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