EDUCATION
MFA in Painting Additional emphasis in Art History
Ohio University - Athens, Ohio (1994)

MA in Painting California State University at San Diego
San Diego, California (1976)

BA in Painting California State University at San Diego
San Diego, California (1974)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2000 to Present
Graduate Program Coordinator Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

2000
Painting Area Coordinator Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

1997 to Present
Assistant Professor Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
Graduate Faculty: Painting, Watercolor Painting, Drawing, Graduate
Seminar
Painting: Beginning, Advanced
Advanced Figure Painting
Drawing: Beginning, Advanced
Watercolor Painting: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced
Art History: Survey, Modern Art

1995 to 1997
Assistant Professor, Central Washington University - Ellensburg, Washington Painting: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Graduate
Drawing: Beginning, Advanced, Graduate
Illustration: Beginning, Intermediate

1993 to 1995
Visiting Instructor Morehead State University - Morehead, Kentucky
Fine Arts Appreciation, 2-D Foundations
Painting Techniques 1,2,3,4, Graduate

HONORS/AWARDS
2001
First Place - Celebrating the Figure Lancing Art Gallery
Lancing Michigan

Artist's Grant Vermont Studio Center - Johnson,Vermont

2000
Japan Studies Institute, Sasakawa Fellowship
American Association of State Colleges and Universities -Washington DC

Research Development Award Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Best of Category, Patron Award A. R. Mitchell Museum - Trinidad, Colorado

1999
Faculty Research and Creative Activities Support Fund Award Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

1998
Best of Show - Small Format Show Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Kalamazoo, Michigan

1997
The J. William Fulbright Research Fellowship
Research Grant to Paint in Florence and Rome Italy

Central Washington University Travel Grant
Grant to assist in travel while in Florence and Rome Italy

1996
Adams Award Gallery One - Ellensburg, Washington

1992
Liquitex Excellence in Art Award Ohio University - Athens Ohio

1990
Student Excellence Award
Fourth Annual Art Exhibit, Clark State Gallery - Springfield, Ohio


FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
2001
Vermont Studio Center Residency
Vermont Studio Center - Johnson, Vermont

2000
Japan Studies Institute, Sasakawa Fellowship
American Association of State Colleges and Universities -Washington DC

1997
The J. William Fulbright Research Fellowship to Florence and Rome
The J. William Fulbright Foundation - New York/Rome

COMMITTEES/SERVICE
2001
Juror for the Regional Fine Arts and Photography Exhibition
Carnegie Center for the Arts - Three Rivers, Michigan

Painting Workshop, Portage Northern High School - Portage, Michigan

2000 to Present
Ombudsman Committee, Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Thurgood Marshall Graduate Assistant Committee
College of Fine Arts Representative
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Curriculum Committee, College of Fine Arts
estern Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Curriculum Committee Department of Art
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

2000 to 2001
Advisory Committee, Department of Art
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

1999 to Present
Graduate Program Review Committee, Chairperson, Department of Art
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

1999
Guest Lecturer Direct Encounters Class
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Search Committee, Art Education Position
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

1998, 1999
Sculpture tours Direct Encounters Class
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

1998
Juror for Regional High School Art Exhibition
Kalamazoo Institute of Art - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Michigan Youth Arts Festival
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
(Taught Drawing Workshop)

1997 to Present
Foundations Committee
Department of Art Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

LECTURES
2001
Intertextuality, Project in Painting
Portage Northern High School, Portage, Michigan

2000
Aspects of Color in Painting
Portage Central High School, Portage, Michigan

1998
Lecture/Presentation, The Renaissance Body in My Work
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia

1998
Lecture/Presentation,The Renaissance Body in My Work
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan

1995
Guest Speaker, Central Washington University - Ellensburg, WA
Faces of the Enemy: Symbols of Power and Domination in Art

RELATED ART EXPERIENCE
1993, 1995
Radio Publicity for the Morehead State University Art Gallery
Live on air interviews about the exhibitions at local PBS station

1993
Assistant to Bruce Cole
Art History Summer Program in Florence and Rome Italy
through Ohio University and Indiana University

1980
Assistant to Richard Artschwagger
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art - La Jolla, California

1979
Assistant to Sol Lewitt
Retrospective, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art - La Jolla, California

1975
Participant in RELAY: A Joan Jonas Performance
California State University at San Diego - San Diego, California

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
1985-1988
Art Director
San Diego's Choice Magazine Publishing - San Diego, California

1983-1985
Vice President/Art Director
Meyer & James Advertising - La Jolla, California

1981-1983
Art Director
Peter Glaws Productions - Coronado, California

1979-1981
Assistant to the Preparator La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art
La Jolla, California

EXHIBITIONS
2002-04 Opensewer - Internet Exhibition, International
2002-04 McDonough Museum of Art - Youngstown, Ohio

