History
Education
1983 MFA Yale University, School of Art, New Haven,Connecticut Painting/Printmaking,
1977 BFA Magna Cum Laude, Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Painting/Drawing
Teaching and Administrative Experience
S 2013 Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Adjunct Lecturer, Painting
2012 – 2013 Towson University, Towson, MD Adjunct Professor, Painting 1
2008 – 2012 Ferrum College, Ferrum, Virginia Associate Professor of Art, Art Program Coordinator and Curator of the E. Taylor Greer Gallery in the Stanley Library
1999-2008 Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV, Associate Professor of Art, Art Area Coordinator
1995-96 Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Adjunct Instructor of Basics/Drawing Degree granting undergraduate programs
1990-93 The Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Adjunct Instructor of Drawing, 2-D Design Certificate Programs
Honors and Awards
2011 Faculty Development Funds, to attend 2011 CAA conference Ferrum College
2007 Awarded Sabbatical leave, Spring 2007, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV
2007 Mellon Faculty Innovation Grant Digital collage techniques and processes for non-majors Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV
2006 Artists Fellowship in Visual Arts/Painting by the West Virginia Division of Culture & History and the WV Commission on the Arts, Charleston, WV
Mellon Faculty Innovation Grant Exploring Digital Media for non-majors, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV
2005 Awarded Master of Humane Letters, Granted Tenure, Davis & Elkins College
Juror’s Award, Avampato Discovery Museum, 2nd Biannual Juried Exhibition, Appalachian Corridors, Charleston, WV
Mellon Faculty Innovation Grant Exploring Digital Photography for non-majors, Davis & Elkins College,
1997 Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination, Adjunct Faculty Humanities Division Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
1993 Art of the State: Pennsylvania ‘93, Third Prize, Painting, Greater Harrisburg Arts Council
1984 Artists’ Fellowship for Painting/Drawing, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
1979-81 Artist in Residence in Baltimore’s School 33 Art Center. the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Art and Culture, Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Ferrum College, E. Taylor Greer Gallery, Ferrum VA, Appalachian Spaces, January 12th – February 14th 2012
2011 Carol County Community College, Westminster, Maryland Man in the Woods, Recent Paintings and Drawings, October 23 – November23, 2011
2009 Ferrum College, E. Taylor Greer Gallery, Ferrum VA, Then and Now: Selected Paintings, Prints and Drawings, October 7th – November 4th 2009
2008 West Virginia Wesleyan College, Sleeth Gallery, Buchannon, WV February 13 – March 14, 2008 Diverting Attention: Non-Objective Paintings and Drawings
2004 Davis & Elkins College, Booth Library, Elkins, WV, College Centennial Invitational Exhibition March 20 – August 29, 20041, Finding Elkins, Paintings and Intaglio Prints
2001 West Virginia Wesleyan College, Sleeth Gallery, Buchannon, WV February 13 – March 15, Ancestors and Others, Paintings and Relief Prints
2001 Berea College, Rogers Gallery, Berea, KY February 7 – March 20, 2001 Black, White and Blue, Relief Prints
Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia March 30 – August 29, 2001, Paintings and Relief Prints, Black, White and In Between
1993 Germantown Academy Arts Center, Fort Washington, PA Paintings and Relief Prints, Dancers & Musician
1988 Temple University Law Center, Philadelphia, PA Paintings, Boxscape’s
Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD Paintings and Drawings, Boxscape’s
1983 Yale University, School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT Master of Fine Arts Thesis, Painting/Printmaking, May 1983
1981 The Arts Gallery, Charles Street, Baltimore, MD Matthew LaRose, Large Paintings
Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD Paintings, and Drawings, Figures & Formats
Public Collections
Berea College, Art Department Print Collection, Berea KY
The City of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD
Chattahoochie Valley Art Association, LaGrange, GA
Cho, Wilks and Burns Architects, Baltimore, MD
Country Dance and Song Society, Northampton, MA
The Delta Blues Museum, Clarkesdale, MS
Streuver Brothers and Eccles, Baltimore, MD
Temple University Law Center, Philadelphia,