Education
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate, Major in Sculpture, 1985-89
University of Pennsylvania, Art History, English Literature, 1987-89
Studio Art School of the Aegean, Painting, 1986
Awards
Nomination, Barrymore Awards, Outstanding Original Music for the Gas & Electric Arts production of Cabinet of Wonders, 2010
Maine Arts Commission Fellowship, Music Composition, 2003
J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarship, 1989
Benjamin Lanard Memorial Award, Sculpture, 1989
Mark Cullinane Memorial Award, Sculpture 1989
Liberty Bank Award (Wayne Art Center), Furniture Design, 1989
Mary Townsend and William Clark Mason Prize in Sculpture, 1988
Performance/Design/Composition
2002-present, Fence Kitchen, an evolving performative involving puppetry, set-light-sound design and original music, live and recorded. Performed nationally in theaters, art spaces, and music venues and at festivals including Big Ears, 2009, and Free Texas, 2005
2008, Airloom, or Umbrella, collaboration with Buffy Miller, an interdisciplinary performance installation, Philly Fringe Festival
2005, Collaboration with Buffy Miller, created an installation with objects, lighting and puppets as part of Sacred & Profane, a site-specific arts festival, Peaks Island, ME
2005, Created Fence-Kast, an installation and solo improvisatory performance of object manipulation inside a dumpster as part of Reclaiming Space, an outdoor arts festival, Portland, ME
2003, There’s a House and There’s Jack, collaboration with tarpigh and Buffy Miller, performed a marionette and shadow show inside and around a paper house, Puppetry Fringe Festival, Stillhouse Studio Theatre, Portland, ME, and the Venus Arts Garden, Brooklyn, NY
2002, apidae (bedizened), an intimate revue, collaboration with Buffy Miller, designed and constructed the set, performed original music, and performed schratches, a ten minute puppet piece, as part of an evening-length endeavor, Portland Performing Arts Center, Portland, ME
2001, 2002, Shantytown Carnival, collaboration with Buffy Miller, composed and performed the music for a tap dance and puppet theatre piece, Center for Cultural Exchange, Portland, ME, Maine Arts Festival, Brunswick, ME
2000, 2001, Il Lamento di Ripo, collaboration with tarpigh, performed a marionette opera, The Center for Cultural Exchange, The Skinny, Portland, ME, and The Venus Arts Garden, Brooklyn, NY
1999-2002, Time To Fly, collaboration with tarpigh and Buffy Miller, created visual elements to and was part of a music/dance performance involving masks, costumes, and large puppets, Sacred & Profane Festival
1997-99, with Cerberus Shoal, 30 city tour, U.S. and Canada
Discography
Fence Kitchen
Beading the Rook, 2006
tarpigh (3 member collaboration)
Miss the Sun ( the Wrinkly One), 2015
Captain Culpepper's Caribiners and the Twinkling Lights, 2007
Asiatic Potters / Los Grados Abajos, 2006
Where’s Dunyazad?, 2005
Skull Crackers, 2003
Go Hogh Wild, 2002
Monsieur Monsoon, 2000
Under the Bigtop, 1999
tarpigh, 1997
Cerberus Shoal (6 member collaboration)
Mr. Boy Dog, 2001
Crash My Moon Yacht, 2000
Homb, 1999
Elements of Structure & Permanence, 1998
Visual Arts Exhibitions
2020, Anne Hunter Gallery, Exhibited at Seaside Al Fresco, Seaside Florida
2011, Flotsam and Jetsam Gallery, retrospective exhibition, Philadelphia
2006, Portland Museum of Art, photographic slide-show, backdrop to a musical performance by tarpigh
1990-93, Sande Webster Gallery, 3 group shows, 1 solo show, Philadelphia
1989, Wayne Art Center, juried group show, Wayne, PA
1987, Levy Gallery, juried group show, Philadelphia
Other Professional Experience
2018 to present, Artist in Residence, Elmore's Landing, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. New work coming soon!
2017, Juror, 7th Annual Music and Pictures Student Art Contest, Rosemary Beach Foundation
2017, Shipwright, Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild, restoration work on the barkentine Gazela Primeiro
2013-17, Carpenter, Mason, Heritage Builders and Remodelers, LLC, and Preiss Masonry Restoration
2013, Visiting Artist, Swarthmore Collegel, led and collaborated with students in a workshop, from concept to performance, in the creation of puppets, ensouled objects, set, lighting and sound elements for an ephemeral, theatrical experience
2010-13, Artist in Residence, woodworking teacher, Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory
2010, Original music for the Gas & Electric Arts production of Cabinet of Wonders
2007, Composed music and created puppets for the Gas & Electric Arts production of Quick Silver, Philadelphia Fringe Festival
2006, Created sets, puppets for the animation company Global Wonder, Inc.
2005, Workshop leader, SUPSI, Design Department, Lugano, Switzerland, led students in the creation of a set-design for a performance of the ballet “Parade”
2005, Steering Committee member, Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance
2002-2006, Co-founder, curator, Stillhouse Studio Theatre, presented local, national and international performances of experimental theatre and music
2004, Showroom designer, Rogues Gallery, designed and installed a setting for the display of the fashion design firm’s Spring Collection, NYC
1997-2005, Installer, carpenter, painter, Maclin Design Team, Portland, ME
1994-96, Boatbuilder, Bullhouse Boatworks, specializing in authentic Nathaniel Herreshoff wooden boats, Kennebunkport, ME
1993, Woodworker, Maxwell & Kelly Furniture Company, Philadelphia
1992, Woodworker, Ecker Yacht Charter, Marmaris, Turkey