1. RESUME
EDUCATION:
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois: MFA (studio arts, painting)
University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois: BA (painting)
ACDEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Teaching assistant, art education, University of Illinois
Research assistant, Published “Study of the Near Environment” University of Illinois
High School Art Teacher, Champaign and Urbana, Illinois
Artist-in-Residence, Design, Housing and Apparel Department, University of Minnesota
Split Rock Program, University of Minnesota (classes in handmade paper and watercolor
painting)
Workshop teaching, Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Technical Consultant and Teacher, Cairo, Egypt, Kingston, Jamaica and Castries,
St.Lucia, West Indies
Guest Lecturer, Jeonju University, South Korea
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
President, International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA)
Advisory board Member, Friends of Dard Hunter, National paper and book organization
GRANTS:
Grants from Minnesota State Arts board, Royal Dutch Government, Weyerhaeuser
Family Foundation, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Organization of American
States, and Blandin Foundation. (details on request)
EXHIBITIONS:
Juried:
My work has been exhibited in over 200 juried shows during my career as an artist (list
on request)

2. SOLO:
Most recent at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois and The Undercroft Gallery, St.
Paul, Minnesota. (List on request)
GALLERY:
COLLECTIONS:
Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
University of Illinois
American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA.
Museum “Louvre It or Leave It” Minneapolis, MN
Sofi Arts Center, Jeonju, South Korea
Ewart Gallery, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Imadate Art Museum, Imadate, Fukui, Japan
Jamaica National Gallery of Art, Kingston, Jamaica W.I.
Work in many corporate and private collections
OTHER HONORS:
Juror, Curator, and moderator of many exhibits during my career
PUBLICATIONS;
Co-editor, International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA)
Bulletin
Article “Edible Paper” IAPMA Newsletter.
“Handcrafted Paper & Paper Products Made From Indigenous Plant Fibers”, Publisher,
Maralex studios English Version; Arabic Version publisher, Center for Environment and
Development Arab Regions and Europe (CEDARE), Cairo, Egypt
VIDEO;
“The Idin Paper Mill” (taped in Thailand, edited & narrated) produced by Maralex
Studios, distributed internationally
“Lake Superior Site” (taped, edited, and narrated) produced by Maralex Studios,
distributed internationally
“Two installations” illustrates installing the exhibit at Palos Verdes Art Museum (taped,
edited, and narrated) produced by Maralex Studios, distributed internationally