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EDUCATION
MFA ~ Painting • University of Oklahoma • 2004
Gamma Phi Beta Honor Society
BS ~ Education • University of Central Oklahoma • 1998
BA ~ Graphic Design • University of Central Oklahoma • 1992
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute • Quartz Mountain
Oklahoma Visual Arts Student • 1985, 86, 87
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Art • TROY University, Troy Alabama
August 2005 • Present
Malone Gallery Co-Director
Who's Who Selection Committee (Campus)
New Faculty Search Committee (Department of Art and Design) 2006
ART CLUB Faculty Sponsor
Assistant Professor of Art • Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas
August 2004 • July 2005
Pivot Point Faculty Sponsor
Public Relations Committee
Instructor • Southern Arkansas University Tech, Camden, Arkansas
August 2003 • July 2004
Instructor for Drawing 1, 2D Design, Digital Image Making
Digital Illustration, Introduction to Graphic Design, Advanced Graphic Design, Multimedia Applications, and Portfolio Preparation
Imedio (Student Organization) Faculty Sponsor
Humanities Director and Teacher • Crutcho Schools, Mid-West City
August 1995 • July 2003
Responsible for the implementation of the district’s visual arts and foreign language
programs. Implemented gifted and talented program for advanced visual arts students.
Committees: Technology, Gifted and Talented, Contract Negotiations,
Safe School, Faculty Advisory
Teacher • Country Estates Elementary School, Mid-West City
August 1994 to 1995
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IC3 (International Center for Creativity and Collaboration) Participant
Halmstad University, Sweden • November 2006
National AP Reader, Studio Arts • the College of New Jersey
Summer 2006
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
Summers 2001 – 2005, 2007
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: DESIGN
Publications: Book Cover Design
Understanding Art. Lois Fichner-Rathus. Thompson Publishing, 2007
ISBN-13: 978-0-4954-5776
Alabama Literary Review. Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2007
ISBN ?
Other Recent Design
Travis Hastings, All of My Days. Music CD clamshell and magazine design
Client: ToneCircus Productions, Dallas, Texas
Ulster Investment Group
Corporate Identity and Investment Proposal Package Design. Dallas, Texas
Images in Concrete
Promotional DVD Production and Design. Steven Ochs, Client Contact
EXHIBITION AWARDS
2003 1st Honorable Mention • Toast to Art ~ Mixed Media Wine Label Competition Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, Oklahoma
Museum Association Award • The 89 Show ~ Fred Jones Museum of Art
Norman, Oklahoma
2002 Best of Show • Norick Art Center Mixed Media Show
Oklahoma City University
1996 Honorable Mention • Chicago International Historical Works Show
Hyatt Hotel, Oatbrook, Illinois
RECENT EXHIBITION RECORD
2008 TANGRAM #2 Man + Nature ~ One Man Show
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama (February-March)
Dothan Article
2007 The Bee's Knee's of Concert Etiquette and OSAI 2007 Video Yearbook
Video Performance, Video Co-Production and Co-Edit with Andy Stewart
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
Drawing on Alabama ~ Juried Show
Auburn University, Alabama (January-February)
TROY University E-Campus Faculty Show~ Group Show
TROY University, Alabama (January-Current)
2006 See N Say ~ One Man Show
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama (February-March)
TANGRAMlandscapes ~ One Man Show – Installation
OCAF Art Center, Watkinsville, Georgia (October-November)
2005 Student Creative Writers Performance (Video Production)
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, Quartz Mountain
Atomic Play ~ One Man Show and Collaboration with TROY Theater Students
TROY University, Malone Gallery, Troy, Alabama
The Colored Museum ~ Theatrical/Video Performance - in Collaboration with TROY University Theater Department and my Foundations of Time and Space Class, Directed by Michael Lang - TROY University, Adams Center Theater, Troy, Alabama
2004 Atomic Play ~ MFA Thesis Exhibition
Oklahoma University School of Art, Lightwell Gallery
FOE ~ Collaborative Installation with Sucker MC, Poet
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, Quartz Mountain
Faculty Show
Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia
2003 House of Zombies ~ Installation Show
Southern Arkansas University Tech, Camden
Electric Summer ~ Mixed Media Show
Stage Center Gallery, Oklahoma City
Toast to Art ~ Juried Show
Mabee Gerrer Museum of Art, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 1st Honorable Mention
New American Drawings ~ National Juried Show
Fred Kline Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The 89 Show ~ Juried Show
Fred Jones Museum, Norman, Oklahoma, Museum Association Award
New Art Now ~ Mixed Media Juried Show
Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery, OKC
“Oklahoma Centerfold” National Juried Show
Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma and
Oklahoma University of Science Arts, Chicashaw, Oklahoma
2002 Northbase Group Show
Lightwell Gallery, Norman, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Landscapes ~ Traveling Group Show
Gilcrease Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Landscapes ~ Traveling Group Show
Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Landscapes ~ Traveling Group Show
Charles B. Goddard Center for the Visual Arts, Ardmore, Oklahoma
Diverse Views ~ Juried Show
Stage Center Gallery, Oklahoma City
The 88 Show ~ Juried Show
Fred Jones Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma
Mixed Media 2002 ~ Juried Exhibition, OWA
Norick Art Center, Oklahoma City, Best in Show
Presentation of Current Works
Oklahoma City Community College
HONORS, AWARDS & GRANTS
2006 Faculty Development Grant: Paper Presentation for FATE Conference, Milwaukee
2003 Robert H. Monroe Memorial Scholarship Recipient
2001 Phillips Petroleum Scholarship Recipient
1992, Franklin Parish Festival, Winnsboro, Louisiana
1991 Poster Design Contest Winner
1991 Chicago Art Institute Purchase Award
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Board of Trustees Member • Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama (2006-Present)
Member • FATE
Member • SECAC (Southeaster College Arts Conference)
Board Member • Greater Oklahoma City YMCA at Camp Classen (2002-04)
Member • Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition (1999-2004)
Member • Individual Artists of Oklahoma (1999-2004)
Member • Arkansas Arts Council (2005)
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
2007 SECAC (Southeastern College Arts Conference),
Co-Panel Chair with Jerry Johnson and Participant
"INTERMEDIA/INTERCHAOS/INTERSOLUTIONS," Marshall University,
Charleston, West Virginia
FATE Biennial Conference, Panel Participant - March
"Reflections of an Endangered Species," Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.
Figure Drawing Workshop ~ Wiregrass Museum of Art
Dothan, Alabama, April
2006 SECAC, (Southeastern College Arts Conference)
Nashville, Tennessee
2004 FutureHistory, AIGA Design Educators Conference
Chicago
2002 All about Monotype ~ Ron Pokrasso, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute
Drawing the Oklahoma Landscape ~ Kathy Liontes-Warren, Cameron University
Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute
2001 Mixed Media and Monotype ~ Mark Sisson, Oklahoma State University Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute
Environmental Portraiture ~ Mark Edward Harris, Los Angeles, California
Oklahoma Fall Arts Institute
2000 Painting in the Land of O’Keeffe ~ Carol Beesley, Sante Fe, New Mexico
Sante Fe Experience ~ College of Sante Fe
1987 Drawing and Painting ~ Howard Kanovitz, New York, New York
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
1986 Drawing and Painting ~ Howard Kanovitz with Larry Rivers, New York Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
1985 Drawing and Painting ~ Robert Nelson, Cleveland, Ohio
Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute
ADJUDICATIONS, LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2008 Superintendent's Visual Art Exhibit, Co-Adjudicator with Sara Dismukes
An annual showcase and competition of artwork from art students throughout Alabama's school systems. Montgomery, Alabama. January 2008.
2007 SECAC (Southeastern College Arts Conference),
Co-Panel Chair with Jerry Johnson and Participant
"INTERMEDIA/INTERCHAOS/INTERSOLUTIONS," Marshall University,
Charleston, West Virginia
Art After Hours, Guest Artist and Speaker
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama. August 16
FATE Biennial Conference, Panel Participant
"Reflections of an Endangered Species," Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Union Springs Festival, Fine Arts Adjudicator
Union Springs, Alabama. April 2007.
