| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
| 1997-present | Designer
PARALLAX Associates Architects. Beverly Hills, CA special skills : construction documents, preliminary design, drafting, model making, computer proficient: AutoCAD release 14, FormZ, Photoshop, Illustrator. |
| 1997 | Assistant to Senior Construction Manager
Yale University Office of Facilities, Proj. Management Div. New Haven, CT :Yale Law School Renovation, Phase IV; 8 million dollar project, Leach Construction Co., ( 5/1/97 - 9/1/97 ). Phase III; 90 million dollar project, Turner Construction Co., ( 5/1/97 - 9/1/00 ). special skills : construction management, project research, history, and documentation. |
| 1996-97 | Teaching Assistant Yale University. New Haven, CT
Everett Barber: Physical Environmental Control Systems 634b Vincent Scully: History of Art 112a, Prehistory to the Renaissance Alexander Purves: Architecture 150a, Introduction to Architecture |
| 1995-1996 | Junior Designer Halper Owens Associates Architects. Kent, CT
special skills: construction documents, preliminary design, drafting, model making, computer proficient: AutoCAD release 12-13, FormZ, Softimage, Premier 4.0, Photoshop, Illustrator. |
| 1995(summer) | Junior Designer Ando Construction Co. Interior Design Dept. Tokyo, Japan.
special skills: design competitions, Japanese text translation and photography. |
| 1994 | Model Fabricator Kenneth Champlin & Associates. New Haven, CT
special skills: professional plastic & wood architectural model fabrication, and photography. |
| 1992-1993 | Sign Designer / Fabricator Sign Systems. Landsdale, PA
special skills: computer-aided sign design, layout, drafting and fabrication. |
| 1991 | Mold/Pattern Maker to Artist, Steven Robin Philadelphia, PA
for: General Services Administration Commission, Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Building and Court House, Newark, NJ special skills: plaster turning, plaster running, waste and rubber mold design and fabrication. |
| 1990-1991 | Stained Glass Maker Beyer Stained Glass Studios. Philadelphia, PA
special skills: proficient in both traditional/contemporary leaded glass construction and restoration techniques. |
| 1989 | Assistant to Artist, Winifred Lutz. Brooklyn, NY
Creative Time Anchorage Project, a large scale installation under the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| 1984-1988 | Wood Worker Solar Environments. (Architectural restoration and contracting Co.) Paoli, PA. Architect: Robert Tucker
special skills: Interior and exterior wood and plaster finish work, roofing, general carpentry, residential: mechanical, HVAC, plumbing. |
| 1987 | Metal Worker Fairhill Fabricators (steel). Landsdale, PA
special skills: welding, ornamental metal working. |
| EXHIBITIONS / COMPETITIONS / COMMISSIONS | |
| 1996 | Exhibition: query Installation. Front Gallery, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT |
| 1994 | Exhibition: Drawing and Architecture Drawing exhibition. Yale School of Architecture Gallery, New Haven, CT. |
| 1994 | Exhibition: Objects Which Hold Water Design & materials show. Yale School of Architecture front Gallery, New Haven, CT. |
| 1993 | Exhibition: Recovering the Landscape One Eighth Inch Equals One Year Chester Springs, PA Curated by Dick Torchea. |
| 1992 | Commission:Sand Box Ken-Crest Childhood Development Centers, Villanova, PA : designed to meet physical challenges appropriate for motoricly impaired children. |
| 1991 | Lecture: Time, Space and Place - Seven American Artists Sekka, Kyoto and Bizemi Art Schools, Japan. |
| 1991 | Exhibition: Sculpture 1991-1992, Forty Seven Feet into the Woods Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA Collaboration with Stacy Levy, Curated by Alice Aycock. |
| 1990 | Installation: Allow at Least 6 Hrs. 15 Min. Stone Harbor, New Jersey |
| 1990 | Exhibition: Sculpture Outdoors, The Place We Are Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA Curated by Marcia Moss. |
| 1990 | Exhibition: B.F.A. Thesis Show Elkins Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1990 | Competition: Philadelphia Arts Commission, Finalist leader of one of 15 groups chosen to compete for five $125,000 Public Space Project Grants, Philadelphia, PA |
| 1989 | Competition: Pennsylvania Housing and Public Art Fund, Winner for the renovation and redesign of a public fountain located in front of a retirement home, Hershey, PA. |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1993-97 | Master of Architecture
Yale University School of Architecture, New Haven, CT |
| 1992 (2 months) | Hojuin Temple, Totsuka, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, Japan.
Studied Shin-gon meditation and Japanese temple wood working techniques and joinery. |
| 1987-1990 | Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Sculpture Magna Cum Laude, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia PA. Received the Excellence in Sculpture Scholarship. |
| 1986 (3 months) |
Kokonosuedo Studio of Ceramic Craft, Ofuna, Japan.
Assisted a master in Japanese ceramics; learned basic skills used in throwing and building ceramic vessels. |
| 1984-1986 | Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Two Year Foundation Program. |
| AWARDS | |
| 1995 | Nambu Fellowship Scholar Nambu Foundation, Japan. |
| 1993-1997 | Academic Scholarship Yale University |
| 1990 | Boris Bly Excellence in Sculpture Scholarship
Tyler School of Art |
| 1987-1990 | Distinguished Student Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park PA :one of the top 20 undergraduate students in the area of design and fine arts. |
| FEATURED ARTICLES | |
| 1993-1997 | Retrospecta Yale School of Architecture |
| 1993 | The Philadelphia Inquirer July 16, page 25 and 41 |
| Art MattersJuly, Commentary | |
| 1991 | Art Matters July/August, page 11 |
| The Philadelphia InquirerJuly 18, page 3-D | |
| The Philadelphia InquirerJune 2, page 6-H | |
| Montgomery NewspapersJune 5, Entertainment and Arts | |
| The IntelligencerMay 7, page C-3 | |
| Sculpture MagazineJanuary/February, Reviews section | |
| 1990 | The Chestnut Hill LocalOctober 11, page 45 |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsJuly 31, Reviews section | |
| The Philadelphia InquirerJuly 30, front cover and page 3-B | |