Education
1962-65 BAE, University of Bonn and Berlin, West Germany.
1966-67 Werkseminar/Art Academy, Düsseldorf, West Germany.
1969-73 MA, MFA, Sculpture, University of Notre Dame, South Bend,Indiana.
Professional Affiliations
1981-present University of Illinois, Professor of Art, School of Art and Design,
Champaign, Illinois.
1979-81 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana,
1978-79 South Dakota State University, Brookings S.D.
1999-2002.1 Augustana College, Sioux Falls S.D.
Sculpture Awards and Recognitions
2005 Selected finalist for sculpture commission at the University of Illinois in Chicago by the Capital Development Board of the state of Illinois
2003 Winner in state sculpture competition with proposal "Aiming High" for main outdoor commission at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois % for Art Program
2000 Selected proposal "Celestial Stairways" for a monumental interior
work consisting of 9 wall
pieces spanning over a 4 story stairwell in the Engineering Hall at the University
of Illinois
Champaign - Urbana
1999 Selected sculptor for a monumental interior wall piece H: 24 ft L: 46ft
and an exterior sculpture
at South Eastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois
% for Art Program
1996 Selected sculptor for outdoor commission at the Biological Science Building,
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois
% for Art Program
1993 Winning finalist in the Fujisankei Biennale, an international competition
for contemporary sculpture conducted by the Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan. Recipient
of "The Prize for
Excellence," one of the ten top prizes among the 25 finalists selected
from 1109 entries from 47 countries.
1990 Selected sculpture for outdoor commission at Moraine Valley Community College, SW Chicago, sponsored by the Illinois % for Art Program.
1989 Winner of National Sculpture Competition for the Rolling Terrace
Elementary School in Takoma Park, Maryland.
1989-91 Sculpture model selected for The 6th & 7th Henry Moore Grand Prize
Exhibition, Hakone Open- Air Museum, Japan.
1986 Winner of national sculpture competition for largest Art in Public
Places project in the State of Wisconsin.
1984 Selected sculptor for outdoor project at the Willard Ice Building,
Springfield, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois % for Art Program.
1983 Winner of national sculpture competition for large scale stainless
steel sculpture in front of the Botanical Garden Center in Des Moines,Iowa.
1982 Recipient of Epsilon Award in national show entitled "Energy Art,"
Foothill Art Center, Boulder, Colorado.
1981 Winner of national sculpture competition for school building near
Spokane, Washington.
1980 Winner of natinoal sculpture competition for large scale public art
work in front of State Printing Plant, Salem, Oregon.
1979 Winner of national sculpture competition for the Cultural History
Museum of theUniversity of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
.
Grants and Scholarships
1992/96 University of Illinois Research Board Grant for construction of
stainless steel sculpture projects
2000 Appointment as an Associate in the Center for Advanced Study,
University of Illinois, Spring 1990, for study of Color effects on
three-dimensional surfaces.
1986 Selected artist for a summer residency at the "Villa Romana"
in
Florence, Italy, granted by the Istituto de Culturale Tedesco.
1984 Selected Fellow for summer residency at the Hand Hollow Foundation
(Yaddo) with George Rickey.
1980 Ford Foundation Travel Grant, study and documentation of Alaskan Native Art.
1976 Travel leave (spring semester), documentation of contemporary Russian
art in. Leningrad,
USSR
2000 One-year language study position in France through DAAD (DeutscherAkademischer
Austauschdienst)
Group Exhibitions
1999-2005 Meadowbrook Sculpture Park, Urbana Il.
1999-2003 Ridwan Sculpture Garden, Taos, New Mexico
1997 PIER WALK '97, an international outdoor large scale exhibition with 110
participants at
Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois (May 7- Oct. 20, 1997)
1997 "Metals and More", Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, S.D.
1996 "Contemporary American Sculpture", The Snite Museum of Art,
University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana
1993-94 Fujisankei Biennale, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Musuem, Japan
1992 "Sculpture Project 1992", College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1989-91 Sixth and Seventh Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition,Utsukushi-ga-hara
Open-Air
Museum
1988 "New Art Forms", Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1988 "North American Sculpture Exhibition," Golden, Colorado
1985 "New Traditions in Sculpture", Chicago, Illinois
1979 "National Sculpture Competition", Scottsdale Center for the
Arts,
Scottsdale, Arizona
1974 "13th Midwest Biennial", Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
1974-75 "11th and 12th International Jury Art Show", Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada
Works in Public Collections
Global Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
2005, Molecular Reflection, 21 x 20 x 20 inches
Enterprise Works, University of Illinois, Research Park, Champaign , IL
2003, Warp 11, 5 feet x 8 feet x 2ft
Institute of Aviation, Willard Airport, Champaign, Illinois
2002, Wing Formation, wall installation, 8 ft x 12 ft x 6 “
2002, Flight One, 30 x 40 x 4 inches
The Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign
2001 Celestial Voyager , steel 30 x 32 x 6 inches
2001 Warm Night at the Bayou , steel and stainless steel 18 x 26 x 10 inches
South Eastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois
1999, La Notte di San Lorenzo, wall relief, 24 x 46 x 2 feet
1999, Solar Pathways, stainless steel, outdoor work ,6 x 5 x 5 feet
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1997, Mitotic Geometry, 14 x 20 x 6 feet
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
1995, Tsunami Ascending II, 7 x 5 x 3feet
Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum, Japan
1993, Nocturnal Orbits, 7 x 9 x 8 feet
Northwest Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1993, Wall-Relief Series (8)
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
1991, Orbits, 20 x 26 x 20 inches
Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
1991, Tsunami Ascending, 11 x 7 x 4 feet
1992, Time Lapse,
Center for Contemporary Technology, SW Chicago, Illinois
1990, On To Brighter Orbits, 12 x 12 x 16 feet
Rolling Terrace Elementary School, Takoma Park, Maryland
1990, Turning Point, 7 x 12 x 9 feet
Fuji Television, Tokyo, Japan
1990, Tsunami, 28 x 19 x 9 inches
Columbia Correctional Institution, Portage, Wisconsin
1987, Chromatic Fragments - Vortex to the Sky, 21 x 10 x 10 feet
State Revenue Building, Springfield, Illinois
1984, Energy 1 For Helmut, 8 x 10 x 5 feet
Botanical Center, Des Moines, Iowa
1984, Spectral Liberation, 13 x 29 x 11 feet
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Headquarters Building,
Princeton, Illinois
1983, Grain Field, 7 x 9 x 12 feet
Midway Elementary School, Spokane, Washington
1982, Sundance, 7 x 6 x 4 feet
State Printing Plant, Salem, Oregon
1981, Paperwave, 8 x 29 x 2 feet
University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska
1980, Denali, 21 x 9 x 6 feet
Gregory High School, Gregory, South Dakota
1978, Homage to the Frontiers, 13 x 8 x 4 feet
The Spitznagel Architects, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1977, Centripeton, 10 x 10 x 7 feet
Augustana College Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1976, Homage to Victor Vazarely, 11 x 11 x 11 feet
Gallery Affiliation
Lumina Gallery, Taos, N.M
Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL