Education
1995 National Academy of Design, New York, NY; Master Class with Wayne Thiebaud
1985 Hochschule für Film and Fernsehen, München, West Germany; Seminar in Directing for the
Cinema with Reinhart Hauff
1984 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Bachelor of Science in Film awarded in June '84
1983 Long Island University, Southampton College, Southampton, NY; Master Class in Painting with
Audrey Flack, Roy Lichtenstein, Elaine De Kooning, James Brooks and Esteban Vincente
Solo Exhibitions
2009 “Ten Years of Painting on Paper,” Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Heaven or Las Vegas,” DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
2003 “Lexicon,” DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
2002 “Point of Departure,” Michael Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 “UrbanMotif,” SPF:a Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 “Orion,” B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY
1996 “Bill Evans and The Birds of Appetite,” Images Gallery, Louisville, KY
1994 “The Sacred Geometry of Chance,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1992 “Duck Hunting in a Glass Bottom Boat,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
“Double Exposure,” Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY
“The Pedestrians,” Public Art Project, Louisville, KY
1990 “Joy and Consolation,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1989 “Requiem,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
“In Defense of Love,” LVAA Water Tower Gallery, KY
1988 “Poetic Coincidence,” Boyd Martin Experimental Theatre, Louisville, KY
“Holding Court,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1987 “Pounding the Pavement,” Floyd County Art Museum, New Albany, IN
“In the Crossfire,” Gallery 414, Louisville, KY
“Eyes Opened, Once Again,” Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Evanston, IL
1986 “Theories of Personal Projection,” Harriet Wooley Gallery, Paris, France
1985 “A Different Point of View,” Millennium Film Co-op, New York, NY
“Eine Andere Blickpunkt,” Vier Filme, Turkendolch Kino, Munich, Germany
1984 “CorresponDance & Poetic CoinciDance,” Interpretation Center, Evanston, IL
Group Exhibitions
2006 “MTA Commissions,” Lehman College of Art, New York, NY
2005 “Welcome to the Jungle,” DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
2004 “100:1,” DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
2003 “Fresh Blood,” The Center for Experimental and Perceptual Art, Buffalo, NY
2001 “Heat,” Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
1998 “Self-Portrait,” Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
1996 “The River,” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY (catalogue)
“Future Archives,” Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY
1995 “The Art of the Book,” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
“Not Just Another Pretty Face,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1993 “Salvage Crafts,” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
“Just Good Art,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
1992 “Cartographica,” LVAA Galleries, Louisville, KY
“ Quilt Conceptions,” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
1991 “Umbrellas,” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
“In Memoriam,” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
“Works on Paper,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1990 “For Children of all Ages,” Soaper Arts Center, Henderson, KY
1990 “Time Pieces,” Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY (catalogue)
“Urban Visions”: Two-Person Show with Tom Pfannerstill
Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Evanston, IL
Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY
“New Work from Louisville,” Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
“Look, No Horses!” Gallery 900, Chicago, IL
1989 “Checkmate & Other Moves,” Kentucky Art & Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
“Small Works '89,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1988 “New Work New Artists,” J. B. Speed Museum R&P Gallery, Louisville, KY
“Small Works '88,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
“Me: Artist's Self Portraits,” Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY (catalogue)
1987 “Small Works '87,” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
“Regional Expression,” Center for Contemporary Art, Lexington, KY
“Last Hurrah/First Hooray,” LoHo Gallery, Louisville, KY
1986 “Showcase '86,” Water Tower Art Gallery, Louisville, KY (catalogue)
“Two by Four,” Fondation des Etas-Unis, Paris, France
1985 “Nouveaux Travaux En Cinema,” Fondation des Etas-Unis, Paris, France
Public and Corporate Collections
J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Kentucky Center for the Arts, Louisville, KY
FilmWorks Multiplex, Louisville, KY
Louisville International Airport Authority, Louisville, KY
L G & E, Louisville, KY
Radio Shack, AZ
The Hans Robert Thomas Collection, Weiden, Germany
Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
National City Bank, Louisville, KY
Stockyards Bank and Trust, Louisville, KY
Blue Mountain Capital, New York & London
Gittleman and Barber, Attorneys at Law, Louisville, KY
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Pfizer, New York, NY
Swiss RE, New York, NY
ComData Holding Corporation, Nashville, TN
Banana Republic, San Francisco, CA
Awards and Commissions
2005 Public Art Commission, MTA Arts in Transit Program. New York, NY-12 Glass Windscreen
Panels for permanent installation, Kingsbridge Road, The Bronx (Installation Autumn ’07)
2004 MTA Network Poster Program Commission, New York, NY
2003 Essayist, “Making the Invisible Visible”, Columbia University, New York, NY
2002 Curator/Essayist, “Text/Textile”, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Curator/Essayist, “The Mural as Muse”, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, NY
1997 J.B. Speed Museum Contemporary Art Acquisition
Curator/Essayist “Catalogue Drawings, The Work of Alan Moss”, Artswatch Gallery
1996 Apex Entertainment Commission, 18 Murals for Filmworks Cinema Eightplex
1996 Early Times Fellowship Grant Recipient
1994 Artist Residency/Fellowship, Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga CA
1993 Kentucky Center for the Arts Mural commission, “Leitmotif”, Louisville, KY
1993 Guest Lecturer in Fine Art & Gallery Management, Governor's School for the Arts, Louisville, KY
1992 Guest Lecturer in Visual Arts, University of Louisville, KY
Guest Lecturer in Visual Arts, Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY
1990 Curator/Essayist “On Target” 3rd Annual Zephyr Gallery Invitational
Guest Lecturer in Visual Arts, Bellarmine College, Louisville,KY
1989 Guest Lecturer in Visual Arts, University of Kentucky, Lexington
ComData Holding Corporation Commission, Nashville, Tennessee
Guest Lecturer in Visual Arts, University of Louisville
Publications
2002 “The Sacred Geometry of Pedestrians,” Hummingbird Press, CA
2000 “Mulroney & Others,” Sarabande Press
1995 “Sonora Review” No. 29 Spring ‘95 University of Tuscon, AZ
1994 “The American Voice” No. 35, Fall ‘94, The Kentucky Foundation for Women
“Sonora Review” No.28 , Fall ‘94, University of Tuscon, AZ
1993 Twentieth Century Literature Conference, 1993, University of Louisville, KY
“Phoebe” Vol. 22 No.1, Winter ‘93, George Mason University, VA
1992 “The Company of Heaven” University of Pittsburgh Press, PA
1990 “On Target #3” Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
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