LEGACY (detail)  2005 Inkjet print  29.5 x 80 in.

Artist's Statement:
Over the years my work has evolved following the course of my changing interests and skills. It has taken the form of Sculpture using a range of materials, multi-media installations, drawings, prints, photographs, and video. If there is a common thread through these works it is an interest in the human condition in general (such things as memory, conflict, love, belief systems, politics, etc.) and more specifically the human encounter with modern technology, especially television and the computer. Formally, my work has been governed by a desire for clarity and simplicity. In the construction of each work I tend to go through a process of progressively eliminating non essential elements and "polishing" those that remain to avoid redundancy and clutter. At the same time I typically accept, no, embrace the accidental (or incidental) discoveries that occur along the way.

Biographical Information:
Born: October 12, 1938, Ithaca, New York

Education:
1962  M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
1962  M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
1960  B.S., SUNY, Buffalo, NY.

Professional Experience:
1968-2002 Professor of Art, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
1964-1968 Art Instructor, Minneapolis School of Art, Minneapolis, MN.
1962-2002 Art Instructor, East Texas State College, Commerce, TX;
1980-1992 Gallery Director, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University.
1966-1968 Owner-operator, Victoria Sculpture Foundry, Victoria, MN.

Selected One-Man Exhibitions:
1964	The Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.
1967	Art Gallery, Carlton College, Northfield, MN.
1975	Art Gallery, Southeastern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI.
1979	Art Gallery, McComb County Community College, Warren, MI.
1980	Art Gallery, The College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.
1985	Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
1985	Fine Arts Gallery, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI.
1986	DeWaters Art Center, Flint, MI.
1996	Echoes, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI.

Selected Group Exhibitions: (*denotes award)
1961	47th Annual Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI. *27th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art, Madison, WI.
1962	48th Annual Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI. Young Americans 1962, The Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY. *Alfred A. Strelsin 2nd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Wisconsin Sculpture, Milwaukee, WI. 24th Annual Texas Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Antonio, TX.
1964 1966	Walker Biennial of Painting and Sculpture, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.
1965	The Art of Two Cities, Time-Life Building, New York, NY (this show toured the U.S., 1965-66).
1967	Invitation 1967, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. (three person show) 1967 Minneapolis Art Institute Biennial, Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN.
1970	Mayer and Yager, Sill Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI (2 person show). 58th Michigan Artists Biennial, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
1971	24th American Drawing Biennial, Norfolk Museum, Norfolk, VA.
1972	All Michigan Exhibition, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI.
1973	Four Man Invitational Sculpture Show, Art Gallery, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
1975	Sculpture Inside and Out, Slusser Gallery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
1976	65th Annual Exhibition, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX. 22nd Annual Ball State University Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Muncie, IN.
1977	18th Annual Mid Michigan Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI. Lake Superior 77: 4th Biennial International Craft Exhibit, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN.
1978	*Michigan Annual 6, Mount Clemens Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI. 1 Traditional Methodology for Processing Information, Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario,     Canada. (in collaboration with Tom Sherman and Brian Molyneaux). New Video and Performance Art in Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
1979	Video, Sound and Performance, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI. Arizona National: Competitive Sculpture Exhib., Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ.
1981	Michigan Artists 80/81, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
1982	Athens International Film/Video Festival, Athens, OH. & '85,' 89, '91, '92 (competition finalist, ‘92) World Wide Video Festival, Kijkhuis, The Hague, The Netherlands.
1983	Particular Politics, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1984	The Bowling Green Armory Show, Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, OH. Video Festival at A.I.R. Gallery, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY. Video Culture 1984, Video Culture Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1985	*A Road Show, (sponsored by Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit), five Michigan museums. Alternating Currents, Alternative Museum, New York, NY. 1985 Detroit Film Festival, Cass City Cinema, Detroit MI. Video CD 85, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
1988	Fields of Fire, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (three person show). The Brooklyn Arts Council 21st Annual Film/Video Exposition, Jefferson Market Library, NY, NY. *Oswego International Film/Video Festival, Oswego Civic Art Center, Oswego, NY.
1989	*18th Ann Arbor 8mm Film and Video Festival, The Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI.
1990	*19th Ann Arbor 8mm Film and Video Festival, Eyemediae Cinema and Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI. Time Based Review, The Media Center at the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY.
1991	1991 Deconstructed Obsessions, Joe & Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse U., Syracuse, NY. * National Fine Arts Video Competition, U. of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO.
1993 1994	15th & 16 th Annual Michigan Artists Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI
1997	Myth America, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2004	Exposures: Photography ’04 Exhibit, Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale, MI

Grants:
1984	Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts.
1987	Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts.
1991	Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Council for the Arts.

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