ARTIST STATEMENT

I use paint, paper, pigment and photography to explore all manner of art styles and concepts. I explore the abstracted landscape, environmental degradation, politics and pure abstraction.  My process is one of layering and editing. I sometimes remove whole sections of a painting to reveal the history of a work. This allows a new response to be formulated to push the art forward. I also work with mixed media photographic techniques to explore the boundaries of the graphic arts.

 

           

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 January        15th Anniversary Exhibition, Kaddatz Galleries, Fergus Falls MN

2023 June             63rd  Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2022 July              The River Is….Invitational and purchase award, City of Fergus Falls

2022 June             62nd Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2022 May             Spring Gala Invitational Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2021 July              Spring Gala Invitational Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2021 June 61st Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2020 June             Spring Gala Invitational Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2020 June 60th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2019 November NewVember, Ecce Contemporary, Fargo ND

2019 October COLLECTIVE (in)Action, MU Gallery, North Dakota State University

2018 July               Dab Art, CLICKBAIT, Political Art Publication and Exhibition, Ventura CA

2018 June              59th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2017 June              58th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2017 Summer         Open Studios Press; Studio Visit, Exhibition in Print

2017 January          This Week Only Invitational, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

2016 November      Wandering Ghost Pop Up show, Fargo, ND

2016 November      NewVember, Ecce Contemporary, Fargo ND

2016 June              57th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2016 March            2nd Biennial Wings and Water Show, Prairie du Sac, WI

2015 June              Wandering Ghost Pop Up show, Fargo, ND

2015 March           Open Studios Press; Studio Visit, Exhibition in Print, Vol. XXVII

2014 June              55th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2014 May               Spring Gala Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2013 November      NewVember, Ecce Contemporary, Fargo ND

2013 May               Spring Gala Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND          

2012 November      NewVember, Ecce Contemporary, Fargo ND

2008 November     Art on the Plains X Biennial, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2007 April             Spring Gala Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2006 February       Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists Open, Heritage Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead MN

2005 May              Spring Gala Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2003 May              Spring Gala Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2002 February       Winter Works, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs CO

2001 June             Mixed Media III, Period Gallery, Omaha NE

2001 June             Santa Fe Trail International Juried Show, A.R. Mitchell Museum of Art, Trinidad CO

2001 May              Spring Gala Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

2001 February       Eclectic Visions, Collaborative show with Kent Kapplinger (multiple venues)

2000 November     Art on the Plains 3rd Biennial, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 July                Ecce Contemporary, Fargo ND

2009 July               Ecce Contemporary, Fargo ND

2007 September     Renaissance Hall Gallery at North Dakota State University, Fargo ND 

 

AWARDS

2023, Staff Choice Award at 63rd Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2020, Honorable Mention at 61st Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead MN

2014,  Honorable Mention at 55th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN

2002,  2nd place award for Nook, Winter Works, Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs CO

2001,  Award of Excellence for Sanctifico Arboretum, Mixed Media III, Period Gallery, Omaha NE

2001,  Best of Category Award, Mixed Media for Pioneer Spirit, Santa Fe Trail International Juried Show.                                  A.R. Mitchel Museum of Art, Trinidad, CO

2001,  Staff Choice Award for Moth #1, Spring Gala Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND

           

 COLLECTIONS

North Dakota State University Permanent Collection, Guardian and Landscape #1

West Acres Permanent Collection, Monument and Inherit

Catalyst Medical Center Collection, Landscape Abstraction 1, Landscape Abstraction 3 and Meek

ND Governor the honorable Doug Burgum private collection; Silver Elk and Untitled (Bison/Sioux)

Held in numerous private collections