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Biography |
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1995 |
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Award of Merit - Manhattan Arts International Cover Art Competition. |
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2000 |
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Artist of the Month - MASH magazine, June |
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My goal as an artist is to imbue the cold solidity of the bronze with human spirit - to me movement captures this energy and is my inspiration. Humanity is my subject. |
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I started drawing around the age of three. My mother, being an artist herself, encouraged my independent artistic expression which resulted in life drawings of abstracted nudes and pencil portraiture. In my teens, I shifted my focus to dance and was exposed to the techniques of Martha Graham. I had the opportunity to study with the Martha Graham modern dance company and Bertram Ross, one of the original company members. Inspired by their immaculate beauty and their almost spiritual sense of movement, I found my own dance come alive. |
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My study and performance of dance continued for several years thereafter until a lower back injury ended my career. I was forced to re-evaluate my pursuits and recalled my original focus, Art. I continued my study of life drawing and sculpting technique in New York City and Los Angeles; then found myself hanging around the local foundry to gain more understanding of bronze casting. I found a new love in the clay and an ability to translate my kinetic sense of movement and my knowledge of anatomy into a static form, thus capturing the human dance. |
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As for my subjects, I concentrate on the female form mainly for its aesthetic, but I cannot deny its convenience and familiarity. |
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My sculptures can be found in private collections in Los Angeles, New York, London and as far away as Osaka, Japan. |
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Exhibitions |
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2006 |
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Artists For Human Rights Exhibit, Johnson Art Collection, Los Angeles, CA |
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2006 |
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Artists For Human Rights, World Tour Opening Exhibit, Westwood Gallery, NYC |
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2005 |
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Group Exhibit Honoring Salvatore Dali, Johnson Art Collections, Los Angeles, CA |
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2004 |
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"Light, Rhythm & Being", Johnson Art Collection Show with draughtsman Jim Meskimen |
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2003 |
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"Birdmen", Los Angeles, CA Solo show unveiling new series |
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2002 |
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"Exhibit to Benefit Enlighten, Edinburgh Epilepsy Foundation", Clydesdale Plaza Atrium, Edinburgh, Scotland |
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2001 - 2002 |
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"Heck Final" group show at CITY Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. |
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2001 |
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"Shadow and Form" group show at CITY Gallery hosted by Michelle Stafford, Los Angeles, CA. |
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2000 - 2001 |
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CITY Gallery grand opening group show hosted by Jenna Elfman, Los Angeles, CA. |
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2000 |
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Group show at La Jolla Torrey Pines Hilton, La Jolla, CA. |
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2000 |
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"Beverly Hills Art Affaire in the Gardens," Beverly Hills, CA. |
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1999 |
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"20 Nudes," a solo exhibition hosted by Giovanni Ribisi and sponsored by The Art of Elysium on La Brea, Los Angeles, CA. |
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1998 |
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"Flights of Fancy," a solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA. |
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1997 |
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"Magnum Opus X," Sacramento Fine Arts Center, |
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1996 |
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"Angele Unveiled," a solo exhibition, Los Angeles, CA. |
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1996 |
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"Heads and Tales," a theatrical performance of my masks. |
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1996 |
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"America's Child," an unveiling of my collaboration with poet Wanda Bevan, a memorial accepted into the National Memorial Museum to the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. |
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1995 |
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"Creativity in America Expo - '95," Universal Studios, CA - Visual Artists Association group show. |
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1995 |
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"Charity Art Exhibition - Auction for victims of earthquake in the Kobe area, Japan," Matsuzakaya Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan. |
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1995 |
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"Dancer," Lincoln Center Performing Arts Store, New York City piece exhibited for the ballet season. |
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1994 |
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"Bronze Figures," The Art Studio Gallery, Santa Monica, CA solo exhibition. |
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1993 |
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"The New England Art Exposition '93" in |
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