Professional Experience:

1995-Present: Furniture and woodworking in Seattle, WA. Instructor: Pratt Fine Arts Center.

1980-1995: Woodworking/Remodeling in Southeastern Massachusetts.

1975-1978: Assistant Restorer, Studiolo Pescini-Martini, Florence, ITALY. --Sovraintendenza alle Belle Arti di Firenze, furniture and sculpture from Museo Bardini, Palazzo Davanzati, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Palazzo Pitti.

1973-1975: Two-year joinery apprenticeship: Ditta Natali, Florence, ITALY.

Education:

1990-1993: MFA in Visual Design and Artisanry, University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth (UMD), North Dartmouth, MA.

1977-1979: Studied painting and drawing, Studio Nera Simi, Florence, ITALY.

1976: Sculpture studies, Istituto Tecnico di Porta Romana, Florence, ITALY.

Scholarships and Awards:

1993: College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Art Auction Award, University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.

1991: CVPA Art Auction Award, University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth.

1977: Scholarship, The Elizabeth T. Greenshields Memorial Foundation, Montreal, CANADA, for the study of painting and drawing.

Publications:

2000: Miller, Kathleen. "Artisans..." Seattle Magazine, July, 2000.

1993: Temin, Christine. "Artists' adventures in furniture." The Boston Globe, October 20th, 1993.

Nickerson, Cindy. "Exhibit Examines Bridge Between Crafts, Fine Arts." Cape Cod Times, July 11, 1993, p. E3.

1992: Art New England (photo), Dec/Jan 1993, p. 36. 1991: Temin, Christine. "Crafts Times Three." The Boston Globe, October 4, p. 61.

1987: "Design Book Four." Fine Woodworking Magazine, The Taunton Press, Newtown, CT. p. 137.

Exhibitions:

2002: Art Detour, Seattle, WA

1998: Pratt Instructors' Exhibit at CoCa, Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.

1997: Pratt Instructors' Exhibit at CoCa, Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA. "Group Show," Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA. "Group Show," The Fountainhead, Seattle, WA.

1996: "Group Show," The Gallery at 177, Seattle, WA.

1995: Solo Exhibition, The Spectrum Gallery, Brewster, MA. "Please Be Seated: Masters of the Art of Seating," The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL.

1994: "Serendipity Gala," St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA. Art auction to benefit Society of Arts and Crafts. "Garden Living," Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.

1993: "New in Boston: Emerging Furniture Artists," Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA. "Beyond Conventional Expectations." Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA. "The Graduates," Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD. "Pull Up a Chair II," Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD.

1992: "Studio Furniture," Hess Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA. "Newcomers to Art Furniture," Meredith Gallery, Baltimore, MD. International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), Group Invitational, New York City, NY.

1991: "The Art of the Useful: Recent Work by Studio Furnituremakers." Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.

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