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Education
Commissions
Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibits
Alternative Placements
Design and Construction
Awards and Grants
Lecture/Performance
Media
Professional Affiliations
| 1994-1996 |
Masters of Fine Arts Degree, University
of California, San Diego. |
| 1974-77 & 91 |
Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree, Montserrat
College of Art Beverly, MA. |
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| Commissions
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| 2006 |
Lillian Place, 14th and J
Street, downtown San Diego. In collaboration with Jihmye Collins
and Mooney Jones and Stokes. Wakeland Housing. Studio E Architects,
Ivy Landscaping. |
| 2006 |
Solara, in Poway Ca. In collaboration
with Aida Mancillas. Community Housing Works. Carlos Rodriguez
Architect and Ivy landscaping. |
| 2006 |
Coronado
Senior Housing, Coronado CA. San Diego Interfaith Housing Foundation.
Studio E Architects and Ivy Landscaping. |
| 2003 |
Colfax Ave. Bridge, Los Angeles. Design team
with Saftie-Rabines Architects
and TY Lin International
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| 2003-2004 |
Urban Trees "Solar Illumination"
Port of San Diego, CA |
| 2003 |
BenchMark "Cell Phone Booth" Temporary
installation at 4th and Market, San Diego, CA |
| 2003-2004 |
Torrey Pines State Park. Interactive
educational sculpture. |
| 2001 |
"Recipe for Friendship",
Amici Park, San Diego. Public Art Sites, Commission for arts and
Culture |
| 1999-2004 |
Trolley Station at 70th Street, La Mesa
CA |
| 1998 |
Social Circles, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA.
permanent collection. |
| 1997 |
Signifire, Commission for Arts and Culture, City of San
Diego, Fire Station #11. 25th and Broadway |
| 1997 |
Contraption For A Directed View,
sculpture for the home of Ken Branson,
San Diego, CA |
| 1997 |
Red Bamboo,
LA Metro Art, Taylor Yard. Finalist
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| 1993 |
Apear a site specific window piece for Clinton Winnant at Scripps
Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA
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| 1991 |
A-Where-ness, Sushi Performance Gallery, Street Sites at Brownfield
Airport San Ysidro, CA. Done collaboratively with Michael Golino.
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| 2001 |
"Divisible", Spruce Street
Forum, San Diego |
| 2001 |
"The question is what's going on here?",
Art Produce Building, San Diego, CA
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| 1999 |
Square white tube objects in stone pattern,
COVA Sculpture Courtyard, San Diego, CA
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| 1996 |
Problematic Packages Posing as Poignant
Pleasures
Gallery in the Visual Arts Center, University of California, San
Diego. |
| 1994 |
Postal Passage, McGrath Art Gallery,
Bellarmine College, Louisville,
KY. Exhibit of mailed sculptures and lecture. |
| 1994 |
Saline a site specific installation for
Insite'94 at Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. |
| 1993 |
Terrain Sculpture, Site Induced Installations
at the San Diego
Model Railroad Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Ten pieces in existing dioramas, one piece purchased for permanent
display. |
| 1991 |
Curious Narratives, a series of assemblages
using photos and text. Circa 9 Gallery, San Diego, CA |
| 1989 |
Beauty Unadorned sculptures and photographs. Point
Loma Framemakers Gallery,
San Diego, CA |
| 1983 |
Art Appearance, Congress Ave Alternative Space, Austin, TX.
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| 1982 |
Warehome Exhibit, a two year
review Warehouse on 6th, Austin TX |
| 1979 |
Paintings, Village Corner Gallery, Peabody, MA |
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| 2007 |
2007
New Contemporaries , Simayspace at the Art Academy, San Diego Review by Kevin Freitas for Art as Authority |
| 2006 |
Ledgers at the UNTITLED [ArtSpace], Oklahoma
City. "Any 3" |
| 2003 |
Watermarks, Noosa Reginal Gallery, Queensland
Australia |
| 2002 |
Words, TRES Gallery, San Diego, CA |
| 2002 |
Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego,
CA. Bookarts |
| 2001 |
3rd Annual Juried Art Show, William D
Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA |
| 2000 |
7 + 7, Flux Gallery, San Diego, CA
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| 2000 |
Salon 2000, Arts College International, San Diego, CA |
| 2000 |
Festival Internazionale Percorsi Poesia Locarano.
