Education:     

2005-08       Holder of State of Colorado Provisional Teacher’s License, K-12 for Art.

1977            M.F.A. in Sculpture, State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY at Buffalo).

                    Holder of New York State Permanent Public School Teacher Certificate for Art. 

1975            B.F.A. in Sculpture, Cum Laude, SUNY at Buffalo

Teaching Experience:  

1989-90      Kids at risk workshops, Fruitdale pre-school, Jefferson County, Colorado

1983-84      Co-Owner/Teacher of "Creative Kids Art School", Cleveland, Ohio

1981-83      Sculpture Instructor, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio

1983           Three Dimensional Design Instructor, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio

1975-77      Graduate Assistant/Instructor, Art Department, SUNY at Buffalo, New York                  

1975-77      Substitute Art Teacher, Buffalo, New York

Professional Activities: 

            Over thirty years experience as a professional artist with nearly 100 gallery exhibitions

2006-08      Owner of RappCity Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado 

1999-04      Member of  "Iminimi", an Artist Group, presenting regional art exhibits in Denver, Boulder

                   Lakewood & Durango, Colorado, as well as in Michigan, Missouri & Kansas

1995-00      Member of "Core New Art Space", Co-Op Gallery, Co-President in 1996 & 1997, Denver, CO.    

1980-83      Board of Trustees, President and Vice President, "New Organization for the Visual Arts"

                   a 600 Member Non-Profit Art Organization, Cleveland, Ohio.                                                  

1982-83      On the Artists' Advisory Board to the Cleveland Arts Festival, Ohio.

Selected Exhibitions:

Solo and Two Person Exhibits:

2010     Strange Attractors, Pattern Shop Studio, Denver, Colorado

2010     Rapp @ RedShift, RedShift Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2008     Plant Yourself, RappCity Art, Denver, Colorado

2007     Nomads All, RappCity Art, Denver, Colorado

2006     Fluidity, Pirate, an Art Oasis, Denver, Colorado

2001     Feng Shui Boogie, Core New Art, Denver, Colorado

2000     Combines, Core New Art, Denver, Colorado

1999     Coming From / Going To, Core New Art, Denver, Colorado

1999     Perfect Being, Core New Art, Denver, Colorado

1998     Going With The Flow, Core New Art, Denver, Colorado

1997     Altered States, Core New Art, Denver, Colorado

1996     Talking With the Stars, Core New Art, Denver, Colorado

1995     As I Float Down This Swift Stream, Edge Underground, Denver, Colorado

Juried and Invitational:

2010     Timmy Flynn’s Hardware Store, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado

2010     Look In / Look Out, Sizzle & Bang, Denver, Colorado

2006     Remmi Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2005     Intersection/ Art & Math, Studio Aiello, Denver, Colorado

2005     Intersection/ Art & Math, UMC Gallery, Boulder, Colorado

2003     Sacred Geometry, V Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2000     Inaugural Exhibition, Lakewood Art Center, Colorado

1999     It’s About Time, Zip 37, Denver, Colorado

1998     Black Velvet (Touchable Art), Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York

1996     Colorado Sculpture Show, Core, Denver, Colorado

1995     encoding  / decoding: Images and Text, UMC Gallery, Boulder, Colorado

1994     Art Alliance Traveling Exhibit, UMC Gallery, Boulder

1993     Inaugural Show, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York

1993     My Science Project, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York

1987     Three Artists Look at our Small Planet, Porcelli Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

iMiNiMi Exhibits:

2004     iMiNiMi MMiV, Redshift Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2004     Archimedes’ Burning Mirrors, Dairy Art Center, Boulder, CO

2003     Weaving Chaos, Lincoln Art Center, Fort Collins, Colorado

2003     Panopticon 21, Cordell Taylor Gallery, Denver, Colorado

2002     By Reason of Sanity, Durango Art Center, Colorado

2002     iMiNiMi, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan

2002     Beyond Equilibrium, Lakewood Cultural Center, Colorado

2001     iMiNiMi, Gallery 100, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

2001     Open Secret, Manhattan Art Center, Manhattan, Kansas

1999     Precarious Connections, Dairy Art Center, Boulder, Colorado

Awards:

1998     Honorable Mention, Society of Landscape Architects

1975     Evelyn P. Rumsey Travel Fellowship, to study Pre-Columbian sites near Mexico City

1969     2nd Prize, 2nd Annual Film Festival, Niagara Falls, New York

Collections:

Pace Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

National City Bank, Cleveland, Ohio

Dana Cain, Denver, Colorado

Numerous Private Collections