About the Artist
Prop Master I Table Top I Stylist I Set Dresser I Scenic I Murals I Carpentry I Photography I Video I Animation I Fine Art I Installation I Restoration
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Education
US Army - Defense Map Agency, Washington DC 1975 – 1976
Minneapolis College of Art & Design - BFA Painting & Video 1983
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Work Experience
US Army - Cartographic Map Agency, Heidelberg, Germany 1976 – 1978
Design Stages - Scenic Artist I Carpenter - for advertising, Trade Shows, Film & Television, Minneapolis, Mn 1983 – 1987
Frank Gehry Retrospective – Construction of Glass Fish, Copper House, Cardboard House, Walker Art Center - Minneapolis, Mn 1984
Walker Art Center - Gallery Installation Specialist - Picasso, The Anxious Edge, Tokyo form and Spirit - Minneapolis, Mn 1985 - 1987
Red Eye Collaboration - Theatrical Set Designer for Experimental Theater, Minneapolis, Mn Minneapolis, MN 1984 - 1985
Artwork created for - Prince
Theatrical Sets I Scenic Art - Purple Rain Feature Film 1985
Album Inner Sleeve Painting – Purple Rain Album 1985
Wall Mural I Stage Design - When Doves Cry Video 1985
Stage Design I Video Production - Purple Rain Tour 1986
Album Cover Painting - Around the World in a Day 1986
Theatrical Sets I Scenic Art - Under the Cherry Moon 1987
PS1 MoMA - Artist in Residency - Long Island City, NY 1987 - 1988
Wood Works - Woodshop specializing in custom fabricated Furniture, Cabinetry, Display and Architectural Details for Private Residences, Offices, Restaurants, Showrooms, Film & Television Production - Brooklyn, NY 1991 - 1999
MacGuffin Films - Scenic I Prop I Carpentry for film production company specializing in Tabletop & Live Action Advertising New York, NY 1999 – 2003
Fine Art Installation – for contemporary fine arts Galleries, Museums, Art Fairs & Private Residences 2003 - present in New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Cologne, Germany
Onasis Foundation – Installation & Display of ancient antiquities. New York, NY 2010 - 2011
Kraftwork - Design I Fabrication – custom cabinets I furniture I display New York City, NY 2003 – 2009
Fine Arts Painting Instruction I Career Strategies – for individual clientele in New York, Berlin, Munich, Germany. 2004 – present
Sharjah Biennial 9 – Painting Installation “Heavens Gate“ UAE 2009
David Byrne – Everybody is Coming to Our House – video animation and album artwork for American Utopia 2018 - 2019
Contemporary Fine Artist - Over the past 25 years my work has been exhibited internationally in galleries, museums, biennials, art fairs and private collections. Gallery representation by Kabinett, Brooklyn, NY, Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Cologne, Germany and Onessimo Fine Art, Palm Beach, Florida