Education

  • M.F.A.  (Sculpture), University of California, Berkeley, 1981
  • M.A.  (Ceramics), California State University, Sacramento, 1979
  • B.A.  (Art), California State University, Sacramento, 1976

Awards

  • Public Artist Award (Visual Artist Fellowship), Sacramento Metropolitan Art Commission, Sacramento, CA 1995
  • Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award (superior professional accomplishment), California State University, Sacramento, 1989

Teaching Experience (Retired)

  • Professor of Art, Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, California January 1980 to May 2019
  • Art Gallery Director/Curator for CRC Fine Art Gallery (3000 sqft) 2014 to May 2019
  • Professor of Art, California State University, Sacramento, CA. Fall 1980 to spring 1992
  • Professor of Art, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA. Spring 2008

Lectures and Workshops Presented

  • 2017   Lecture on Japanese Ceramics, Lecture/Demo of own work at Crocker Art Museum Sacramento , CA
  • 2017   Lecture/Presentation, Demo on Large scale ceramic tile mural at Weaverville Fine Art Center. Trinity County Arts Council, California Arts Council. Weaverville, CA
  • 2014   Crocker Art Museum Docent, Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA
  • 2014   Crocker Kingsley Art Club, Lecture/Demo on Contemporary Ceramics. Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA
  • 2008   California Consultancy for Art Education, California State University Sacramento, CA.
  • 1999    California Consortium for Arts Education, Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA.
  • 1999, 93 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, CA
  • 1998    International Exposition SOFA, Chicago, IL.
  • 1997    Faenza International Ceramics Conference, Faenza, Italy.
  • 1997    Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, NV.
  • 1991    Sacramento Regional Institute for Art Education, Sacramento, CA.
  • 1989    Art Museum of Western Australia, Perth Western Australia, Australia

Selected Public Art Commissions

My approach to Public Art Projects will include the historical, cultural and environmental elements. I create cohesive designs with durable and safe materials for the public to relate to and interact with both physically and visually. Public art should reflect the cultural personality of the surrounding communities, enhancing the concept of harmony and serve as a focal point of unity within the community.

  • 2010   UC Davis Medical Center Surgery and Emergency Service Pavilion Art Wall Project 32 feet high x 17 feet wide hand-made low relief and glazed terra-cotta tile mural designed with waterfall and medicinal plants and other symbolic images. Its purpose is to sooth, calm and revitalize visitors and occupants of the building.
  • 2007   Del Paso Blvd Median Gateway Element at Arden Way Project 33’ high 4 sided Clock Tower with steel, bronze, concrete, terra cotta relief, bricks. The Art Deco inspired design with terra cotta relief images depicting historical significance of the area. Sacramento, CA.
  • 2003    The Shops at Waterford Art Project, 18 feet tall pyramid shaped sculpture with bronze, terra-cotta tiles, porcelain tiles and concrete. The artwork will serve as a focal point of the plaza. Dublin, CA.
  • 2002    Roseville Civic Center Plaza Art Project, fountain/Sculpture (aprox 9′ h x 25’dia w) consists of bronze, terra-cotta, granite, porcelain tile, concrete and water, depicting the historical and environmental (Wildlife) significance of the area. Roseville, CA.
  • 2002   Plaza Escuela Sculpture Project, two full-size figurative bronze Sculptures, standing on top of 8-feet tall columns.  Porcelain and terra-Cotta tiles covers the surfaces of columns and water is cascading from the Top. 15 feet high x 16 feet dia (base) Walnut Creek, CA.
  • 2001   Sacramento City Service Complex Art Project, freestanding concrete Wall consisting of terra-cotta relief, commercial tiles and bronze, Conveying the importance of recycling and ecology. Approx 15′ long. Sacramento, CA.
  • 1998   Sacramento Regional Transit, Mather Field Station Project Large bronze sphere, spiral concrete form, inlayed handmade terra-Cotta relief tiles and commercial tiles. Design reflects aviation history of the location. Rancho Cordova, CA.
  • 1996    Boeger Winery Project. Agricultural tile mural. Placerville, CA.
  • 1994   University of California, Davis Medical Center: three wall masks for New hospital wing (each mask approximately 28″x 26″x 6″).
  • 1993    Sacramento Downtown Plaza: two life-size ceramic figures for Plaza Entrance (15’ high each) Sacramento, CA.
  • 1990    Natoma Station Project: two free-standing walls with a total of four Images depicting historical landmarks of the Folsom area, 4.5′ x 7.5′.
  • 1988    Hyatt Regency Hotel: 14 wall masks for display in the 14th floor lounge.
  • 1985    Sacramento Bee Newspaper Newsroom: wall tile mural depicting History of the newspaper, 4.5′ x 7.5′.
  • 1984    County of Sacramento Japanese American Memorial Mural: Tile mural (6’x16′) for Japanese American Internment during the 1940’s. Installed in the County Administration Building in Sacramento, CA.

