Education
1990 MFA in Metals, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1986 BFA in Gold and Silversmithing, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
1985 Exchange student, Loughborough College of Art and Design, Loughborough, England, Spring Semester
Teaching Appointments
1994–present Associate Professor, New Jersey City University, Jewelry/Metals (Head of Concentration), Jersey City, NJ
1991–2003 Adjunct Faculty, SUNY Westchester Community College, Westchester, NY
1999 Adjunct Faculty, Kean University, Union, NJ
1998 Adjunct Faculty, Empire State College, Nyack, NY
1990 Adjunct Faculty, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
Short-Term Teaching Engagements
2021 Four-week workshop, “Designing Jewelry with Rhino,” Peters Valley School of Craft,” Layton, NJ
2016 Workshop, “Anticlastic and Synclastic Raising,” The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2015 Workshop, “Die-forming,” The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2003 Workshop, “Anticlastic and Synclastic Raising,” Peters Valley School of Craft,” Layton, NJ
1992 Two-day workshop, “Anodizing Aluminum,” 92nd Street Y, New York, NY
1988 Six-week workshop, “Casting,” The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
Grants/Awards
2021 Fellowship Recipient, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
2013 Jurors’ Choice, Lewton-Brain Foldform Competition
2009 Niche Award Finalist, Niche Magazine, Fabricated/Holloware Category
2008 Third place, Wearable Expressions, Palos Verdes Art Center
2008 Niche Award Finalist, Niche Magazine, Fabricated/Holloware Category
2007 Jurors’ Award, ANA 35, Holter Museum of Art
2007 Honorable Mention, A Twist on Tradition, Artisans Center of Virginia
2007 Niche Award Finalist, Niche Magazine, Fabricated Category
2006 Niche Award Finalist, Niche Magazine, Fabricated/ Forged Category
2006 Niche Award Finalist, Niche Magazine, Hollowware Category
2003 Fellowship Recipient, New Jersey State Council on the Arts
1998 Niche Award Finalist, Niche Magazine
1994 First Place-Worthy of Show, Craft Division, American Pewter Guild Design Competition 1994, Michener Art Museum
1994 Second Place, Functional Art Exhibition, Tompkins Cove Art Center,
1994 Honorable Mention, New Jersey Jewelry Artisans, Braunschweiger Jewelers
1991 Honorable Mention, Small Works Exhibition, School of Art
1989 Artistic Excellence Tuition Scholarship, Tyler School of Art
1986 First Place, Bear Mountain Craft Show
Group Exhibitions
2022 Battle of the Rings, Danaca Design Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021 Goldsmiths 20, Inliquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2020 A Cache of Kinetic Art: Tiny Intricacies, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2020 Making Moves, Monique Rancourt Artisan Gallery,
2020 Battle of the Rings, Danaca Design Gallery,
2019 Simply Steampunk, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2018 MAD Collects: The Future of Craft Part 1, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, NY
2018 Nature and Neon, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Arrowmont, TN
2018 10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA
2017 Wearable Expressions, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
2017 On the Rocks, Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 Unnatural Election, Kimmel Galleries, New York University, New York, NY
2016 Dead Trez, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2015 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2015 We Are SNAG, Online Exhibition
2014 Protective Ornament: Contemporary Amulets to Armor, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2014 Protective Ornament: Contemporary Amulets to Armor, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2013 Represented, Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
2013 Currents in Contemporary Crafts, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2013 Materials Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
2013 Tongue and Cheek, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
2013 Refined, Stephen F. Austin Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
2012 Craftforms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2012 Humor in Craft, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Humor in Metal, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
2012 Crafts National, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
2012 Refined VII: Inspiration, Stephen F. Austin Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
2011 Process, Kean University, James Howe Gallery, Union, NJ
2010 Materials Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
2010 Refined: Back to Basics, Stephen F. Austin Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
2010 Extremities, Exploring the Margins of the Human Body, The Jung Center, Houston, TX
2010 Retro-futurism: Exploring Objects, Interpreting Both the Past and Future, Houston Community College, Houston, TX
2010 Make Me Something Beautiful, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2009 Perspectives, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
2009 The Art of Opening: Bottles & Their Stoppers, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia PA
2008 Transformations, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
2008 Transforming the Elements, Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, VA
2008 Craftforms 2008, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2008 The Art of the Martini 7, Zaruba and Zaruba Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 The Ring Show: Putting the Band Back Together, Lamar Dodd School of Art Gallery, Athens, GA
