Year of Birth: 1955

Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan

Marital Status: Married

Education:

College: 1978-1979 Center For Creative Studies, Detroit, MI

HENRY FORD SCHOLARSHIP

1975-1978 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

1973-1975 Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN

FINE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP

High School: 1973 Franklin High School, Livonia, MI

Skill achievements:

Fine Artist / Muralist

Sign & Billboard Painter

Art Director

Faux Finisher & other commercial decorating

Sculptor

Professional Experience:

• 1994-2016 PROFESSIONAL ARTIST – Self-employed, TN
• 1994-2000 SCENIC ARTIST / SIGNPAINTER – Sub-contractor for
• Graphic Enterprises Display, Tempe, AZ, on various projects around the country… Mall of America
• Minneapolis, MN; Speedway Casino, Las Vegas, NV;
• Indianapolis Mall, Indianapolis, IN
• 1990-1993 PICTORIAL PAINTER – TDI, New York, NY
• 1990 ARTIST’S ASSISTANT – Mark Kostabi Studios,

New York, NY

• 1988-1989 PICTORIAL PAINTER – Lamar Outdoor Advertising,
• Albany, GA
• 1984-1988 PICTORIAL PAINTER – Foster & Kleiser, Atlanta, GA
• 1984 ART DIRECTOR – Shannon Advertising, Houston, TX
• 1983 ART DIRECTOR / SIGNPAINTER – Quality Signs, Inc.,

Houston, TX

• 1980-1982 ART DIRECTOR / PICTORIAL PAINTER – Georgia
• Outdoor Advertising, Athens, GA
• 1979-1980 ART DIRECTOR – Posters, Inc., Houston, TX
• 1979-1980 PART-TIME CONTRACT SIGNPAINTER – Bellaire
• Sign Co., Bellaire, TX

One Man Art Exhibitions:

•  2011 Avery Fine Art, Marietta, GA
• 2011 Thomas Kinkaide Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN
• 2011 Gallery of Light, Pigeon Forge, TN
• 2009 Avery Fine Art, Marietta, GA
• 1996 Royi Akavia Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
• 1994 Carol Weber Fine Art, New York, NY
• 1994 Collage Art, Nyack, NY
• 1993 Avery Gallery, Marietta, GA
• 1993 Gallery 614, Chelsea Hotel, New York, NY
• 1992 Fine Art World, Boca Raton, FL
• 1992 Gallery 255 – Hendrickson Art Center, Tahoe Center, CA
• 1992 Palace Café, Santa Barbara, CA
• 1992 Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY
• 1990 35 Downing Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Art Exhibitions:

•  2019 Art 3 charity/ Kitano Alley Galler BMW Osaka, Osaka Japan
•  2019 Art 3 charity/ Kitano Alley Gallery ANA Crown Plaza, Kobe, Japan
•  2016 Intercontinatal Hotel Osaka Christmas Tree design,Osaka, Japan
•  2015 Hakutaka Saki Art Bottel, Kobe, Japan
• 2015 Kitano Alley Gallery , Print Group Show, Osaka, Japan
• 2014 Benefit Show and Auction, Art with a View, Key Biscane, FL
• 2013 High Lonesome Gallery, Seguin, TX
• 2011 Art 2 Asia, Osaka, Japan
• 2010 Art and the Library, Dunlap, TN
• 1996 Hermitage Gallery, Eldorado Casino’s Grand Plaza, Reno, NV
• 1995 Birke Art Gallery – Marshall University, Huntington, WV
• 1995 B’nai Torah Annual Art Show, Boca Raton, FL
• 1995 Royi Akavia Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
• 1995 Avery Gallery, Marietta, GA
• 1994 121 Spring St., New York, NY
• 1994 Art Expo – NY, Jacob Javits Conv. Center, New York, NY
• 1993 Art Around the Park, Tompkins Square Park, New York, NY
• 1993 B’nai Torah Annual Art Show, Boca Raton, FL
• 1992 Art Expo- NY, Jacob Javits Conv. Center, New York, NY
• 1992 Gallery Sariedo, New York, NY
• 1992 Tenth St. Gallery, New York, NY
• 1992 Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY
• 1992 American Royal Arts, Westbury, NY
• 1991 Gallery Stendhal, New York, NY
• 1991 Avery Gallery, Marietta, GA
• 1991 35 Downing Gallery, New York, NY
• 1990 35 Downing Gallery, New York, NY
• 1989 Atlanta Arts Festival, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA
• 1989 Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Center, Marietta, GA
• 1988 Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Center, Marietta, GA
• 1987 Marietta-Cobb Fine Arts Center, Marietta, GA

Awards & Honors:

• 2001 2nd Place in competition Allied Arts, Chattanooga, TN
• 1995 Finalist in John A. Goodno Int’l Mural Competition, Huntington, WV
• 1989 Addy Award, – Southwestern Georgia Advertising Assoc., Gold, Silver &
• Bronze Awards, Outdoor Advertising Design Category, Atlanta, GA
• 1988 Painting Award – Juried show, Atlanta, GA
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Collections:

• Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
• Dr. Benjamin Christopher Perry, Chattanooga, TN
• Akie Kimura Topal, New York, NY
• Dr. Gabor Rona, New Port Richey, FL
• Michael Bernstein Collection, Atlanta, GA
• Ringling Brothers Museum, Sarasota, FL
• Sam Milliken III, Manhattan Mansion Inc., New York, NY
• Dr. Allen Myers, Chattanooga, TN
• Susan Kellman, New York, NY
• Actor Macaulay Culkin, New York, NY
• Royi Akavia Ashiya, Japan