Collaborative Drawing, VAAP Workshop Co-presentor with Pam Allen
High school art students of southern Alabama. March 2007.
2007 Superintendent's Visual Art Exhibit, Co-Adjudicator with Sara Dismukes
An annual showcase and competition of artwork from art students throughout Alabama's school systems. Montgomery, Alabama. January 2007.
2006 Co-Juror, Scholastics National Art Compitition, State Level, Alabama
Montgomery, Alabama. October 2006.
Juror, Montgomery Art Guild, Regions Bank Exhibition
Montgomery, Alabama. August 2006.
First Saturdays, demonstration and workshop at the Wiregrass Museum.
Dothan, Alabama. March 2006.
Creative Deconstruction, VAAP demonstration and workshop on assemblage art.
High school art students of southern Alabama. April 2006
2005 Gallery Lecture "Atomic Play," Troy University.
Troy, Alabama. September 2005
2004 Creativity Workshop, co-presenter with Steven Ochs, MFA.
Presented to graduate education students, SAU
Byzantine Icon Painting, presented to undergraduate history students
Southern Arkansas University by invitation of Svetlana Paulsan
note: I am a blessed iconographer of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. I have painted several
icons in the tradition of the orthodox faith using natural pigments and field-layed eggs.
In 2000, I donated my icons to a Ukrainian Orthodox Church located in Prague, Oklahoma.
Through a beautiful traditional ceremony, I was given the blessing of an Icon Painter.
STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2007 The Creative Vibe Video Development and Production by my Video Art Course
On perminant display at the Wiregrass Museum of Art- Children's Wing
The Shoe Show Time and Space Student Show Based on Shoes
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, Alabama, September-December
Walter Black, Liz Lasko and Albert Dean
Group Show at the Anne Rudd Art Museum, Ozark, Alabama, April
Collaborative Studio Group Show "Abbreviations" Co-Taught with Pam Allen
Malone Gallery, TROY University, August
VIDEO ART Exhibition with Performance Art
Malone Gallery, TROY University, May - a collaborative show that included my video art class and Collaborative Studio
FLUX VIDEO Competition
an internet competition participated by my Video Art Class, March
2006 Michael Panco
Creative Quarterly National Student Competition and Publication,
Accepted in the illustration Category
Kenneth Torres
Creative Quarterly National Student Competition and Publication,
Accepted in the illustration Category
Joe Lovitt
Creative Quarterly National Student Competition and Publication,
Accepted in the 3D Design Category
Greg Coker and Kelly Newsome
Participants in the Montgomery Art Guild's Region's Show, Greg winning a 1st in the Mixed Media Category
Collaborative Studio Group Show "Book Art"
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, November-December
2005 Collaborative Studio Group Show "Art for the Blind"
The Studio, Pike Cultural Arts Center, TROY, Alabama
A collaborative show with works created specifically for the sensory impaired.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
2006 Denmark and Sweden
Copenhegan: Danish Design Center, met with internationally recognized designers Karen Blinco and Alistair Faud-Luke (UK) Sweden: Halmstad: Met with faculty and students in relation to a future collaborative effort in Bitola, Macedonia.
2005 England and France
London: (with wife) Visit the TATE Modern and British Museum. France: Paris: Louvre, Invalides, Versaille. Mount St. Michelle
2004 England
London: (with wife and mom) Visit the TATE Modern, National Gallery, The Tower, and British Museum. Canterbury: The town and the cathedral. Stoke on Trent: The potteries. Oxford: The town and universities.
2002 England
London: Much of the city (trip with my brother). Brighton: Several days here. Hastings: The town and the church. Twin Pines: The Pub. Cambridge: Much of the town, including a church where our 5great-grandfather was married.
1999 England
Worthing: a seaside community by the English Channel. London: A quick day trip which included the Hendon RAF Museum and the National Gallery. Duxford: The air museum, flew in a Dragon Rapide. East Anglia- Watton: The town and the air museum.
SOFTWARE EXPERTISE
New Media
Director, Flash, ImageReady, GoLive
Print
Quark, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand
Platform
Mac (OS9 + OSX) and PC proficient. Mac preferred
Experience running a Macintosh lab
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