PERSONAL	Born: 1971 Resides: Mechanicville, New York
EDUCATION	University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, New York Bachelor of Arts, Sculpture Scuola Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy Undergraduate work in painting and drawing
GRANTS AND AWARDS	Public Art Affairs Grant, Forecast Public Artworks, St. Paul, MN, 2006 Jerome Foundation Artist Residency at The St. John's Pottery, Collegeville, MN, 2006 Centro Colombo Americano, Artist Grant, Medellin, Colombia, June 2002 New York State Foundation for the Arts, Special Opportunity Stipend Recipient, October 2000
SOLO EXHIBITIONS	Point of Origin, La Casa de Cultura, Raul Otero Reiche (Gallery), Santa Cruz, Bolivia, October 2000 Resting Place, Suil Gallery, Athens, GA, May 1998 Communication Past, Recent Work, Robert Lowery Gallery, Watkinsville, GA, June 1997
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS	9th Annual Sculpture Invitational Exhibition, Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY, 2007 Artists and Nature: Bolivia, Missouri Botanical Gardens. St. Louis, Missouri, April 2005 Group Exhibition, Hopkins Center for the Arts Hopkins, Minnesota, December 2004. A Common Thread 2004, Textile Center of Minnesota. Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 2004. Peace Work, Clinton County Community College Gallery. Clinton County, New York, October 2003. Clay, Collage, Silver and Lead, Blue Seed Studio. Saranac Lake, New York, August 2003. Artists and Nature: Bolivia, Athens Academy Gallery. Athens, Georgia, 2003. Artists and Nature: Bolivia, ENSAT Center. Athens, Georgia, 2003. Pulgar #11, IV Festival Internatinal de Arte Sonoro, Exteressa-Arte Actual-Mexico City, Mexico, June 2002. Curated by Guillermo Santamarina. Water / Agua- Coherencia, Lugar Sala Principal, Museo Universitario, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellin, Colombia, June 2002 (catalogue to be produced). Sculpture Invitational, Unison Arts Center Sculpture Garden. New Paltz, NY, June 2002. Artists and Nature: Bolivia, W.J. Thompson Gallery, University of Georgia. Athens, GA, 2001. Artists and Nature: Bolivia, Gallery Three, University of Arkansas. Little Rock, AR, 2001. Artists and Nature: Bolivia, Russell Fine Arts Gallery, Henderson State University. Arkadelphia, AR, 2001. Km0 Workshop (organized by the Triangle Artist Trust), “Las Barreras,” Warnes, Bolivia, November 2001 (catalogue). Sculpture Invitational, Unison Arts Center Sculpture Garden. New Paltz, NY, June 2001. Photography Exhibition, Robert Lowery Gallery. Danielsville, GA, August 2000. First Years, Visual Arts Gallery, Adirondack Community College. Queensbury, NY, May 2000. Double Vision, Unison Arts Center. New Paltz, NY, July 1999. Horizons/ Horizontes, Centro Colombo Americano Gallery. Medellin, Colombia, June 1999. Site-specific installation in collaboration with Colombian artist Diego Dominguez. Sculpture Terrace, SUNY Plattsburgh Art Museum. Plattsburgh, NY, October 1998. Heartists in the Marketplace, Centro Colombo Americano Gallery. Medellin, Colombia, November 1998. Group Exhibition, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Colony Square. Atlanta, GA, September 1998. National Juried Exhibition, Nexus Gallery. New York, August 1998. Cowpobley, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia. Athens, GA, May 1998. Hurdy Gurdy: Group Exhibition of Works Utilizing Motion, Suil Gallery. Athens, GA, April 1998. Solecism, Group Exhibition, William Thompson Gallery. Athens, GA, January 1998. An Ascetic’s View/ Relish of Forbidden Fruit, Recent Work by Greg Pond and Benjamin Jose, Suil Gallery. Athens, GA, March 1997.
RESIDENCIES	Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Residency at The St. John's Pottery, Collegeville, MN, 2006 A two month residency at The St. John's Pottery at St. John's University. During this time my attention was focused on an intensive period of work and research in utilizing clay as an end medium. The impressive history of surface research; through the wood burning techniques, have contributed to exciting surfaces in medium and large scale sculptural and utilitarian forms. At the Pottery I was able to complete of a body of work that juxtaposed the clay and other sculptural forms. The culmination of this residency was the participation in firing the Johanna Kiln (87'x6'x6' Pacific Rim Designed Kiln). Water/Agua, Lugar Sala Principal, Museo Universitario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, June 2002 A week-long collaboration between artists from the United States and Colombia focusing attention on the Rio de Medellin and its ecological rebound after years of neglect. The resulting installation work addressed the water crisis of this region. Km0 Workshop (Triangle Artist’s Workshop Trust), Warnes, Bolivia, November 2001 An intensive, two-week workshop culminating in an open studio that showcased the work of artists from fourteen countries. Artistas Y Naturaleza, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, October 2000 Ten-day collaboration between American and Bolivian artists to create an installation of faux animal heads and bodies of the endangered Black Caiman to deter would-be poachers. Project also included creating a “snake bridge” sculpture in Santa Cruz. Horizontes/Horizons, Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, Colombia, June 1999 Ten-day collaboration with Colombian artist Diego Dominguez to create an installation on the effects of globalization, and to invite dialogue and discussion within the community.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES	State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Workshop Coordinator and Co-Coordinator, Plattsburgh, New York, April 2003 and October 1999 Oversaw and instructed a seven-day workshop and co-coordinated a fourteen-day workshop with artist John Raulerson covering all aspects of the iron casting process. Instructed students on the specifics of sand molds and iron cupola construction and maintenance.
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