Education

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, MFA program, 1973-1975
All course work completed

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, B.A. in Biology, 1973

Teaching Experience

Tacoma Community College, Art Department, 1996-2020, retired
University of Puget Sound, Art Department, 1995
Pacific Lutheran University, Art Department, 1995
Guest Lecturer, UPS Philosophy Department, Aesthetics, 1993-1994
University of Puget Sound, graduate assistantships, 1973-1975

Selected Solo Exhibitions

The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts; Bainbridge WA; solo exhibition; ‘06, ’10, 2016, 2023
Childhood’s End Gallery, Olympia WA, 2016, 2018, 2020 2022
Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Allied Arts; Vashon Island WA; solo exhibition; ‘09
The Depot, Anacortes WA; solo exhibition, ‘05
Kobo; Seattle WA; solo exhibition, ‘04
Bryan Ohno Gallery; Seattle WA; solo exhibition, ‘03
Bibelot Gallery, Honolulu HI, “Shibui”; solo exhibition, ‘03
William Zimmer Gallery, Mendocino, CA; solo exhibition, ‘01
The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ; solo exhibition, ‘81

Selected Group Exhibitions

Lancaster Museum of Art; “Strictly Functional Pottery National”; Lancaster PA; 2022; 2023
Western Wyoming Community College Art Gallery; “Uncommon Ground: 50
Contemporary Artists Working in Clay”; Rock Springs WY; 2022
Functional Juried Teapot Show II, Elliot Fouts Gallery, NCECA, Sacramento CA; 2022
AKAR Gallery, Iowa City IA, “Yunomi”, 2019, 2018
Trackside Studio/Gallery, Spokane WA, “Cup of Joy” 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
NCECA Portland OR, “Shimpo Tea Bowl Show”, 2017
Kobo, Seattle WA; “In Praise of Shadows”, ’13, 2015
Clatsop Community College Gallery, “University of Puget Sound Ceramics Alumni, 2014
Chehalem Cultural Center, OR; “NW Wood Fire”; 2013
Northwest Craft Center Gallery; Seattle WA; 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Gallery Madera; Tacoma WA; “A Path of Flame”; 2008, 2009
Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Gallery,, Bainbridge WA; “Intersections; Contemporary Art by Japanese-Americans”, 2006,
Honolulu Academy of Arts; Honolulu HI; “From the Hand”, 2004
Tacoma Community College; Tacoma WA; “Ichi go Ichi e”; 2006
Artspirit Gallery; Coeur d’Alene ID, “Clay Invitational”, 2001, 2003
Kirkland Arts Center; Kirkland WA, “Chado/Ikebana”, 2002
Kitteredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA; invitational
King County Arts Commission Gallery; Seattle WA; “Year of American Craft, ‘93”
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, "Northwest Designer Craftsmen”
Hand the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ ; “American Porcelain: “A New Tradition”, 1982
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR; “Crafts Northwest circa 1980”
Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA; “1977 Crafts Invitational Exhibition”
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; “Crafts 76”, 1976
Renwick Galley, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. “American Porcelain”

Selected Public Collections

National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Arizona State University; Tempe, AZ
Bemidji State University; MN
Utah State University; Logan, UT
American Museum of Ceramic Art; Pomona, CA
Honolulu Museum of Arts; Honolulu HI
Crocker Museum of Art; Sacramento, CA