b. San Francisco, California. Canadian resident since 2001

www.nanopod.tv/, nanopod hybrid studio: 322 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON

Education:

2011: Private Mig/Tig welding course with Carla Grahn, Seattle

2010: Personal Vocabulary- sculpting borosilicate glass, Intstructor: Janis Miltenberger, SA: Jennifer Umphress, The Penland School of Crafts, NC

2010: Flameworking- The Ultimate Details, Instructor: Loren Stump. Corning Glass, NY

2010: Piece by Piece, Flameworking, Instructor: Kari Russelle-Poole. TA:Eunsuh Choi, Brayton Furlong. Pilchuck Glass School, Washington

2009: Colour mixing & the John Burton style of off-hand sculpting borosilicate Instructor: Suellen Fowler, Jesse Kohl – The Studio at the Corning glass, Corning NY

2008: Component Casting w/Glass and Metal. Instructor: Anna Boothe-Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY

2004: Beginning Glass Blowing- Instructor: Catherine Vamvakas-Lay, Harbourfront Studios, Toronto, ON

2002-2003: Intro to sensors, PD, Max/MSP & Microcontrollers. Instructor: Various, Interaccess, Toronto, ON

1994: Japanese Alloys, die making & forming Instructor: Phil Poirier, Santa Fe Metalsmithing School, Santa Fe, NM

1993: Amulets & Talisman Instructor: Harold O’Connor, Taos Art Institute, Taos, NM

1992-1994: Apprenticeship with Olin West, & Mona Van Riper for James Reid Ltd., Santa Fe, NM

1984-1985 Graphic Design, San Francisco Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA

1984-86 Apprenticeship with jewellery designer Tabra Tunoa , Forest Knolls, CA

Exhibitions/Installations (select list):

2011: Wonderlandish, audio, glass, installation, City of Craft Toronto, ON

2010: Infinitarium of Nanotopia, video, glass, performance installation, City of Craft Toronto, ON

2009: SOFA, NY, Featured artist represented by Urban Glass, Park Avenue Armory NY

2008: Student exhibit, Urban Glass, Brooklyn

2007: SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Conference 07 - Transgenic Heart- Metal Arts Museum, Memphis, TN

2005: “The Object and the Image”, Harbourfront Centre’s Uncommon Objects Toronto, ON

2004: “Orbis Tertius” installation, new Gallery, Toronto, ON

2004: ‘Choose your Future”, video sculpture installation, Trans Vision04, U of T, Toronto, ON

2004: “Tehkne” Harbourfront Centre’s Uncommon Objects – inconjunction with Digifest04, Toronto, ON

2003: ‘Transgenic Morphosis’ installation for Digifest’s “Electronic Cities” The Design Exchange, Toronto, ON

1999-2000 ACC Shows Chicago, Baltimore

1998: Taos’ next generation of artists, curated by David Witt Director of the Harwood Museum Taos, NM

1998: “presentation at the temple” installation Taos Talking Pictures Art Contingency, Taos, NM

Awards/Media (select list):

2010: Alternative candidate for the Christy Wright Art Glass scholarship award,

Penland School of Crafts

2010: Awarded General work-study scholarship for Session 1, Penland School of Crafts

2010: Awarded Full scholarship, The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Session 2

2010: Awarded Partial scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Session 5

2008: Summer Issue (SNAG) Metalsmith Magazine - Studio feature

2007-2010: Resident artist, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, ON

2005: Short-listed for the New Grounds Grant: Harbourfront Centre Installation

2005: Recipient of the New Voices award for “The Entity” new media installation-Digifest Goes Wild, The Design Exchange Toronto

2005: Featured on Culture.ca, for Digifest Goes Wild @ the Design exchange

2004: Featured on the Poster for Toronto’s Home + Style tour

2004: Featured in Ontario Craft Magazine, Toronto

2003: Review of Digifest ‘Electronic Cities’, The Star, Toronto, ON