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EDUCATION
  Tennessee Technological University - B. S. Psychology (1994)
Minors: Art (Appalachian Center for Crafts), Geology, and Biology
   
PRESENT POSITION
  Owner and resident sculptor at Bark Studio (1994 - present)
   
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
   "Featured Artist" Shack Up Gallery Boseman MT • October 2007 
“Featured Artist” Show River Gallery, Chattanooga TN • December 2005
“Featured Artist” American Crafts Counsel, Baltimore • February 2006“Featured Artist” Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN, • 2003
SOFA, NY, NY• 2002-2004
SOFA, Chicago, IL• 2001-2004
American Crafts Counsel, Baltimore, MD • 2005
Best of Tennessee T.A.C.A. Biannual 2004
“Featured Artist” Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Nature Transformed" Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY 2006
Collectors of Wood Art Forum, Minneapolis, MN
SOFA New York, International Exhibition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art
SOFA Chicago, International Exhibition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art
“Featured Artist Exhibition”, Hanson Galleries, Houston, TX
“Featured Artist Exhibition”, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD
   
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
  Architectual design Show March 6-9  2008 Pier 94 New York NY
  American Crafts Councl show Baltimore MD Feb. 22-25 
MUSEUMS/COLLECTIONS
  Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
Living Heritage Museum, Athens, TN
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Manuel Friedman Collection, Arlington, VA
Winston Lambert Collection, Palo Alto, Ca
Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Bob Bohlen Collection, Brighton, MI
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
   

GALLERIES
  The Carlin Gallery, Paris, France
del Mano, Los Angeles, CA
Finer Things, Nashville, TN
Trailside Galleries, Jackson Hole Wy
Sherwood Gallery Laguna Beach CA
Shack Up Gallery Boseman MT
Bedazzled, Cody, WY
   
HONORS/AWARDS
  Artist of the Year 2004, Cookeville, TN Arts Counsel
Nashville Public Television "Tennessee Crossroads", July 2001
Home & Garden Television "Our Place", March, 2001
Commissioned vessel for Millennium Award presented to Alvin Gearheart,
Curator for the Tennessee Association of Museums
Best of Show, Corn Hills Art Show, Rochester, NY
Best of Show;Wood, Western Interiors Design show, Cody, WY, Given by Juror Sam Maloof
Best of Show, Oak Ridge Invitational, Oak Ridge, TN
Best in Wood, Summer Fair, Cincinnati, OH
Award of Merit, TACA Spring Art Fair, Nashville, TN
Award of Merit, Great Gulf Coast Art Festival, Pensacola, FL
Article featured in Fine Woodworking, July, 1997
 

Recent Works

What the Experts are Saying...

I think he is continually progressing without losing touch of where he was and not doing newness just for the sake of newness. He’s got continuity and a thread to his work… a very long-term point of view. I think he is one of the most collectable wood artists out there.

Al Oliver
Merchandise Manager, Nieman Marcus Home Stores
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