Curriculum Vitae

Education

MFA   2003   Studio Art   Merit Assistanceship Scholarship
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

BFA   1985   Painting and Printmaking   Cum Laude
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Private Cello studies with Walter Gray, Seattle Symphony, 1993-2001, and Stephanie Vial, Professor of Music, Violincello, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 2001-2003

Exhibitions

Franklin & Madeline collaboration with Lynn Schirmer
Ouch My Eye Gallery. Seattle, Washington, November, December 2007

The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Mnemonic Gallery, OK Gallery, Corridor Gallery
Seattle, Washington, July 2007

Works on Paper solo show
Corridor Gallery. Seattle, Washington, September, 2006

Artist Trust Exhibition
Chase Gallery. Spokane, Washington, June-August, 2006

A Horse of a Different Color: PONCHO 5th Annual Invitational
Washington State Convention Center. Seattle, Washington, March, 2006. catalogue published

Affiliation
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, February, 2006

Little Monsters solo show
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, July, 2005

Art:Bite
Atelier 31. Seattle, Washington, December, 2004

Tra Est E Oevest (From East to West)
GAS Art Gallery. Torino, Italy, November-December 2004. catalogue published

Soho-Chelsea International
Agora Gallery. NYC, Juror: Susan Cross, August 2004

Go West!
Richmond Art Center. Richmond, California. Juror: Renny Pritikin, July-August 2004

The Face: Identity and Disguise
Atelier 31. Seattle, Washington, July, 2004

Body Politics
Gallery 110. Seattle, Washington, Juror: Gene Gentry MacMahon, First Prize, January 2004

Translations: Dialogues on Life
Remote Gallery. NYC, Juror: Kathleen Wentrack, October 2003

Geweldig Geweld (Violent Violence)
Arti et Amicitiae. Amsterdam, Netherlands, July-August 2003

New Currents in Contemporary Art
Ackland Art Museum. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, April-May 2003

Red
Mitten Gallery. Harrisonburg, Virginia, March 2003

All Too Human solo show
Lump Gallery. Raleigh, North Carolina, June 2002

Doubles solo show
John and June Alcott Gallery. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 2002

2002 National Drawing Exhibition
University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, Juror: Leon Hicks, February 2002. catalogue published

Bad Touch
Space 1026. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 2002

8+1
John and June Alcott Gallery. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, January 2002

Bad Touch
Lump Gallery. Raleigh, North Carolina, December 2001

Selected Performances and Works in Sound

Untitled
Composition of sound, under and on the water 2007.
Sound source for multimedia show by Ethan Murrow "The Great Narwhale Hoax" Winston/Wachter Gallery Seattle, Washington April/May 2007

Divining
For seven open strings 2005
Sound source for video by Ethan Murrow Drawings and Video at Reeves Contemporary, NYC and The Doll Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, Vermont 2005

Broken Suite
Thirteen melodic fragments for piano, guitar, and cello 2003

Miracled Up
a sound and picture opera based upon the life and death of Daniel Paul Schreber for seven open strings, cello with loop, sound samples, and projected illustrations, 2003 performed at the Clean Room Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Hymn to the Western World
For eleven open strings 2002 performed at the Clean Room and Hanes Art Center Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The Magnus Notebook
Ten melodies for toy organ and guitar 2002

4/7/7/4
A deconstruction of Pachelbel’s Canon for two cellos and two clarinets 2001

Seven Mixed Quartets
For alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, and cello 2001-2004

Six poems by Par Lagerkvist
For voice and instruments 2000

The Hammond Notebook
84 melodies for Hammond organ and guitar 1999-2000

Bibliography

Indelible Kitchen
Electronic journal Richmond, Virginia
Web post featuring a series of paintings and cartoons October, 2007- current

Ghost Whisperer Producer/Director John Gray
Touchstone Television Productions/CBS September, 2006
Two paintings used in episode 251

Tusculum Review Mary Boyes and Richard Greenfield, editors
Photographs of three paintings Greeneville, Tennessee Volume 2, 2006, 74-76.

Andrew Engelson “Visual Art Picks: James Cicatko”
Seattle Weekly review with photograph Seattle, Washington July 20-26, 2005, 70.

Stefano Catalani “Tra Est e Ovest”
Gas Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue
Exhibition catalogue article with photograph Torino, Italy November 6 – December 4, 2004

Emanuele Rebuffini “ Atelier 31 a Torino”
Giovani Artisti Italiani article with photograph
Torino, Italy November, 2004

William Butler Yeats Complete Poems
Painting used for book cover
Indialog Publications Debasmita Majumdar editor New Delhi, India September, 2004.

Fionne Meade editor “2004 GAP award recipients”
Artist Trust Journal announcement with photograph
Seattle, Washington volume XI, no. 2, summer 2004

Andrew Engelson “Visual Art Picks”
Seattle Weekly exhibition announcement with photograph
Seattle, Washington January 7-13, 2004, 60.

Florence Tonk “Amerika krijgt meer en meer een cultuur van censuur”
Extra! Amsterdam, Netherlands number 20-21, August 1, 2003.

Lissa Brennan “Human Nature”
The Spectator Raleigh, North Carolina June 26-July 2, 2002, 30.

Mark Hornburg “Best Bets”
The Independent exhibition announcement with photograph
Raleigh, North Carolina June 12-18, 2002, 37.

Michael Marshall catalogue editor “2002 National Drawing Exhibition”
University of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii February 4, 2002, 19.

Grants and Fellowships

Washington State Artist Trust GAP Grant 2004

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