bio

i believe long, drawn-out biographies only serve to irritate the reader; in this spirit of focused brevity, i present my own:

what interests me is the process and poetry with which events come about and disappear and our perception of these events as they pertain to our life cycle.

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Chelsea College of Art, London, England

Selected Exhibitions:

eden reframed, barc, vashon island, washington

waste not, nord alley pioneer square, seattle, washington

ybor film festival, tampa, florida

breezeway, fiu school of architecture, miami florida

sculpture, brook dorsch, miami, florida

ybor film festival, tampa, florida

subtropics festival, miami, florida

a decade of art, mdcc gallery, miami, florida

subtropics festival, miami, florida

wilton arts and film festival, vermont

flarb2, aqua hotel, miami, florida

mirror, mirror, bernice steinbaum gallery, miami, florida

globe miami island, bass museum, miami, florida

the miami art exchange, miami, florida

brook dorsch gallery, miami, florida

sears building, miami, florida

dreams gathered, ambrosino gallery miami florida

dreams gathered, museum of contemporary art miami, florida

ringling museum, tampa, florida

margulies/taplin gallery, boca raton, florida

the beauty in breathing, selections from the ruth and marvin sackner

collection, miami beach convention center, florida

totems, boca raton museum, boca raton, florida

south florida collective, france wolfson gallery, miami, florida,

four views: 89, south florida cultural consortium fellowship

center of contemporary art, north miami, florida

east martello museum, key west, florida

northwood institute, west palm beach, florida

the art and culture center of hollywood, florida

collaborations, center of contemporary art, north miami

sculpture as history, three person show, frances wolfson gallery, miami,

florida

art is politics, interamerican art gallery, miami, florida

couples, center of contemporary art, north miami, florida

new arts for 1988, tobe international, new york city, new york

monoprints, west dade regional library, miami, florida

in the groove, artfacts art salon, miami beach florida

drawing on, south miami library, south miami, florida

projections, center of contemporary art, north miami, florida

group show, florida center of contemporary art, tampa, florida

in print: miami, interamerican art gallery, miami, florida

two dimensional/three dimensional: artists who paint and sculpt, art and

culture center, hollywood, florida

small works, valencia community college, orlando, florida

micro, now gallery, new york city, new york

micro, artifacts art salon, miami beach, florida

word, joy moos gallery, miami, florida

waterworks, camino real gallery, boca raton, florida

group show, greene gallery, coral gables, florida

burnt toast, joy moos gallery, miami, florida

florida figures, frances wolfson gallery, miami, florida

works on paper, greene gallery, coconut grove, florida

group show, joy moos gallery, miami, florida

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2009

2006

2004

2003

2002

2001

1993

1992

1991

1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

1984

Solo Exhibitions:

sheep valise, vashon island, washington

fly into open, paintings, new gallery university of miami, florida

recent paintings, fred snitzer gallery, miami, florida

butterflies, installation, cultural resource center, miami, florida

the dark wood of error, installation, north campus gallery, miami, florida

harsh focus, ground zero gallery, miami beach, florida

shahreyar ataie: drawings and sculptures, green gallery, coconut

grove, florida

2011

1997

1994

1989

1987

1987

1984

collaborations:

eden reframed, with beverly naidus, barc, vashon island, washington

home, with shinjo brewer, the chinese house, vashon island, washington

waste not, with chris ezzell and matt hutchins, nord alley pioneer square,

seattle, washington

ybor film festival, with gustavo matamoros, tampa, florida

ybor film festival, with charles recher, tampa, florida

subtropics festival, with alison knowles and gustavo matamoros

dreams gathered, with gustavo matamoros, museum of contemporary art

and ambrosino gallery, north miami, florida

beyond reason, mary street dance theater, colony theater, miami beach,

florida

the spirit of a ritual, with ron fondaw, center of contemporary art, north

miami, florida

song 31, seq. 79: transparent, mary street dance theater, james l. knight

center, miami, florida

2011

2009

2006

2003

2001

XXX

1992

1989

1987

Fellowship Awards:

new forms

south florida cultural consortium

2001

1989

Art in State Buildings:

breezeway, fiu school of architecture, miami florida

2004