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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 July Fairfield Gallery, CT
2014 Apr. From There to Here, Green point Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2013 June Solos, WAC curated by Susan Cross (MASS MoCA, Guggenheim,) Westport, CT
2012 Oct. The City Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
2011 Nov. North, East, Space and Time Art Factory Bpt, CT
2010 Feb- March Art Space, New Haven CT
2009 July-Aug Directional Prada, Bridgeport Art Gallery, Bpt, CT
May-June Solos, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT
2008 Nov. Take Two Aspirins, Internal Medicine Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2005 Coming Home Revisited, Art Red Spot Gallery, Westport, CT
2004 Big Bobby Duvall and his Many Minions, Las Vetus, Fairfield, CT
2003 Abstracts, Art and Community Gallery, New York, NY
Weaver, Covenant of the Scared Heart, Greenwich, CT
Paintings 2002-03, Rainy Faye Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
One Week’s Casualties, Bridgeport Com. Center, CT
Paint by Numbers, Darien Gallery, Darien, Connecticut
One Week’s Casualties, Stratford Center, Stratford, CT
2002 Abstracts and Portraits, Chase Bank, New Canaan, CT
2001 Some People I Know, Art.a.Whirl, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Works on Paper, Hennepin Center for the Arts, Mpls., MN
Buy Art, Not Bonds, First Banks, Minneapolis, MN
Square Paintings, Jump Start Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Puddle Portraits, Art.a.Whirl, Minneapolis, MN

Group Exhibitions
2017 May Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY
May Where the Universe Dwells Whitney Center, Hamden, CT Debbie Hesse curator
April Earth Day Exhibition, Read’s Gallery Bridgeport, CT.
April Crossing Borders, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
April Brag and Friends, Schelfhaudt Gallery University of Bridgeport, Johnas Ruta curator
2016 March-May Exquisite Porch Morean Art Center, St. Peter, Florida
Jan.-Feb. Through the Veil Galerie Protégé, Chelsea, NY
2014
July- Aug. The Decline and Fall of the Art World, part 1: The “One Percenters”
Featuring Karen Finley, Freight and Volume, Chelsea, NY
Douglas Elliman Place 57th 207 East 57 Street, Manhattan, NY
BWAC Wide Open 4 National Juried Art Show, Red Hook, NY
2011 Nov Six See University of Bridgeport, Bpt, CT
Nov Scared Heart University Bpt, CT
2009 Oct, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY Brooklyn Museum Curator Patrick Amsellem
May, Hall-Brooke Art Show, Westport, CT
2008 Sept. Unearthed, Art Currents New York City, NY
July- August, Westport Art Center curated Terri C Smith Franklyn Street Works, Westport, CT
May-June, The Flow of Art Gallery, Norwalk, CT
Feb.- March, Nylen Gallery Westport, CT
2007 Oct.-Nov. Radius, Aldrich Contemporary Museum, Rgfd, CT
June- July, Submissions, Sarah Bowen Gallery Brooklyn, NY
3rd Annual Juried Show Housatonic Museum of Art Bpt, CT Juror: Bill Arning (Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston,
White Columns, MIT) Bridgeport, Ct
2006 Dec, State of the Arts International P. A. Black rock, CT
City Lights Gallery, Black Rock Group Bpt., CT
Real Art Ways Group Show, Hartford, Connecticut
2005 Artview, Art + Community, City Museum of Wash. D.C.
2004 Shared Visions, Art Red Spot Gallery, Westport, CT
Art, Spirituality, and Faith, Park City Gallery, Park City, CT
May, Four from the Rock, International P. A. Black Rock, CT
Benefit Show, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, New York
2003 Open Studio Tour, NEST Building, Bridgeport, CT
Carnegie Mellon Exhibit, Washington D.C. Curated by Margaret Bodell
2002 Group Exhibit, Betty Barker Gallery, Juror: Cecelia Barnett New Canaan, CT
2001 Art on the Plains, North Dakota Art Museum, Juror: John Christakos Fargo, North Dakota
One Week’s Casualties, No Name Exhibitions, Mpls, MN
Juried Art Exhibition, N.E. Religious Art Show, Mpls, MN
2000 One Week’s Casualties, Art Attack, Minneapolis, MN
Foot in the Door, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Mpls, MN
Juried Art Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN
Group Exhibit, No Name Exhibitions (Soap Factory), Mpls, MN

Curation
2017 Selfie an exhibition of Self Portraits, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
Easton Arts Council “Art in the Country” Easton, CT
Reality of Abstraction, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
2016 Parts is Parts: Assemblage and Collage, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
Chroma is Key, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
2015 One Plus One, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
Integral Structure Exhibition, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
Parallels, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
2014 The Photo Show: Emerging Images, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
UB Multi Media Show, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
2013 The Figurative Place, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
Black Rock Creative, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
2012 Bob Poe images by iPhone, Schelfhaudt Gallery, Shintaro Katsu School of Design
2010 P. T. Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2009 Westport Art Fair: Juror Westport, CT

Awards
2012 Mayor’s Award for Excellence
Bridgeport Arts Council Grant
2011 Shepard Fairy’s Bootleg Webpage
2009 The Drawing Center, New York Viewing Program Curator Nina Katchadourian
Second Prize, Westport Members, Juror: Leslie Shaffer-
(Corcoran Gallery, Art Space)
2007 Honorable Mention Housatonic Museum, Juror: Bill Arning- (MIT, White Columns)
2005 Republic Art Award, New Haven, CT
2001 Honorable Mention, N E Religious Art Show, Mpls, MN
Lead Artist, Art.a.Whirl Campaign Northeast Minneapolis, MN

Press & Publications
2014 Post Road Magazine
2008 Westport News “Premiere Exhibition” Feb. 8th
2007 Fairfield Weekly “Multimedia Surgeon”
2005 ABC NEWS, 20/20, John Stossel
“Give Me a Break” segment March 11th
2004 New York Times Sept. 12th,
Fairfield Weekly Jan. 19th, 2005 & March 27th, 2003
Star and Tribune May 21st, 2001

Private and Public Collections
University of Bridgeport, P.T. Barnum Museum, Collection of James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, Kristine Fox, Nina Bently, Richard Klein, Dr. Christine Demarco, Megan Conway, Wendy Nelen, Joe and MaryAnn Provey, Harry C. Laurie collection, Robert Duval, Suzie and Frank Basler, Perrin collection Trevor Youngberg, Tina Wehmouth and Chris Frans of the Talking Heads

Appointments
2015- current University of Bridgeport Selection Committee
2012- current Gallery Director of the Schelfhaudt Gallery
2009 Westport Art Fair: Juror Westport, CT
2008 P.T. Barnum Museum Exhibit Juror: Big Read Bpt, CT
2006 Demonstration Artist, Aldrich Contemporary Museum
2005 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum:
Video assist for Oly Benders’ Performance of “Mr. Softy”
2004 Demonstration Artist, NEST Open Studio, Bridgeport, CT
2004 Visiting Artist, SoNo Arts Festival, South Norwalk, CT
2004 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: Preparator;
Installation of “In To My World”
2004 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Micheal Rees’s “Pluto 4 x 4”
2003 Visiting Artist, Covenant of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT
2001 Featured Artist, Spin Art Demo, NEMAA, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Visiting Artist, P. C. Youth Center, Minneapolis, MN
1998 Visiting Artist, Marcy Open School, Minneapolis, MN

 

Education
2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1991 BFA Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mpls, MN.
Mentor: Kingi Akagawa
Dayton Award of Excellence: State-wide University Competition First Place Prize