Biography

My early background is in Precision Steel Fabrication and Construction / Building trades.

I began studying Multimedia Arts and Technologies at Santa Barbara City College in 2007 and Studio Art Foundations including Sculpture in 2017.

 My educational acheivements include :

- Certificates : 

- Media Arts

- Permaculture Design

- Degrees :

 - Multimedia Arts and Technologies

- Liberal Arts and Sciences / Emphasis in Arts and Humanities

       ( The Good to See you Project )

  I designed, developed and created a temporary Installation at SBCC to welcome returning students after the pandemic consisting of metal plates with portraits of students that are revealed by the occurrence of rust on exposed areas of the plates. This process was appropriate as time extended was required to reveal the person's face.  

  A permanent installation is located across from the Lifescape Garden at ( SBCC ) which is a leaf patterned steel bench I have designed and fabricated.

 I am currently employed as a Lab Tech (Studio) Assistant in the Art Department at Santa

Barbara City College.

 I also have been very fortunate to have had several of my sculptures featured in art exhibitions at local and regional galleries.  

( Downtown Los Angeles to Morro Bay ).

 I have been a member of an artists collective called Start Project who build one of the main stages at the annual Lucidity Festival. ( 2019 - 2023 )

  I have recently been accepted for membership with the Abstract Art Collective.

Art groups and galleries in which my works have been associated with include :

• Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild

• Faulkner Gallery

• Santa Barbara Visual Artisis

• Glen Dallas Gallery

• Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Los Angeles)

• Carpenteria Arts Center

- Charles Lo Bue Gallery

• Abstract Art Collective

• Central Coast Sculptors ; now Central Coast Artists Collective

• Art Center Morro Bay

• Voice Gallery

• Atkinson Gallery (SBCC)

• Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara

• CAW Community Arts Workshop ( Santa Barbara Arts Collective )

• Goleta Valley Art Association