Consulting , Repair and Lecture

  • Crocker Art Museum, Lecture on my large scale (32’h x 17’w) Ceramic Mural for the Crocker Kingsley Art Club. Sacramento CA 2014.
  • Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission contacted me to advise the contractors on how to safely move the existing sculptures, that I had created and were installed at 7th and K Street in 1993, to make way for the city’s new sports arena. City has a plan to reinstall at another close location. Sacramento, CA 2015.
  • I consulted with the City of Folsom for repair of my two free standing murals in the Natoma Station neighborhood, installed in 1987. Folsom, CA  2015.
  • In Walnut Creek, I was asked to lecture on my two bronze fountain sculptures for a walking tour group of public art in that city. Walnut Creek, CA  2014
  • Created a proposal for the City of Folsom for their national competition for the “Johnny Cash” trail project. Folsom, CA  2014.

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2013 The Folsom Art Center Gallery at 48 Natoma St., Folsom CA.
  • 2007, 2002,1998,95 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA.
  • 1997    Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
  • 1992    Caplan Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
  • 1992    William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA.
  • 1991, 88, 86 Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
  • 1990, 88, 85 Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
  • 1988    Joan Robey Gallery, Denver, CO.
  • 1987    The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
  • 1986    Triton Museum of Art, “Figurative Clay”, Santa Clara, CA.
  • 1984    Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2015    NCECA(National Counsel on Education for the Ceramic Arts), Rode Island.
  • 2003~2015 CCACA (California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art), Davis, CA.
  • 2014    SOFA (International Exposition of Sculpture & Functional Art), Chicago, IL.
  • 2011    CAA, ”Ceramic Annual of America”, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2008    Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, CA. “Three Northern California Sculptors”.
  • 1998    Oakland Museum of California Sculpture Court, Bay Area Sculptors Group 3, “The Figure,” Oakland, CA.
  • 1997    Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art, “Figuratively Speaking”, Las Vegas, NV.
  • 1994    Crocker Art Museum, “Building a Collection; A Decade of Gifts”, Sacramento, CA.
  • 1993    First Annual Pacific Rim Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition, Honolulu, HI.
  • 1992    American Cultural Center, Brussels, Belgium.
  • 1992    Triton Museum of Art, “500 Years since Columbus”, Santa Clara, CA.
  • 1991    University of California, “San Francisco Bay Area Sculpture”,  San Francisco, CA.
  • 1991    Grand Canyon University, “The Human Form as a Mythical Vessel,” Flagstaff, AZ.
  • 1990    Illini Union Gallery “California Eccentrics,” Urbana, IL.
  • 1989    Art Museum of Western Australia, “First Perth International Craft Triennial Invitational Exhibition”.  Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
  • 1986    Walnut Creek Civic Center, “West Coast Clay”, Walnut Creek, CA.
  • 1985    Taipei Fine Arts Museum, International Ceramics Exhibition, Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 1983    San Francisco Crafts and Folk Art Museum.”Trends and Traditions”, San Francisco, CA