Education
MBA Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1996
BFA Environmental Design, California College of Arts, San Francisco, 1975
Professional Experience
– First American to have work in the Permanent Collection of Contemporary Mosaic Art, Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy
– Art represented in private, public and corporate collections
– Numerous commissions and award-winning installations
– Artist in Residence: Solo Mosaico, St Petersburg, Russia; Gaziantep, Turkey; Oklahoma City Community College, OK; Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon
– Instructor in Mosaic: Mosaic Department Head at the Creative Arts Center of Dallas; Senior Tutor at West Dean College, Chichester, UK; workshops in Australia, New Zealand, France, Turkey, Tunisia, Greece, The Netherlands
– Past-President and Founding Member, Society of American Mosaic Artists
– Past-Vice President, Associazone Internazionale Mosaicisti Contemporanei
– Speaker, British Assoc. for Modern Mosaics, London; Society of American Mosaic Artists, San Francisco, Austin, Houston; National Mosaic Exhibition, Cape Cod, MA; AIMC, Brazil, Australia, Macedonia, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Vienna; Prix Picasiette, France
– Artist, Dallas Soars, The Pegasus Project
– Curator, The Sum of All Parts I and The Sum of All Parts II
– Juror of various National/International exhibitions
– Author, Mosaic Techniques and Traditions, Sterling Publishing, 2003, 2006
Selected Awards
– Permanent Collection of Contemporary Mosaic Art, Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy, 2013
– Honored as a Distinguished Artist, James Renwick Alliance, Washington DC, 2017
– ‘Publikumspreis’ (Members Choice Award), Exhibition of Contemporary Mosaic, Vienna Congress of the Associazione Internazionale Mosaicisti Contemporanei, 2014
– Best in Show – Abstract, National Mosaic Exhibition, Cape Cod, MA, 2011
– International Prize for Mosaic Art and Architecture, Special Recognition, Italy, 2010
– Jurors’ Award, Art in Pieces, Mystic Center for the Arts, Mystic, CT, 2010
– Spectrum Award, International recognition for ‘creativity and achievement’ from the tile industry, Design and Detail, 2009
– Best in Show, Winter Whites, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2009
– Spectrum Award, International recognition for ‘creativity and achievement’ from the tile industry, 2006
– Frank T Ross Award, Winner, 2006
– Texas Visual Arts Association National 2005 Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, American Airlines Award winner
– Signature Award, Texas Visual Arts Association, 2004
– Earth Elements 2003, Award of Merit, Society of American Mosaic Artists, Miami, FL
– Arts 2003 National Juried Exhibition, Special Award, Rockwall, Texas
– D Home and Garden Best of Everything, Best Mosaic Artist, March, 2002
Selected Commissions
2015 VisionShift, Mosaic walls at Hall Arts in the Dallas Arts District, Dallas, TX
2013 Aquasphere, Mosaic wall feature, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX2010 Aurora, Mosaic wall feature, Pleasant Grove Public Library, Dallas, TX
2009 Nebula Aqua, Mosaic wall feature, Private residence, San Francisco, CA Awarded special recognition in the 2010 International Prize for Mosaic Art and Architecture, Pordenone, Italy
2008 Nebula Chroma, Mosaic wall feature, Main lobby, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Awarded an international Spectrum Award
2006 Mosaic wall design, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Lehigh, PA
2005 Glass on glass mosaic windows for two ICU floors, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
2003-4 Four mosaic feature walls, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, Awarded an international Spectrum Award, The Nature wall was featured on the cover of Healthcare Design magazine
2002 Mosaic Leaf floor, Private Residence, Grapevine, TX Featured on HGTV’s Modern Masters
Selected Exhibitions
2015 RavennaMosaico, Mosaics of the World juried exhibition, International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy
2015 Mosaic Arts International Juried, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2015 A Mosaic Passover, Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas, Texas
2015 Contemporary Mosaic Art Summit Invitational, Ashland, Oregon
2014 Exhibition of Contemporary Mosaic, Center for Architecture, Vienna, Austria
2014 Masters Invitational Mosaic Arts International, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
