b. 1959

EDUCATION
1993 Vermont Studio Center Painting Summer
1992-1995 Kansas City Art Institute Painting/ Interdisciplinary Studies, BFA Intermedia
1989-1992 San Antonio Art Institute Visual Arts/Painting
1987 Austin Community College Painting
1985 Washburn University Art Therapy
1978-1979 Oklahoma State University General Studies
1977 Harding University General Studies
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 On Returning in collaboration with Mark Kuykendall,  Chimera, Tulsa,  Oklahoma
2014 Thisness, Chimera, Tulsa,  Oklahoma
2014 Old Town, in collaboration with Mark Kuykendall and Cheyenne Butcher TAC, Tulsa, Oklahoma 
2013 Odds and Ends, Chimera, Tulsa,  Oklahoma
2012 Here Comes the Troubled Bread, Lloyd Gallery, Pawhuska, Oklahoma
2010 Scattered Facts, Lloyd Gallery, Pawhuska, Oklahoma
2009 Prairie Noir, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007 Friends and Foes, with Kim Camp, AKA Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2007 The Invisible Forest, Sauced, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2006 Small Things, State of the Art, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 Das Tragiche Bergin (The Tragic Desire), Cantata 211, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 The Return of the Soul, KCAI, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1993 Coat of Many Colors, Keith Nicholson Design, Kansas City, Missouri
1993 Religion and Other Ideas, Works on paper, Unity Temple , Kansas City, Missouri

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013-2014 24 Works on Paper, IAO with OVAC, IAO, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2011 Visions in the Paseo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2011 The Blue Lantern, IAO, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2010 Private Opening, Nault Fine Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2010 JRB Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2010 Spring Show, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa , Oklahom
2009 Fall Show, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2008 Spring Show, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2007 Fall Show, Joseph Gierek Fine Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2005 The Flower Show, Boley Bank Bldg, (Urban Culture Project) Kansas City, Missouri
2003 Both/And, Prosperos Books, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 The Return of the Soul Intermedia Presentation, Kansas City Art Institute
1994 Creation Spirituality, video, Kansas City Art Institute
1993 Fall Painting Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute
1993 Spring Painting Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute
1993 Summer Show, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
1992 Fall Painting Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute
1992 Spring Show, SAAI, San Antonio, Texas
1991 Fall Student Show, SAAI, San Antonio Art Institute
1991 Beyond Time collaborative performance, James Surl's Studio, Splendora, Texas
1990 Spring Show, SAAI, San Antonio, Texas

 
COLLABORATION AND NEW MEDIA
2005 The Flower Show sponsored by Urban Culture Project,  Kansas City, MO.,
2003 Both/And, Blueglassprojects installation, performance, Prosperos Books, KCMO.
1993-94 Return of the Soul, A Taxonomy of Community and Spiritual Culture video,
1993 Creation Spirituality,World Ecological Crisis and Its Correlation to Spiritual Crisis video 
1992 Beyond Time, James Surls Studio, Splendora, Texas
1992 I Wanna Be A Hero, Sermons of a Post-Quantum, Neo-Charismatic Man in the Face of a New
Cablevision-Free Epoch installation and performance SAAI Gallery, April 23, 1992, San Antonio, Texas

 
AWARDS AND HONORS
2014 Work selected by curator Patrica Lee Watts for upcoming traveling show
1998 Work selected to be printed by Kansas City Poster Display (printers for Hallmark Cards) to be produced for Richard Harris, Chicago, Illinois
1993-1994 Intermedia Experimental Program, Kansas City Art Institute KCAI.
1993 Finalist Yale Summer Program Scholarship, KCAI Kansas City Art Institute
1992 Best of Show, Spring, 1992 San Antonio Art Institute SAAI
1989-1992 Merit Scholarship, 1989-1992, San Antonio Art Institute SAAI
1993 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson,VT 1993

SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2015 Chris Wilsey, Kansas City, Missouri
2014 Scott Truby, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2010 Gentner Drummond, Drummond Ranch, Hominy, Oklahoma
2010 Dan Mayo, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1998 Richard Harris, Chicago, Illinois
1996 John Bumgarner, Tulsa Oklahoma
1995 Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Kansas City, Missouri
1993 Unity Church of Overland Park, Kansas

SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS 
Cowers and Gorman Advertising, Kansas City, Missouri
Hall Estill P.A., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Gibbon, Barron and Barron P.L.L.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma
John Bumgarner Lands Development L.L.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma
Gentner Drummond, Drummond Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Drummond Ranch, Hominy, Oklahoma
McAfee and Taft, P.L.L.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Gentner and Wendy Poole Drummond
Barbara Jakobson
Claudine Giedinger
Roger Lloyd
Eveylyn Hatfield
Rhonda Shiflet
Dan and Sherri Mayo
Chad Meier
Joy Whitman
Linda Warren
Gail Everett
Alan Cochran
Rachel Zebrowski
Morey Villareal
George and Rita Singer
Jonathon Katz
Col. Charles and Laurie Garrison
Mr. and Mrs. Denzil Garrison
Mark and Lindsey Neal Kuykendall
Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker (Low)
Mr. and Mrs. David Council
Dougal Hansen
Costa Stasinopoulos
Mia Leighty
Austin Hingey
Monica Ross
Jim and Pat Day
Bob and Susan Brchan
Derek and Greta Moore
Diane Gawey-Riley
Marc Saviano
Jesse Aycock
Corey and Christine La Bounty
Clint Stone
Josh Buss
Shane Jewell
Mandi Larson
Bridgett and Don Wood
Linda Wooters
Dustin and Amber Pittsley
Jeffrey Evans
Christorpher Long
Roger and Angela Box
Adam Gilbert
Julie and Jonathon Butts
Annie Ellicott
Jane Hart
Scott and Cindy Truby
Chris Wilsey
Doug and Mary Scott

 


Film and Television 1986- (intermittent) present
Art T Shirt Creation and Marketing 1990-1994
Formed Eclectic Wear Inc. 1990, San Antonio, Texas marketing art t shirts to the boutique market
nationally through Teed Shirts, San Marcos, Texas
Developed silkscreen prints for Richard Harris of Chicago, Illinois, sold through galleries nationally.
Next Art, custom decorative painting services offered throughout the Midwest, 1996-2004

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