Resume / Curriculum Vitae

​PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

  • 2021  "Art Rocks" – A Temporary Public Art Project

       In collaboration with Buda Area Artists Collective, Buda, Texas

  • 2020  "Stained Glass Visions of the Hill Country"

       Mural collaboration for Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, Texas

  • 1991  Earth Park Labyrinth

       Collaboration between the students of SUNY Buffalo, NY and Morris Brown College, GA

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ART EXHIBITS/SHOWS

  • 2021 "Portrayed' - National Juried Exhibition of Portraiture

       d'Art Center, Norfolk, VA​

  • 2020  "Embrace"

       Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, TX

  • 2020  "The Educators of Inspired Minds Art Center"

       Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, TX

  • 2004  "Visual Interpretations of Don Quixote"
    Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, NY

  • 2004  Audubon Artists Inc.
    Oak Ridge, New York City, NY

  • 2003  "Three Women Artists"
    InterArt Gallery, Chelsea, Manhattan, NY

  • 2003  "Brave Destiny"
    Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
    Awarded: Brave Destiny Award of Excellence

  • 2003  "Art of Imagination Exhibition"

    • Cork Street Gallery - London, United Kingdom

    • Galleriart - Kirkcudbrignt, Scotland

    • Williamsburg Art & Historical Center - Brooklyn, NY

    • Diego Victorio Gallery - Miami, FL

  • 2003  "The Mythic Quest"
    International Juried Online Symbolist Art Show

  • 2002  "Art of The Season"
    Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY 

  • 2002  "New Visions"
    Castle Kuenburg, Payerbach, Austria

  • 2002  "20AQA02.2"
    Alliance of Queens Artists Gallery, Forest Hills, NY

  • 2002  "World Peace"
    International Juried Group Show
    Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2002  "The Dreamer and the Dreamed"
    International Juried Online Symbolist Art Show

  • 2001  "Visions Across Continents"
    Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy

  • 2002  The ART Project, Online

  • 2002  The Arts Paper (TAP), Online

  • 2002  Joy Magazine, Online Exhibition Showcase

  • 2001  "World Visions"
    Marien Hof, Reichenau, Austria

  • 2000  "Flying Machines"
    International Icarus - Ghost Fleet Gallery
    Naggs Head, NC

  • 1999  "Geometry In Art"
    Featured Artist, Explora Children's Museum, Albuquerque, NM
     

ART AWARDS

  • 2003 - Brave Destiny Award of Excellence

  

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • 2005  Featured Artist, Rocky Mountain Dream Journal

  • 2003  Cover Art, Mother Tongue Ink - We'Moon '04 datebook

  • 2002  Featured Artist, Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market

  • 2002  Creative Balance

  • 2001  Diamonds of Great Wisdom

  • 2001  QECE Zine, #13 - 5 Year Anniversary Issue

  • 2001  One Spirit - website launch

  • 2000  Book cover featured artist, The Crossing Press

  • 2000  Centerfold Art, QECE Zine, #12

  • 2000  Cover Artist, One Spirit Review, October issue

 

TEACHING

  • 2020 to present - Art Teacher, Buda's Brightside, Buda, Texas

  • 2019 to present - Art Teacher, Inspired Minds Art Center, Buda, Texas

  • 2002  Studio Assistant, Old Master's New Visions Seminar, Reichenau, Austria

  • 1999  Assistant Professor, Architecture and Children Program, University of New Mexico Institute of Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

ARCHITECTURE / URBAN PLANNING

  • Associate/City Planning Consultant - Hormann & Associates, developed business improvement districts (BID) for the cities of San Francisco, CA (Union Square BID), Los Angeles, CA (Fashion District BID), and Sacramento, CA (Florin Road BID, Downtown Sacramento BID)

  • Team Architect, Collaborative, San Francisco, CA

  • Project Manager and Emergency Planning & Operations Manager, Levi Strauss & Co., Corporate Headquarters, San Francisco, CA

  • Urban Designer, Compact Development Team, Greenbelt Alliance, San Francisco, CA

  • Urban Designer, Community Design Consulting Program, Urban Ecology, Inc, San Francisco, CA

  • Associate Architect, Anne Taylor and Associates, Albuquerque, NM

  • Co-authored with Anne Taylor, “Alternative Learning Environments for Design Education’, Albuquerque, NM

  • Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Education, University of New Mexico, School of Architecture and Planning, Albuquerque, NM

  • Architect, Wemagination, Educational learning environment design, Albuquerque, NM

  • Lead architect, Manzanita Child Care Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

  • Author, “Exploring Manzanita, A Collaborative Project.  How staff’s and children’s ideas were incorporated into the design of the Manzanita Child Care Center", Albuquerque, NM


EDUCATION

  • Fantastic Portraiture with Michael Fuchs 2021

  • Public Artist Training Program

       Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX 2020

  • Painting Workshop with Maestro Ernst Fuchs 
    Vienna, Austria 2003

  • Old Master's New Visions Seminar
    Reichenau, Austria 2001 + 2002

  • Master's Classes, Santa Reparata School of Art, Florance, Italy 2001

  • Feng Shui Practitioner Program, Western School of Feng Shui, Encinitas, CA 1999

  • Masters of Architecture

       State University of New York at Buffalo 1994

  • Graduate Thesis: 'Chippewa Street, an Urban Exploration", a ten block mixed use development project on the edge of Buffalo, NY downtown core

  • Masters of Urban Planning 1994
    State University of New York at Buffalo

  • Bachelor of Professional Studies - Architecture
    State University of New York at Buffalo 1990

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MEMBER

  • Buda Area Artists Collective (since 2020)

  • The Society for Art of Imagination (since 2001)