My fascination with heads began as an art student. For me, the human head was a natural choice of subject matter because of its inherent expressiveness. I carve the faces out of phone books because I like the three-dimensional quality that results and because of the unexpected results that occur working in this medium. The three-dimensional quality enhances the feeling of the pieces as an object as opposed to a picture.

In carving and painting a head from a phone directory, I’m celebrating the individual lost in the anonymous list of thousands of names that describe the size of the community. In addition, I like the idea of creating something that is normally discarded every year into an object of longevity.

EDUCATION:
M.F.A., Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA B.F.A., Magna Cum Laude, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

AWARDS:
2002 - Second Place Winner, 71st Annual Rittenhouse Square Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA 1999 - Charles Addams Memorial Award, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1998 - Vermont Studio Award, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2005 - “Phone Book Heads”, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 - “Phone Book Heads”, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006 - “Black & White”, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Nova Art Fair, Chicago, IL – represented by Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 - “Back from Miami”, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 - ”Antithesis”: Two Cuban Artists/Two Visions, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
- “Used: New Work From Old Things”, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
- 15th Annual Manayunk Arts Festival
- 73rd Annual Rittenhouse Square Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2003 - 14th Annual Manayunk Arts Festival
- 72ndAnnual Rittenhouse Square Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2002 - “Twisted Art” @ Tribecca, Philadelphia, PA
- 71st Annual Rittenhouse Square Arts Festival, Philadelphia, PA
- “Art Among the Books”, Cayman Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2001 - “Fifth Annual National Juried Exhibition”, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY
- “Art of the State”, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
- Comet Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 - Cosmos Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- “Recuerdos del Nuevo Mundo” w/Frank Hyder, Excelsior Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
1999 - “Contemporary Painting -- International Competition”, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
- “ MFA Awards Exhibit”, Meyerson Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- “Thesis Exhibit”, Meyerson Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED REVIEWS:

Philadelphia Weekly, 4/14-20/04,
“Used” at the Painted Bride Art Center Artblog.com, 4/9/04
“No such Thing as All Used Up” Sunday Patriot News, 6/17/01
“Art of the State”, Harrisburg, PA Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/23/01
“Turn the Page”, Philadelphia, PA University City Review, 3/21/01
“Phone Book Art at Arts League”, Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia Weekly, 4/4/01
“Directory Personnel”, Philadelphia, PA Excelsior Newspaper, 6/3/00
“Recuerdos del Nuevo Mundo”, Mexico City, Mexico Paintingsdirect.com
“Burnt, Sprayed and Steamed: Alternative Processes in Painting” (on the web)
Dark’s Art Parlour, Issue 4, 1997, The Periodical of Dark Art, Los Angeles, CA