BIO

EDUCATION

San Francisco Art Institute - MFA, 1976

San Francisco Art Institute - BFA, 1974

University of New Mexico - BS Mechanical Engineering, 1969

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Exhibition Design Manager-1999-to present

Operations/Installation Manager- 1992-1997

Installation Department Manager - 1985-1992,1997-98

Museum Technician - 1979-1985

Preparator- Hansen Fuller Gallery - 1976-1979

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Gordon’s Restaurant - 2002

JenJoy Gallery - 1998

the LAB, San Francisco - 1990

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art - 1986

Newport Harbor Art Museum , Newport , California - 1985

Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco - 1984

Trans America Gallery, San Francisco - 1984

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rental Gallery - solo exhibition - 1982

Diane Gilson Gallery, Seattle , Washington - 1980

Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco - 1980

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose , California - 1979

Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco - 1978

Nevada Art Gallery , Reno , Nevada - 1976

Montaldo Wetternaurer Gallery, San Francisco - 1974

 

EXHIBITIONS

Richmond Art Center , Richmond , California - group exhibition – 1989

Kohler Art Center , Sheboygen , Wisconsin - "Boat Show" - 1986

Sao Paulo Bienale, Sao Paulo , Brazil - 1985

Nexus Gallery, Berkeley , California - "Ten Most Wanted" - 1985

San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, P.S. 1 Clock Tower Gallery, New York , Otis Parsons, Los Angles - "San Francisco/Science Fiction" - 1984-1985

Fremont Art Center , Fremont , California - group exhibition -1984

San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, "How Shall We Travel in the Future?" - 1983

Contemporary Arts Center , Honolulu , Hawaii - 1983

Belca House, Kyoto , Japan ; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Elegant Miniatures from San Francisco " - 1982,1983

Richmond Art Center , Richmond , California - Sculpture Annual - 1982

Sebastian Moore Gallery, Denver , Colorado - "Bay Area Artists" -1981

Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto , California - "Painted Sculpture" - 1980

H.M. de Young Museum of Fine Art, Downtown Center - "On the Go" - 1979

Capricorn Asunder Gallery, San Francisco Art Commission Juried Exhibition - 1978

 

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Moscone Community Center, San Francisco- public sculpture- proposed 2009

Montgomery Monument, San Jose - public sculpture- 2008

ETEC Systems, Portland- public sculpture- 1999

San Francisco City College Library - lobby benches - 1996

The Home Federal Loan Bank of San Francisco -"Three Bridges" public sculpture - 1992

 

AWARDS

National Endowment for the Arts - grant -1980

 

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