"The Ship of Fools", a performance piece done
with Pasquale Verdicchio in Locarno Switzerland. |
| 1999 |
Playful Explorations, Carlsbad Sculpture Garden,
Carlsbad, CA. Curated by Debra Owen. |
| 1999 |
Mono-Pours, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
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1999
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Alumni Gallery, Montserrat College of Art , Beverly, MA
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| 1998 |
Meeting of the Minds The art and Cultural
Center, Fallbrook, CA
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| 1998 |
For Example Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
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| 1997 |
Working Artists Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
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| 1997 |
Unbuilt So. Calif. Guggenheim Gallery,
Chapman University, Orange California. Curator Richard Turner. Essay by Ron Glowen. |
| 1996 |
Redefining Landscape an installation at Southwestern College Gallery, with artists; Wick Alexander,
Anita Green, Philip Schultz- Ritterman , curator, Larry Urrutia.
Chula Vista, CA |
| 1993 |
Gang of Five paper sculptures shown with Ying-Kit Chan, Caroline
Farris, David Hailey, Laura Warriner at Huff Gallery, Spaulding
University, Louisville, KY |
| 1991 |
A-Where-ness a temporary sculpture commission sponsored by
Sushi Performing Arts Gallery for Street Sites done collaboratively
with Michael Golino at Brownfield Airport, San Diego, CA
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| 1991 |
Bender Board and Bungie Cord
and other constructions, a two person show with Rebecca Haines,
La Jolla, CA
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| 1988 |
New Furniture '88 A
competition sponsored by Ilan Lael and San Diego Home and Garden
Magazine. A lamp was selected for exhibition and publication.
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| 1988 |
Undercover Photos Curated by David Kinney, Bard Hall, San Diego,
CA |
| 1987 |
Micro 110 at Photographic Arts Gallery.
Joseph Bellows, guest juror.
Honorable mention. San Diego, CA |
| 1987 |
Nothing In Common with Lance Blackman at 314 G Street Channel
39 interview. |
| 1986 |
Gang of Five Returns Lightwell Gallery,
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| 1984 |
Folk Art Competition The Barrington Museum, Del Ray, Florida |
| 1983 |
Copy Art first prize with cash award for black and white Xerox. Austin TX |
| 1983 |
Sometimes Too Hot Austin Contemporary Visual Arts Association,
juried show at the Dougherty Art Center,
Austin, TX
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| 1983 |
Radiation Risk Reception Area,
A traveling juried exhibit shown in Austin and Houston, TX with TV news coverage.
Dougherty Art Center and Lawndale Annex.
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1981
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Fred Jones Memorial Museum of Art,
a student show,
three pieces selected. Norman OK.
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| 1981 |
Artists Art Exhibit, Grover Cleveland
Art Institute, curator
and participant. Oklahoma City, OK
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| 1999 |
"Crying Wolf" Stonewall Peak, Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
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| 1999 |
"Female Action Figures" over
35 sites throughout the United States. |
| 1998 |
"This is the Desert"
Imperial Highway marker S-2 Yuha Desert
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| 1998 |
"Suppose" Small bronze pieces in various private collections.
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| 1992 |
"Piece for Lilly Pond"
Balboa Park Birthday Celebration |
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| 2000 |
Mosaicist
for the Deerfield Pump Station, a Stone Paper Scissors design. "Water
Marks" at the Deerfield Pump Station in San Diego was designed
by Stone Paper Scissors. I installed the mosaic river for their
project.
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| 1998 |
Technical Assistant for Stone Paper Scissors
on the Unitarian Church, Hillcrest
(San Diego, CA) mosaic Cornor Park |
| 1997, 1998 |
Anniversary Sun Spot, Wind & Weather Catalog |
| 1996 |
Constructed instrument/performance apparatus
for Jerome Rothenberg, poet and performance artist.
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1987
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Assistant in Fabrication, for Golf Exhibit at
the Hall of Champions, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA using plexi - glass,
photo installations with mannequin, putting hole and laser disc games. |
| 1984 |
Worked on passive solar house for Jet Stream
Construction in Austin TX. Jeff Sikora, Architect. Mosaic tile
two bath tubs. |
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| 2008 |
Receive 2008 Annual Palette Award at Southern California Regional
Exhibition from San Diego Art Institute on March 29, 2008. http://sandiego-art.org |
| 2007 |
San Diego Housing Federation award for "Outstanding
Development Partner" . In collaboration with Jihmye
Collins for Lillian Place's 'A San Diego African
American Legacy' June 14, 2007. http://www.housingsandiego.org |
| 2006 |
Kitchen
of the year winner. http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com |
| 2001 |
Special Commendations, Mayor Dick Murphy |
| 1998 |
Installation Art Award from Angel Orensanz Foundation New York City, NY
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| 1998 & 99 |
Community Arts Grant Program, City of Carlsbad
Arts Office. A book art project with hearing impaired students at Magnolia Elementary School. Co-taught with Judith Christensen |
| 1994-96 |
Graduate Fellowship, University of California,
San Diego |
| 1996 |
Russell Foundation Grant, San Diego ,California
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| 1996 |
Graduate Research Grant Award, OGSR,
University of California, San Diego |
| 1976 |
Wilmina Denning Jackson Scholarship for tuition
at Montserrat College of Art |
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| Lecture/Performance |
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Public Address at the San Diego Art Institute.
