RESUME
Lives and works in Iowa City, IA
EDUCATION
1972
Fulbright Scholar, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1969
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018
Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
2016
Taymour Grahne, New York, NY
2015
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2014
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2013
Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Regina Rex Gallery, Queens, NY
2012
Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2011
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
2007
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
2001-02
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2000
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1991
Connecticut College, New London, CT
1983
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
1982
Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
1980
Carolyn Schneebeck Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017
Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
Spring Break, New York, NY. Curated by Ian Etter
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Villafames, Spain
2016
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2015
Whitespace, Atlanta, GA
Figge Museum, Davenport, IA
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Rogers Center for Fine Arts, Lincoln, NE
2014
Regina Rex Gallery, NADA Art Fair, New York, NY
2013
Planthouse, New York, NY
2013
Tory Golliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2012
Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Gallery, New York, NY
Martos Gallery, New York, NY
BS Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2011
Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Edward Thorpe Gallery, New York, NY
TCB Art, Melbourne, Australia
2009
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Schmidt Contemporary Art, Art Miami, Miami, FL
2007
Normal Editions, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
Wake Forest University, NC
2006
Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
The Esther Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
2003
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Delta Axis Gallery, Memphis, TN
2001
Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Illinois Arts Council, Artstour Program, Normal Editions Workshop
2000
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016
Yau, John. "With an Eye to Our Common Future." Hyperallergic, 18 Dec.
2014
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1 January 2014: G3&G4. Reproduction
2013
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exhibition, April, 2013
2012
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2011
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2008
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2007
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2004
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1998
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1986
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1984
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1983
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1982
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1981
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1980
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1978
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Traveling exhibition. 1977 – 1978: 11.
1974
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