Education:    
 
MFA from The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (1990)
BFA from Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida (1982)
 
Professional:   
 
Professor of Art, University of Missouri
 
Selected Solo Exhibitions: 
 
Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO (2008)
St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, (2008)
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, (2007)
Roswell Art Center West, Roswell, GA, (2006)
Red Star Studios, Kansas City, Missouri (2005)       
Alma Thomas Fine Arts Center, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX (2004)
Target Gallery, St. John’s University Art Center, Collegeville, MN  (2004) 
Burroughs Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C. (2003)
Iowa Weslyan College,  Mt. Pleasant, IA, (2002)
Baylor University Art Department Gallery, Waco, TX, (2000)
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, (1999)
Taipei County Cultural Center, Taipei County, Taiwan, (1998)
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (1998)
 
Selected Recent Group Exhibitions:
 
Invitational Exhibition of 21st Century Iconographic Clayworks, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR (2009)
The Infinite Teapot, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio (2009)
Dichotomy, national invitational, Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (2009)
Utilitarian Clay V: Celebrate the Object, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (2008)Crossing Boundaries: Painting and Ceramics, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA (2008)
2007 NCECA Clay National Biennial Exhibition, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY (2007)
Clay-Wood-Fire: An International Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Wood-Fired Clay, Chemeeketa Community College, Salem, OR (2007)
2006 Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award, Shepparton Art Gallery,Shepparton, Victoria, Australia (2006)
International Wood Fire Exhibition, international invitational, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (2006)
2006 Ceramics Biennial Invitational, Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College,Champaign, IL
Legacy and Innovation in Contemporary Clay, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, Ichon World Ceramic Center, Kyongg Province, Korea (2005)
NCECA 2005 Clay National Exhibition, Baltimore County Center for Art and
Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD  (2005)
The Naked Truth: 2004 International Juried Woodfire Exhibition, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (2004)
Gas-Fired/Wood-Fired: Kilns, Fire and Ceramic Expression, Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN (2004)
The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea International Competition, Ichon World Ceramic Center, Kyonggi Province, Korea (2003)
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2003, Competition Exhibition Hall, Cheongju, South Korea (2003)
Twenty-Five Years of Collecting: Works from the Permanent Collection, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor, University, Waco, TX (2003)
 
Selected Collections
 
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Kyongi Province, Korea
Taipei County Yingke Ceramics Museum, Taipei County, Taiwan
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Daum Museum, State Fair Community College, Sedalia, Missouri
Martin Museum of Fine Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka Kansas
Taipei County Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan
ASAI Architects, Kansas City, Missouri
Advanced Business Fulfillment, St. Louis, Missouri
H & R Block Corporate Headquarters, Kansas City, Missouri
 
Selected Awards
 
William H Byler Distinguished Professor Award, University of Missouri – Columbia (2008)
Lighton International Artists Exchange Program, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, Missouri (2007)
Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft Center Residency Award, Mittagong, Australia (2007)
Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research/Creative Activity in the Humanities and Fine Arts,
University of Missouri – Columbia (2003)
Fletcher Challenge Ceramic Award, Merit Award, Auckland New Zealand (1996)
Kennedy Center Fellowship for Teachers of the Arts, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C (1987)
 
 
Selected Invited Workshops/Lectures
 
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
TAFE New South Wales, Northern Sydney Institute, Sydney, Australia
Sturt Australian Contemporary Craft Center, Mittagong NSW, Australia
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO
Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN
University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Baylor University, Waco, TX
Tainan National College of the Arts, Kuantien, Taiwan
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Dennison University, Granville, OH
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, WI
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL