CV Highlights

Awards and Grants

  1. Painting acquired and exhibited by Portland Art Museum, 2011
  2. Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, 2010
  3. Listed in 'Who's Who in Art', 33rd Edition, 2008, 2009, 2010
  4. Paintings published in book Colorado Abstract, 2009
  5. Painting acquired by Contemporary Art Museum/Denver, 2008
  6. Elected Art Academician, Kazakh Academy of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2007
  7. Film of Paintings, Royal Festival Hall, London, Nov 2002 and Mar 2005
  8. TV interview on Art News, PBS Maryland, Nov 2003
  9. Semi-Finalist, Jerwood Painting Prize, London, Mar 2001
  10. Permanent Artist Visa granted by the UK Govt to permanently work and live in UK, 2000
  11. Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Nov 1999, Oct to Feb 1995-96

Selected Recent Exhibits

  1. New Paintings, Andre Zarre Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, Nov 2012 (scheduled)
  2. Gangstas and Cupcakes, Andre Zarre Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY, Oct 2011
  3. Recent Paintings, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Nov 2011
  4. Hybrid Fictions, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Sep 2011
  5. Contemporary Paintings Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Sep–Nov 2011
  6. Hong Kong Fine Art Fair, Hong Kong, Sept 2010
  7. Earth and Fire, Denver Contemporary Museum of Art, Denver, CO, May 2011
  8. Paint Up! K Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO, March - April 2011
  9. The Incidental and the Infinite, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO, Jan 2010
  10. Paintings, solo exhibition Elins/Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 2010
  11. New Paintings, Darnell Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May - June 2010
  12. Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, Florida, Dec 2008, 2009
  13. Painting Metabolism, solo exhibition, William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO, Sept 2009
  14. The Green Revolution, solo exhibition, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Oct 2008
  15. Paintings from Steamboat Springs, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Sep 2008
  16. Belgravia Contemporary, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Jun 2008
  17. The Book of Hours, La Courette Galerie, Nimes, France, May 2008
  18. Desire in a Gypsy Cloak, solo exhibition, Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Feb 2008
  19. Stairs of the Sea, solo exhibition, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Apr 2007
  20. Lay of the Land, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Apr 2006
  21. Medium Matters, Butters Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Feb 2006
  22. Driven to Abstraction, Belgravia Gallery, Mayfair, London, Jun 2005
  23. Inside Out, two person exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London, Feb 2005
  24. The Mysteries, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Feb 2004
  25. San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, 2003-05
  26. London Art Fair, London, 2004-07
  27. Recent Paintings, solo exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Shoreditch, London, Apr 2003
  28. Eclipse, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Aug 2002
  29. Almaty International Art Biennale, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Sep 2002
  30. Millenium Artists, Lindenberg Gallery, New York, May 2000
  31. Lights of London, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Jun 2000
  32. Trees of Russia, solo exhibition, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, Jul 1999
  33. One Person Exhibition, The Cobden Club, Notting Hill, London, May 1998
  34. One Person Exhibition, Maymie White Gallery, London, Oct 1997
  35. Winter on the Steppe, solo exhibition Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan 1997
  36. 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