EDUCATION
1981 – 1984 Graduated
Bachelor of Art, Magna Cum Laude, Western
Michigan University. Major: Anthropology.
Minor: Art History. Presidential Scholar Award.
1980 – 2003
Attended numerous national workshops, seminars,
courses congresses concerning photography,
fine art and art criticism.
1978 Graduated
Kalamazoo Central High School. Received National
Merit Scholar Award.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1979 – now Artist.
2000 – now Professional
writer and Website developer, Satama
Interactive, Oy, creating global corporate websites, including
Nokia, Sonera, Vodafone, and others.
1985 – now Professional
art and contemporary culture writer for variety
of
American and European publications.
1985 – 1990 Professional photographer specializing
in theatre, travel, and
documentary photography.
1985 – 1987 Fine art
and photography instructor, Kalamazoo Institute
of Art, Kalamazoo, MI, USA.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND
PUBLICATIONS
2007 Monogamy – book
published by Indigo Press (scheduled)
2005 “Monogamy” one-person
exhibition, Ingrid Hansen Gallery, (September)
Washington, D.C..
2005 “Monogamy” one-person
exhibition, Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic
Centre, (September) Kuopio, Finland.
2004 “Monogamy” one-person
exhibition, Estonian National Museum - Tallinn
City Gallery, (August) Tallinn, Estonia
2004 “American Polaroids
and Other Stories” one-person exhibition,
Nykyaika Photographic Center, (March) Tampere,
Finland
2004 “Alphabet Blocks
for Ancient Children” one-person exhibition
of large-scale Epson prints, Engel Gallery,
(January) Helsinki Finland.
2004 Alphabet Blocks
for Ancient Children - experimental publication
published by Art-Print Oy, Helsinki Finland.
2003 “American Polaroids” one-person
exhibition
Lithuanian National Art Photographer’s Union Gallery,
(May) Vilnius, Lithuania.
2003 “American Polaroids” one-person
exhibition
Lapua Art Center, (July) Lapua, Finland
2003 “American Polaroids” one-person
exhibition (April), Peri
Gallery, Turku, Finland.
2003 “American Polaroids” one-person
exhibition, Finnish National
Museum of Photography, (February) Helsinki, Finland.
2003
American Polaroids - book, published by Like Publishing,
Helsinki, Finland.
2000 “Portraits of
Women” one-person exhibition of digital
icons of porn icons. Muu Gallery, Helsinki,
Finland.
2000 “Icons from the
Age of Television” one-person exhibition
of five years of work with alternative Xerox
processes. Park Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI.
1999 “The Goddess Series – Sacred
Bas-reliefs from Planet Egg” one-person
exhibition of Xerox and wood bas-reliefs.
Yello Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1999 “Aspects of Collage” two-person
exhibition. SFCA Gallery,
Highland Park, IL.
1998 “4 Emerging” four-person
exhibition. Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “The Icon Series” one-person
exhibition of Xerox-transfer-to-wood contemporary
icons. Packer Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “Chicago Four” four-person
exhibition. Packer Gallery,
Chicago, IL
1996 “New Icons” one-person
exhibition of digital icon collages. Vesuvius
Gallery, Saugatuck Mi
1995 “Stunts and Miracles” one-person
exhibition of 3-D mylar gel
collages. Water Street Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
1992 Cliché Brontosaurus – book
of poems and images, published by Blue Bison
Press, Kalamazoo, MI.
1987 “Private Lands” one-person
exhibition of large-format panorama of rural
Michigan landscapes. Kalamazoo Institute of
Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
1985 “Asturian
Landscapes –Photographs from Northern
Spain” one-
person exhibition of large-format photographs, Aaron Burr
Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
