Born St. Paul, Minnesota. USA
1975 Emigrated to Australia Dual Citizenship - Australian/American

EDUCATION
PhD. Studio Arts Deakin University, 1994 -99
M.A. Fine Arts Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1987-90
B.A. Fine Arts St. John's University, Minnesota, 1970-74
Currently Senior Lecturer in Sculpture, The Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art and Design, Monash University

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Natural Selection: New Sculptures, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2005 Squeeze: New Sculptures, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Hugging Air: New Sculptures, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2001 Confidential Information:Wall Sculptures, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Ampersand BMGArt, Adelaide, South Australia
1999 Language Agents Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1997 The Logical Thing (a priora) Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Touch Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1994 Recent Sculpture BMGArt, Adelaide, South Australia
1993 Pulse Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Hardcuts/Softcuts Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Victoria
1991 Recent Sculpture Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Recent Sculpture Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1990 New Work Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland, Victoria
1990 Masters Examination/Exhibition, Faculty Gallery, RMIT
1988 Recent Work Caulfield Arts Complex, Caulfield, Victoria
1988 A' Beckett on Swan Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell, Victoria
1986 Sculpture For Melbourne Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne University
1985 Valley Geist Roar Studios, Fitzroy, Victoria
1981 Powell Street Gallery, South Yarra, Victoria (collaboration with Gingie Johnson)
1980 Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Victoria (collaboration with Gingie Johnson)
1979 Some Profitable Advice in Search of One Modern Jet That Can Generate World Views About Getting Ahead Ewing and George Paton Galleries, Melbourne University (collaboration with Gingie Johnson)

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Contempra 2 Sculpture Award at Docklands (winner) New Quay, Melbourne
2007 Contempra 2 Sculpture Award at Docklands (select finalist) New Quay, Melbourne
2007 Montalto Sculpture Prize 2007 (select finalist) Red Hill South,Victoria
2007 "Pure" Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Invitational Toorak Village Sculpture Festival
2007 Materials: Elements + Principals Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Abbotsford, Victoria Curated by Van Komas
2006 Festival of Sculpture Toorak, Melbourne
2006 Forestry SA Wood Sculpture Competition, (select finalist) Riddoch Art Gallery, SA
2006 Tenth Melbourne Art Fair, Flinders Lane Gallery, Exhibition Building
2005 Contempora 2 Docklands Festival of Sculpture (select finalist) New Quay, Melbourne
2005 Montalto Sculpture Prize 2005 (select finalist) Red Hill South, Victoria
2005 Festival of Sculpture Toorak Village, Toorak, Melbourne
2004 Practice in Progress Counihan Gallery in Brunswick
2004 Festival of Sculpture Toorak Village, Toorak, Melbourne
2004 Open Air Sculpture Exhibition Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
2003 Less is More BMGArt Adelaide, South Australia
2002 Eighth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Flinders Lane Gallery, Exhibition Building
2002 Festival of Sculpture Toorak, Victoria. Curated by Ken Scarlett
2001 FUNêRE Sculpture Prize 2001 (Finalist) Yarra Sculpture Space, Abbotsford, Victoria
2001 The Final Roar Studios Art Exhibition Roar Studios, Melbourne
2001Annual Easter Sculpture Exhibition Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
2000 'Oeuvre' CSA Members Annual Exhibition Yarra Sculpture Space, Victoria
2000 Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Flinders Lane Gallery, Exhibition Building. Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
2000 Sculpture Show Qdos Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
1999 Moreland Sculpture Show CERES Moreland City Council, Victoria
1998 Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Flinders Lane Gallery, Exhibition Building, Melb
1997 Nillumbick Art Awards Nillumbick Council, Victoria
1997 Dialogue Deakin University, 'Woolstores' Geelong Campus
1996 Exhibition of Sculpture Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria. Curated by Ken Scarlett
1996 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Flinders Lane Gallery, Exhibition Building
1996 A Special Collection Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1995 Gold Coast Sculpture Award Group Exhibition, Queensland
1994 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Flinders Lane Gallery, Exhibition Building
1994 Permanent Collection Caulfield Arts Complex
1993 Interiors Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1993 Sculpture on View City of Bendigo, Victoria
1992 Supervisor's Show Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland
1990 Australian Contemporary Art A-Z Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Contemporary Gippsland Artists Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Travelling to 11 Regional and University Art Galleries (Vic., NSW, Qld., SA, 1990-92
1989 1991, 93 Diamond Valley Art Awards (Invitation) Diamond Valley, Victoria
1988 Episode One Caulfield Arts Complex, Caulfield, Victoria
1988 Tenth Mildura Sculpture Triennial
1988 The October Show Latrobe Valley Arts Centre
1987 Third Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria
1987 Selected Work Faculty Gallery, RMIT
1985 Ninth Mildura Sculpture Triennial
1985 Sculpture 85 World Trades Centre, Melbourne
1985 1987, 88 (Invitation) Eltham Arts Awards Eltham, Victoria
1982 Eight Mildura Sculpture Triennial
1981 First Australian Sculpture Triennial, Latrobe University, Melbourne
1981 Orange Arts Festival, Orange, NSW
1978 Latrobe University Sculpture and Performance Festival, Melbourne

COLLECTIONS
Glen Eria Arts Complex, Caulfield, Victoria
Latrobe Valley Arts Centre, Morwell, Victoria
Mildura Arts Centre, Mildura, Victoria
Monash University, Gippsland and Caulfield Campuses
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Gippsland Art Gallery Sale, Victoria
St. John's University, Minnesota
Tokyo Women's College, Tokyo, Japan
Arnold Bloch Leibler Solicitors, Melbourne
BHP Australia
Yueyuanyuan Sculpture Park, Shanghai, China

COMMISSIONS & AWARDS
Contempora Sculpture Prize 2008
Anderson Centre, Minnesota
Automotive, Metals & Engineering Union (design)
Caulfield City Council (townhall commission)
Plastics Industry Association of Australia (commission)
Kortmidas & Cutting Architects
D. Beauchamp Consulting Engineers, Melbourne
Grodski Architectural Firm, Prahran, Victoria (design)
Melbourne City Council, 'Victorian Tramway Exchange' (maquette and design)
Dame Elizabeth Murdoch Sculpture Award, Contemporary Sculptors' Association, 2000
City of Moreland, Fawkner Leisure Centre (public artwork)
Ninth Guilin Yuzi Paradise, International Sculpture Symposium, China 2003
Special Commendation: Toorak Festival of Sculpture 2004 & 2005
Nomination Award: Beijing 2008 Olympic Park Sculpture Design Competition 2006
Sculptor in Residence, The Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Minnesota, USA 2007