Born: York, Nebraska,
U.S.A.
Lives: Shady Shores, Texas,
U.S.A.
EDUCATION
2019 - 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
1980 - 1984
Texas A&M, College Station, Texas
B.B.A., Business Analysis and Research
EXHIBITIONS
2025
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A Happening in 6 parts (Feb 2025), Group Show, Spark! Dallas, Dallas, Texas. Curators: Julia Caswell Freund and Madison
Mask.
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Synapse Synchronicity (Jan 2025), Solo Exhibition, Mesquite Arts Center, Mesquite, Texas. Artist Studio Video - Exhibition Announment.
2024
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Glimpses of the Unknown (Oct 2024), Group Show, UNT CoLab, Denton, Texas, Juror: Kristen Kendrick Bigley.
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Art 214 (March 2024), Group Show, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Ashley Jordan, Mylan Nguyen, Raymond Butler, Shawn Saumell, Jose
Vargas, and Benjamin Munoz.
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Synaptogenesis (Jan 2024), Solo Show, Anna Street Studio, Denton, Texas. Exhibition video link.
2023
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Texas Sculpture Association Juried Show (Nov 3, 2023 to Jan 24, 2024), Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery at The University
of Dallas, Irving, Texas. Juror: Thomas Feulmer: Curator - The Warehouse
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Recipients of the
International Sculpture Center's 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award (Oct 11, 2023 - Jan 4, 2024), The Seward Johnson Atelier, Hamilton,
NJ. Recipient's Link
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Eight Hands (Oct 6 - Oct 28, 2023), 4-artist group show, UNT CoLab, Denton,
Texas.
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63 & 93: Generations in Conversation, Group Show (Oct 10 - Dec 16, 2023), Greater
Denton Arts Council at Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas.
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Materials Hard + Soft, Group Show (Feb 3 - May 6, 2023), 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
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Confluence, Solo MFA Thesis Exhibition, Eagle Exhibit Hall - UNT
Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, Denton, Texas. Exhibition Link
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Art 214, Group Show, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, Jurors: Marilyn Waligore, Raul Rodriguez, Narong Tintamusik, Gerald L.
Leavell II, and David McCullough.
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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
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.