Curriculum Vitae

Born: Nebraska, U.S.A.

Lives: Shady Shores, Texas, U.S.A.

EDUCATION

Fall 2019 - Spring 2022

College of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

M.F.A. Sculpture (Graduate Catalog Link)

Summer 2018

Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

Figure Drawing and Printmaking

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Fall 2017 - Spring 2019

College of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Four full-time  semesters of Studio Art, Art History, and Com Design undergraduate courses

1980 - 1984

Texas A&M, College Station, Texas

B.B.A., Business Analysis and Research

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EXHIBITIONS

2025

• Undefined #8, Group Show, Kush Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas.
• Texas Sculpture Association - Small Works Show, Group Show, Janet Kennedy Gallery (at Southside on Lamar), Dallas, Texas.
• Fresh Ideas 2025, Group Show, Lewisville Grand Theater Gallery, Lewisville, Texas. Curator: Crystal Nelson, Juror: Du Chau. 
• Generations in Conversation, Group Show, Greater Denton Arts Council at Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas.
• Speedbump lil d, Group Show, Anna Street Studio, Denton, Texas.
• A Happening in 6 parts, Group Show, Spark! Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Curators: Julia Caswell Freund and Madison Mask. Exhibition Video
• Synapse Synchronicity, Solo Exhibition, Mesquite Arts Center, Mesquite, Texas. Artist Studio Video - Exhibition Announment.  Exhibition Video.

2024

• Glimpses of the Unknown, Group Show, UNT CoLab, Denton, Texas, Juror: Kristen Kendrick Bigley.
• Art 214, Group Show, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Ashley Jordan, Mylan Nguyen, Raymond Butler, Shawn Saumell, Jose Vargas, and Benjamin Munoz.
• Synaptogenesis, Solo Show, Anna Street Studio, Denton, Texas.  Exhibition video link.

2023

• Texas Sculpture Association Juried Show, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery at The University of Dallas, Irving, Texas. Juror: Thomas Feulmer: Curator - The Warehouse
• Recipients of the International Sculpture Center's 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, The Seward Johnson Atelier, Hamilton, NJ. Recipient's Link
• Eight Hands, 4-artist group show, UNT CoLab, Denton, Texas.
• 63 & 93: Generations in Conversation, Group Show, Greater Denton Arts Council at Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas.
• Materials Hard + Soft, Group Show, Greater Denton Arts Council at Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas. Jurors: Harlan Butt, Kathy Brown, James Thurman, Brooks Oliver, Talor Roderick, Sam Slovak.

2022

• Confluence, Solo MFA Thesis Exhibition, Eagle Exhibit Hall - UNT Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, Denton, Texas.  Exhibition Link
• Art 214, Group Show, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Marilyn Waligore, Raul Rodriguez, Narong Tintamusik, Gerald L. Leavell II, and David McCullough.
• Art 214, Group Show, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Marilyn Waligore, Raul Rodriguez, Narong Tintamusik, Gerald L. Leavell II, and David McCullough.

2021

• 35th Annual Día de los Muertos, Curated Group Exhibition, Bathhouse Cultural Center; Dallas, Texas. Curator: Enrique Fernández Cervantes.
• First Impression, Group Show, The Gallery at Lewisville Grand Theater, Lewisville, Texas. Curators: Joshua Bryant, Claire Kennedy, and Saxon Martinez.
• Matthew Ritchie: Florilegium, UNT CVAD Gallery, Collaboration on an exhibited GAN video. Exhibition Link
• Soul Art Renewal, Group Show, Greater Denton Arts Council.
• Art 214, Group Show, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Jacque Forsher, Ashley Jordan, Wendi Ruth Valladares, Jose Vargas.
• Materials Hard + Soft, Group Show, Greater Denton Arts Council at Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas. Pablo Barrera juror. 

2019

• Painting With Bubbles, Group Collaborative Show (U.N.T. Sculpture Collective & New Media Collective), University of North Texas Union Art Gallery, Denton, Texas. Exhibition Link
• M.S. Beluga Skysail Kite Festival, U.N.T. Sculpture Collective Group Show, McKenna Park, Denton, Texas

2018

• Harmonic Dissonance, Group Collaboration Show (U.N.T. Sculpture Collective & U.N.T. School of Music), U.N.T. on the Square, Denton, Texas. Exhibition Video: https://vimeo.com/745915735/7f7a3edc74
• Sculpture I Pop Up Show, Group Show, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
• What's the point?, Group Show, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
• Ciao, bella!, Group Show, University of North Texas Union Art Gallery, Denton, Texas. Exhibition Link
• Santa Reparata International School of Art Summer Group Show, Florence, Italy
• U.N.T. Art Gala, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas - First Place
• SCRAP Denton Invitational Art Show at the Re: Vision Gallery, Denton, Texas

2017

• CORE: Design I & II - group show, University of North Texas Lightwell Gallery, Denton, Texas
• Painting and Drawing Association - group show, University of North Texas Lightwell Gallery, Denton, Texas
• New Texas Talent - juried group show, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2003 - 2016

• On My Own Time - annual group show, NorthPark Center, Dallas, Texas

2015

• Chill - group show, Slant Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

CURATION

2025 - Artful Imaginations, (March 2025), University of North Texas, Environmental Sciences Building - Eagle Exhibit Hall, Denton, Texas. Curators: Crystal Garrett-McEwen, Phil Samson. Exhibition Video

CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY

2023 - BioDiscovery Institute (August 2023 - December 2025), University of North Texas, Science Research Building lobby, Denton, Texas. Three artworks: Sequester, MTP No. 515, TH-DNA.

RECOGNITION

2022 - Recipient of the International Sculpture Center's 2022 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award

PRESS

2022 - "Innovators to Watch", UNT Research Magazine, Vol. 29, pg. 18 (ISSUU pg. 20), 

https://issuu.com/universityofnorthtexas/docs/unt_research_magazine_2022

2022 - "Arts Meets Science", Research and Innovation Magazine, February 18, 2022, https://research.unt.edu/magazine/art-meets-science

2021 - Heather Noel, "Studio Art Graduate Student Creates Sculptures Inspired by UNT Plant Research", North Texan Magazine, Fall 

2021 https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2021-fall/art-meets-science 

2021 - "Creating Sculptures Inspired by UNT Plant Research", University of North Texas Research and Innovation News by Heather Noel. https://research.unt.edu/news/creating-sculptures-inspired-unt-plant-research.html

2021 - "SRB Art Installation", University of North Texas BioDiscovery Institute, News. https://bdi.unt.edu/news-media-publications/news_carosel_articles/srb-art-installation.html

2015 – Americans for the Arts – Artsblog, "Business Leaders in Dallas Choose the Arts On Their Own Time" by Katherine Wagner. (https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2019/05/15/business-leaders-in-dallas-choose-the-arts-on-their-own-time)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 - current

Artist

1989 - 2017

Partner (retired)

PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. Dallas, Texas.

1985 – 1989

Technology Risk Management, Zale Corporation, Irving, Texas.

AFFILIATIONS     

2023 - current

Board Member, UNT College of Visual Arts and Design, Advancement Board, Denton, Texas

2009 - 2017

Board Member, Business Council for the Arts, Dallas, Texas.

2003 - 2008

Board Member, Big Thought, Dallas, Texas.

2001 - 2002

Corporate Board Member, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas.