EDUCATION
1981 M.F.A., Ceramics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
1975 B.F.A., Ceramics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

GRANTS AND AWARDS
2004 Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant, First Place Award
2002 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2001 Emerging Artist, NCECA, Charlotte, N.C.
1986 Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1982-3 Artist-in-residence, Contemporary Craft Gallery, Portland, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Bellevue Museum of Art and Design , Bellevue, WA
2007 "Prayer and Preoccupation" Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Recent Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1990 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 The Edges of Grace. Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2005 "Trans-Ceramic Art", 3rd World Ceramic Biennale/World Ceramic Exposition Foundation (WOCEF), World Contemporary Ceramic Exposition. Seoul, Korea
2000- 02 Ceramic National 2000,, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
1990 Seven Figurative Artists Working in Clay, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Surreal Ceramics, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Northwest Clay, Littman Gallery at Portland State University and Coos Art Museum, Portland, OR
1984 Ceramics and Social Commentary Clay, 1984, Laumeier International Sculpture Park Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1984, Group Show, Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, MI
1980 Westwood Clay National, Los Angeles, CA, New York City, NY

PUBLICATIONS
“500 Figures in Clay” Lark Book, 2004
"Paint on Clay." American Crafts, June 1981.
"The Westwood Clay National." Published in New York, NY, 1980.

COLLECTIONS
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings MT
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Diane and Mark Grainer
Cathy Barancik and Steve Novik
Sandy Besser
Lenny Berkowitz
Ron Porter
Gail Brown
Candice Groot
Susan Cummins
Arthur Williams
Helen Drutt
Doug and Dale Anderson
Raleigh Roark