PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The ReBuilding Center • Portland, OR • January 2006 - Present
ReFind Furniture Manager.

Portland Children's Museum • Portland, OR • July 2004-June 2005
Exhibit Developer and Fabricator. Concept, design and develop new interactive children's museum exhibits and upgrade and re-furbish existing exhibits; manage staff; and maintain department budget

Oregon College of Art & Craft • Portland, Oregon • January 2004 – April 2004
Aritist-In-Residence in furniture design department of Oregon College of Art and Craft

Full Tilt Design • Washington, DC • June 1998–Present
President and creative director of full service design studio catering to a broad range of industries. Work with clients to concept and actualize designs of brochures, corporate ID and collateral materials, packaging, advertisements, web sites and exhibits.

Concept Foundry • Washington, DC • October 1998–July 1999
Designer for communication and exhibit design studio. Design wide range of materials and exhibits for clients including The Nature Conservancy, AFL-CIO, and University of Maryland.

Gibson Creative • Washington, DC • March 1997–October 1998
Graphic designer for award winning design and communications firm. As the studio’s color correction specialist, insure accurate photo manipulation and color accuracy. Worked with clients including World Wildlife Fund, Kodak, and Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Oregon College of Art and Craft • Portland, OR • July 2006
Wood Bends: 3 Day workshop covering the essentials of both bent lamination and steam bending

Oregon College of Art and Craft • Portland, OR • Fall 2005
Beginning Furniture: Taught 2 sections in the BFA program introducing students to the fundementals of furniture making and design

Oregon College of Art and Craft • Portland, OR • 2004
Machine Tools: Intermediate woodworking class covering the fundamentals of furniture making using various machine tools
Web Design for Artists: Introduction to Photoshop and Dreamweaver with an emphasis on creating a functional interactive website

San Diego State University • San Diego, CA • 2000, 2002
ART 101 2-D Design / ART 103 3-D Design: Responsibilities include development of course content and syllabi as well as course lecturing, instruction, and grading.

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts • Deer Isle, ME • August 2001
Furniture class assistant to Wendy Maruyama

SELECT EXHIBITIONS
PNCA & DWR • Show PDX • Portland, OR • 2006
New Space Gallery • 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibition • Portland, OR • 2006
Yum Gallery • Hood River, OR • 2005
Hoffman Gallery • Northwest Craft Biennial • Portland, OR • 2005
Jackson Gallery • Maintaining a Tradition of Alternatives • San Diego, CA • 2005
Yerba Arts Center • Wood-A-Rama • Paducah, KY • 2004
Hoffman Gallery • Artist-In-Residence Exhibition • Portland, OR • 2004
Gallery Function+Art • Eclectic Electric • Chicago, IL • 2003
San Deigo Community Gallery • Art of Design: Habitat and Structure • San Diego, CA • 2003
Divan Studio • Two Schools of Thought III • La Jolla, CA • 2002
Divan Studio • Two Schools of Thought II • La Jolla, CA • 2001
Flor y Canto Gallery • Personal Space • San Diego, CA • 2001
Flor y Canto Gallery • Beauty • San Diego, CA • 2000
Divan Studio • Two Schools of Thought I • La Jolla, CA • 2000
Meredith Gallery • Baltimore, MD • 1996–1997
Partners Gallery • Furniture as Art–Solo Exhibit • Washington, DC • September 1996
Hewlett-Packard • Furniture photographed for use in national print ad • August 1994
Clyde Street Gallery • Design Exhibition IV • San Francisco, CA • June 1994
U.N. Conference • Healthy Cities/Urban Ecology • San Francisco, CA • December 1993
California Crafts • Ideas, Inspirations, Inventions • Sausalito, CA • September 1993
Clyde Street Gallery • Design Exhibition III • San Francisco, CA • April 1993

EDUCATION
San Diego State University • September 1999–May 2003
Masters in Fine Arts Candidate, Furniture Design

California College of Arts and Crafts • January 1993–May 1995
Bachelors in Fine Arts, Furniture Design

Artist Apprentice for Roger Hietzman • June 1992–December 1992

Syracuse University • September 1989–May 1992
Pursued Bachelors in Fine Arts, 3 years toward a degree in Industrial Design

HONOR, AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS
2007 Regional Arts & Culture Council • Individual Artist Project Grant Recipient
2005 Furniture Studio Three
2004 Oregon Home Magazine
2001 San Diego Union Tribune
2002 Del Mar, CA • Design in Wood • 1st Place Art Furniture
2001 Del Mar, CA • Design in Wood • 2nd Place Art Furniture
2001 Anderson Ranch Arts Center Scholarship
1997 Art Directors Club award for excellence in packaging design