CV Highlights
Awards and Grants
- Painting acquired and exhibited by Portland Art Museum, 2011
- Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, 2010
- Listed in 'Who's Who in Art', 33rd Edition, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Paintings published in book Colorado Abstract, 2009
- Painting acquired by Contemporary Art Museum/Denver, 2008
- Elected Art Academician, Kazakh Academy of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2007
- Film of Paintings, Royal Festival Hall, London, Nov 2002 and Mar 2005
- TV interview on Art News, PBS Maryland, Nov 2003
- Semi-Finalist, Jerwood Painting Prize, London, Mar 2001
- Permanent Artist Visa granted by the UK Govt to permanently work and live in UK, 2000
- Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Nov 1999, Oct to Feb 1995-96
Selected Recent Exhibits
- New Paintings, Andre Zarre Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, Nov 2012 (scheduled)
- Gangstas and Cupcakes, Andre Zarre Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, Oct 2011
- Recent Paintings, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Nov 2011
- Hybrid Fictions, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Sep 2011
- Contemporary Paintings Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Sep–Nov 2011
- Hong Kong Fine Art Fair, Hong Kong, Sept 2010
- Earth and Fire, Denver Contemporary Museum of Art, Denver, CO, May 2011
- Paint Up! K Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO, March - April 2011
- The Incidental and the Infinite, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO, Jan 2010
- Paintings, solo exhibition Elins/Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 2010
- New Paintings, Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May - June 2010
- Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, Florida, Dec 2008, 2009
- Painting Metabolism, solo exhibition, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO, Sept 2009
- The Green Revolution, solo exhibition, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Oct 2008
- Paintings from Steamboat Springs, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Sep 2008
- Belgravia Contemporary, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Jun 2008
- The Book of Hours, La Courette Galerie, Nimes, France, May 2008
- Desire in a Gypsy Cloak, solo exhibition, Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Feb 2008
- Stairs of the Sea, solo exhibition, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Apr 2007
- Lay of the Land, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Apr 2006
- Medium Matters, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Feb 2006
- Driven to Abstraction, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Jun 2005
- Inside Out, two person exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London, Feb 2005
- The Mysteries, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Feb 2004
- San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, 2003-05
- London Art Fair, London, 2004-07
- Recent Paintings, solo exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London, Apr 2003
- Eclipse, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Aug 2002
- Almaty International Art Biennale, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sep 2002
- Millenium Artists, Lindenberg Gallery, New York, May 2000
- Lights of London, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Jun 2000
- Trees of Russia, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Jul 1999
- One Person Exhibition, The Cobden Club, Notting Hill, London, May 1998
- One Person Exhibition, Maymie White Gallery, London, Oct 1997
- Winter on the Steppe, solo exhibition Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan 1997
- Roman Monroe, solo exhibition, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, Apr 1996
Other Information
- Thirty favourable reviews published about paintings since 1988
- One person exhibits on three continents and numerous exhibits every year since 1988
- In U.S. exhibits juried by Kiki Smith, Lucy Lippard and Julia Turell
- Member of Art Faculty, San Jose State University, De Anza College, San Jose City College 1986-96
- Art Critic currently for several art magazines in London and Colorado
- Art Critic, Visions Art Quarterly and Detail Art Journal, California 1990-96
- Art critic for The Almaty Herald in Kazakhstan, 1990-97
- Major museum collections include San Jose Museum of Art, CA, Palo Alto Art Museum, and Casteev Museum, Kazakhstan.
- Paintings held in over 300 public and private collections internationally, including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Linklater, and Bank of America
- MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
- MBA, Stanford University, Stanford
- BA, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
