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| EDUCATION | |
| 1988 | MFA (Sculpture), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
| 1986 | MA (Sculpture), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
| 1984 | BA (Sculpture), Greenville College, Greenville, IL |
| 1975 - 80 | Undergraduate study, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL |
| ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS (partial listing - total solo exhibitions - 30+) | |
| 2011 | Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI |
| 2011 | Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD |
| 2010 | Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS |
| 2009 | Marin Gallery, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2008 | Dericci Gallery - Edgewood College, Madison, WI |
| 2007 | Third Street Gallery, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2003 | Conkling Gallery, Minnesota State University-Mankato, Mankato, MN |
| 2002 | TePaske Art Center, Northwestern College, Orange City, IA |
| 2001 | North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2001 | Farnham Gallery, Simpson College, Indianola, IA |
| 2001 | Empire Art Center, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2001 | Elmhurst Museum of Art, Elmhurst, IL |
| 2000 | Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND |
| 2000 | Rainy River Community College, International Falls, MN |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS (partial listing - total group exhibitions - 100+) | |
| 2011 | Viewpoints, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA |
| 2011 | National Art Premiere 2011, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL |
| 2011 | Springfield Art Association, (Patrick Luber, Ken Hoffman, Todd Synder), Springfield, IL |
| 2011 | Valdosta National 2011, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA |
| 2010 | 10th Annual Schwa Exhibition, Pitt County Art Council at Emerge, Greenville, NC |
| 2010 | 8th Annual Art Source Gallery Exhibition, Art Source Gallery, Boise, ID |
| 2010 | 23rd Annual National, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI |
| 2010 | 9th Annual Juried Show, Art Source Gallery, Boise, ID |
| 2010 | Thaw, The Third Street Gallery, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2010 | The Beat Goes On - Celebrate, Northern Lights Gallery, Mayville State University, Mayville, ND |
| 2010 | 31st Annual Southeastern Montana Juried Exhibition, Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, MT |
| 2010 | Valdosta National 2010, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA |
| 2009 | Secret Places, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA |
| 2009 | Patrick Luber & Donovan Widmer, Taube Art Museum, Minot, ND |
| 2009 | Culture, CIVA Conference Exhibition, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN |
| 2009 | Small Multitudes: Sculpture Invitational Exhibtion, Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE |
| 2009 | New: A Group Exhibition, The Third Street Gallery, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2009 | Annual Faculty Exhibition, Myers Gallery, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2008 | University of North Dakota 125th Anniversary Exhibition, Myers Gallery, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2008 | 2008 North Dakota Humanities Summit Exhibition, Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND |
| 2008 | Skin: Nature's Wrapping Paper, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY |
| 2008 | Dreams & Visions, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL |
| 2008 | 10th Annual All Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 2008 | 29th Annual Southeastern Montana, Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, MT |
| 2008 | Annual Faculty Exhibition, Myers Gallery, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2008 | The Aktuel, Cade Fine Arts Center, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD |
| 2008 | Valdosta National 2008, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA |
| 2007 | 11th Annual Rio Brazos Art Exhibition, Tarleton State University, Dora Lee Langdon Center, Granbury, TX |
| 2007 | Small Works Juried Exhibition, Weir Gallery, Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD |
| 2007 | Perspectives: Any Way You Look At It, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL |
| 2007 | 2007 Juried Exhibition, Lemon Street Gallery & Artspace, Inc., Kenosha, WI |
| 2007 | 34th Annual , Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA |
| 2007 | Painted Tongue: Union of Art and Word, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL |
| 2006 | 49th Annual Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY |
| 2006 | Americas 2000, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND |
| 2006 | Greater Midwest International XXI, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO |
| 2006 | 27th Annual Southeastern Montana, Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, MT |
| 2004-06 | Identity and Vision in Minnesota and North Dakota (traveling), The Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND |
| 2004-07 | The Lewis and Clark Exhibition: Celebrating Explorers (traveling), North Dakota Art Gallery Association, Minot, ND |
| 2004 | 2004 ND Arts & Humanities Summit Exhibition, Taube Museum, Minot, ND |
| 2004 | UND Faculty ExhibtionMinnesota State University-Moorhead, Moorhead, MN |
| 2004 | UND Faculty Exhibition, Myers Gallery, University of North Dakota |
| 2004 | Annual Juried Exhibition, Jamestown Art Center, ND |
| 2004 | 24th Annual Southeast Montanta, Miles City, MT |
| 2003 | Main Access Gallery Annual Members Exhibition, Winnipeg, MB |
| 2003 | 2nd Street Gallery, Boise, ID |
| 2003 | Memphis-Germantown Art League 8th Annual, Memphis, TN |
| 2003 | 37th Annual Drawing And Small Sculpture, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX |
| AWARDS - GRANTS - COMMISSIONS (partial listing) | |
| 2010 | Award of Excellence (1st Place), Northern National Art Competition - 23rd Annual National, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI |
| 2008 | First Place Award - 29th Annual Southeastern Montana, Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, MN |
| 2008 | Fifth Place - Valdosta National 2008, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA |
| 2007 | Tarleton Foundation Award - 11th Annual Rio Brazos Art Exhibition, Tarleton State University, Dora Lee Langdon Center, Granbury, TX |
| 2005-2006 | North Dakota Humanities Council Larry Remele Memorial Fellowship - "America in 3-D: Landscape as National Identity and Tourist Attraction in ViewMasterTM Stereoscopic Images" (Feb. 19, 2006 lecture - Heritage Center, Bismarck, ND) |
| 2004 | Best / Mixed Media Category - Jamestown Art Center Juried Annual, Jamestown, ND |
| 2003 | Purchase Award - 37th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX |
| 2002 | First Place Award - 58th Annual Juried Competition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA |
| 2002 | Purchase Award - 58th Annual Juried Competition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA |
| 2001-02 | University of North Dakota Faculty Seed Money Grant - Sculptural Installation Research |
| 2000 | Public Commission - "Now & Then", Grand Forks, ND |
| 1999 | Ragdale Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program - (one month residency summer 1999) Lake Forest, IL (NEA Fellowship) |
| 1995 | College of Fine Arts and Communication Professional Enhancement Award for Creativity /Performance/Research - University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 1993 | North Dakota Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship |
| 1993 | Best of Show Award - Galex 27, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL |
| 1992 | The Colorado National Bank Award/Best of Show/Cash Award - 1992 North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO |
| COLLECTIONS |
| Ina Mae Rue Entrepreneurial Center Art Collection, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND |
| Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA |
| Donellson Hotel, Fargo, ND |
| Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX |
| LECTURES / PAPERS / PRESENTATIONS / PUBLICATIONS |
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| 2010 | "Art & Religion: Reloaded", 2010 North Dakota Arts & Humanities Summit, Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND |
| 2010 | "The Civil Religion of View-MasterTM", American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Conference, (April 9-10) Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN |
| 2010 | "The Civil Religion of View-MasterTM", 2010 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, St. Louis, MO |
| 2008 | The North Dakota Museum of Art Permanent Collection, Published by the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND (artwork featured on page 81) |
| 2008 | "The Civil Religion of View-MasterTM", North Dakota Arts & Humanities Summit - October 9-10, 2008, Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND |
| 2008 | "America in 3D: The Construction of National Myth in View-MasterTM Stereographic Images", (Chapter 8, pgs. 151-164) The River is a Strong Brown God: Iconic Places and Characters in 20th Century American Cultures, St. Cloud State University Press, St. Cloud, MN 2008. ISBN 1-934478-19-9. |
| 2007 | "America in 3D: The Construction of National Myth in View-MasterTM Stereographic Images", 2nd Annual Sinclair Lewis Conference - October 18-19, 2007 St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN |
| 2006 | Presidential Lecture, The 3-Ds of Sculpture: The Disinterested, Decorative, and Devotional Object, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2006 | "America in 3-D: Landscape as National Identity and Tourist Attraction in ViewMasterTM Stereoscopic Images", Heritage Center, Bismarck, ND |
| 2005 | On Teaching Colloquium, "Assessment of Student Learning in the Visual Arts", University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 2004 | Guest Lecturer, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Moorhead, MN |
| 2004 | 2004 North Dakota Arts & Humanities Summit, Minot, ND "The Art of Thomas Kinkade" "The Critique": A Case Study at the Whitecliffe School of Art & Design "Art Education on the College Level" |
| 2004 | Mid-America College Art Association, Minneapolis, MN "In the Beginning There was the (W)ord: The Authoritative Use of Language by Self Taught Artists and Academically Trained Artists" |
| 2004 | College Art Association, Seattle, WA "Thomas Kinkade: Art, Democracy & Salvation at the Mall" |
| 2002 | 2002 North Dakota Arts & Humanities Summit, Grand Forks, ND Retooling the Critique for University Art Education "Art in the 21stC.: A New Role for Artists?" |
| 2002 | Guest Lecturer, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND "Art in the 21stC.: A New Role for Artists?" |
| 2002 | Guest Lecturer, Whitecliffe College of Art & Design, Auckland, NZ |
| 2000 | Public Lecture, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND |
| 1999 | Faculty Development Conference, Bloomington, MN "Interdisciplinary Faculty Collaboration to Promote Student Learning" |
| 1997 | Mid-America College Art Association, Richmond, VA "Connecting to the Muse: Transforming Personal Experience into Artistic Voice" "The Art, The Critique and the Grade" "Connecting to the World at Large out their Somewhere" |
| 1996 | Guest Lecturer, St. Mary's University, Winnona, MN |
| 1996 | Guest Lecturer, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN |
| 1995 | "Furniture Beyond Function", College of Fine Arts Lecture Series, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND |
| 1992 | Guest Lecturer, National SOS! Project (Save Outdoor Sculpture), Heritage Center, Bismarck, ND |
| TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE | ||
| 2003 - | Professor / Sculpture, University of North Dakota | |
| 1997 - 03 | Associate Professor / Sculpture, University of North Dakota | |
| 1991 - 96 | Assistant Professor / Sculpture, University of North Dakota | |
| 2000 - 01 | Chair, Art Department, University of North Dakota | |
| 1998 - 00 | Art Department Graduate Program Director, University of North Dakota | |