Collaborated with Aida Mancillas where I manipulated a sculpture
down the main staircase as she spoke. February 2003 |
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Seminar on Utopia at the Vejas Casino for
Public Address 2003. |
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State Park Rangers Conference in San Diego,
Lecture on Public Art, 2002 |
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"A Ship of Fools" collaborated with
Pasquale Verdichio in Locarno Switzerland |
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Native
Plants Journal, Summer 2006 "Native Plants enhance Art" |
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Natural
Home Magazine, Lori Tobais "Funky
and Functional" John Durant,
photographer. Sept/Oct 2006 |
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San
Diego Union Tribune, Jeff Ristine, July 3, 2005
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Cartouche, May 2003 Nina Karavasiles on "Public
Art and Trespassing" NewSchool of Architecture |
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"Best of the Rest" by Robert Pincus
Union Tribune. January 16, 2003 |
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Public Art: Some Observations. Indianapolis
Art Center, Julia Muney Moore 2002 CD |
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Public Art Review, Recent Projects, Volume 13,
number 2 issue 26. |
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SOS! (Save
Outdoor Sculpture) Recipe for Friendship shown in a set of
panels traveling throughout the Unite States |
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Full Focus, KPBS, "Collections", Aida
Mancillas interview. Recipe for Friendship. February 2002 |
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San Diego Reader's Best 2001, special addition,
October, Firehouse Art |
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The Publication, Vol 6, issue 4, "Anticipation"
by Charnassi, Sept 2001 |
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San Diego Downtown News, "Artist cooks
up recipe for Amici Park Makeover" by Kelly O'Connor. July
26, 2000 |
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"Eating Their Words", Karen Kenyon.
April 26, 2000 San Diego Union Tribune |
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Tanto Magazine, Ito Hiromi, volume number 79,
December 1999. Japan |
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San Diego Magazine "Who Pays the Piper?"
Virginia Butterfield, October 1999
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San Diego Weekly Reader, Jerry
Schad, Roam-A-Rama, A guide to unexpected San Diego, volume 28/number
40/ October 7, 1999 |
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UCSD TV Channel 35 "Signifire:
Art in the Public Realm " a 30 minute documentary,
first aired November 18, 1997
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Tom Whayne, Art Seen, The Publication
Vo.11, Issue 11 May 1997 |
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Cathy Curtis, To Have and Have Not
Unbuilt So. Calif, Los Angeles Times April 1, 1997 |
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Private Perceptions pertaining
to the Properties particular to Public Art Parentheses Writing
Series, Small Press Distribution. ISBN 1-8793-42-10-3. 1996
Nina Karavasiles
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Keith Thompson, Model Railroader Magazine,
August 1994 |
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InSite San Diego Daily Transcript
September 23, 1994 |
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Robert Pincus, 'La Jolla's InSite Work Multifaceted',
San Diego Union Tribune, October 4, 1994 |
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Kraig Cavanaugh, 'Sea Salt
and Moonshine, Nina Karavasiles and Allan Kaprow', Art Week
November 3, 1994 25 : 21.
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InSite Catalog Editor, Sally Yard, Installation
Gallery 1995. ISBN 0-9642554-1-3 |
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Judith Christensen, 'Pygmy Art Makes Tracks',
The Reader, 22 : 25 June 24, 1993 |
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Robert Pincus, 'Model Monuments
in the Landscape are Provocatively Populist', Union Tribune
September 9, 1993
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Diane Heilenman, The Courier Journal,
Louisville, KY June 13, 1993 , Gang of Five Review |
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Art on File, Slide and
Digital Collections of Contemporary Public art, Architecture and
Design, Seattle, WA |
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Robert Pincus, 'Sushi Art Hits the
Streets for the 6th Time', San Diego Union Tribune March
8, 1991 |
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