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Born 1954, New York
Lives and works in Long Beach, California

Education
1988         MFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
1978-81   Shimaoka Pottery, Mashiko, Japan
                 Assistant to Mr. Shimaoka (Named Living National Treasure 1996)
1978         BFA California State University, Long Beach

Solo Exhibitions
2019
True North, Koenig & Clinton, New York, NY
Like Water Uphill, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
Cauldrons and Crucibles: in search of the sublime, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas
2018
Peter’s Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Harvey Meadows Gallery Aspen, Colorado
Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2015
Pierre Marie Giraud Gallery Brussels
2014
Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels
Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
Frank Lloyd Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2008
Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud Brussels
2007
Frank Lloyd Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2006
Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
2004
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
Chosun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2001
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Winfield Gallery, Carmel, CA
Toh-Art Space, Seoul, Korea
1993
Garth Clark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions
2019
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018
Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Funk to Punk, Everson Museum of Art
2015
Harvey Meadows Gallery, three-person exhibit
Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2015
Lefebvre & Fils, Paris, West Coast, Seven LA Artists
2005            
Frank Lloyd Gallery, Three-Person Invitational, Santa Monica
Japan/USA, A Cross Cultural Exchange, Invitational Santa Fe
Contemporary Ceramics, San Jose Museum of Art
Trans Ceramic Art / 3rd World Ceramic Biennale S. Korea
Mostra, Piazza Casali, Cortona, Italy
Organic Abstraction, Garth Clark Gallery, NY
Perforations, Invitational, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2004
Scripps 60th Annual Exhibition, Claremenot, CA
2002
Foshan Museum of Contemporary Art, Foshan, China
Garth Clark Gallery, Blue & White Radical Group Invit.
Group Invitational, Sherry Leedy Gallery Kansas City
The Artful Teapot, Traveling Exhibition 4 venues
New Acquisitions, Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey
New Acquisitions, Daum Museum of Art, MO
Idyllwild Art Center Guest Faculty, Idyllwild, California
2000
Defining Moments In Contemporary Ceramics, LA County Museum
Travels to: Kemper Museum, Tucson Museum, Memorial Art Gallery Rochester, NY
1999
California Craft, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Invited
1997
The Splendor of Porcelain, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Power of the Centre, PewabicPotttery, Detroit, MI
The Building of a Collection, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
50 Years of Southern California Ceramics, Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA
Southern California Ceramic Art: A Survey, Pasadena City College
Faculty / Resident Artist Exhibition, Cortona, Italy
1996
Vessels, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1995
The Essential Object, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Scripps 52nd Ceramic Annual, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1994
Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Nature, Revolution, Detroit, MI
1993
California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
1992
New and Notable Acquisitions, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Swidler Gallery, Detroit, MI

Residencies / Panels / Honors
2019
NCECA, Invited Closing Address
2018             
United States Artists Fellow
2017
Invited Juror, Zanesville Prize 2017 Ohio
2016
Invited Juror, NCECA Emerging Talent
2013
Archie Bray Foundation, Invited Voulkos Fellow Resident
A.I.D.A Israel, Invited Artist Lecture demonstration Annual Conference
2012
Invited International Juror, GICB Icheon, Korean Bienalle
2010
Invited faculty UGA Cortona Italy Study Abroad
2008
Orange Coast College
2005
Northern Clay Center Minn, MN Artist in Residence
Invited Curator, Scripps 61st National Ceramics Exhibition
Invited Speaker, 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea
2002
Panel Participant, Southern California Ceramics, Oakland Museum
2000
Panel Moderator, How Value Is Created, NCECA Conference, Denver
1998
Individual Artist Fellowship, Public Corporation for the Arts, Long Beach
Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award, CSULB
1997
Guest Faculty, Cortona, Italy - via University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1996
Drockman Distinguished Alumni Award, Alfred University, New York, NY
1994
4th Annual Jinro Ceramics International Artist Workshop, Seoul, South Korea
Artist and Creativity Panel Discussion, Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Contemporary American Ceramics Panel Discussion, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, South Korea
1991
Ceramics Now, Invited Juror, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA

Select Public Collections
• Alfred University, Permanent Collection
• Anderson Consulting, Los Angeles
• The Archie Bray Foundation Permanent Collection, Helena, Mo
• ASU Art Museum Tempe, Arizona
• AT&T Cerritos, CA
• Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
• The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
• Cranbrook Museum of Art, Rolling Hills MI
• The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento
• Daum Museum, Missouri
• Downey Museum of Art
• Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
• Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
• Foshan Museum of Contemporary Art, Foshan, China
• Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto
• General Mills Corporation
• Hong-Ik University, Seoul, South Korea
• JINRO Cultural Foundation, Seoul, Korea
• Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Maher Collection, Scripps College, Claremont
• Mendocino Art Center
• Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York
• Minneapolis Institute for the Arts
• Monterey Museum of Art
• Museum of Art & Design, New York
• Museum of Contemporary International Ceramic Art, Inchon, S. Korea
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Napa College
• Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey
• Oakland Museum of Art
• Palo Alto Cultural Center
• Racine Art Museum, Racine WI
• Resnik Collection of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• San Jose Museum of Art
• Takumi Folk Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Taipei Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
• Walnut Creek Art Center