CV Highlights

Awards and Grants

  1. Elected Art Academician, Kazakh Academy of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2007
  2. Film of Paintings, Royal Festival Hall, London, Nov 2002 and Mar 2005
  3. TV interview on Art News, PBS Maryland, Nov 2003
  4. Semi-Finalist, Jerwood Painting Prize, London, Mar 2001
  5. Permanent Artist Visa granted by the UK Govt to permanently work and live in UK, 2000
  6. Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Nov 1999, Oct to Feb 1995-96

Selected Recent Exhibits

  1. Stairs of the Sea, solo exhibition, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Apr 2007
  2. Lay of the Land, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Apr 2006
  3. Medium Matters, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Feb 2006
  4. Driven to Abstraction, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Jun 2005
  5. Inside Out, two person exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London, Feb 2005
  6. The Mysteries, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Feb 2004
  7. San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, 2003-05
  8. London Art Fair, London, 2004-07
  9. Recent Paintings, solo exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London, Apr 2003
  10. Eclipse, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Aug 2002
  11. Almaty International Art Biennale, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sep 2002
  12. Millenium Artists, Lindenberg Gallery, New York, May 2000
  13. Lights of London, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Jun 2000
  14. Trees of Russia, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Jul 1999
  15. One Person Exhibition, The Cobden Club, Notting Hill, London, May 1998
  16. One Person Exhibition, Maymie White Gallery, London, Oct 1997
  17. Winter on the Steppe, solo exhibition Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan 1997
  18. Roman Monroe, solo exhibition, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, Apr 1996

Other Information

  1. Thirty favourable reviews published about paintings since 1988
  2. One person exhibits on three continents and numerous exhibits every year since 1988
  3. In U.S. exhibits juried by Kiki Smith, Lucy Lippard and Julia Turell
  4. Member of Art Faculty, San Jose State University, De Anza College, San Jose City College 1986-96
  5. Art Critic currently for several art magazines in London and Colorado
  6. Art Critic, Visions Art Quarterly and Detail Art Journal, California 1990-96
  7. Art critic for The Almaty Herald in Kazakhstan, 1990-97
  8. Major museum collections include San Jose Museum of Art, CA, Palo Alto Art Museum, and Casteev Museum, Kazakhstan.
  9. Paintings held in over 300 public and private collections internationally, including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Linklater, and Bank of America
  10. MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
  11. MBA, Stanford University, Stanford
  12. BA, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY