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