about me...well this has been my life. The art world is primarily straight as is academia...chose the wrong career? I am sure if I ever meet Mr. Right I will be successfull and content...working alone through the years without a partner has been hard...just think what a person could do if they had a life partner:

CURRICULUM VITAE


Education

1995 MFA Multimedia/Intermedia, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, IA
1995 MA Multimedia/Intermedia, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, IA
1993 BFA Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts,
Valencia, CA
1990 BA Fine Arts with concentration in painting,
sociology, and technical theatre, Indiana
University Northwest, Gary, IN

Honors

1997 Certificate of Teaching Excellence, awarded by Coalinga High
School
1995 – 1996 Native American Student Award
1993 - 1995 Iowa Arts Fellowship Award, University of Iowa (two-year
fellowship with tuition scholarship)
1992 Ahmanson Scholarship, California Institute of the Arts
1990 The Special Service Award, Indiana University Northwest
1986 – 1990 Best in Painting, Indiana University, Northwest
National Dean's List
Higher Education Award and Scholarship
1997 – 1990 Student Guide Award, a service award. Acted as ambassador to
visiting lecturers and other VIP's
1988 Who's Who Among America's Universities and Colleges
International Poet's Society Award


Teaching Experience

Spring 2005 Lecturer/Art Talk: Native American Film and Art, National
Museum of the Native American, Smithsonian, NY, NY

Fall 2003 Art History, Mt. Mercy College
Spring 2004

Spring 2003 Painting, Drawing, Art History, Kirkwood Community College

Fall 2002 Art History, Art, Introduction to Art, Mt. Mercy College, Fall
Summer 2003

Summer 2002 Instructor, Mt. Mercy College, Art Department
Fall 2002

Spring 2002 Guest Lecturer, University of Iowa, Intermedia Department

Fall 2000 Guest Lecturer, University of Iowa, Intermedia Department

1999 – 2000 Painting 1, Painting 11, and Art History/Survey: University of
Kentucky,

1999 – 2000 Fundamentals of Design: Ivy Tech College, Evansville Campus

1999 – 2000 Art History/Survey, Appreciation: Brescia University

1998 – 1999 Art and Art History, Art 105 and Art 210: University of Evansville

1998 – 1999 World Cultures 101 and 102: University of Evansville

1998 – 1999 Special Problems in Art, Art 104: University of Southern Indiana

February 1998 Lecturer and Visual Presentation Retrospect, University of Southern
Indiana

1997 – 1998 World Cultures 101-102, Literature and Writing, Comparative
Religious Studies, and Western Civilization, University of
Evansville

1997 – 1998 Art 104, Design in Materials, Art 400, Special Problems in Art,
University of Southern Indiana

1996 – 1997 Art Instructor, Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, CA

1995 – 1996 Montessori School, Coralville, IA

1988 – 1990 Art Instructor and Materials Maker, Calumet Region Montessori
School, IN



Related Work History

2001 - Pearson's Scoring Supervisor, Scorer, Iowa City, IA

July 2001 Co-curator Latino Native American Culture Center's 30th
Anniversary Art Exhibit, University of Iowa

1996 Producer and Videographer: "When I Talk Indian I think Differently" a
documentary in association with the Iowa Multimedia Workshop for
Endangered Languages. This documentary was distributed and aired
across the country by Brenda Farnell, anthropologist, Dr. Wallace
Chafe, Linguistics Department, University of California, Santa
Barbara, and the panel members consisting of Betsy Buck (Cyuga),
Melvin Grey Owl (Dakota), Richard Grounds (Euchee),
Shirl Snyder (Navajo), and Mike and Mari Talks Different
(Assiniboine). The video is part of a CD-ROM and Web Page1994 –

1995 Assistant Youth Counselor (art therapy, art project and instruction),
Youth Homes, Inc. (runaway shelter), Iowa City, IA

1995 – 1996 Producer and Director ofthe Commercial for the 1995 and 1996 Pow
Wows which aired on Heritage Cablevision Public Access Station,
including ABC, CBS, and NBC, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and
surrounding cities

1995 Instructor for youth project, Iowa Arts Council, Iowa City, IA

1994 Producer, Videographer and Technical Editor in association with
Brenda Farnell, anthropologist: Documentary on Kevin Lock,
Native America ring dancer, storyteller and flute player, iowa City,
IA

