RESUME

“UNDER CONSTRUCTION”

 

      VISUAL ART EXHIBITIONS

     2023

  •   Windows of Understanding: Gender Mirror, Rainbow Hand & Spectrum Circle at Rite Aid Pharmacy Gallery, World Peace in Hungarian    

  • Foundation Gallery (GLSEN &. J&J Open & Out Employee Resource Group (ERG), LGBTQAI

  •   Albany Street Bridge Project, New School of Social Research (NYC),

  •   Brunswick, NJ)

  •   Curation of Virtual Art Gallery for Highland Park Boro website, (March- December 2020), 12 artists & projects

  •   Heliotrope: ArtFront Galeries, Kymba Nijuck

  •   Highland Park Library; HP Artist Collective Show

  • Middlesex County Senior Art Show: “Cosmic DNA” Acrylic

  •   Hamilton Street Gallery: Sanctuary, Luxury Bom & A Killing Frost Shows

  •   Dish Cafe: Solo Show, January to December (Highland Park)

  •   Visual AIDS Gallery (NYC) Post Card Show to Benefit AIDS survivors

  •   New Brunswick Cultural Center/City Arts Street Murals (#NBSTRONG & HEROES) Church Street & Sofia’s Jewelry

  •   ELIJAH’S PROMISE Installation “We Are All in This Together” (New Brunswick)

    2019

  •   Solo Show Metuchen Public Library (June-July) Sumi-e/Photo

  •   Solo Show Fiddleheads Restaurant Jamesburg Color Sumi-e

  •   Art of Texture - Tiger Arts Gallery (May-June) 

  •   Windows of Understanding- Mason Gross/Rutgers U

  •   “We see through Hate”/ Rite-Aid (Sumi, Photo, Sculpture).

  •   Nails in Wall, St. Luke’s Church / Metuchen, NJ / “Angels Show”

    2017

  •   “Lather, Rinse Repeat” Hamilton Street Gallery/Altar Installation

  •   “God in the Abstract” Nails in Wall Gallery Metuchen- “Orange Ichi”

  •   Arts in the Park Street Fair Highland Park - Retrospective

  •   Window Art Project Highland Park Robert’s Florals 

  •   Chalk Art Show Highland Park Substance Abuse Benefit (ASAP)

  •   Pop-Up Flea Market Highland Park Small / Sumi-e/Art Cards

  •   Open Studio Highland Park Large & small format Sumi-e

  •   “Elephant in the Room” Hamilton Street Gallery “Six Smokers”

    2016

  •   “Great Spirits Among Us” Nails in the Wall - St. Luke’s Church

  •   Window Art Project Highland Park

  •   Tupelhaking Nature Center “Rooted” Trenton, NJ.

  •   Middlesex County Senior Art Show; 2nd Place Drawing 

  •   “A Man’s World”; Arts in the Park Street Fair

    2015

  •   Studio Montclair “Viewpoints” -Aljira Gallery Newark, NJ

  •   Solo Show Dish Cafe Gallery Highland Park

  •   Juried Show - Piscataway Municipal Gallery,

  •   Solo Show - OQ Coffee Gallery, Highland Park

  •   NJ State Senior Art Show (2nd Place Drawing) Cranbury, NJ

  •   Highland Park Artist Collective Highland Park Library       

    2014

  •   Solo Show Ruthie’s Cafe Gallery, Highland Park

  •   “Food for Thought” White Lotus Gallery (Highland Park Artist Collective)

  •   “Green Show” Meadowlands Environment Gallery,

  •   Mason Gross Lori Parks Play Live Action Painting, Rutgers University

  •   Solo Show Lulu Art Gallery New Orleans, LA       

                                                                                                                                         

INTERNET ART EXHIBITIONS

1973- 1985

  • Utrecht, Holland Librije Kunst, NYU Student Union, Aakti, Belgium New Reform Art Center, Ext. 4 Fine Arts (Dubuque, Iowa), Barnsdale Park Museum (Hollywood, CA), La Mammelle (SF), Herter Gallery (Amherst), St. Johns Gallery 300 (NY), Bard College Gallery, Prism Color Copy Studio (La Mesa, CA) & over 50 more.

