San Clemente, California, United States
born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 1953

Training

1979  Bachelor of Fine Art, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI

Selected group exhibitions since 1995

The beaded universe, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA, and American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 2000; Pacific craft show, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, 2000; Beadwork in America 2000, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, and Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE, 2000; SOFA, Chicago, IL, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005; SOFA, New York, NY, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005; Jewelry in painting, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2000; Transformation: contemporary works in jewelry and small metals, the Elizabeth R. Rapahel Founder’s Prize Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001; Saul Bell Design Award Competition, JCK Show, Las Vegas, NV, 2002; Flora: art and ecology in Florida, Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee, FL, 2002; Zero karat: the Donna Schneier gift to the American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 2002; Extreme metal, Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee, FL, 2003; Color has it, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2003; Planting, potting and pruning: artists and the cultivated landscape, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, 2003; Charmed lives, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2003; On the edge, The Enamelist Society Exhibition, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA, 2003; Celebrating nature, Craft and Folk Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 2004; The perfect collection: a shared vision for contemporary craft, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA, 2004; Treasures from the vault, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, 2004; 7th international juried enamel exhibition, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2004

Public collections

International  Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK