Currently teaches figure painting which investigates contemporary concepts and methodologies of figuration. Has been in numerous exhibitions including the 1983 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the 39th Biennial Exhibition of American Painting at the Corcoran Museum in Washington, D.C., Avant-Garde in the Eighties at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Printmaking in America: The Collaborative Print and Presses 1960-1990 at the Bloch Gallery at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Recipient of McKnight "Mid-Career" Artist Fellowship in 1994. Work featured in numerous university, museum, and corporate collections, including the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Fredrick Weismann Foundation, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Education

1977 MFA University of Nebraska, Lincoln
1973 BA Moorhead State University, Minnesota

Other Teaching Positions

Moorhead State University
Ohio State University
University of Iowa
Montana State University

Significant Career Achievements

1987 Avant-Garde in the Eighties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (group)

1985 39th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC (group)

1983 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (group)

1980 Prodigal Son, Fort Worth Museum, Fort Worth, TX (solo)

In the permanent collection of The Art Institute of Chicago; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York