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY / BOOK ARTS

  •   ‘Zenoir: Dog Ate My Enso” Anthology Haiku/Mixed Media / Rutgers U.

  •   “The Walking Brush” Haiku & Calligraphy OlliRU - Rutgers U (2017)

  •   “Chirps & Flutters” Zen Drawing & Writing for present Moment (2016)

  •   “Blips” (Black Angel Press / 2013),

  •   “Oiyeau” (As Is/So & So Press / 1987),

  •   “And Still, It Moves” SF Multicultural Mural Calendar / 1981-87)

  •   CA Arts Council/ City of SF/Poets-in-the-Schools,

  •   So & So Magazine -Editor (1974- present)

  •   “Visual Syntax”/1980 (Concrete, Lettriste, Collage, Virtual, Cartoons,

  •   Found Poems, Ideoglyphs, Graffiti, Calligrammes, Quick Graphs),                              

  •   “Face Games”- Juan Felipe Herrera (Poet Laureate of CA and the United States -2015-17),

  •   “My Summer Vacation”- Charlie Walsh,

  •   Chapbooks of Ron Silliman, Kathy Acker, Kit Robinson

  •   Poetry Broadsides & Posters of Galileo HS Artists (SF)

PERFORMANCES

  •   Alphabet Scat Soma Yoga Studio, Continuum Performance (2017)

  •   Intersection Arts with Julian Priester (Poetry/Jazz) (SF),1985)

  •   American Poetry Video Archives (Andre Codrescu & Harry Mathews)/

  •   SF State Poetry Center, (1990)

  •   Portland Poetry (ORE) Festival (co-founder), (1975)

  •   “Vom” Story Slam (CoLab Arts-New Brunswick, NJ (4/28/15),

  •   Princeton Poetry Slam (Robeson Center), (2013)

  •   NW Artist Workshop Skylight Studio:( “Brother/Sister” Louise Steinman, “Goldfish” (solo), “Corridors” Susan Banyas), So & So

  •   Lincoln Center “Same Old Story” (1974)

  •   The Kennedy Center (D.C.) “Watergate” by Robert Wilson & The Byrd Hoffman Foundation, (1975)

  •   SF Channel 25 TV, “Exquisite Corpse” SF Opera House

  •   Bach Mai Hospital Poetry Benefit (Portland, Oregon), (1972)

  •   St. Mark’s Church Poetry Series, (1974)

  •   Oberlin Dance Collective solo with Stephen Nachmanovitch on violin accompaniment. Bill Irwin Stage Manager/Clown (1978)

  •   Guest Artist - UC Long Beach, Improv Jazz Scat with Genny Lim (1992)

  •   Patio Piece” (Robert Wilson-SF Opera House),

  •   “Watergate” (Robert Wilson-Kennedy Center),

  •   “P“Sphinx” Dance (St. Mark’s Church),

  •   “Sinai/Sinai” (80 Langton, SF-Louise Steinman),

  •   “Reading, Writing, Dancing, Sitting Still” Poetry/Dance Series (SF), “Amoco Cadiz” SF Dream Festival (Footloose Dance Studio)

 

CURATORIAL / ADMINISTRATIVE

  •   Vice Chair of the Highland Park Art Commission (2015-19)

  •   Board Member / Art Guy for Main Street Highland Park

  •   Co-Founder of the Highland Park Artist Collective (2005-19)

  •   Co-founder of the Princeton Area Zen Group (1998- 2010)

  •   Coordinator for the Open Circle Meditation Group (2002-present)

  •   Board Member of Gay Lesbian Straight Education Group (2011-2018)

 

TEACHING / WRITING

  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute -Rutgers U (2015-19)

  • California Arts Council Poet in Residence 9 (1982-88)

  • San Francisco State University Creative Writing Dept. (1970-2)

  • Johns Hopkins U Graduate Writing Seminars (1968-70)