Education:
PhD ABD in Philosophy of Art, Duquesne University
Fulbright Junior Faculty Development Program, Texas A&M
Awards:
Juror's Selection, HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN I KISS YOU GOOD NIGHT, New York Center for Photographic Art, 2021
Honorable Mention, NYC PRIDE MARCH project, 2021 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention, Accidental Petal, 2021 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention, Half Full, 2021 International Photography Awards
Third Place Winner, National Council on Aging AGING AS ART photo contest, 2021
Honorable Mention, New York Center For Photographic Arts, ARCHITECTURE 2021
Bronze Award, Editorial/Personality, 2020 International Tokyo Foto Award
Honorable Mention, 4R Project, 2020 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention, 8th Matsuyama Photo-Haiku Contest, 2019, Japan
Touchstone Distinguished Book Award Shortlist, Simple Gifts (photography/haiku) book, 2018
Featured Video, Steps Between Us, Cattails, 2016
Master Haiga Artist Award, World Haiku Association, 2009, Japan
Editor’s Choice Haiga, Moonset, Autumn/Winter, 2009
First Place Winner, 57th World Haiku Association Haiga Contest, 2008, Japan
Winner, The Third Annual Heron’s Nest Illustration Contest, 2007
Honorable Mention, Fine Art Photography, 2007 International Photography Award
Winner, 39th World Haiku Association Haiga Contest, 2006, Japan
Winner, Lexicon Cover Design Contest, 2005
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Poetry of Nature, Resobox Art Gallery, New York
2018 Nichibei Exchange Haiku, Photo, Haiga, 250 Park Ave, New York
2013 Window Display Design, Highland Park, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021
Westbeth Winter Show, Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune St., New York, NY
Personal is Political, Brooklyn Art Cave, New York, NY
EDITION 365, New Art City Exhibition curated by British Journal of Photography
Lens Based Art Exhibition, ARTDOC Magazine
Serendipitous Eye Exhibition, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
AGING AS ART, National Council on Aging, Bowers Museum, Ontario International Airport, Newport Beach Library
The Print Swap, Curated Exhibition, Foley Gallery, NYC
PRIDE, Culture LAB LIC Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
National Competition Winners, Soho Photo Gallery, New York
Focus: Portraiture exhibition, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon
MONO-KROMATIK exhibition, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mental Health Awareness exhibition, Auburn Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
4R Project, Social Documentary Network, online
Marshmallow Fluff exhibition, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2020
Narratives, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Show of Hands Gallery (online) through Don't Take Pictures magazine
A Light in the Darkness, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
National Council on Aging Photo Contest Exhibition, John Wayne Airport, Bowers Museum and Newport Beach Library
Open Theme Exhibition, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Group Show, BBA, Berlin, Germany
Quarantine Project, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
International Abstract Exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, UK
2019
The Westbeth Winter Show, Westbeth Art Gallery, New York
Disrupting the Male Gaze, Cargo Project Gallery, New York
Books:
Simple Gifts - a book of photography and haiku, Touchstone Distinguished Book Award Shortlist, 2018
The Willow - Artist's Book, 2007 - California State Library, Haiku Archives
Selected Public Collections:
California State Library
Haiku Literature Museum, Japan
Duquesne University Library