BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION

• Involvement in wood working and turning from an early age, mentored by his father, a pattern maker in Detroit
• Bachelor Degree from Michigan State University in Business

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Current President of Northwest Michigan Woodturners
• Past Board Member, Northwest Michigan Artists and Craftsmen
• Member of the Traverse Area Arts Council
• Member of the Wood Turning Center
• Member of the American Association of Woodturners
• Member of the Collectors of Wood Art

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT

• Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
  2 week session with Michael Peterson
  2 one week sessions with David Ellsworth
  1 one week session with Hugh McKay
• AAW Symposiums from 1994 each year to present
• Many Regional Turners Symposium in 1995 to Present
• Participant in workshops with John Jordan, Trent Bosch, Clay Foster, Frank Sudol, Christian Burchard, Al Stirt , Dick Sing, Richard Raffin, Cindy Drozda, and Andi Wolfe

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Instructor at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 1999,
  2000, 2001and 2004
• Weekend workshops, Beginning and advanced classes
• Demonstrator – AAW Symposiums 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2007 and many local chapters around the country
• Extended Education instructor, Woodturning, Northwestern Michigan College
• Utah Woodturning Symposium , Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2002
• Pacific Northwest Woodturning Symposium, 2000
• Texas Turn or Two, 2000
• Gallery Talk, Bohlen Collection, Detroit Institute of Art

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

• Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN – International Invitational Exhibit, Woodturned Sculptures Too – 2006
• University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI – Permanent collection – 2004
• Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT – Beneath the Bark Exhibition – 2004
• Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY – 2002
• Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI – The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium: The Bohlen Collection, Permanent DIA Collection – 2001
• Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN – Nature Takes a Turn – 2001
• Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
  Pathways Exhibition, Sculpture category – 1998
  Featured on the cover of the catalog and website
• Pathways Arts council of Kalkaska, Kalkaska, MI
  First Place Award Winner – 1998
• Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland,CO – Sculpture In The Park – 2004
• Northwest Michigan Arts and Craftsmen Art Center, Traverse City, MI
  Award Winner – 1994, 1995, & 1996
• Art Center, Traverse City, MI – One man show, 1993 – Best of Show Award – 2004
• Traverse Area Arts Council, Traverse City, MI
  1995, 1997, 1998, 2000
  First Place Award Winner – 1998
• Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
  Award Winner in Sculpture – 1997
• Bella Galleria, Traverse City, MI
  1994 to Present, Featured artist exhibition March 1999
• Canadian Woodturning Championships, British Columbia, Canada
  Award Winner – 1997
• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
  New Form/New Function Exhibition – 1998

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

•  Cosmetic Surgery Times, ” Art enhances patient comfort, experience…”  A success story, December, 2005
• Online Exclusive Interview, June 1999 The Crafts Report Magazine
• Selected instructor in 1997 video, American Association of Woodturners Symposium, San Antonio, TX
• American Woodturner, woodturning articles authored June, 1995 – March, 1996
  Recipient “Editor’s Choice Award” – March 1997, June 1997, June 1998, June 1999, Winter 2000, Spring 2002, Winter 2006
• Techniques and Projects from American Woodturner, 1993-1995
• The Fundamentals of Woodturning, 1998, Mike Darlow
• Made for Public TV Video, TV2 Traverse City, Fall 1999
• Artistry in Wood, American Woodturner, Winter 2000
• Video – Hollow Forms – The Easy Way, Phil Pratt Productions, 2003