1995 – 1996 Producer and Technical Editor of Documentary for the Native
American Pow Wow, Iowa City, IA

1994 – 1995 Founder and Curator, Parquet Gallery, International Center,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

1992 Story boarder and Visual Researcher for Ancient Mysteries and
Mysteries of the Bible on A&E; Jack Houseman, creator of "In
Search of' and "Ripley's Believe It or Not" television shows, Studio
City, CA

1986 - 1990 University Theater Positions; chief scene painter, lighting and
sound, set construction and costumer, Indiana University Northwest,
Gary, IN
Curator and Attendant for Gallery Northwest, Indiana University
Northwest, Gary, IN

1989 Set Designer, The Hobart Community Theater, Hobart, IN

Lighting Design and Sound Technician, Great Midwestern Music
Hall, Grand Rapids, MI. Musical artists included: DEVO, Hall and
Oats, Hank Williams, Jr., Jonny Winter, Johnny Paycheck, The
Romatics, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, etc.

1988 Video and Computer Instructional Media Center, Indiana University
Northwest, Gary, IN
Cameraman, "This Is Your University," Indiana University
Northwest, Gary, IN

Exhibits, Shows, Videos, and Performances

2005 Long Road Home, Paintings Installations and Film, The American
Indian Community House Gallery, NY, NY

Film Short: Scrubbed White, The American Indian Community
House Gallery, NY, NY

2004 Scrubbed White, Circle Theatre, Coralville, IA
Prayers for the Ancestors, Tunnel, Mt. Mercy College

2003 Art at the Crossroads of Culture (one-man show). Hall Art Gallery,
Cedar Rapids, IA
2002 Benefit for Leonard Peltier. Art Show-The Mill, Iowa City, IA

April 2001 Latino and Native American Cultural Center 30th anniversary
exhibit "Malu White as a God." Collaboration with Richard
Ocompo, Manila, Philippines,

2000 Private first glimpse show: Characters and paintings for my book
"My Tribe," a collection of short stories, manipulated dolls, and
other art on contemporary Native American issues and people, Iowa
City, IA

Performance, lecture with slides and video, and discussion:
Colloquium: "Spirituality in Art." University of Iowa

Retrospective, performance: "About Scrubbed White." Intermedia
Workshop, University of Iowa

Performance and installation: "Vandals & Ruins." With painting site
Specific in the woods, Evansville, IL

Raven Blue Wolf performance and installation: KCTCS Gallery,
Owensboro, KY

Painting: "Ancestors." Group show, KCTCS Gallery, Owensboro,
KY

2-D and 3-D Work and Installation: "I Object." Museum of Arts and
Science, Evansville, IN

1999 Performance, painting, and installation: "2000 Prayers". 3rd Street
Gallery, Evansville, IN

Retrospective, Paintings: KCTCS Gallery, Owensboro, KY

Faculty Show: University of Evansville Gallery, Evansville, IN

Installation /Ritual Site: "Suburban Sweat Lodge." Evansville, IN

2-D and 3-D Paintings, Sculpture and Installation: "My Tribe." 3rd
Street Gallery, Evansville, IN

1998 Paintings/Installation: East Meets West Show, Museum of Arts and
Science, Evansville, IN John Streetman, Museum and Gallery
Curator, Pieces: Painting, "Once Upon A Time," oil on masonite,
stand oil glaze. Painting/Installation: Once Upon A Time 11," oil on
canvas, stained glass, wood. Mask "Green Man," glazed ivy leaves.
Show dates: August -October

Painting: "Soul Searcher." Oil on steel plate, candles, steel chest.
Painting 24" x 30"/ Installation 6' x 6' 3rd Street Gallery, Evansville,
IN

Painting: "The Child Within." Oil on canvas, mixed media, 20" x
24", 3rd Street Gallery, Evansville, IN

Painting: "Reflections." Oil on canvas, 6' x 8', 3rd Street Gallery,
Evansville, IN

Painting: "Home?" Oil on canvas, 12" x 14", Alternative Space,
Curator, J. Rosevere, Munster, IN

Curator: Show of Young Artists, "The Office." Lori Frairie,
Proprietor.

