BORN:                                               

1969                San Antonio, Texas

EDUCATION:             

1989-1992       The Cooper Union, New York, NY, B.F.A. in Painting

1988-1989       Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

EXHIBITIONS:                        

2008            “3 Months and 90 Days,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.

                    "Intersections," Jung Center, Houston, TX.

2007            “Old is New,” Space 125 Gallery, Houston, TX.

                   "Texas National 2007," Stephen F. Austin State Univ., Nacogdoches,

                    TX.  Jurors:  MANUAL (Suzanne Bloom/Ed Hill).

2005            “Everybody Art,” Vine Street Studios, Houston, TX.  Jurors:  Terrie

                    Sultan - Director of Blaffer Gallery, Michelle Barnes – Exec. Director

                    of The Community Artists’ Collective, and Lynn Randolph - Artist.

2001            “Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.  Juror:  Randy

                    Sommer, Director, ACME, Los Angeles/Santa Monica, CA.

                    “The Assistance League of Art Celebrates Texas Art 2001,” Williams

                    Tower, Houston, TX.  Juror:  Terrie Sultan, Director, Blaffer Gallery,

                    Houston, TX.

2000            “Rounding the Edge,” Purse Building Studios, Houston, TX.  Curator:

                    Judy Moon Kwon.

                    “Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.  Juror:  Sara Kellner,

                    Executive Director, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX.

                    “The Assistance League of Art Celebrates Texas Art 2000,” Williams

                    Tower, Houston, TX.  Juror:  Bruce Guenther, Chief Curator, Orange

                    County Museum of Art.

1999            “Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX.  Juror:  Lane Relyea,

                    Writer for ArtForum, frieze & Parkett.

                    “One Night Hang,” Epixenter Gallery, Houston, TX.  Juror:  Lee

                    Steffy, Moody Gallery, Houston, TX.

1998            “New Work,” Café Noche, Houston, TX.

1997            “Juxtapositions,” Brazosport Arts and Sciences Center, Angleton, TX.

1996            “Explorations: Small Worlds,” Akus Gallery, Willimantic, CT.  Juror:

                    William Carroll, Director of Charles Cowles Gallery, New York.

                    “New Works: Catherine Colangelo, Mani Gazdar, June Woest,” Art

                    League of Houston, Houston, TX.

                    “32 Texas Artists,” UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX.

2007            Houston Arts Alliance, Individual Artist Grant Fellowship, Houston, TX.

2005            Diverse Works Artist Retreat and Creative Capital Professional

                   Development Workshop for Visual and Performing Artists, Houston,

                   TX.

                   "Old is New", Sarah Gajkowski-Hill, ArtsHouston Magazine, July

                   2007. 

                   Art Capsule Review:  "Old is New", Troy Schulze, Houston Press,

                   July 19, 2007.   

                   "Better than Crack", Dusti Rhodes, Houston Press, June 14, 2007.