BORN:
Buffalo, N.Y.

EDUCATION:
Attended Fredonia (N.Y.) State University and University of Buffalo,
Anthropology 1973

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
“Small Ideas” samples, models, mockups
Encinitas Public Library, Encinitas, Ca. (Sept 3 - Oct 8, 2013)

“A Small Gathering of European Nobility”,
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, Ca. (May - June 2000)

“Acquired Histories - New Furniture”,
David Zapf Gallery San Diego, Ca. (Feb - March 1997)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
“Artifacts”  Allied Craftsmen of San Diego
Oceanside Museum of Art, Ca (February 17–July 8, 2018)

“By Hand” National Biennial Craft Exhibition
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, Ca (January 15 - February 27, 2016)

San Diego Botanical Gardens
Sculpture Exhibition, May 2014 - April 2015

Allied Craftsmen Today
Mingei International Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego (June 15, 2013 - Jauary 2014)

33rd Annual Contemporary Craft
Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Az January – March, 2012

Juried Biennial 2000 / 2009 / 2012
Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad Ca.

Mass Consumption
Mesa Arts Center, Mesa Az. (June – August 2008)

New West Coast Design
Museum of Craft+Design San Francisco, (Jan – April 2008)

Three Point Perspective with David Fobes and Wendy Maruyama
David Zapf Gallery; San Diego, Ca. (June 2005)

American Society of Furniture Artists (ASOFA) Touring Exhibition:
Houston (May 1996), Atlanta (July, 1996), New York (Oct., 1996)

APPOINTMENT:
City of Encinitas, Commission for the Arts 1999-2001

INSTRUCTOR:
Furniture Design and History; Palomar College, San Marcos, Ca. (retired)

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:
Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland Or., July 2004

PUBLISHED ARTICLES:
(PDF) “Ruhlmann’s Torpedo Leg”, Woodwork Magazine, April 2008