Urban Sweat Lodge Installation: Crow Mask. Mask materials: wood
and crow feathers, 18" x 24", 3rd Street Gallery, Evansville, IN

Painting/Installation: "Cornucopia." Oil painting on puzzled
masonite. Dimensions: painting 20" x 20"; installation space, 18' x
18',yd Street Gallery, Evansville, IN

Installation: "Changing the Cards You Are Dealt." Materials: bisque
statues, cloth, candles. Installation space: 18' x 18'. Dimensions of
piece, 30" x 30". Alternative Space, 14 SE Third Street, Evansville,
IN

Installation/Conceptual: "Well Read." Media/materials: wooden
chair, silk rope (noose), reading glasses, book. University of
Southern Indiana Faculty Show, Owensboro Community College,
Owensboro, KY

Performance: "Crush." Alternative Space, Evansville, IN

1997 Installation: "Maze." Mixed media, Coalinga Artist Workshop
Space, Coalinga, CA

Installation and Painting Installation: "Path to the Light." Materials:
wooden mouse traps painted white, white puzzle pieces and white
candle. Painting: Oil. Wabash Valley College, Mt. Carmen, IL


Painting: "Redemption." Oil on canvas, 8' x 6'. Coalinga Artist
Workshop Space, Coalinga, CA

Painting: "Balancing the Male." Oil on canvas, 4' x 6'. Coalinga
Artist Workshop Space, Coalinga, CA

Painting: "Djinn." Oil on canvas, 6' x 8', Coalinga Artist Workshop
Space, Coalinga, CA

Painting: "Born Under a Bad Sign." Oil on canvas, 8' x 6', Coalinga
Artist Workshop Space, Coalinga, CA

Painting: "Untitled." Triptych, oil on canvas, 6' x 6', Coalinga Artist
Workshop Space, Coalinga, CA

1996 Video: "Mosaic of Rhythm, The Red River Flows." Perfonnances
by Rodney Hanson. and Ivan Doutt, percussionists. Acted as
creative consultant, set designer and cameraman. Produced and
aired on Public Access Television, Iowa City, IA Video: "WeAre
Here." Video production and collaboration with Shirl Snyder and
Marissa Cummings, fellow Native Americans. Interviews with
Native Americans concerning their contributions to society. Acted
as creative and technical director and editor. University of Iowa

Video: "Mosaic of Rhythm." Performances by Rodney Hanson and
Ivan Doutt, percussionists. Acted as creative consultant and
cameraman. Produced and aired on Public Access, Iowa City, IA

Video: "The Ophelia Project, Between the River and the Moon."
Produced and directed the video production and documentation for
the production that expresses strong feminist view on the abuse of
women and their plight throughout history. University of Iowa

Video: Commercial for Pow Wow aired on Heritage Cablevision,
Public Access, Iowa

1995 Video: "Om to Om." University of Iowa

Earthwork: "Peace Circle." Work in continual progress and
collaboration, "In the Woods," Holiday Road, Iowa City, IA

Earthwork: "Contemplation, Realization/From Seed to Seed."
Collaboration with students and instructors of the Montessori
School of Iowa City, IA

Installation, sculpture, ritual and performance: "Contemplation/As
Above So Below/Forming of the Seed Pod." Iowa City, IA

Installation, sculpture, ritual and performance:
"Contemplation/Harvest." Parquet Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Painting, installation and performance: "Contemplation." Parquet
Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Sculpture, installation and performance: "Puzzled." Parquet Gallery,
Iowa City, IA

Video: "Ritual and Realization." University of Iowa, IA Twelve
paintings: "Spermata Pingere," Series 11 "Framed." Parquet Gallery,
Iowa City, IA

Video: "Fog." University of Iowa

Video: "There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens." University of
Iowa

Video: "Mixed Blood." Interviews with Native Americans of mixed
blood. University of Iowa

Video: Commercial for Pow Wow aired on Heritage Cablevision
and 1996 Public Access, Iowa

1994 Video: Amsterdam collaboration with visiting artist and performer
Harry Heyink, Head of the Department of Intermedia at Garrit
Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam and Dutch artists Harco Haagsma,
Maarten Vanderploeg, Matthys DeBruijne, and Guido Van Gennep.
Live television show with video inserts and performances broadcast
in Iowa and P.A.R.K. TV Amsterdam, Netherlands. Contributed a
video: "Lasca Ditto Will You Marry Me," and performed with
Harry Heynik during the live show. Also acted as floor director.

