Biographical Information
EDUCATION
2006 Apprenticed Stone Carver and Foreman with Master Carver Somers Randolph, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Andreeva Portrait Academy, Santa Fe, NM
2003-2005 Art Students League, Manhattan, NY
2004-2005 New York Academy of Figurative Art, Manhattan, NY
2004-2005 Water Street Atelier, Manhattan, NY
2003 Studio 126, Chelsea, NY
2002-2003 Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, CA
2002-2003 Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Florence Academy, Florence, Italy
2002 Pratt, Brooklyn, NY
2001-2002 Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Sought out and arranged private study with most renowned artists in the fields of portraiture, Human Figure studies, and Stone Carving:
Nelson Shanks, Anthony J. Ryder, Frank Porcu, Somers Randolph, Steven Assael, Michael Hussar, Ronald Sherr, and Daniel E. Greene.
Studied and Reproduced Master Works at Selected Museums: 2000-2005
Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
National Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
National Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia
Louvre, Paris, France
Museum Dorsey, Paris, France
Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy
Bourghese Museum, Rome, Italy
Vatican, Rome, Italy
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom
National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Tate Museum, London, United Kingdom
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York, USA
National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Cadaver Dissection and Research of Human Form at:
Florida State University Medical Center
Columbia Medical Center
GALLERY EXPERIENCE
Projekt 30 Gallery, 2007- present
Ocean Front Exhibition, CA, 2007
Gallery C, “Habitat for Humanity donation show”, CA, 2007
Los Angeles Art Association, Group Show, CA, 2007
Agora Gallery, Chelsea, NY 2007
Found Gallery, Group Show “Collaboration”, Los Angeles, CA 2007
Hive Gallery, Group Show, Los Angeles, CA 2007
Stroke of Genius Portrait Brokers, http://www.StrokeOfGenius.com, 2006
Ariel Gallery, Locust Valley, NY, 2006
BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2006
Alpan Gallery, Group Show: Invitational Competition, Huntington, NY, 2004
Gallery 71, New York, NY, 2004- Present
Art Students League Gallery, Best of Portrait Show, Two Honorable Recognition blue dots, Manhattan, NY, 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Laguna College of Art and Design, CA
Instructor: Figure Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Figure Painting, 2007-present
Palos Verde Art Center, CA
Instructor: Fundamental Drawing, Portrait Painting, Pastel Painting 2007
Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, CA
Instructor: Figure Drawing, Portrait Painting 2007-Present
Santa Fe Painters Group, Santa Fe, NM
Founder/Director 2006
Private Figure Painting Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
Founder/Director 2006
Andreeva Academy with Tony J Ryder, Santa Fe, NM
Teacher assistant 2006
Valdez art workshops, Santa Fe, NM
Instructor: Basic Drawing Class 2006
New York Academy of Figurative Art, NY
Guest Lecturer: On Memory Drawing 2004
Pratt, New York Academy of Figurative Art, & Columbia Medical Center, Art Students League, with Frank Porcu, Manhattan, NY.
Teacher Assistant 2003-2004
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Member of Toast Masters International, 2007-present
Learning Strategies Graduate, Accelerated Learning/Speed Reading, 2006-2007
Hoffman Institute Alumni, 2006
National Champion in Men’s Single Skull, Rowing, 2001
New York State Champion Men’s Singles Rowing, 2000,2001
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