CHRONOLOGY
1945 Born in Aurora, IL
1972 B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, IL
1973 M.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1974 M.F.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 In Grain: Contemporary Wood Sculpture, Fleming Museum of Art, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2011 Flowers, Trees, Birds, Bees: Nature Explored, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
A Cause for Art: Alonzo Davis Fellowship Exhibit, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Blue, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Reflections, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Water, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Nature’s Whispers, Nature’s Shouts, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT and Walkover Gallery, Bristol, VT
2008 Five Year Retrospective Exhibit, Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France
2006 Vernissage avec des artistes et des ecrivains du Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France
2003 (to 2007) Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Sawhill Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2003 Navy Pier Walk 2003, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL – curator: David Pagel (catalog)
2000 (to 2005) Western Michigan University Sculpture Tour, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (catalog)
(to 2002) Connecticut Sculpture Park, Majestic Park, Department of Parks and Recreation, Bridgeport, CT
1999 Maquette Exhibition for Pier Walk ‘99, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Inaugural Sculpture Exhibition, Saint Paul’s Western Sculpture Park, PUBLIC ART SAINT PAUL, Saint Paul, MN
1997 Convergence X, International Art Festival, City of Providence, RI
Convergence: Westerly, Wilcox Park, Westerly, RI
1996 (to 2009) Three Sculptures, Permanent Rotating Exhibit of Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA (catalog)
1994 Regional Selections, The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (catalog)
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood – 1994, Stockbridge, MA – curator: Elliot Offner
1993 Vermont Sculptors Outside, The Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT – curator: Jean Sousa
1992 Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood – 1992, Stockbridge, MA – curator: Trevor Fairbrother
1991 1991 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA – juror: Jock Reynolds
1990 Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT – juror: Carter Ratcliff (catalog)
1989 1989 Stratton Arts Festival, Stratton Mountain, VT
1988 Group Exhibition, Cady/Laven Fine Art, Bolton Landing, NY
1987 New England Contemporary, Nashua Center for the Arts, Nashua, NH
1986 Carl Bates: Painting; Eric Nelson: Sculpture, Francis Colborn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
1985 14th Boston Arts Festival Open Competition, Boston, MA
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Three Hundred Sixty Five: An Idea and the Reality, Lake George Arts Project, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY
2010 365: An Idea and the Reality and Three Years Passing, Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, VT
1983 Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
1981 Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT
1979 Mugar Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
1978 New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
SELECTED REVIEWS
2016 “Small Objects, Big Content: LG Arts Project,” Cathy DeDe, The Chronicle, January 28, 2016
2015 “Far From the Tree,” a review of In Grain at the Fleming Museum, Amy Lilly, Seven Days, October 14, 2015
1994 “Review of Regional Selections at the Hood Museum,” Charlet Davenport, Art New England, December, 1994/January, 1995
“Natural Selection,” Pamela Polston, Vermont Times, Shelburne, VT, August 10, 1994
1990 “Juried Show: Best of a Good Lot,” Vivien Raynor, The New York Times (Connecticut Edition), June 3, 1990
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2006 Fellowship, Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France
2002 Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
1996 Residency, Sculpture Space Inc., Utica, NY
1990 Albert Jacobson Memorial Award, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
1987 Vermont Council on the Arts Fellowship
1985 Vermont Council on the Arts Fellowship