Painting: "Spermata Pingere." Series 1; Painting 1, "On the Art
World." Parquet Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Twelve Paintings: "On the Art World." "Spermata Pingere." Series
1. Parquet Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Performance: "Ice." On the icebergs in January at -20 degrees, Lake
Michigan, Gary, IN

Video and performance: "Ice/Red, White and Blue." Intermedia
Performance Space, Iowa City, IA

Video: "Ice/Red, White and Blue." Fairfield Video Show, MID,
Fairfield, IA

Video: "Time." Fairfield Video Show, MID, Fairfield, IA

Video production: "TV Dinners." Aired on University of Iowa
Television and Public Access
Videos: "Cheap Shots, Full Circle." Introduction piece designed to
unite the individual videos of the group of artists contributing to the
show.

"Because I don't have a wooden heart"

"It's not unusual"

Videos re-aired that were shown previously at the University Video
Night. Shown on Wednesdays "Video Night" through the summer
months at the 620 Nightclub, Iowa City, IA

Video: "Pow Wow Highlights 1994."

University of Iowa and the Latino Native American Cultural Center,
Iowa City, IA

Video: "Kevin Lock." University of Iowa and Latino Native
American Center, Iowa City, IA

Installation and opening of Parquet Gallery: "Been There, Done
That:" International Center, University of Iowa

1993 Video: "Rough Zone." University of Iowa

Altar piece installation and performance: "Churches of Earth."
Cosgrove Institute, Cosgrove, IA. Re-shown at the University of
Iowa.

Collaboration with other Native American writers and artists:
"Indian Radio Days." This was a radio playas well as a live show
performed on stage at CSPS, a gallery in Cedar Rapids, IA It was
also broadcast on radio and reviewed in "Tractor" magazine.

Video production and collaboration with Jymie Davidovich. Group
show at the California Institute of the Arts, The University of Iowa
television Station and EXIT Gallery, New York. My piece was
entitled, "Time."

Text installation: "Follow Me." Main Hall Gallery, California
Institute of Arts, Valencia, CA

Installation: "Identity Work in Progress." Tatum Gallery, 12 pieces,
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

Installation: "Time." California Institute of the Arts

Group show: "Action Reality Transformation." Sponsored by
Community Arts Partnership of Los Angeles, CA

Participation in performance ball: "The Drag Bal1." Arranged by
Matias Viegenet and Millie Wilson, California Institute of the Arts

1992 Installation: "Bah, Bah, Black Sheep." Animal show arranged my
Maria Cardosa, Main Gallery, California Institute of the Arts

Student group performance and ritual: "Prayer for the Riot."
Campus Lawn, California Institute of the Arts

Installation: "Mao'nds." In collaboration with Vesper a Pekin
Nightingale for the animal show, arranged by Maria Cardosa, Main
Gallery, California Institute of the Arts

Painting: "I Have A Friend." Group show, Mint Gallery, California
Institute of the Arts

Painting/Installation: "Flowers for a Goddess." Group show,
arranged by Nancy Mitchnik, Mint Gallery, California Institute of
the Arts

1991 Painting: "Hung." Group show arranged by Lime Gallery, Judith
Linhares, visiting artist, California Institute of the Arts

Solo exhibition, paintings and installation: "Spirit in Painting." Food
For Thought bookstore, Merrillville, IN

Painting: "Woodsman." Commissioned for Karlene Cantrell,
Merrillville, IN

Painting: "In an Iris." Commissioned for Karlene Cantrell,
Merrillville, IN

1990 One sculpture and three paintings: "Around the Coyote." Group
show arranged by Jim Happy Delpech, exhibited in Coyote
Headquarters, Chicago, IL

Five paintings in an installation: "We're Sorry, Blah, Blah, Blah, We
Regret." Group show, Gallery Northwest, Gary, IN

I have also done a variety of jobs, retail, bartending, manual labor, mental health professional and social work.....work is work.. I don't care if Mr. Right is a Doctor or a ditch digger..I am not a snob..just haven't met anyone who wasn't too"gay" for me..never met a man who wanted a life partner..are they out there?