PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Metalsmith, New Bedford, MA, 1995 - Present

Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA , 2011 - present
  • Preparator

Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2008 - present
  • Installation Specialist

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, 2004 - 2008
  • Preparator, 2006 - 2008

  • Lead Installer, 2004-2006


Teacher, Jewelry and Metalsmithing
  • North Bennet Street School contunuing ed, Boston, MA, 2012 - Present

  • Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, 2004 - Present

  • Duxbury Art Association, Silver Casting, 2000 - 2001

  • Quincy Arts Festival, Quincy Public School System, 1997 - 2000


Teaching Assistant, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2000 - 2001

Cabochon Gems and Designs, Milwaukee Wisconsin, Goldsmith 1993-1995



EDUCATION

2000-07 M.F.A. Candidate, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

1997 B.F.A., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee



COLLECTIONS

Permenant collection of Museum of Art and Design, NY

Permenant collection of Duxbury Art Complex Museum, MA

Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick, CA

Chris Rifkin Hingham, MA.

Other Private Collections.



EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS

2014
"Saul Bell Design Award", 2nd place hollowware / art objects

2009
"Heirlooms of the Future", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA at SOFA New York, NY
"Metalsmiths 3", Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA

2008
"Science, Religion, Art" University of Massachusetts -Dartmouth Art Gallery, New Bedford, MA
"Contemporary Metals" , Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA

2007
"Cheers" a Collection of M.A.D. Goblets, New York, NY
"The Goblet Redefined", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA at SOFA New York, NY
"The Art of Tools", Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
"Complex Women", Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

2006
"Intersections", Sue Aygarn-Kowalski and Dianne Reilly, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
"The Necklace Reinvented", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA at SOFA Chicago, IL


2005
"Complex Conversations", Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
"Student, Faculty, and Staff", Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA


2004
"DAA Annual Winter Juried Show", Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA


2003
"Graduate Thesis Exhibition", University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MAs
"Gadgets, Gizmos, and Games", Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA

2002
Tools as Art, Gallery 244, UMD Star Store, New Bedford, MA
3M Tools for Personal Use, Denver CVPA, Denver, CO
The Love Show, Gallery 244, UMD Star Store, New Bedford, MA


2001
National Juried Student Metals Competition, VCU Gallery, VA
Environmental Injustices, Gallery of Social and Political Art, Boston, MA


2000
Curators Choice, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA


1999
Ex Libris invitational exhibit, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
And the Winners Were, Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA
Black, White, and Shades of Gray, South Shore Art Center; Cohassett, MA
25th Annual Winter Juried Show, Duxbury Art Association; Duxbury, MA


1998
Works in Metal (solo exhibition), Lambert Gallery, Hanover, MA
Instruments of Measure, Lambert Gallery; Hanover, MA


1997
23rd Annual Winter Juried Show, Duxbury Art Association; Duxbury, MA


1996
Black, White, and Shades of Gray, The South Shore Art Center, Cohassett, MA
22nd Annual Winter Juried Show, Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA


1995
The Lighter Side of Art, Kenwood Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI


1994
Narratives, Kenwood Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI