Education
2002 M.F.A. in Sculpture
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2000 B.F.A. in Sculpture
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Selected Exhibitions
2003 Jackson TN /Union University Sculpture Tour,
Jackson, TN
Pirkkala Sculpture 03, Public art works, Prikkala, Finland
Two Person Show, Sklo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
UNC Juried Exhibition at the Center for Craft, Creativity
and Design, Hendersonville, NC
22nd Annual CAA Competitive Exhibition, Community Council
for the Arts, Kinston, NC2002 One person exhibition,
Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Icarus
International, Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery, Nags Head, NC
Fire to Form, International Cast Iron Exhibition,
Grounds for Sculpture, Trenton, NJ
Henderson County Outdoor Exhibition, Hendersonville,
NC
Two Person Sculpture Exhibition, Community Council
for the Arts, Kinston, NC
17th Annual National Caldwell Arts Council Sculpture
Celebration, Lenoir, NC
Rebel Show, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
2001 Fireland, Outdoor Installation at Pedvale
Open Air Museum and Sculpture Park, Pedvale, Latvia
Iron Works Exhibition, Pedvale Open Air Museum and Sculpture
Park, Pedvale, Latvia
Pirkkala Fe 01, International Cast Iron Exhibition, Pirkkala, Finland
16th Annual National Caldwell Arts Council Sculpture Celebration,
Lenoir, NC
Wayne County’s 22nd Annual National Juried Fine
Arts Exhibition, Goldsboro, NC
2000 15th Annual National Caldwell Arts Council Sculpture Celebration,
Lenoir, NC
Collections
2003 Outdoor Sculpture installed at Lucedale
Public Library in Lucedale, MS
2002 Two Outdoor Sculptures, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College,
Lucedale,MS
Two Outdoor Sculptures / One Indoor Sculpture, East Carolina
Neurology, Greenville,NC
Numerous works sold to private collectors in Greenville, NC
2000 Cast Iron Sculpture, Laurel Arts League Museum, Laurel, MS
Awards | Honors | Publications
2003 Pirkkala Sculpture 03 Exhibition Catalog,
Pirkkala, Finland
2002 Rebel Show, 2nd place in show and 1st place in Sculpture, Works published
in Rebel magazine, Greenville, NC
Hanna & Jodi Jubran Scholarship, East Carolina University School of
Art, Greenville, NC
17th Annual Caldwell Arts Council, Merit Award for Sculpture, Lenoir,
NC
Works exhibited on sculpture.org and Caldwell Arts
Council website
2001 16th Annual Caldwell Arts Council, Merit Award
for Sculpture, Lenoir, NC
Claire Armstrong Scholarship, East Carolina University
School of Art, Greenville, NC
Pirkkala Fe 01 Exhibition Catalog, Pirkkala, Finland
2000 Laurel Arts League Scholarship, Laurel, MS
Alexander Scholarship, University of Southern Mississippi,
Hattiesburg, MS
Golden Key Honor Society Inductee, University of Southern
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
1999 Fred A. Waites Scholarship, University of
Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Commissions
2003 Stainless steel and glass shower project for Frank
Cassiano, Topsail, NC
Expanding Arc with high voltage transformer for local client, Greenville,
NC
Stainless Steel Fabrication for Frank A. Cassiano, Greenville, NC
2002 Relief Sculpture (indoor) for Frank A. Cassiano
and Associates Law Firm, Greenville, NC
Large rubber mold construction for Signs Now, Greenville,
NC
2001 Relief Sculpture (outdoor) for Frank A. Cassiano
and Associates Law Firm, Greenville, NC
Related Employment
2003 Instructed a cast iron workshop at Pirkkala Sculpture
03, Oversight of pattern making, mold making, furnace preparation and
iron pour, Pirkkalla, Finland
Instructed a piece mold workshop during the Southern Conference
on Cast Iron Art at Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham,
AL
Assisted sculptor with public art commission construction
and installation, Monumental cast concrete sculpture, Raleigh, NC (Installed
in St. Petersburg, FL)
2002 Instructor of Record, Sculpture Survey, East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC
Assisted artist with public art commission (bench project),
Kinston, NC
Assisted J&H Studios with large scale bronze castings
and fabrication, Greenville, NC
2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Study Abroad
Program, Eastern Europe
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Survey, Woodshop, Art Gallery,
Art History, Greenville, NC
2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Studio, Art Gallery, Art History,
Greenville, NC
1999 Assisted with the construction and operation of large scale iron
casting facility, Skip Van Houten Studio, Hattiesburg, MS
Assisted with Public Art Commission from the city of Hattiesburg during
an internship at Skip Van Houten Studio, Hattiesburg, MS
1998 Organized Cast Iron Workshop, Appalachian State University, Boone,
NC
Conferences | Travel
2003 Pirkkala Sculpture 03, Pirkkala, Finland
Executed a large scale public art work permanently installed in the city
park, taught an iron pour workshop
Southern Conference on Cast Iron Art, Sloss Furnace, Birmingham,
AL
Instructed a piece mold workshop
Mesalands Cast Iron Symposium, Tucumcari, NM
Oversight of mold making and furnace detail
2002 Fourth International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Trenton,
NJ
Participated in Iron pours with schools from Buffalo, NY and Chicago,
IL
2001 Fireland Symposium, Pedvale Open Air Museum
and Sculpture Park, Pedvale, Latvia
Constructed Outdoor Installation and assisted in the organization of an
iron pour
Pirkkala Fe 02 Sculpture Symposium, Pirkkala, Finland
Worked on large molds at an industrial iron foundry
Sculpture Consortium Conference, Greenville, NC
Hosted an Iron pour for visiting artists
Southeast Iron Conference, Birmingham, AL
Headed East Carolina University team Iron pour
Sculpture Study Abroad Program in the Baltic countries of Eastern Europe
including Latvia, Russia, Finland and the Czech Republic
1998 Third International Conference on Contemporary Cast
Iron Art, Trenton, NJ
Assisted in the transportation and operation of 2000 lb tap cupola

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