To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. Emily Dickenson
BORN Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia
EDUCATION
Antioch University, Seattle, WA
Master of Art in Whole Systems Design December, 2006
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Graduate Architecture Program Abroad, Rome, Italy September - November 2001
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate of Fine Arts – Sculpture May 1994
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
2nd Place, Rome Art Coterie 6th National Juried Exhibition, Rome, Georgia – juried by Dr. Linda Hightower, 2008
Michelangelo Award, Excellence in Fine Art, Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA, 2008
The President’s Unity Award, Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle, WA, 2008
Jurors Award, 10th Annual International Exhibition, San Luis Obispo, CA – Juried by Michiel Daniel, 2007
People’s Choice Award, Honorable Mention, Spectrum: The Chakra Element, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 2007
The Art Institute of Seattle, painting chosen for corporate holiday card, 2007
Book publication, MAXIMALISM (copyright 2005) Hotel Max book publication, 18 paintings in the Hotel Max collection, Seattle, WA, 2005
Who’s Who Among Americas Teachers, 9th edition, 2005
CURATOR
Washington State Arts Commission, public works curator for the State Art Collection, 2019-2022
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
CORE, Seattle, Washington
VIYA Contemporary, Seattle, Washington
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Solo Exhibition, Looking Back to Look Forward a Retrospective, VIYA Contemporary, Seattle, WA
Solo Exhibition, Hidden Landscapes, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
2022
Solo Exhibition, Puzzling Possibilities, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
2021
Solo Exhibition, Liminal Moments, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Solo Exhibition, Moments In-Between Time, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020
Public Works, SoundTransit Mural Commission, 5 murals for the KDM Link Light Rail construction site, Kent-Des Moines, WA
2019
Solo Exhibition, deCONSTRUCTed, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Solo Exhibition, Encaustic Painting and Sculpture, Garden Valley Center for the Arts, Garden Valley, ID
Two Person Exhibition, deCONSTRUCTed CONSTRUCTED, Traumhaus Gallery, Snohomish, WA
2018
Solo Exhibition, TELLING, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Color Form Texture, Cannon Beach Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Group Exhibition, Snohomish Debut, Traumhaus Gallery, Snohomish, WA
2017
Solo Exhibition, Ten Stories, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Highline Gallery, Des Moines, WA
2016
Solo Exhibition, Immediately After, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, The Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015
Solo Exhibition, Untitled Exhibition: stories that aren't important enough to be paintings but are still worth it, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Dealer’s Choice, Simon Mace gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2014
Solo Exhibition, Making Sense of Yesterday, CORE Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, REMIX Dealer's Choice, Simon Mace Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
2013
Solo Exhibition, Fruit! (and a couple of vegetables), CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Two Person Exhibition, Wonder, Simon Mace Gallery, Port Townsend, WA
Solo Exhibition, Selected Works, Christopher Framing and Gallery, Edmonds, WA
2012
Solo Exhibition, Dear Diary, Yesterday I thought I saw..., CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Form and Fancy, invitational, Twilight, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Georgetown Art and Garden Tour, invitational, The Stables, Seattle, WA
2011
Solo Exhibition, Life Patterns, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, CORE Holiday Show, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Askew, Invitational, curators CSheridan & KProtage, Bherd gallery,Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, The Time In-Between Memories, juried exhibition ArtsWest, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Project (206), invitational public art installation, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, CORE Sample, CORE gallery, Seattle, WA
2010
Solo Exhibition, A Year of Stories, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Gallery Golden Point, Nummela, Finland
Group Exhibition, Art Monaco ’10 Salon d’Art Contemporain – Edition Speciale, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
Group Exhibition, 12 Days of Christmas, invitational, Twilight, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, 10 and Change, invitational, curator Kate Protage, Twilight, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, 619 Arts Building, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, The Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009
Solo Exhibition, New Work, Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition, Midland Arts Association 2009 Spring Juried Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Group Exhibition, Metropolis, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, The Goat, Indianola, WA
Group Exhibition, The Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008
Solo Exhibition, New Work, Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2008 Juried Alumni Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibition, Rome Art Coterie 6th National Juried Exhibition, Rome, GA
Group Exhibition, Midland Arts Association 2008 Spring Juried Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
Group Exhibition, The Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007
Solo Exhibition, New Work, Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition, Spectrum: The Chakra Element, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibition, 10th Annual International Exhibition, San Luis Obispo, CA
Group Exhibition, The Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
Solo Exhibition, New Work, Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibition, The Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005
Commission, 18 Paintings for the Hotel Max, Seattle, WA
Group Exhibition, Fish as Art, Gallery North on the Square, Bloomington, IN
Group Exhibition, Rome Art Coterie 2005 National Juried Show, Rome, GA
Group Exhibition, The Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004
Group Exhibition, 100x100x100, Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA
Group Exhibition, The Burnley Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003-1994 available upon request.