/ Biography

Education

  • M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, 1970
  • B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, 1964
  • Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1961
  • Lake Forest University, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1961
  • Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, 1958-61

Teaching

  • San Francisco State University, Art Department, Instructor in Sculpture, 1997-98
  • Menlo College, Atherton, California, Instructor in Visual Literacy, a course offered jointly by the Departments of Humanities and Communications, 1993  
  • San Francisco State University, Art Department, Instructor in Sculpture, 1980-82        
  • Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Assistant Professor in Sculpture, 1972-74. Chair, Sculpture Department, 1973-74
  • Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Instructor in Sculpture, Related Arts Institute. (Summer Session Interdisciplinary Program), 1973
  • Tyler School of Art, Instructor in Sculpture, Summer Session, 1972

Guest Lectures

  • California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland. Sculpture Department. "Industrial Materials and Methods Appropriated for Sculpture." 
  •  Four lecture demonstrations: "Mechanical Fastening and Building Systems," "Glues and Adhesives," "Tools," "Hybrid Systems for Joining Dissimilar Materials", 1989-1990
  • California College of Art and Crafts, Oakland. Sculpture Department Guest Artist: Slide lecture, individual student studio critiques, 1989
  • San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, "Metal, Method and Manifestations: Bay Area Artists," slide lecture, 1989
  • Menlo College, Atherton, California. History Department. "Political Oppression, Art and Artists in Northern Ireland", 1988
  • Stanford University, Values in Science, Art, and Technology Program. Two lectures on "Visual Arts and Technology," Part 1: Historical Perspectives, Part 2: Social and Philosophical Influences, 1986
  • Menlo College, Atherton, California. History Department. "Art in Public View," slide lecture, 1985
  • San Francisco State University, Art Department, Art History. "Assemblage into Sculpture," slide lecture, 1981
  • San Francisco State University, Cinema Department. "Electrical Survival for Filmmakers,"  "Small Format Video for Artists." Workshop classes for graduate students. Both classes given biannually, 1979-91
  • California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland. Sculpture Department. A series of lecture demonstrations given over five semesters addressing advanced problems in sculpture fabrication using contemporary industrial technology, 1977-79
  • Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Guest Artist. Slide lectures, individual student studio critiques, 1974
  • Widener College, Chester, Pennsylvania. Artist in Residence. Slide lectures, classes, individual studio critiques, 1973

Community Service

  • Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco. Board of Directors, 1987-1994 (Vice-President,  1989-90, President, 1990-1994 Search Committee for Executive Director, Search Committee for Gallery Program Director, Visual Arts Selection Panel, Long Range Planning Committee.)
  • Arts Policy Plan Project, San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Planning Commission. Focus Group Member, 1989
  • National Educational Film Festival, "Film As Fine Art," Juror,  1988
  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, Sculpture Board (policy, acquisitions, exhibition), 1973
  • Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. Expanded Photography Annual Exhibition, Juror, 1973

