CV Highlights

Awards and Grants

  1. Listed in 'Who's Who in Art', 33rd Edition
  2. Painting acquired by Contemporary Art Museum/Denver, 2008
  3. Paintings published in book Colorado Abstract, 2009
  4. Elected Art Academician, Kazakh Academy of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2007
  5. Film of Paintings, Royal Festival Hall, London, Nov 2002 and Mar 2005
  6. TV interview on Art News, PBS Maryland, Nov 2003
  7. Semi-Finalist, Jerwood Painting Prize, London, Mar 2001
  8. Permanent Artist Visa granted by the UK Govt to permanently work and live in UK, 2000
  9. Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Nov 1999, Oct to Feb 1995-96

Selected Recent Exhibits

  1. The Green Revolution, solo exhibition, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Oct 2008
  2. Paintings from Steamboat Springs, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Sep 2008
  3. Belgravia Contemporary, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Jun 2008
  4. The Book of Hours, La Courette Galerie, Nimes, France, May 2008
  5. Desire in a Gypsy Cloak, solo exhibition, Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Feb 2008
  6. Stairs of the Sea, solo exhibition, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Apr 2007
  7. Lay of the Land, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Apr 2006
  8. Medium Matters, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Feb 2006
  9. Driven to Abstraction, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Jun 2005
  10. Inside Out, two person exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London, Feb 2005
  11. The Mysteries, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Feb 2004
  12. San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, 2003-05
  13. London Art Fair, London, 2004-07
  14. Recent Paintings, solo exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London, Apr 2003
  15. Eclipse, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Aug 2002
  16. Almaty International Art Biennale, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sep 2002
  17. Millenium Artists, Lindenberg Gallery, New York, May 2000
  18. Lights of London, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Jun 2000
  19. Trees of Russia, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Jul 1999
  20. One Person Exhibition, The Cobden Club, Notting Hill, London, May 1998
  21. One Person Exhibition, Maymie White Gallery, London, Oct 1997
  22. Winter on the Steppe, solo exhibition Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan 1997
  23. 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