EDUCATION
1987-89 Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
1980-83 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
ART EXPERIENCE
1998-present Senior Lecturer, Fiber, 3-D Design, Texas State University San Marcos, Texas
1996-present Art Instructor, Drawing I, Drawing II, Design I , Design II, Sculpture, Life Drawing, Austin Community College
2003 and 2006 Assistant Professor, Sculpture, Texas State University San Marcos, Texas
EXHIBITIONS
2016 Against The Grain, solo exhibition, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming
2016 Great and Small, group exhibition, Diehl Gallery, Jackson,Wyoming
2016 Scope, Art Fair, featured artist with Callan Contemporary, Miami, Florida
2016 The Artist’s Selection, group exhibition, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2015 Speaking Silence, Texas Sculpture Group, Shoal Creek Gallery, Austin Texas
2015 SOFA, Featured Artist by Diehl Gallery, Chicago Illinois
2015 Scope, Featured Artist by Callan Contemporary, Miami
2015 There is a summer place to go, Davis Gallery, Austin Texas
2015 Dream State, Southeast Museum of Art, Beaumont, Texas
2015 Rhythm and Form, solo exhibition, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans
2014 Solo Exhibition, Paia Contemporary, Maui, Hawaii
2014 Under the Rotunda: Texas Sculpture group at the Capitol, Austin,Texas
2013 Rhythm and Grain, One person show, Gremillion Inc & Co., Houston, Texas
2013 Caprice Pierucci New Work, One person show, Diehl Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming
2013 In-Depth Texas Sculpture Group, Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
2012 Holiday Group Show, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2012 Scale: A Gathering of Sculptors, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
2012 West Tour Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2012 Transformations, Two person Exhibition, Beeville Community College, Beeville, Texas
2011 Solid Substance, Curator Catherine Arspon, Gallery G, Houston, Texas
2011 Airport Exhibition, Texas Sculpture Group, Austin Bergstrom Airport, Austin, Texas
2011 Texas Uprising 2, Curator Lilli Wei, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas
2011 Royal Grain, One person Exhibition, Gremillion Inc. & Co., Dallas, Texas
2010 The Peoples Gallery Exhibition 2010, Juried Group show, Austin City Hall, Austin, Texas
2010 Craft Texas 2010, Juried Exhibition, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
2009 Wood and Steel, The Davis Gallery, Two person show, Austin Texas
2009 The Great Texas Sculpture Round Up, The Art Car Museum, Houston, Texas
2009 The Great Texas Sculpture Round Up, Beevlle Museum, Beeville, Texas
2008 Recent Work , Group Exhibition, The Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2007 Cycles, a one-person exhibition, Gremilion Co., Houston Texas
2007 Red Dot Fund Raiser, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
2007 Texas Rising; Texas Contemporary Sculpture, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
2006 Eternal Rhythm, Solo Show, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
2006 Layers, A two-person exhibition with Shawn Camp, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2006 Wave of light, Four-person exhibition, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
2004 Wood: Rhythm and Grain, a Two-person exhibition, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2004 Winner, International Art Waves: Art and Design Competition, Coevordan, Netherlands
2004 Honorable Mention, Craft Houston 2004: Texas, Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas. This exhibition traveled to El Paso Art Museum, and Witchital Falls Museum
2004 Texas uprising, a survey of Texas Contemporary Sculpture, Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2003 Bold Expressions, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, California
2003 The Arts International Exhibition, El Paso Art Association, El Paso, Texas
2002 Bellevue Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, Washington, Honorarium
2002 Rodeo Iron Pour, Invitational residency and iron pour, Maryhill Museum,Washington
2001 Three Person Exhibition, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
2001 One Person Exhibition, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado
2001 Small Expressions 2001, National Competition, Hand weavers Guild of America, St. Louis, Missouri
2000 Surface: Structure and Substance, New Harmony Gallery Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana
2000 On/Of Paper, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado
2000 Collage Artists of America, National Competition, Phelan, California
2000 Houston Art Alliance, National Competition, Houston, Texas, Honorable Mention
1999 Hard & Soft Materials, National Competition, Denton Art Council, Denton, Texas
1999 Three Person Exhibition, National competition, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California
