statement | curriculum vitae
Born: Oxford, England, 1969
Education
Summer 2004 The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London London, England
1996-1998 Cleveland Institute of Art; Cleveland, Ohio Painting and Glass Blowing.
1996, 1997 recipient of The Portfolio Scholarship Award.
1988-1992 Skidmore College; Saratoga Springs, New York B.A., Anthropology

Selected Gallery and Juried Exhibitions (* solo shows)
2004 * The Massillon Museum. Massillon OH.
Cleveland State University Art Gallery, The Buddha Project, Cleveland, OH
Thrive an Artspace, Cleveland, OH.
Sylvia Ullman's American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
1300 Gallery, 50/50 show, Cleveland, OH.
The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes, Shaker Heights, OH.
ArteFino Galley, Cleveland, OH.
GuitarMania, city wide public art event, Cleveland, OH.
View My Guitar Here
2003 Sylvia Ullman's American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Smart T' Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Sparks in the City juried public art event, Cleveland, OH.
View My Entry Here
2002 Bockrath Gallery, A Breath of Fresh Air Cleveland, OH.
* Smart T' Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Dog Days dog portraits. Cleveland, OH.
GuitarMania, city wide public art event, Cleveland, OH
View My Guitar Here
2001 * Smart T' Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Sylvia Ullman's American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2000 * Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
The Intown Club, Cleveland, OH.
Sylvia Ullman's American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
1995 The Elise Newman Gallery, Cleveland, OH.

Charity and Benefit Shows
2004 Cleveland Public Theater, benefit art auction, Cleveland, OH.
American Diabetes Association, Celebrity Art Auction, The Hyatt Regency, Cleveland, OH.
2003 Agnon School Fine Arts Exhibition, Beachwood, OH.
Art for Children's Sake, juried benefit show for The Littlest Heroes charity. Cleveland, OH.
2002 1300 Gallery, Shalom y Paz benefit show for Hadassah Hospital, Israel. Cleveland, OH.
The Edge benefit show for Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland.
Great Lakes Brewery. Cleveland, OH.
Selected Collections
  The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Faber Castell U.S.A., Cleveland, Ohio.
Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Ohio.
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Oxford Motion Picture Company, New York, New York.

Media Recognition
Art Materials Retailer Magazine Winter 2004. Show and Tell.
Cleveland Plain Dealer May 21, 2004. Gallery Spotlight
May 28, 2004. Guitarmania Encore in 2004
June 9, 2003. Public Art
June 18, 2003. After Hours
June 21, 2002. Artistic Contributions to Cleveland
November 10, 2002. Metro section.
November 8, 2002. Front page photo. Smile and Say Rock
Cleveland Sun Press June 19, 2003. Flushed with Pride Over Art Project
The Cleveland Jewish News July 4, 2003. A Good Plug for Cleveland
July 4, 2003. A Good Plug for Cleveland
June 14, 2002. Guitarmania Encore
Cleveland Magazine November, 2003
June 2003
Currents Magazine Feb 19, 2004. Celebrity Art Auction.
June 19, 2003. Cleveland's on Fire!
Northern Ohio Live Magazine April, 2004. Live Times: Museums
The Independent
Massillon, OH April 14, 2004. Studio M Spotlights Cleveland Artist
WVIZ, TV Channel 25
Cleveland, OH. Applause aired June 26, 2003.
WJW, TV channel 8. Cleveland, OH. Fox News, "Artist of the Week", aired 2002.

Career Related Experience
1994 - 2004
Cleveland, Ohio Senior Product Developer
Creativity for Kids / Faber - Castell USA, Inc.
  Toy Industry Recognition   - Parent's Choice awards.
  - Oppenheim Platinum and Gold Seal awards.
  - Dr. Toy awards.
  - Canadian Toy Council's Three Star Seal.
  - Sesame Street Parents Top Toys award.
  - Numerous media and publication citations.