Avampato Museum, Appalachian Corridors, Regional 13-State
Juried, Charleston, West Virginia; Juror: Faith Ringgold, International artist
Cathedral Basilica, Visions IX, International Juried, Covington, Kentucky
Lexington Art League: Loudon House, Social Scan, National Juried, Lexington,
Kentucky
Buckham Gallery, 20th Anniversary Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational Juried, Flint,
Michigan
2004
Actors Theatre, Kentucky Arts Council Fellowship Exhibit, Juried Invitational,
Louisville, Kentucky
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky
2002
Three Rivers Arts Festival, “Three Dimensional Art,” National Juried, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky
2000
Center for Visual Arts, National Juried, Denton, Texas; Juror: Mark Leach,
Director Mint Museum of Craft & Design
Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, National Juried, Tempe, Arizona
University of Miami, Southern Graphics Conference, National Juried, Miami
Florida
http://ghostmachine.asu.edu/gallery.html, Ghost Machine Print Project, On-line
Exhibit
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky; Juror: Julien Robson, Curator
of Contemporary Art, JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
1999
Coker College, One Person, Hartsville, South Carolina
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, International Juried, Summit, New Jersey;
Juror: Lisa Dennison, Director & Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Watermark Cargo Gallery, International Juried, Kingston, New York; Juror:
Judy Pfaff, International artist
Alexandria Museum of Art, International Juried, Alexandria, Louisiana;
Juror: Beth Handler, Assistant Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Cleveland State University, Invitational, Cleveland, Ohio
William King Regional Arts Center, From These Hills, Regional Juried, Abingdon,
Virginia
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky
1998
Abraham Lubelski Gallery, Curated, 99 44/100% Pure, New York City, New York
Maude Kern Arts Center, The Third Dimension, Eugene, Oregon
Transylvania University, Three Person, Lexington, Kentucky
Arts on Main, Regional Juried, Shelbyville, Kentucky; Juror: Stoddard, Assistant
Curator, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center
1997
Dublin Arts Council Gallery, One Person, Dublin, Ohio
Radford University, One Person, Radford, Virginia
Buckham Gallery, Almost, but not Quiet, Flint, Michigan.
Huntington Museum of Art, Exhibition 280, Regional Juried, Huntington, West
Virginia
Heike Pickett Gallery, Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Bank One Gallery, Fusion>Art+Technology, Invitational, Louisville, Kentucky
1996
ECC Visual and Performing Arts Center Gallery, One Person, Elgin, Illinois
Lincoln Center, One Person, Fort Collins, Colorado
Rosewood Art Center, Two Person, Kettering, Ohio
RCCA: The Arts Center, Three Person, Troy, New York
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Combined Talents,
National Juried, Tallahassee, Florida
Elmira College, Sculpture Invitational, National Juried, Elmira, New York
1995
The Casements, One Person, Ormond Beach, Florida
Carnegie Arts Center, One Person, Covington, Kentucky
Berea College, One Person, Berea, Kentucky
Museo ItaloAmericano, Mostra 95: Sei artisti italo-americani, Juried,
San Francisco, California
University of Pittsburgh: UP Gallery, Two Person, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chemeketa College Art Gallery, American Portfolio: Twelve Artists, Curated
National, Salem, Oregon
1994
Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA), Into Wood, Cleveland, Ohio
Quincy University: The Gray Gallery, One Person, Quincy, Illinois
Artswatch, Two Person, Louisville, Kentucky
Ralston Fine Art, Four Person, Johnson City, Tennessee
Central Missouri State University, Ninth Annual Greater Midwest International
Exhibition, International Juried, Warrenburg, Missouri; Juror: Peter Morrin,
Director, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Allentown Art Museum,24th Juried Show, National Juried, Allentown,
Pennsylvania; Juror: Charlotta Kotik, Curator of Contemporary Art, Brooklyn
Museum
Images Friedman Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1993
Morehead State University Gallery, One Person, Morehead, Kentucky
Capitol Arts Center, New Works, Two Person, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Fine Arts Museum of the South, Southeastern Juried Exhibit, Mobile, Alabama;
Juror: Dr. Hopkins, Director of UCLA Art Gallery
Huntington Museum of Art, Exhibition 280: Works Off Walls, Regional Juried,
Huntington, West Virginia
Murray State University: Eagle Gallery, New Blood, Multi-Regional Juried,
Murray, Kentucky; Juror: R. Sommerson, Rhode Island School of Design
1992
Stamford Art Association, Twelfth Annual Faber Birren Color Award Show,
National Juried, Stamford, Connecticut; Juror: Barbara Haskell, Curator, Whitney
Museum of Art
Transylvania University: Morlan Gallery, Book +: A Curated Exhibition of
Emerging Artists, Invitational, Lexington, Kentucky
Ohio University: Seigfred Gallery, Two Person, Athens, Ohio
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Area Art on View, Regional Juried, Athens, Ohio
Ohio State University: Hopkins Hall Gallery, Juried, Columbus, Ohio
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS:
2015 Floyd County Schools, Color and Pattern Workshop, Jenny Wiley Convention
Center, Kentucky
2013 Kentucky Art Education Association, Digital Photography Workshop for Teachers’
Professional Development, Morehead State University, Kentucky
2012 Ohio University, Visiting Artist Lecture and Graduate Studio Visits, Athens, Ohio
2011 University of Kentucky: Osher Learning Institute, Digital Photography
Workshop, West Liberty, Kentucky
2008 Pennsylvania College of Technology, Digital Photo Stitching Workshop,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
University of Kentucky: Osher Learning Institute, Digital Photography
Workshop, Morehead, Kentucky
2007 Southeastern College Art Association, Panelist, Gesture & Process: The Influence
of New Media on Visual Arts Education & Practice, Charleston, West Virginia
Berea College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Berea, Kentucky
Marshall University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Huntington, West Virginia
2005 Lexington Art League, Panel Discussion: Social Scan, Lexington, Kentucky
1999 Coker College Gallery, Gallery Lecture, Hartsville, South Carolina
1996 ECC Visual & Performing Arts Center Gallery, Gallery Lecture, Elgin, Illinois
1995 University of Pittsburgh, Gallery Lecture, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
University of Kentucky, Visiting Artist Lecture, Lexington, Kentucky
Speed Art Museum, Computer Art Demonstrations & Workshops, Louisville,
Kentucky
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