| Education: | |
| BFA | NY State College of Ceramics, Alfred, NY |
| MA | University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| Employment: | |
| 2015-present | STUDIO POTTER, Portland, OR |
| 1994–2015 | INDEPENDENT GRAPHIC DESIGNER |
| 2005–2007 | DESIGNER, Paragon Creative Group, Portland, OR |
| 1997–2001 | SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland OR |
| 1994–1998 | FACULTY: U of O Electronic Publishing Program |
| 1976–1996 | STUDIO POTTER, Portland, OR |
| Awards: | |
| 2001 | DIRECT MARKETING ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ECHO AWARD OMSI Direct Mail |
| 1999 | PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS AWARD: Oregon Story WILLAMETTE VALLEY NON-PROFIT CRYSTAL AWARD: OMSI Direct Mail |
| Exhibitions, Residencies, Workshops: | |
| 2024 | Vases, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR |
| 2024 | 100 x 100, Salem On The Edge, Salem, OR (Juried Exhibition) |
| 2024 | SALT / WATERm Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR, Solo Exhibition |
| 2024 | Shellac resist in Surface Decoration, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR |
| 2024 | Seattle Art Fair, with Waterstone Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2023-present | Member, Waterstone Gallery, Portland OR, Artist-owned and operated cooperative gallery; current treasurer |
| 2023 | Hokkaido Pottery Society/Celebrate! Sapporo Craft Hall, Sapporo, Japan, (Juried International Exhibition), demonstration: Hand-building Techniques Using Darts |
| 2023 | Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR, 2-person show, 2-day workshop in surface treatment |
| 2023 | Studio Residency, studio of Akihiko Ishijima, Mashiko, Japan |
| 2022 | Pushing Boundaries, juried exhibition of Oregon Potters Association members’ work, Art At The Cave, Vancouver, WA |
| 2022 | Clay To Table—donated artwork to benefit Oregon Potters Association |
| 2022 | North Coast Teapots, Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR |
| 2022 | Northwest Woodfire Conference Juried Show, Art Elements Gallery, Newberg, OR |
| 2022 | PCX Commons, 2-person exhibition with printmaker Ingrid Slezak, Portland, OR |
| 2021, 22 | Ceramics Northwest, Oregon Potters Association pop-up gallery in Downtown Portland, OR |
| 2021 | COVID benefit for Behind The Museum Café raising funds to keep the Café open, Portland, OR |
| 2021 | Women of Woodfire, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR (National juried show) |
| 2020-24 | Behind the Museum Cafe Special exhibitions (by invitation) |
| 2019 | The Shape of Clay, Sidestreet Gallery, Portland, OR (Juried) |
| 2018 | Rooted in Clay, Sapporo Art Museum, Sapporo, Japan (Juried) |
| 2017 | Keep Portland Wared, Skutt Cermics, Portland, OR, (Juried) |
| 2017 | From the Earth, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR (Juried) |
| 2017 | Mom and Pop Wine Shop, Portland, OR (invitational) |
| 2017 | Art and Culture of Japan, Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, OR (juried) |
| 1976 – 1996 | Showed more than 75 local and National Juried Shows, and invitational gallery exhibitions |
| Studio Practice: | Currently focused on soda/salt firing stoneware and porcelain. My focus is moving towards nonfunctional work—carved, glazed, salt- or wood-fired, or combination of those. |
| Exploring themes of social justice and environmental concerns. | |
| Wood fire participation at Stephen Mickey’s Soulgama and Slipper Kilns, Ken Pincus Skyline Noborigama, Mt. Hood Nanagama and Little Woody Kilns, 7 Cedars Train kiln, and Ruri’s Fuu Kuu gama in Sheridan. | |
| Work focuses on form and texture, and how glaze and firing intersects with texture and manipulation of clay as well as kiln atmosphere and flame. | |
| Salt/soda kiln constructed at my studio in 2020. | |
| Organizations: | Member, Waterstone Gallery, an artist-owned and -operated cooperative gallery in Portland, OR founded in 1992. Currently Treasurer of the gallery. |
| Founding member of Oregon Potters’ Association. Current chair of Intercultural Committee, former Board member, Past Board Secretary, member of original by-laws committee, headed several committees for producing OPA Showcase. | |
| Board member/secretary at Museum of Contemporary Craft 2003-2009. |
