Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cleveland Institute of Art
Diana Hobsen Workshop, Cleveland OH
Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC

Experience
Operate a private studio since 1983
Juror, Governor's Youth Art Exhibition
Juror, Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City KS
Glass Instructor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
Technical Assistant in Glass, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
Manager and Coordinator of Hot Glass Studio, Cedar Point, Sandusky OH

Awards & Honors
Boca Raton Museum of Art, First in Glass

Birmingham Fine Arts Festival, "Artist of the Year"

Cain Park Art Festival, Director's Choice

Boston Mills Artfest, First Place

57th Street Art Fair, Nettie Hart Memorial Award for Crafts

Bruce Museum Art Fair, Excellence in  Crafts, First Place

Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, First Place
Terril Stone-Ketover Purchase Award, Coconut Grove Arts Festival
Crosby Gardens Festival of the Arts, First Place
Plaza Art Fair, Award Winner
Festival of the Masters, Disney, Judges Selection, Second Place
Oakbrook Center Invitational Crafts Exhibition, Award of Merit, Award of Excellence
Cleveland Institute of Art Alumni Show, The Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation
JCC Fine Craft Festival V, Best of Show
Lilly Endowment Grant
The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Award of Excellence
Greater Columbus Arts Festival, Best of Show, Purchase Award
Agnus Gund Memorial Scholarship
Cleveland May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Special Mention for Crafts

Commissions
"500 Glass Objects", Lark Books, 2006

Kimco Corporation

Three Glass Awards, Commissioned by The Dow Chemical Company
House Sculpture, Commissioned by Gesu
Ford Motor Company
Divinity Lutheran Church
Glass Sculpture, Commissioned by Calfee, Halter & Griswold
Three Glass Awards, Commissioned by Steel Case Corporation
Community Contributor Award, Commissioned by SDS Biotech
Glass Sculpture, Commissioned by Steel Case Corporation
Glass Sculpture, Commissioned by American Trucking Association
Award of Achievement, Commissioned by Northern Ohio Live Magazine

Collections

Lloyds TSB, Miami FL

Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah GA

Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, Dearborn MI
Wustrum Museum, Racine WI
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH
Southern Progress Corp., Birmingham AL
McDonald's Corporation, Oakbrook IL
Steel Case Corporation, Cleveland OH
Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland OH

Workshops & Lectures
University of Miami, Miami FL

Balt Glass Studio, Japan
Aichi University of Education, Japan
Niijima Glass Art Center, Japan
University of Illinois, Champaign IL
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
Huntington Museum, Huntington WV
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville IL

Exhibits

Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque IA

"Purple", Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky OH

"One & Only", John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI

"Red", Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky OH

"Glass:  A View Within", The Arts Center, St. Petersburg FL

"Yellow", Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky OH
"Blue", Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky OH

"Intricate Methods", River Gallery, Rocky River OH
"Hallinan-Ursuline Juried Religious Art Show", Ursuline College, Cleveland OH
"Ohio Perspectives: Reflections in Glass", Riffe Gallery, Akron Art Museum, Akron OH
"To Have And To Hold Containers", Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky OH
"Fly Fishing", River Gallery, Rocky River OH
"Glass Month '98", 20 North Gallery, Toledo OH
"Glass Today", Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH
Alumni Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
"New Glass Review 17", Corning Museum, Corning NY
"Glass Act", Two Man Show, Chameleon Gallery, Plymouth MI
Group Show, Schaff Gallery, Cincinnati OH
"Forms in Glass", One Man Show, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland OH
"Crystal and Lace", 9th Street Studio, Cleveland OH
"Explications Past and Present", One Man Show, 9th Street Studio, Cleveland OH
"Glass Now", Japan
International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa, Japan
Cleveland Glass, Ursuline College, Cleveland OH
Sculptural Survey, Tri-C Metro Gallery, Cleveland OH
Glass Exhibition, Chagrin Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls OH
Exhibition 280, "Works Off Walls," Huntington Galleries, Huntington WV
Beth El Sisterhood Show, Highland Park IL
Bratenahl Place Invitational Art Show, Bratenahl OH
Cleveland May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH
Park Synagogue Invitational, Cleveland OH
Studio Glass A Celebration, Lawton Gallery, Green Bay WI
"Capitol Glass Invitational," The Glass Gallery, Bethesda MD
Illinois Regional Glass Invitational, Edwardsville IL
"Qualities of Light," 3 person show, Fiori Gallery, Cleveland OH
Agnon Show, Agnon School, Cleveland OH
"A New Age in Glass," Masterworks Gallery, Highland Park IL
"Materializations," NOVA, Cleveland OH
Gallery West, 3 person show, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland OH
Five-Person Show, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky OH
34th Annual Ohio Ceramic, Sculpture and Craft, Butler Institute for American Art, Youngstown OH