Exhibitions and Commissions

  •  Menlo College, Atherton, California, 'The Memorials', one person show, 1998
  •  Renovation of the firehouse: design and construction of sculpture and film studio, a work in progress, 1994-97 
  • The Saints Plays, stage, sets and props for a series of 8 plays by Eric Ehn, 1993 
  • Architecture in Focus II, The Council on Architecture of the Oakland Museum.  Juried, 1991
  • San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Torch and Anvil, Invitational. Lecture and slide presentation, 1989
  • Saint Mary's College, Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, California, selected pieces from 'The Belfast Series' and 'The Memorials', 1988
  • 'The Belfast Series Tour' Ireland. Exhibitions included lectures and gallery talks. 'The Belfast Series' traveled to: Nuns Island Arts Centre, Galway; A.R.E.Gallery, Belfast, (Northern Ireland); Peacock Theatre Gallery, Dublin; Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford; Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick; Triskel Arts, Centre, Cork, 1987
  • Content-Contemporary Issues, Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College Cupertino, California, 1986
  • Content Art-Contemporary Issues, Southern Exposure Gallery San Francisco, 1985
  • Triangle Gallery, San Francisco,  'The Belfast Series' one person show, 1983
  • Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, New Work by Gallery Artists, 1981
  • Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, Sculpture 1982
  • Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, one person show, 1983
  • Will Stone Gallery,  San Francisco, Greenpeace Benefit Show, 1979
  • Studio exhibit, new work, 1978
  • Studio exhibit, work in site, works in progress, 1977
  • Commission for large site specific sculpture, Dr. and Mrs. Bertram Felton, Georgetown, California, 1997
  • Commission for commorative sculpture, James Marshall Wells Memorial, University of California, Berkeley, 1975
  • Hank Baum Gallery, San Francisco, one person show, 1975
  • Hank Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, one person show, 1974
  • Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Faculty Show, 1973
  • Widener College, Chester, Pennsylvania,  'Self-made Landscapes' one person show, 1973
  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, group show, invitational, 1973
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art, 11th Sculpture Annual, invitational, 1973
  • Old York Art Guild, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, one person show, 1973
  • John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco, group show, 1972
  • Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, New Faculty Show, 1972
  • San Diego State University, National Small Sculpture Show, juried by Maurice Tuchman, 1972
  • New American Sculpture, a show organized by the United States Information Service. Exhibited in the Far East, India, Greece, 1971 Sculpture was purchased by the U.S.I.S. permanent collection, 1971
  • John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco, one person show, 1971
  • Oakland Museum, The Pollution Show, a show organized, around "The artist's concern and his alerting of the public, with our environmental problems. . .",  invitational, 1970
  • Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, Young California Sculptors, 1968
  • North Beach Gallery of Art, San Francisco, 'Six Sculptors', 1968
  • de Young Museum, San Francisco, San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition (sculpture selected to be shown by M. Tuchman), 1968
  • Commission for Kirby Ward Fitzpatrick A.I.A., San Francisco, 1968
  • First Annual Russian River Festival of the Arts, Monte Rio, California, large outdoor sculpture purchased by Village Inn Hotel, 1967
  • Art Preview '67, Benicia, California, traveling show comprised of winners from previous years
  • San Francisco Civic Center Annual, juried, 1964
  • Preview '64, presented by the Affiliated Art Groups of the North Bay, traveling show,  special purchase award, 1964
  • Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California. Richmond Print/Sculpture Annual, juried, 1963

Selected Public and Private Collections

  • Jon Dunn, Frankfurt, Kentucky
  • Stan and Mary Baker, San Francisco, California
  • John Battenberg, San Jose, California
  • James Bolton, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • William F. Arnold, London, England
  • Kirby Fitzpatrick, San Francisco, California
  • Bobbie Ely, San Francisco, California
  • Dr. and Mrs. Bertram Felton, Georgetown, California
  • Marie Larson Felton, Santa Rosa, California
  • Adela Akers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • David and Julie Pease, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
  • Thomas M. Sanford, San Francisco, California
  • Douglas Backeberg, San Francisco, California
  • Anne B. Page, Old Mystic. Connecticut
  • Mr. and Mrs. J. Herbert Brownell, Laguna Beach
  • Margaretha Miglo, San Francisco, California
  • Yoshito Kakudo, San Francisco, California
  • Hannah Wilber, San Francisco, California
  • Annie and Harry Clark, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Susan Davidson Schaeffer, Berkeley, California
  • Dr. Davi Weisberger, San Francisco, California
  • William Wareham, San Francisco, California
  • Bella Tabak Feldman, Berkeley, California
  • Suzanne Moore, Corinth, Texas
  • Stanley and Irene Andersen, San Francisco, California
  • Widener College, Chester, Pennsylvania, permanent collection
  • Rudolph W. Driscoll, Palo Alto, California
  • Rudy Driscoll Jr., Atherton, California
  • Donald and Marean Jordan, Berkeley, California
  • Nino Borsoni, Alameda, California
  • Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, California
  • Catherine Millar and Peter Dreyfuss, San Francisco, California
  • Arts Research Exchange, Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland
  • Pauline L. Lim, Oakland, California
  • Menlo College, Atherton, California
  • Aleeta Renée Jones, Warren, Oregon
  • Dr. Jeffery Wolf, San Francisco, California
  • University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, California