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EDUCATION

Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI – Mokuhanga

Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI – Printmaking, Japanese Language

Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario, Canada – Visual Art

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas – Art History

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2019 – Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

2014 – Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Glen Arbor Art Association, Glen Arbor, MI 

2014 – Pinea-Linea de Costa, Cadiz, Spain

2012 – Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Mt. Fuji, Kawaguchi-ko, Japan

  1. (invited by Japanese Government Cultural Ministry)

2011 – Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park, MI 

2010 – 2011 – Michigan Governor’s Residence, Lansing, MI

GRANTS & AWARDS

2018 – Michigan All Media Competition, Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI – Honorable Mention

2018 – Glen Arbor Art Center, New Gallery/New Work, Glen Arbor, MI – 2nd Place Award

2017 – Tioga (N.Y.) Historical Society International Competition – Honorable Mention

2015 – Chris Clark Fellowship, Arts Council of Greater Lansing, MI

2015 – Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Professional Development Grant

2013 – Michigan All Media Competition, Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI – 3rd Place Award

2013 – Drawing and Printmaking Competition, Lowell Art Center, Lowell, MI – 4th Place Award

2012 – Alma College 29th Annual Print Competition, Alma, MI – Alumni Purchase Award

2011 – Michigan State of the Arts Competition, Saginaw, MI – Bierlien Special Merit Purchase Award

2011 – Michigan Art Guild All Media Competition, Lansing, MI – Honorable Mention

2011 – KIWA (Kyoto International Woodblock Association), Kyoto, Japan – People’s Choice Award,

            Honorable Mention, Lansing Art Gallery, Mid-Michigan Art Guild Autumn Exhibit, Lansing, MI

2010 – Michigan All Media Competition, Shiawassee Art Center – 2nd Place Award, Owosso, MI

2010 – Individual Artist Grant, Arts Council of Greater Lansing, MI

CURATOR PROJECTS

2013 – 2018 – Director and Curator | Art From the Lakes, Founder-Ongoing;

  1. Art From the Lakes is a multi-year exchange program dedicated to integrating professional
    artists from the sister-states of Michigan and Shiga Prefecture in a bicultural exchange
    celebrating the 50 year Sister State relationship through the visual arts.
    www.mishiga.org

2018 – Michigan and Shiga “Art Brut” Disability Art Exhibition at Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park Gallery,
            Grand Rapids, MI.

2017 – All previous Shiga and Michigan artists exhibition, Otsu Prince Hotel, Shiga, Japan. 

2015 – 1 Shiga and 1 Michigan artist exhibited at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI

2014 – 4 Michigan artists exhibited at Gallery Karahashi, Otsu, Shiga

2013 – 6 Shiga artists exhibited at Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI

2017 – Curator | Contemporary Mokuhanga: Three Interpretations of Japanese Woodblock,
            Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen, MI.  June 27– August 22, 2017

2014 – Curator | Peddle Back Through Time, Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI, August – October, 2014
            Historical bicycle collection of Richard Morris.

FACULTY/INSTRUCTOR

Interlochen College of Creative Arts, Interlochen, MI

Virginia Museum of Fine Art Studio School, Richmond, VA

The Workhouse, Lorton, VA

Japan Center for Michigan Universities, Hikone, Shiga, Japan

College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

Peninsula School of Art, Door County, WI

Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI

EXHIBITIONS

2019

September 14 – December 14, University of Connecticut

2018

MEDC, MI ArtShare, Lansing, MI

D’art Center, Norfolk, VA

Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI

Oliver Art Center, Frankfurt, MI

Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI

2017

Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA

Madonna University, Livonia, MI

Otsu Prince, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI

Tioga Historical Museum, Owego, NY

2016

Traverse City Art & Wine Festival, Traverse City, MI

Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI

Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI

Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI

Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI

2015

Art Center of Whitelake, Whitehall, MI

Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI

MainART-ery, Perrysburg, OH

2014

Gallery Ten, Edinburgh, Scotland

Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai), Tokyo, Japan

Royal Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Karahashi, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Gallery Fujii Honke, Isho, Shiga, Japan

Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI

Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

Leelanau Cellars Winery, Omena, MI

Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI

Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI

Cornell Museum of Art and American Craft, DelRay Beach, FL

Interlochen College of Creative Arts, Interlochen, MI

2013

Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI

Lowell Art Center, Lowell, MI

Midland Dow Center for the Arts, Midland, MI

Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI

3331 Arts Chiyoda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Kawaguchi-ko Municipal Museum, Kawaguchi-ko, Japan

Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

1212 Gallery, Lansing, MI

2012

3331 Arts Chiyoda Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI

Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

Alma College -The Print  - 29th Annual Michigan Print Exhibit

Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

515 Gallery, Clare, MI

University of Michigan Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

Mighty Tieton Gallery, Tieton, WA

2011

Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh, Scotland

Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Craig Mitchell Smith Gallery, Okemos, MI

Cullom Gallery, Seattle, WA

Alma College of Art and Design, Alma, MI

2010

Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI

Holland Area Arts Gallery, Holland, MI

Alma College of Art and Design, Alma, MI

Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI

Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan, MI

West Shore Community College, Scottsville, MI

Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Shiawassee Art Center Owosso, MI

Saginaw Township Exhibit Gallery, Saginaw, MI

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI