Selected GRANT/COMMUNITY SUPPORTED PROJECTS
*2023 “URBAN”
This Circuitscape was inspired by residency with 4th and 5th grade students at Lincoln Elementary and Urban Academy. They discussed how the Larrimer Neigborhood has evolved over time and how they move through the area. Transportation and the natural world were discussion points. 2, 8’x16’ exterior panels. Acrylic paint, UV resistant polycarbonate,aluminum, LEDs, microprocessors. Budget $25K
*2023 “Workers Mural” Pittsburgh International Airport
I combined the old and new airport plans with a dramatic night view of Pittsburgh, paying homage to the shift workers as well as the past, present, and future connection the airport brings. Acrylic, 9’x30’
*2022 Artist in Residence Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Three-week residency focusing on the history of the CCC and National Park System. Engineering /architectural drawings, enhanced with flora and fauna of Shenandoah Valley. Hosted two workshops focused on drawing. One artwork donated to the National Park Archive, US Department of the Interior
*2020/21 - Alloy Residency with Rivers of Steel Heritage Corporation
Collaborated with Rankin Christian Center in creating Legacy reflecting the remaining community since the closure of Carrie Furnace. The temporary work of enhanced maps made by US Steel, engineering drawings, and architectural drawings in combination with birds cast from industrial processes. The birds function as paperweights for the adjusted drawings. Over the course of a month at Carrie Furnace, time and the elements will mark the papers with rust and oxidation— demonstrating how industry has impacted the land and people of Rankin.
*2019 - “Time Travelers” mural with Edith Abeyta
Combination of a children’s board game and historical timeline of the community. Residents and places depicted exist or existed in Hazelwood. Combination of mauroflage and direct painting. Words are from residents describing everything about their community. Mural completed summer of 2019, Acrylic, 2,000+ sq ft, Budget 14K
Created in partnership with Edith Abeyta (Arts Excursions Unlimited) and Support from Trying
Together and City of Pittsburgh and Hazelwood residents 2019
*2018 - Sun and Planets in Riverview Park
We worked with Observatory Hill, Perry Hilltop and Fineview residents to create the Solar System and spaceship docking station in the children’s playground and gazebo area of Riverview Park. The park hosts an antique observatory. We had to work with existing concrete elements. City of Pittsburgh Arts in Parks
*2017 - Artist in Residence Hazelwood
Three-month residency working with Arts Excursions Unlimited and Hazelwood community members to create Robots Going to Read. Seniors and students designed their own personal ‘bot. A temporary installation at the Carnegie Library made of exterior sign material, acrylic paint, motion sensor exterior lights.
*2017 - Welcome to Fineview and Perry Hilltop (Unity Corner)
African American, Puerto Rican and mixed-race students interviewed longtime residents -mostly White- to find out about the history of the neighborhood. The mix of ages and races turned out to be fun and educational. The students then took what they learned to create a mosaic welcome sign for park-let located at Perrysville Ave and Federal St. With Linda Wallen, Fineview and Perry Hilltop Citizen Councils and students of the Pittsburgh Project.
*2016 – Corner of Hope / Negro Baseball League Public Murals.
A project combining community service with art. The students had to clear a heavily overgrown lot, research the Negro Baseball League, with emphasis on the two Pittsburgh teams. We designed a baseball card that paid homage to the history of the league and contained contemporary flair. The resulting 12, 4’x8’ panels placed to represent a homerun fence. Mural completed summer of 2016, Acrylic on exterior sign board. Created in partnership with The Pittsburgh Project with support from Oakglade Reality and Perry Hilltop and Fineview Citizen Councils
*2014 - Artist Opportunity Grant from The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
To ship artwork to Santa Fe International New Media Festival and ZaneBennett Gallery
Artwork made of mixed media, arduinos, LEDs, and microprocessors.
*2011 - Lantern
The Lantern is a replica of an 1850’s lantern used by escaping slaves. Stainless steel footprints represent a path towards freedom. Landscaped grassy area also contains bench and native trees.
The area where the Lantern green space is now located used to be a rubble filled lot where two homes used to stand. It was not functioning in a positive way for the community. Now groups meet at the Lantern, light shines from it at night creating a safer area, and families can play in the grass. There has been farmer’s markets and community events such as the walk for peace started at the Lantern.
10’ x 10’ x 22’ steel lantern, 100’x 82.5’ public green space. Inside, looking up. The viewer can see the Big Dipper and Little Dipper constellations have been cut into the steel top of the lantern, allowing the light to shine out and lead the way towards freedom. Solar powered lights shine at night. Commissioned by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Grable Foundation. A link in the local Charm Bracelet Project. Designed in collaboration with The Pittsburgh Project, Art and Soul woman’s group, Perry Hilltop Community members and Jill Joyce, architect.
*2009 - LISTEN! The North Side Girls Have Something to Say!
An interactive map with content developed by the participating girls. The twenty-two sixth, seventh and eighth grade girls, learned how to take photos and videos using journalism and narrative techniques. They created an autobiography paired with a self-portrait. The final work contained 5 video monitors installed in a bas-relief, silk screened mirrored map. The layers of clear polycarbonate contain portraits of the girls and are layered in a way to represent the topography of the North Side. The five videos play together, sequentially alternating between video, slide shows and place markers. The girls tell what it is like for them to grow up on Pittsburgh’s fractured North Side and their hopes for the future as well as what they learned as a result of this nine-month project. Collaborated with girls chosen from youth service organizations; The Pittsburgh Project, Manchester Youth Development Center, Project Destiny, and New Hope Neighborhood, along with arts organizations; Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Artists Image Resource (AIR) and the Childrens’ Museum of Pittsburgh organizations; The Pittsburgh Project, Manchester Youth Development Center, Project Destiny, and New Hope Neighborhood, along with arts organizations; Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Artists Image Resource (AIR) and the Childrens’ Museum of Pittsburgh
Funded by Voices of Youth: Art in the Public Grant Award, The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Grable Foundation, Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Supporting Grant.
*2008, 2012 Path to Peace
Four etched polycarbonate coke bottle green pieces originally placed in the Peace Garden located in Fowler Park. Tablets resemble broken glass found on street, made into something beautiful. Quotes from Gandhi, President Obama –16 x24x9”, Dr Martin Luther King and Zechariah 8:4-5 -22x48x11”. Statements chosen by community vote to serve as markers on journey towards peaceful existence. Polycarbonate is the base material for bullet proof glass.
Commissioned by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Grable Foundation. Designed in collaboration with The Pittsburgh Project and Perry Hilltop Community members.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
2023 Carnegie Mellon University
Community College of Allegheny County
2022 School of Music, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh International Airport
2018 Mosites Construction
PPG Arena
2016 Dick Blick Art Supply LLC
2015 Smart Technologies
Butler County Health System
2011-15 Pittsburgh Technology Council (interactive awards)
2014 Magee Women’s Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 WEBB Law, One Gateway, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Del Monte, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Diocese of Columbus, OH
Asbury Automotive, New York, NY
2002 Citizens Bank, Pittsburgh, PA
The Public Employees Retirement System of the State of Ohio
Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business, Columbus, OH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Bridging the Landscape, BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Circuitscapes BE Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 A Variation of Unknown Medical Significance Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Baldwin National, Holt Russell Gallery Baker University Kansas
Runner-Up Best of Show Award Sweet 16, 2020
2022 Art 180 By invitation of Shenandoah National Park Trust Richmond VA.
Three Rivers Arts Festival ___alachian [ah-LATCH-en]
Childrens Museum Pittsburgh: Portraits, Marie by Christmas Fire 2020
Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
Art of the State, Pennsylvania State Museum: Docents Award Fetching the Canary
2021 Appalachia, Vestige Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
55th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 2017 Art of the State: Pennsylvania, The State Museum of Pennsylvania
2016 ReNew Festival Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Currents Santa Fe International New Media Festival (Pittsburgh Tech Council)
New Media Transforms Tradition, ZaneBennett Contemporary Art Santa Fe NM
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2014, The State Museum of Pennsylvania
2012-16 BRA-Breast Reconstruction Awareness Exhibition, Andy Warhol Museum
2010 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2010, The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Art and Technology Exhibit, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Tech Council.
2009 2009 Art + Technology Annual Exhibition (Carnegie Mellon Univ. CREATE Labs)
2008 In the Making 250 Years, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
The Intersection of Art and Technology, Pittsburgh Technology Council
Altered States Pittsburgh Print Group juried exhibit, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2005 Anatomy of a Community, UC Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University
Oxidation group exhibition, Le Poire Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 AMP juried exhibition, Andy Warhol Museum
2002 Miami University National Young Painter’s Competition (Finalist)
65th Annual Midyear Exhibition, Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, OH
EDUCATION
Xavier University - Cincinnati, OH 1988-1990
Columbus College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude 1993