2014 Pattern Now XIV, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2014 Bibliomosaico Invitational, Riga, Latvia
2013 Mosaic Arts International Juried, The Museum of Glass, Tacoma WA
2013 RavennaMosaico, Mosaics of the World juried exhibition, International Festival of Contemporary Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy
2013 Pattern Now, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2013 Bibliomosaico Invitational, Ravenna, Italy
2012 Prix Picassiette, Chartres, France
2012 International Contemporary Mosaic Art Exhibition, Clauiano, Italy
2012 International Assoc. of Contemporary Mosaicists, Larnaca, Cyprus
2012 Articulate: The Artist’s Voice, Charlotte, NC
2011 National Mosaic Exhibition, Cape Cod, MA
2010 International Prize for Mosaic Art and Architecture, Pordenone, Italy
2010 Mosaic Arts International Juried, Stained Glass Museum, Navy Pier, Chicago
2010 International Assoc. of Contemporary Mosaicists, Athens, Greece
2009 Mosaic Arts International Juried, Museum of Man, San Diego, CA
2009 RavennaMosaico, First Int’l Festival of Contemporary Mosaic, Ravenna, Italy
2008 Mosaic Arts International Juried, Bakehouse Arts Complex, Miami, Florida
2008 International Assoc. of Contemporary Mosaicists, Gaziantep, Turkey
2008 Contemporary Mosaics Invitational, West Dean College, Chichester, UK
2007 Mosaic Arts International Juried, Mesa Contemporary, Mesa, Arizona
2007 Sum of All Parts, Hillsboro, Oregon
2006 Beneath the Surface International Juried, High Risk Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006 International Assoc. of Contemporary Mosaicists, Skopje, Macedonia
2006 Nature in Art, Twigworth, England
2005 Mosaic In Architecture, Museo do Jardim Botanico, Curitiba, Brazil
2005 Texas Visual Arts Association National 2005, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX
2005 A More Perfect Union International Juried, Ellipse Arts Center, Alexandria, VA
2004 Prix Picassiette, Chartres, France
2004 Opus Veritas International Juried, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA
2004 Int’l. Assoc. of Contemporary Mosaicists, Melbourne, Australia
Selected Publications
Featured Artist, Guide to Mosaic Techniques, Bonnie Fitzgerald, Trafalgar Square Books, 2015
Featured Artist, Souvenirs of a Journey, American Craft, 2013
Featured Artist, Dallas Mosaic Artist Collects Two Big Honors, Dallas Morning News, 2013
Featured Artist, Sonia King’s Milestones, Mosaic Art Now, 2013
Featured Artist, Art in Pieces, Miami Herald, 2012
Featured Artist, Mosaic Art Today, Schiffer Publishing, 2012
Featured Artist, Art Goes to Pieces, California Modern Magazine, 2012
Featured Artist, Mosaic Tips, Techniques, Templates and Trade Secrets, Bonnie Fitzgerald, Trafalgar Square Books, 2012
Featured Artist, Mosaic Fine Art Abstracts, Mosaic Fine Art Books, 2011
Featured Artist, Solo Mosaico Annual, St Petersburg Russia, 2010
Featured Artist, Mosaico na Rede Magazine, Brazil, October 2010
Cover Artist/Article, Grout, British Association for Modern Mosaics, January 2009
Featured Artist, De Kunst van het Mozaïeken, Weitenberg & de Melo, Forte Uitgevers BV, Netherlands, 2009
Featured Artist, Luxe Magazine, June 2009
Featured Artist, Mosaic Art Today, Elaine M Goodwin, David Porteous Editions, 2008
Featured Artist, Mosaic: Finding Your Own Voice, Brit Hammer, 2008
Featured Artist, Mosaic Art Now, 2008
Cover Artist, Healthcare Design Magazine, April 2005
Featured Artist, Home Design, 2005
Gallery Artist, Mosaic Art & Style, JoAnn Locktov, Rockport, 2005
Cover Artist, Healthcare Design Magazine, September 2004
Cover Artist/Gallery, Prix Picassiette, 2004
Cover Artist/Gallery, Mosaic Sourcebook, Locktov & Mastrandrea, Rockport Pub, 2004
Featured Artist, Healthcare Spaces No.2, Visual Reference Publications, 2004
Our Homes Today, New Zealand, 27 July 2004
Author, Mosaic Techniques and Traditions, Sterling Publishing, 2003
Cover Artist/Gallery, Modern Mosaic, Tessa Hunkin, Firefly Books, 2003
Featured Artist, Encyclopedia of Mosaic, Elaine M. Goodwin, Batsford, 2003
Featured Artist, The Complete Mosaic Handbook, Sarah Kelly, Search Press Ltd, 2003
Featured Artist, Your Home & Garden, Britain, August 2003
Featured Artist, Tile Style, Dallas Morning News, December 2003
D Home and Garden Best of Everything, Best Mosaic Artist, March, 2002
Featured Artist, Mosaics Inside and Out, Doreen Mastrandrea, Rockport Pub, 2001
Featured Artist, The New Mosaic, Danielle Truscott Dawson, Lark Press, 1999