PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

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ARTIST’S STATEMENT & BIOGRAPHY

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EXHIBITIONS

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & ARTIST RESIDENCIES 

2026 Narcissus Quagliata Scholarship – From Concept to Reality
2023 CEPA Gallery – MGAI Contemporary Innovation in Stained Glass Award – Buffalo, NY
2023 SGAA – Leslie Hartman Memorial Scholarship – Buffalo, NY
2023 Maldeb Foundation – Albinas Elskus Scholarship – Buffalo, NY
2022 Blue Sage Gallery – 1st Place, People’s Choice Award – Paonia, CO
2021 Temple of the Muse – Artist in Residence – Paonia, CO
2020 Art In Public Places – Selected Artist – Fort Collins, CO
2019 Albukhary Foundation – Scholarship Award Recipient – London, UK
2019 GF Watts Gallery Artists’ Village – Artist in Residence – Guildford, Surrey, UK
2013 Art In Public Places – Selected Artist – Fort Collins, CO
2012 Natural Philosophy Alliance – Grant Recipient – Albuquerque, NM

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE / COURSE HISTORY

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024 – Present Stained Glass Painter & Designer, Conrad Schmitt Studios – New Berlin, WI
2024 Stained Glass Painter & Designer, Conrad Pickel Studio – Vero Beach, FL
2014 – Present Executive Director at Luminous Flux Gallery + Studios – Colorado
2012 – Present Co-Founder, CEO of SOMA™ Organic Artist Elixirs – Colorado
2011 – Present Private Arts Instructor at Luminous Flux Gallery + Studios – International
2003 – Present Entrepreneurial Fine Artist, Aloria Weaver – International
2016 Featured Presenter for SGEM Conference at the Hofburg Palace – Vienna, Austria
2013-2016 Trimester Instructor, Faculty at the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art – Vienna, Austria
2015 Instructor at Visions in the Mischtechnik Seminar – Torri Superiore, Italy
2014 -2015 Mural Artist at the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors – Wappinger, NY
2013 Founder, Colorado Alliance of Visionary Artists – Colorado
2013 City Commissioner for the Office of Creative Sector Development – Loveland, CO
2013 Featured Presenter at the 2nd Annual Electric Universe Conference – Albuquerque,NM
2006 Mural Artist for City Repair, Village Building Convergence – Portland, OR
1995 – 1998 Artist’s Assistant at the Buffalo Art Studios of Western New York – Buffalo, NY
1995 – 1998 Mural Artist for BAS of WNY’s Project C.R.E.A.T.E. – Buffalo, NY
(Community Revitalization through Environmental Art & Team Efforts)

ARTS EDUCATION

2026 From Concept to Reality with Narcissus Quagliata – Online NQ Teaching Course
2025 Multi-layer Glass Painting / Mediums with Rita Shimelfarb at Conrad Schmitt Studios
2025 Portrait Painting on Glass with Ellen Van Dijk – Peli Glass Online Course
2023 Creating Depth of Field in Stained Glass with Debora Coombs – SGAA, Buffalo, NY
2023 Plaster Carving with Adam Williamson – Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO
2018 – 2020 MA in Traditional Arts, The King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts – London, U.K.
2020 Permaculture Design Certification, Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute – Basalt, CO
2019 V-Incised Letter Carving in Stone with Tom Perkins – Cirencester, UK
2014 – 2016 Classical Realism, Alumni of the Florence Academy of Art – Loveland, CO
2016 Alla Prima Portraiture with Zoey Frank, Art Students League – Denver, CO
2016 Plein Air with Judson Monroe & Tyler Wilkes – Fort Collins, CO
2015 Egg Tempera & Gilding with Fred Wessel, Whidbey Island Fine Art Studios – Langley, WA
2010 Mischtechnik Painting Seminar with Amanda Sage & Laurence Caruana – Italy
2004-2007 Usui Reiki: Levels I-III (Reiki Master), Sifu Chik Qadir Mason – Buffalo, NY
2003 Craniosacral Therapy I, Upledger Institute – Buffalo, NY
2001 – 2003 LMT (Anatomy), The New York Institute of Massage – Buffalo, NY
1997 – 2000 BAS program (Figure Drawing Focus), SUNY – Buffalo, NY
1996 The Art Institute of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
1993 – 1997 Apprenticeships & Internship, Buffalo Art Studios of Western New York – Buffalo, NY

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2014 – Present Executive Director and Curator for Luminous Flux Gallery, Colorado
2019 Co-curated and organized group exhibition, symposium and workshops for Goodenough College, London, U.K.
2018 Co-curated and organized group exhibition, live artists and events production at McNichols Civic Center, Denver, CO
2017 – 2018 Art Curation, Stage Design, Backdrop, and Exhibition for NoCo Hemp Expo in Loveland, CO
2016 Co-curated and organized group exhibition at Galerie 10 in Vienna, Austria
2013 – 2016 Co-founder, Art Curation and Events Production for the Colorado Alliance of Visionary Artists
2009 – 2013 Co-founder, Art Curation and Event Production for Cultural Arts Organization, Art Spirit Now in Portland, OR and Boulder, CO
2012 Co-compiled and edited with Liba WS, “Dreams and Divinities: Sacred Expressions from Women”
2010 Co-curated and organized group exhibition at Galerie 10 in Vienna, Austria
2006 – 2010 Co-founder, Art Curation and Public Relations for Collaborative Arts Collective, Dreaming Co:nexus in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR
2005 Director of the Aesthetic for the Oracle Gatherings Events Production Company in Seattle, WA
2003 – 2004 Co-Curator of The Plant Gallery in Buffalo, NY
2003 – 2004 Co-Curator of Bunnytown Gallery in Buffalo, NY

PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES