I am just beginning to understand the attraction I have to the agricultural. The shapes and themes I reference can be found in the fields surrounding my home. Forms that could be  hanging from trees, buried in the dirt or rusting in the shed, find their way into my work. I have a fundamental understanding of these organic and sometimes mechanical forms. They tell me about myself and they explain the natural processes of the agricultural cycles. Agriculture speaks to me about my own human experience. In the agricultural world there are cycles that that feel like allegorical references to a human struggle, a struggle that starts with fertilization, moves through growth and finally ends in decay. This process is raw and connected to my understanding of self. Beyond the allegory there is the rawness in the formal nature of the organic. Formal elements have the ability to speak in a universal language. This is the language I speak through and engage in my sculpture, a language of origin, form and beauty. These primal elements are rooted in my sculptural process. They are the fundamentals that continue to present themselves, providing a physical residue of my thought.

Education

M.F.A. 2006 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred New York
B.F.A. 2003 California State University, Long Beach California

Solo Exhibitions

2009. College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia CA
2009. Clay Mix Gallery, Fresno CA
2008. Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC
2008. Ventura College Art Gallery, Ventura CA
2007. First Arts Gallery, Visalia CA
2006. Insinuations, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Schien-Joseph Int. Museum of Ceramics Art, Alfred NY
2005. Arts Visalia Gallery, Visalia CA
2003. Chris Winfield Gallery, Carmel CA
2002. J. Moore Gallery, Seal Beach CA
2002. Transitions, Werby Gallery, Long Beach CA

Group Exhibitions

2010. Earth Origins, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2010. White, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC
2010. Miny Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg FL.
2009. Gallery Artists, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC
2009. Multiformity (NCECA 2009), Mesa College, Mesa AZ
2009. Wide Angle 3, University Art Museum, Long Beach CA
2009. Fig Tree Invitational Exhibition, Fig Tree Gallery, Fresno CA
2009. 5th World Ceramic Biennale, International Competition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, ROK
2008. Faculty Exhibition, Phebe Conley Gallery, Californs State University Fresno, Fresno CA
2008. Splash, Corridor Gallery, Fresno CA
2007. Alumni Group, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery. Visalia CA
2007. Art Auction 12, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach CA
2007. 4th World Ceramic Biennale, International Competition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, ROK
2006. Matter of Fact, Arts Manhattan Gallery, Manhattan Beach CA
2006. Alfred on 25th Street, A Collective Show of Alfred University MFA\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s, Lohin Geduld Gallery, J. Cacciola Gallery and Florenc Lynch Gallery, New York NY
2005. 61st Ceramic Annual, Ruth Chandler WIlliamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont CA
2004. The Show, Loop Gallery, New York
2001. Insight, California State University Museum of Art, California State University, Long Beach CA

Collections

US Embassy Art Collection, Washington DC
AMOCA Colection, American Museum of Ceramic Art,  Pomona CA
Permanent Collection, WOCEF, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Icheon, South Korea
Glory Hole Collection, Schien-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, New York
Silber Collection, Private Collection of Dianne and Igal Silber
Richard Oelschlaeger Collection

Awards

Honorable Mention, 4th World Ceramic Biennale, World Cermaic Center, Icheon South Korea

Publication

Ceramics Monthly, October 2009
World Ceramic Exposition  Foundation Press, International Competition Catalog 2009
500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books, 2009
Ceramic Monthly, Dec. 2008, Upfront Exhibitions
World Ceramic Expostition Foundation Press, International Competition Catalog, 2007
Ceramophile, The Schien-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Volume XVII Number 2 Fall 2006
Ceramophile, The Schien-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Volume XVII Number 1 Spr. 2006
Ceramic Review UK, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Six American Sculptors Are Put into Perspective\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Sept./Oct. 2005
Andy Brumner, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Where Clay Gets a Chance To Make A Big Impression\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Los Angele Times (Jan. 27th, 2005) E21
Christopher Miles, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Getting Out of Hand\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Press, Scripps College 2005
Tony Marsh, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Acts of Faith and Adventure\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", Scripps College Press, Scripps College, 2005