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1942 Born, Riverside, California, August 24 1950-60 Assisted father, a cabinetmaker and building contractor 1953-61 Ham radio operator,FCC license K6PZB, designed and built electronic equipment 1957-59 Rebuilt Model A Ford, associated with So. Cal. hot rodders 1960-64 Chemistry major: University of California at: Santa Barbara, Riverside, Berkeley 1964-68 U.S.Air Force: Electronics & computer school, electro-mechanical troubleshooter 1966-67 Raced motorcycles in North Dakota 1968 Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, experimental sheet metal division,worked on first model for 747 wind tunnel 1968 Studied Japanese calligraphy with Lucienne Bloch in Mendocino county 1969-71 Studied art at Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California 1973 B.A. degree in sculpture, Humboldt State University 1974 M.A. degree in sculpture, New Mexico Highlands University 1974-present Instructor in design, sculpture & computer graphics, Santa Rosa Junior College 1990-1997 Chairman, Art Department, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA Exhibition Designer 1974-1990 Art Gallery Director, Santa Rosa Junior College, initiated and organized, designed exhibition & graphics for over 100 shows 1979 Director, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park 1981 Exhibition design instructor, Sonoma State University 1978-82 Exhibition preparator for Artrium, Inc. state wide art shows 1974-85 Juror for numerous fine art shows including, San Francisco Arts Festival, Sonoma County Arts Council, Mendocino County Fair, Gualala Arts Assn. 1976-83 Exhibition organizer designer for: the Sonoma County Library system, Sonoma County Administration building, Evolution Art Institute, Christo exhibition 1981-83 Juror for the City of Santa Rosa Public Sculpture Competitions Exhibitions partial list 1980-87 California State Fair fine art awards in sculpture 1980-87 Invitational sculpture shows, Sweet Potato Gallery, Santa Rosa 1981 Music & technical director for perfromance "Mourning" Cinnebar Theatre, Petaluma 1982 Sculpture group show, John Bolles Gallery, Santa Rosa 1983 Landscape & the Architectonic, Council Chambers, Santa Rosa 1984 Solo show, "Painted Photographs" Perfetti Gallery, Santa Rosa 1984 Illuminated sculptures, Sweet Potato, Santa Rosa, LIMN Gallery & Pan Pacific Lighting Exposition, San Francisco 1984 Juried sculpture show, Cabillo College, Aptos 1985 Fabricated modular display system for Time Arts, Inc. & installed it at Moscone Center 1986 Two person show, Computer graphics & sculpture, Zenitram Gallery, Santa Rosa 1987 North of the Gate, Invitational show, Sonoma State University Art Gallery 1989 Society Gallery, Sebastopol 1989 "Illuminations" lighting show, Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles 1989 Private commissions for functional art furniture: David Saltz, New York, Donald Fagen and Annie Wilson Los Angeles 1990 Group show "1st Annual Deluxe Clock Show" at What iz Art, Cambria CA 1987-91 Group Show "Art from the Heart" Sonoma State University Art Gallery 1991 One person show at Elle Lui, Santa Rosa, widelux panaromic photographs 1993 Nancy's Restaurant, Sebastopol, Widelux Photographs 1993 Sound Sculpture, Elle Lui Gallery, with Mike Maggid 1994 International Shadow of the Dead Project, Esbo, Finland (Electronic Art) 1994 Choosing Your Partner, electronic art, Uppsala, Sweden 1994 Artistamp Collection, electronic art, Hasselt, Belgium Additional Study & Research 1975-78 Exhibition design at Cal State Fullerton, Storage & climatology at Lowie Museum, U.C. Berkeley, publications and photography at U.C. Los Angeles, museum experience for the handicapped, Western Assn. of Art Museums, Los Angeles 1976-78 Experimental photography, Sonoma State University; large format photography workshop, U.C.San Francisco; papermaking workshop, Fiberworks, Berkeley 1983 Sculpture workshops, Twelfth International Sculpture Conference, Oakland 1984 Studied electronic music at Sonoma State University with Ron Pelligrino 1985 Started Computer Graphics area, Santa Rosa Junior College 1985 New Technologies for the Arts conference, University of Utah 1986 Lectured on art & technology at Canterbury College of Art, England 1986 Attended British Design conference at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London 1986 Northwest Computer Graphics Conference in Eugene, Oregon 1986 Researched Computer Graphics studios in Europe 1986 Participated in the 8th International Sculpture Symposium in Carrara, Italy 1987-91 Studied computer programming, video, Santa Rosa Junior College 1990 Workshop "Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn" with Raymond Wldonski 1991 Ed. Networking and New Media Conference, U.C.Davis 1992 Electronics Classes, Santa Rosa Junior College 1993 Performance Art technical support and sound installations 1993 RF Digital techniques, Northern California High Speed Network with Glenn Elmore 1995 Created an Internet to Amprnet gateway at SRJC 1995 Multimedia paper presentation at National NUCEA Conference, "Artists Create the Interface" 1995 Created college's first totally online class, Online Art 1996 Asheville General Education Conference, Asheville, NC 1996 Digital Communications Conference, TAPR & ARRL, Seattle 1996-2008 Continued to teach at SRJC and make sculpture. Retired in Dec. 2007