Biography

Hobbies

Being in the wilderness, catching bugs with my kids, crossing things off the to-do list, and neighborhood walks

Major Career Accomplishments

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• Fabrication—Heritage Gallery, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, 2016
• Assimilation—Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA, 2015
• Alienation—Duke Art Gallery, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, 2015
• Butterfinger Galaxy—ARTLAB 01, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA, 2014
• A Fox Journey—Robert Bullock Gallery, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, 2013
• Vernacular—Sterling College, Sterling, KS, 2010
• Recent Works—Weaver Gallery, Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN, 2001

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Making Now (CIVA)—Duke Art Gallery, Azusa, CA, 2017
• VS.—(Collaboration with Susan Melly) Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA, 2016
• Photo Independent—Raleigh Studios Hollywood, Hollywood, CA, 2016
• Ten Top Artists—Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
• The Foolish Game—Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA, 2016
• Artificial Realities—Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA, 2016
• Creatures: Real & Imagined—uBe Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2016
• Chestnut: A Narrative—Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA, 2015
• Pictures at an Exhibition—(Symphony collaboration) Citrus College, Glendora, CA, 2015
• Recolor Recover—Exhale Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
• Small Time—Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA, 2015
• Adorn—Gallery 825, West Hollywood, CA, 2015
• California Dreaming—Frosinone Italy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Riverside Art Museum, 2015
• Fluidity—Gallery P3, Pomona, CA, 2014
• A Matter of Life and Death—Exhale Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
• Special Guests—Sardine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2013

Work Experience

• Assistant Professor of Art, Taylor University 2017–present
• Adjunct Faculty, California Baptist University, 2016–2017
• Adjunct Faculty, Concordia University, Irvine, 2017
• Assistant Director of Communiversity, Azusa Pacific University, 2011–2016
• Resident Director, Intramural Staff Advisor, Spring Arbor University, 2004–2006

Courses Taught

Sculpture I, Sculpture II, Sculpture III, Ceramics: Wheelthrowing, 3D Design, Contemporary Strategies in Art, Senior Thesis, Aesthetics and the Classroom, Art Appreciation, and Introduction to Leadership