Education
MFA Sculpture 1996 West Virginia University. Summa Cum Laude
BFA Sculpture 1989 Edinboro State University. Summa Cum Laude
Corporate Commissions
Wall-mounted sculpture for reception area of a corporate facility of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. at their Allentown, PA Campus. 13’ x 4’ x 1’, cast in plastics. Completed 2007. Budget, $20,000.
Four wall reliefs, for the main lobby of Del Monte Foods, Inc. at Del Monte Center, Pittsburgh, PA.. Each panel 7’ x 4’ x 4”, cast in concrete. Completed 2006. Budget, $55,000.
Residential Commissions
Sculptural treatment of a working fireplace (hearth, wall-surround, and cherry mantle) at a private residence, Pittsburgh, PA. Cast in man-made stone with cherry wood frame and mantle. Completed 2007. Budget, $5000.
Coffee table, built from vintage walnut slabs with a Wabi-sabi aspect, for a private commission, Pittsburgh, PA. Walnut and glass. Completed 2007. Budget, $1200.
Queen-sized platform bed, with storage drawers, and a curvilinear, design, private commission, Pittsburgh, PA. Recycled Douglas Fir. Completed 2007. Budget, $2200.
Consult Design Fabricate
Collaborate with client Staycee Pearl Dance Project: co-design, fabricate and install large-scale (approximately 18’ high x 24 wide) sculptural stage-set for a performance at the August Wilson center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA. 5/2012
Fabricate wooden base for sound and video installation title “Named Un-named” for client Pearl Arts. Produce portable segmented plywood base per client specifications. 4/2011.
Consult, design, and fabricate prototype forms for R. Blaufeld, a Pittsburgh based inventor.
12/2010 - 5/2011.
Fabricate bamboo screen for client Logjam. Standing room screen executed in bamboo plywood
per client specifications. 2/2010.
Fabricate “Bear Bench” for client Logjam. Produce bench from client’s design, executed in vintage wood beam materials as per client specifications. 7/2009.
Design the John Ryan Sr. Memorial bronze at Mine Safety Appliance facility,
Pittsburgh area. Conceived as a nine foot tall bronze figure. 2009.
Consult, design, and fabricate set pieces for a large scale collaborative dance, video, and sound installation, titled Recoil, for client Pearl Arts. Variously configured and displayed at the August Wilson Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA and at Future Tenant, Pittsburgh PA. 2007-2008.
Consult, design and fabricate custom hanging system for artworks exhibited in Speculative Data and the Creative Imaginary, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. 2007.
Install exhibition design elements with team of art handlers, for Fierce Friends: Artists and Animals, 1750-1900, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. 2006.
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