Vitae
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2016 | Beziehungen / Relationships, The Motive Space Portland, Oregon, Paintings |
| 2010 | Two Rivers – a confluence of poetry and realism, (For instance the San Antonio River and the Rio Grande) Assemblages and digital photography on and with hand made paper White Sturgeon Gallery @ the Water Resources Education Center, Vancouver, Washington |
| 2003 | Works
on and with hand made paper Contemporary Art Month Exhibition Paintings, Mixed Media, Sculptures Instituto De Mexico, San Antonio, Texas |
| The Bread & Circus
Series and other paintings Gallery Nord, San Antonio, Texas |
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| 2000 | Crimes
against Humanity (Against Forgetting and Finger Pointing) Canticle to the Sun (Canticle for the Creatures) And other works on and with hand made paper St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas |
| 1999 | Of
Mice and Men, Renaissance Series Mixed media works on paper, paper paintings Galerie ZeitRaum, Oldenburg, Germany |
| 1998 | Crimes
against Humanity (Against Forgetting and Finger Pointing)
The Urban Series, and The Duality of Roses Works on and with hand made paper Galerie ZeitRaum, Oldenburg, Germany |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2018 | Royal Nebeker Gallery,
“Au Naturel” Drawing Astoria, Oregon |
| 2016 | Gallery 114,
“It’s political”
Paper painting Astoria, Oregon |
| 2009 | The
Kingstad Gallery, Border
Hyphens Series Assemblages Beaverton, Oregon |
| 2008 | Olympic Mills Commerce Building: rdEVOLUTION Series “The Saga of an American Animal,” Paper paintings Portland , Oregon |
| Mark
Woolley Gallery,
“Beziehungen” (Relationships) Oil paintings Portland, Oregon |
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| 2007 | City Hall First Thursday Sustainable Art Show Water Under the Bridge (The San Antonio River project) Digital photographs on handmade paper Portland, Oregon |
| 2006 | Frank
Lloyd Wright House Fiber Art Show Ravel’s Bolero, Paper painting Silverton, Oregon |
| 2005 | “First
Thursday” Exhibition in the Pearl Paper paintings Portland, Oregon, private venue |
| 2004 | W.A.R.R.R! Wrongs and Responsbilidades, Rights,
Rituals Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, San Antonio, Texas |
| H2O~
Considering the Hydrosphere, Water under the Bridge (The San Antonio River Project) Digital photographs on handmade paper Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas |
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| 2003 | Blue Star 18 @Flatbed Press Galleries, Austin Blue Star 18 (Contemporary Art Month Exhibition) "Border‑ Hyphens," Assemblages Curated by Terrie Sultan, Houston, Texas Austin and San Antonio, Texas |
| All
School Exhibition Southwest School of Arts & Craft, San Antonio, Texas |
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| 73rd
Annual San Antonio Artist Exhibition, Paper paintings, "Music Interpretations" Juried by Deborah McLeod, Virginia |
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| 2002 | 72nd
Annual San Antonio Artists Exhibition "Border‑ Hyphens," Assemblages Juried by Lyle Novinski, Dallas |
| 2001 | Celebrating
the Riches of our Diversity, Crimes against Humanity (against Forgetting and Finger Pointing) Community Artists' Collective Gallery, Houston, Texas |
| 2000 | Art Craft Exhibition, Art Museum of South Texas Juried by Susan Peterson, Corpus Christi, Texas |
| 70th Annual
Artists Exhibition, Paper paintings Juried by Susan Shatters, New York The San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
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| The
Psychological Figure, The Solitude
Series, Paintings Center for Spirituality and the Arts, San Antonio, Texas |
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| 1999 | The
Millennium Show, The Solitude Series, Paintings Sulkin / Secant Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, Ca |
| 69th Annual Artists Exhibition, Paper paintings Juried by David L.Shirey, New York, N.Y The San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
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| Minimal Art Discount Art project organized by "du vague a I’ art," Concurrently with the Art Biennale, Paper assemblages Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
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| 1998 | "1998" Annual
Artists Exhibition The San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
| 1997 | Abstractions Four,
Paper paintings The Artist's Gallery, San Antonio, Texas |
| Confluence 1997 Annual National Juried Painting & Sculpture