1998 Craft Forms, Juried Competition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
1997 Transformations, one person show, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
1997 Pulp Friction, National Exhibition, Galleria, Mesa, Arizona
1997 Metamorphosis: A Juried Exhibit, Constance Lindholm Fine Art, Milwaukee Wisconsin
1997 Women in Abstraction, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Art Paper/Art Books, Invitational Exhibition, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
1996 Bellevue Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue, Washington, Honorarium
1995 Two Person Exhibition, Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico
1995 Fyberspace, National Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona, Jurors Award
1994 Unbound: An Exhibition of Three Dimensional Fiber, National Competition, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, Maryland, Second Place
1994 Matrix International, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2nd Place
1994 Old Media, New Ways, Group Exhibition, Shidoni, Tesuque, New Mexico
1994 Terra Incognita, Invitational Outdoor Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin,Texas
1994 Caprice Taniguchi, New Work, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
1994 Abstraction, Three Person Exhibition, University of Texas Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
1992 Landscapes, Houston International Festival, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas
1991 Progressions in Paper, Competition, Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
1990 New Sculpture, One Man Show, David Amdur Gallery, Austin, Texas
1989 Nine in Fiber, Invitational Exhibition, Trans Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas
1989 Six Sculptors, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York
1989 Line Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York
1989 Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, New York
1989 International Textile Exhibition, International Invitational Exhibition, Kyoto Museum, Kyoto, Japan
1989 Nine in Fiber, Invitational Exhibition, Textile Center, Chicago, Illinois
1987 By Hand, Invitational, Dallas Fine Arts Museum, Dallas, Texas
SINGULAR HONORS
2010 People's Choice Award, purchase award, The Peoples Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, Texas
2010 Nomination for "2010 Artist of the Year 3D", Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas
2004 Winner, International Art Waves: Art and Design Competition, Coevordan, Netherlands
2004 Honorable Mention, Craft Houston 2004: Texas, Houston Center For Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
2001 Excellence in Teaching Award, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas
2000 On/Of Paper, National Exhibition, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, Best of Show
1995 Fyberspace, National Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, Arizona, Jurors Award
1994 Unbound: An Exhibition of Three Dimensional Fiber National Competition, Harmony Hall Regional Center, Fort Washington, Maryland, Second Place
1994 Matrix International, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento California, 2nd Place Three Dimensional
1992 Landscapes, Houston International Festival, Diverse Works, Houston Grant Award
1992 Unconventional Visions, Austin Visual Art Association, Best of Show
1988-89 Graduate Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Moody Foundation, Corporate Headquarters, Galveston Texas
KMG Chemical, Corporate Headquarters, Fort worth Texas
Spirit Reality, Dallas, Texas
Piedmont Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Frost Bank, San Antonio
Brandy White Realty Trust, Austin, Texas
Texas State University, Education Building, Austin, Texas
Jones Energy, Austin, Texas
Deloitte Ranch, Dallas, Texas
Morgan Lewis, Houston, Texas
Texas State Nursing School, Round Rock,Texas
First National Bank, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Austonian, Austin, Texas
The Four Seasons, two works one for Lobby, Austin Texas
Horizon Bank, Houston, Texas
St Clair Tower Lobby, Houston, Texas
Amli Lobby, Austin, Texas
Vestus partners, Houston, Texas
Hartland Properties, Austin Texas
Ernst and Young, Dallas, Texas
Bethway Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Rockefeller Collection, Charleston, West Virginia
Ohio Bell, Dayton, Ohio
Westinghouse Elevator, Trenton, New Jersey
Di Bartolo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Brougham Builders, Austin, Texas
Aspen Hills , Austin, Texas
Southern Living Magazine, Austin, Texas
Greater Texas Bank, Austin, Texas
Alcoa, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Boca Rio Country Club, Boca Raton, Florida
Clegg Austin, The Bommarito Group, Austin, Texas
Nathan Builders, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Morgan Stanley, Austin, Texas
Clark Thomas and winters, Austin , Texas
Horizon Bank, Houston, Texas
