EDUCATION
Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI – Mokuhanga workshop
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 (invited by Japanese Government Cultural Ministry)
2011 – Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park, MI
2010 – 2011 – Michigan Governor’s Residence, Lansing, MI

GRANTS & AWARDS
2022 – Michigan Arts and Culture Council – Professional Development Grant

2018 – Michigan All Media Competition, Shia. 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;
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.
2017 – Curator | Contemporary Mokuhanga: Three Interpretations of Japanese Woodblock, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen, MI. June 27- August 22, 2017
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
2014 – Curator | Peddle Back Through Time, Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI, August – October, 2014 Historical bicycle collection of Richard Morris
2013 – 6 Shiga artists exhibited at Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI

FACULTY/INSTRUCTOR
Interlochen College of Creative Arts, Interlochen, MI
Virginia Museum of Fine Art Studio School, Richmond, VA
The Workhouse, Lorton, VA
Les Cheneaux Arts Center, Hessel, MI
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Peninsula School of Art, Door County, WI
Shiawassee Art Center, Owosso, MI

Exhibitions

2023

Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan, Alpena, MI

2022
University of Michigan, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Arboretum

Jordan River Art Center, East Jordan, MI

Footprint Exhibition,Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT

2021
Arizona Aqueous XXXV, Tubac Center for the Arts, AZ
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (postponed to 2022)
Center Gallery, Glen Arbor, MI
Nara Prefecture Cultural Hall, Nara, Japan
Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
Art in the Loft, Alpena, MI

2020
Shiawassee Arts Center, Owosso, MI

2019
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