updated resume for web page
- 1. RESUME EDUCATION: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois: MFA (studio arts, painting) University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois: BA (painting) ACDEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Teaching assistant, art education, University of Illinois Research assistant, Published “Study of the Near Environment” University of Illinois High School Art Teacher, Champaign and Urbana, Illinois Artist-in-Residence, Design, Housing and Apparel Department, University of Minnesota Split Rock Program, University of Minnesota (classes in handmade paper and watercolor painting) Workshop teaching, Minnesota Center for Book Arts Technical Consultant and Teacher, Cairo, Egypt, Kingston, Jamaica and Castries, St.Lucia, West Indies Guest Lecturer, Jeonju University, South Korea PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS: President, International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA) Advisory board Member, Friends of Dard Hunter, National paper and book organization GRANTS: Grants from Minnesota State Arts board, Royal Dutch Government, Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Organization of American States, and Blandin Foundation. (details on request) EXHIBITIONS: Juried: My work has been exhibited in over 200 juried shows during my career as an artist (list on request)
- 2. SOLO: Most recent at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois and The Undercroft Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota. (List on request) GALLERY: COLLECTIONS: Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota University of Illinois American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA. Museum “Louvre It or Leave It” Minneapolis, MN Sofi Arts Center, Jeonju, South Korea Ewart Gallery, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt Imadate Art Museum, Imadate, Fukui, Japan Jamaica National Gallery of Art, Kingston, Jamaica W.I. Work in many corporate and private collections OTHER HONORS: Juror, Curator, and moderator of many exhibits during my career PUBLICATIONS; Co-editor, International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA) Bulletin Article “Edible Paper” IAPMA Newsletter. “Handcrafted Paper & Paper Products Made From Indigenous Plant Fibers”, Publisher, Maralex studios English Version; Arabic Version publisher, Center for Environment and Development Arab Regions and Europe (CEDARE), Cairo, Egypt VIDEO; “The Idin Paper Mill” (taped in Thailand, edited & narrated) produced by Maralex Studios, distributed internationally “Lake Superior Site” (taped, edited, and narrated) produced by Maralex Studios, distributed internationally “Two installations” illustrates installing the exhibit at Palos Verdes Art Museum (taped, edited, and narrated) produced by Maralex Studios, distributed internationally