2003 Lancing Art Museum - Lancing, Michigan

2002 Shawnee State University - Portsmith, Ohio

2001 Limner Gallery-New York, New York
2001 Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan
2001 Lancing Art Gallery - Lancing, Michigan
2001 University of Texas at Tyler -Tyler, Texas
2001 Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation -Watkinsville, Georgia
2001 Central Wyoming College - Riverton,Wyoming
2001 Muskegon Community College - Muskegon, Michigan
2001 Millworks Gallery - Akron, Ohio
2001 Firelands College, Bowling Green State University - Huron, Ohio
2001 Carnegie Center for the Arts - Three Rivers, Michigan

2000 Irving Sandeler Artists File, Slide Registry and Artists Space
New York, NY
2000 Wichita Center for the Arts -Wichita, Kansas
2000 University Gallery, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, IL
2000 A. R. Mitchell Museum - Trinidad, Colorado
2000 Hunter Museum of American Art- Chattanooga, Tennessee
2000 Holter Museum of Art- Helena, Montana
2000 North Central College - Napierville, Illinois
2000 Muskegon Museum of Art- Muskegon, Michigan
2000 Birmingham/ Bloomfield Art Association- Birmingham, Michigan
2000 Gallery II, Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan

1999 Marietta College Gallery - Marietta, Ohio
1999 Western Michigan University, Dalton Center - Kalamazoo, MI
1999 Ann Arbor Art Association - Ann Arbor, Michigan
1999 Holland Area Arts Council - Holland, Michigan
1999 Light, Gas and Water Gallery - Memphis, Tennessee
1999 Brea Civic and Cultural Center Gallery - Los Angeles, California

1998 University of Michigan, Gallery - Flint, Michigan
1998 Rockford Art Museum - Rockford, Illinois
1998 Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Association - Birmingham, Michigan
1998 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - Kalamazoo, Michigan

1997 Western Michigan University, Dalton Center - Kalamazoo, MI
1997 Susan Cummins Gallery - Mill Valley, California
1997 Central Washington University Gallery - Ellensburg, WA

1996 Berea College - Berea, Kentucky
1996 Carnegie Art Center - Covington, Kentucky
1996 The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center - Port Angeles, Washington
1996 Yakima Arts Gallery -Yakima, Washington
1996 Bellevue Art Museum - Bellevue, Washington
1996 Gallery One - Ellensburg, Washington

1995 Morehead State University - Morehead, Kentucky
1995 The Water Tower Gallery - Louisville, Kentucky
1995 Carnegie Art Center - Covington, Kentucky

1994 Ralston Fine Art - Johnson City, Tennessee
1994 Sinclair College - Dayton, Ohio

1993 Ohio University, Seigfred Gallery - Athens, Ohio
1993 Morehead State University - Morehead, Kentucky

1992 Dairy Barn Cultural Art Center - Athens, Ohio

1991 Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio
1991 Central Missouri State University -Warrensburg, Missouri

1990 Clark State College - Springfield, Ohio

1982 Solano College Gallery - Solano, California

1980 Thomas Babeor Gallery - La Jolla, California

1979 San Diego Museum of Art - San Diego, California

1978 New Space Gallery - Los Angeles, California

CITED REFERENCES TO MY WORK
2000
Amy Sult, Torano/Stroh show proves thought-provoking
Kalamazoo Gazette, January 16

Celeste Dodson, Two WMU art Prof. address social issues in joint show Kalamazoo Gazette, January 16

1999
Go West
Ann Arbor Art Center News, September

Roger Green, Area artists miss their mark in Go West
Gazette News Service, September

1998
Linda S. Mah, WMU assistant Prof. wins KIA show
Kalamazoo Gazette, March 8

Review of Exhibition
Marietta Sentinal, March

Teresa Assenzo, Critics Picks
Kalamazoo Gazette, December 27

Amy Sult, WMU faculty show has strong, coherent flow
Kalamazoo Gazette, November 8

Christopher R. Young, Two person exhibit in art spotlight at UM
The Flint Journal, October 4

1997
The Daily Record, CWU art professor to visit Italy as Fulbright Scholar
The Daily Record, February 13

Eveleth Green, Winners in Gallery One is Open Show Announced
The Daily Record, March

Joshua Cooly, Art professors exhibit work
The Observer, January16

On Center
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
Lisa Weyandt - Ellensburg, Washington
Danah Fayman - San Diego, California
Vickie Curry - La Jolla, California
Willie Brownlee - Los Angeles,Callifornia
Newspace Gallery - Los Angeles, California
Tom Sternal - Morehead,Kentucky
Robert Hunka - Los Angeles, California
Ted Odmark - Missoula, Montana
Gay Odmark - San Francisco, California
Jim Reed - Lake Tahoe, California

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