Exhibition, Paper paintings | |
| Endeavors
9, Paper paintings, Juried exhibition SW School of Art Craft, San Antonio, TX | |
| 1996 | By
Invitation, Prints on
handmade paper Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas, |
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Multimedia
Juried Art Show, Paper assemblage Juried by James Surls, Houston, Texas Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Huntsville, Texas, |
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| International
Juried Exhibition, Paintings Juror: Elizabeth A. Yarozs Laredo Art League, Laredo Center For the Arts, Laredo, Texas, | |
| 1985 | Assemblages
and Environmental Installations Carl von Ossietzky Universitaet, Oidenburg, Germany |
Awards
| 2009 | First Place Award Subject/ Object exhibition for the Border Hyphen Series Kingstad Gallery, Beaverton , OR |
| 2003 | All School Exhibition , Southwest School of Art& Craft, San Antonio, TX, Best of Paper & Book Art Department, Paper Painting |
| 73rd Annual Artist Exhibition San Antonio Art League Museum, Contributer's Award, Paper Painting | |
| 2002 | 72nd Annual Artist Exhibition San Antonio Art League Museum, Onkerdonk Award, Assemblage with hand made paper |
| 2000 | 70th Annual Artist Exhibition San Antonio Art League Museum, Sponsor's Award, Paper Painting |
| 1999 | 69th Annual Artist Exhibition San Antonio Art League Museum, Cecil Casebier Memorial Award, Paper Painting |
| 1997 | Confluence — Annual National Juried Painting and Sculpture Exhibition Juror's Award, Paper Painting |
| Counterpoint, 29th Annual National Juried Show- Printmaking, Photography and Drawing Juror's Award, Prints on hand made paper | |
| 1996 | International Juried Exhibition, Laredo Art League First Place Award for "Inventory", Painting Laredo, TX |
Bibliography
PaperArt , 261 International Artists, IAPMA 2013, photos of diverse work
Jo Siddens, IAPMA Bulletin 46, Natural Fibers, International Association of Hand Papermakers and paper Artists, "The Duality of Roses," 2009, Critique
Catherine Walworth, VOA, Voices of Art Magazine, Volume 12, "H2O -Considering the Hydrosphere", San Antonio, TX, 2004, Review
Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX, February18, 2004 "Water works" on "Considering the Hydrosphere," Review
Terrie Sultan, In Celebration of Contemporary Art month, / Blue Star18, July 2003, San Antonio July 2003, Catalogue
Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express News, San Antonio July20, 2003, "Artist at Ease in Various Styles", Review
Pamela Outz, San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, April 2000, biographical feature 'Artist thrives on "exotic" U.S.A.'
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69th An Annual Artists Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum Exhibition Catalogue, 1999
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Juergen Weichardt, "Drawings with a lot of body language" Nordwest Zeitung, Oldenburg, Germany1998, Review
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Teaching Experience
Teaching Experience 2001 Youth Opportunity (YO), Cultural Arts Program, City of S.A. TX, Portfolio Development - Painting and Drawing
1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 San Antonio Museum of Art Summer Camps
1993, 1992 San Antonio Art Institute: College Prep, YAP (Young Artist Program)
Madonna Neighborhood: Summer Art Camps, Saturday Morning Art Projects, San Antonio, Texas
Founded "Los Seven Olmos Art School" for elementary and secondary level students, San Antonio, Texas
1991 City of San Antonio, Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs: ARTSTEACH
1988-1989 New Age School, San Antonio, Texas, a private school with an approach through art and philosophy: Classroom teacher
1984-1986 Art and music education at German public schools
Education
Double Major Teaching Certificate in Art and Music (Equivalent to a Masters Degree in art and music education) Carl von Ossietzky Universitaet, Oldenburg, Germany, 1987
Additional Studies
State Art Academy, Bremen, Germany: Sculpture: 1961-1962
International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria: Sculpture, figure drawing and research with Nobel Prize winner Robert Jungk, (Concepts for the innovation of the Salzburger Festspiele); 1982
Texas Tech. University, graduate classes: Works on paper, printing; 1994,1996,1997
Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, Texas: Paper making, studio projects and Paper related workshops; 1995,1996,1997,1998
University of Texas, San Antonio: Sculpture; 1996