Resume

1973 -1976 Left Japan and traveled to over 30 countries 
1976 Began learning pottery in Humauaka village, Argentina 
1977 -1979 Studied Pottery in a number of studios in South America. 
1980 -1989 Studio Potter in New York. 
1990 - Present Studio Potter in Massachusetts. 

PERMANENT COLLECTION 

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, Massachusetts
CROCKER ART MUSEUM, Sacrament, California 

GRANT FELLOWSHIP

2007 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant. Finalist.
1994 New England Foundation for the Arts/National Endowment for the Art Regional Fellowship

SELECTED AWARDS

2019 FIRST IN SCULPTURE: Bruce Museum AOCF, Greenwich, CT

2019 SECOND IN SCULPTURE: Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Armonk, NY

2018 BEST IN CATEGORY:  West Port Fine Arts Festival, Westport, CT

2018 BEST IN SHOW: Norwalk Art Festival, Norwalk, CT
2017 FIRST PLACE-SCULPTURE: Bruce Museum AOCF, Greenwich, CT

2017 SECOND PLACE: FINE CRAFTS, Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Armonk, NY

2016 FIRST PLACE: FINE CRAFTS, Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Armonk, NY
2012 BEST IN CERAMIC CATEGORY: West Port Fine Arts Festival, Westport, CT
2012 AWARD of MERIT: Central Pennsylvania Festival of The Arts, State College. PA
2011 FIRST PLACE: CERAMICS, Bruce Museum AOCF, Greenwich, Ct
2010 AWARD of MERIT: Central Pennsylvania Festival of The Arts, State College. PA
2010 FIRST PLACE: CERAMICS, Bruce Museum AOCF, Greenwich, Ct
2009 FIRST PLACE: CERAMICS, Bruce Museum AOCF, Greenwich, Ct.
2002 BEST WORK OVERALL, Arts Market Place, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Md.
2000 THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS ARTIST AWARDS, Boston, Ma.
1997 DIRECTOR S CHOICE, Selected by the Director of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1996 JUROR S AWARD for Superior Excellence and Originality, Ann Arbor Street Art Fair,
       Ann Arbor, Mi.
1995 Selected for FELLOW CHOICE EXHIBITION, ACC Craft Fair, Baltimore, Md.
1994 ARTIST AWARD, Danforth Craft Fair, Framingham, Ma.
1993 HONORABLE MENTION. Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington D. C..
        SUPERIOR CRAFTMANSHIP, Danforth Craft Fair, Framingham, Ma.
        CRAFT EXCELLENCE, Craft at the Castle, Boston, Ma.
1992 MERIT AWARD, Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, Ca.  

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

​"THE BEST OF NEW CERAMIC ART " Hand Books, Inc.-1997
" WHEEL-THROWN CERAMICS " Lark Books" 
"THE CERAMIC DESIGN BOOK " Lark Books-1998
"THE BEST OF POTTERY " Writer's Digest Books-1996
"CERAMICS TODAY " Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.-2010
"THE VASE AND BEYOND " Crocker Art Museum

PERMANENT COLLECTION

OF

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

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