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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,
                            G
RCC 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
                            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
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