Education
Hampshire College, Fine Art and Experimental Anthropology
Art Students League of NY, Studied Sculpture under Lourie Goulet and Gary Lawrence Sussman.
Studied marble carving and sculpture under Nathaniel Kaz and master artisan, Gino Lombardi, in Pietrasanta, Italy.
Bronze casting education was done at the Coopermill Bronze works, Ohio, and worked in the studio of renowned sculptor Anthony Padavano.
Teaching
Ridgefield Guild of Artists
Independent artisan for sculptor Anthony Padovano
Technical instructor for the Art Students League of New York Vytlacil School.
Puppet Fabrication, mold making and casting at Carfagno studios
Intern fellow at the Art Students League of New York. Technician for the newly expanded bronze casting program
Artisan at the Coopermill Bronze Works, Zanesville, OH
Exhibitions
Cape Cod Museum of Art, MA; University of St Josephs Art Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Silvermine Arts Center Gallery, Sculpture at The Mount, Edith Wharton estate, Lennox, MA;, Sculpture at the Governors Residence, Hartford, CT; BJ spoke Gallery, The Madison Sculpture Mile, and the Upstream Gallery,Hastings on Hudson,NY.
Awards
He has recently won the Curators choice award as part of the New England Sculptors Society exhibition at Open Sky in Northbridge Mass, and the gold, silver, and the Marquee Who’s Who in American Art award, at the Salmangudi Art club, NYC. He has received a grant from the Puffin Foundation through his work as the artistic director for Sova Dance and Puppet Theater.
He was awarded two residencies with the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, in Ridgefield, CT, and completed those residencies in a large collaborative work encompassing two seasons of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra.
Public Work
He has completed numerous private commissions, and his work is in private collections both here and abroad. He has public work at the Pittsburgh Convention Center, Jon Ielpi memorial Park, in Great Neck, LI, Silvermine Art Center, White Silo Winery and Hopkins Vineyard, CT.
He has been reviewed in the Housatonic times, the Danbury News Times, and the Pittsburgh Post gazette.