2008 Necklust and the Chocolatier, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2008 Wearable Expressions, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
2008 Composting Good and Evil, Online Exhibition, Ethical Metalsmiths, Cincinnati, OH
2008 Touching Warms the Art, The Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR
2007 Tribal Roots, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2007 Exploring Boundaries: Evolutionary Metal, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2007 A Twist on Tradition, Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, VA
2007 ANA 35, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
2006 Craftforms 2006, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2006 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2006 Impermanence, Elise Mankes Gallery, Marblehead, MA
2003 Materials Hard & Soft, Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX
2002 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2002 Craftforms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2002 Yul-Tensiles, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 State of the Craft: Contemporary Interpretations of Tradition, The Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison, NJ
2001 Illuminations, Long Beach Island Gallery, Loveladies, NJ
2001 Metal Works 2001, Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA
2001 Millennium Metal 2001, Artemis Gallery, Richmond, VA
2001 Artworks: Splinter and Spark, Artworks Gallery, Trenton, NJ
2001 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
2000 Textured, Vermont State Craft Center, Manchester, VT
1999 Crafts National 33, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
1999 The Knife, The Fork, The Spoon, SOFA, NYC & Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1999 Precious Metals, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
1998 Needless Necessity: Jewelry and Silver in America, The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
1998 Artful Presence, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
1998 Metalsmithing in the New Millennium, The Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME
1998 Aesthetics ’98, Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, McPherson, KS
1998 You Are What You Eat With, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1998 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
1998 Crafts National 32, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
1998 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1998 Refined, Stephen F. Austin Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX
1998 Illuminations: Into the Light, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
1997 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
1996 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1995 The Banquet, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1995 Materials Hard & Soft, Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX
1995 Craft America 95, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
1995 Setting the Place, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
1995 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
1994 American Pewter Guild Design Competition 1994, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
1994 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1994 Heartland Art Festival, Legler Stone Barn Museum, Lenexa, KS
1993 New Jersey Arts Annual: Crafts, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
1992 Metals Now 1992, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1991 The Dining Experience: A Craft Expression, Luckenbach Mill Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
1991 Small Works Exhibition, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
1991 The Body Beautiful, The Elvid Gallery, Englewood, NJ
1990 Metals Now, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1986 Bear Mountain Crafts Show, Bear Mountain Gallery, Bear Mountain, NY
Group Exhibitions (Invitational)
2011 Counterflux: Defensive Ornament, Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Tyler School of art Master of Fine Art Exhibition 1969-2009, Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Anti-War Medals, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
2006 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition, The New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
2005 200 Rings, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 200 Rings, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2004 200 Rings, Gallery M, Cleveland, OH,
2004 200 Rings, Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME.
2004 200 Rings, Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Slightly Out of the Box, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
2000 I/O Explorations-Computer Generated Jewelry, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
1997 Functional Elegance, Gallery Function Art, Pontiac, MI
1994 Living With Craft, New Jersey Designer Craftsmen Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1993 Year of American Crafts: Celebratory Day, Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ
1989 Conversations 89, New Paltz Gallery, New Paltz, NY
Group Exhibitions (International)
1991 Signs of Personality, Schwabisch Gmund, West Germany
1990 Form in the Form, Erbach, West Germany
1985 Figures of Fantasy, Hanau, West Germany
Exhibitions (Permanent)
2015-present Newark Museum, Lore Ross Jewelry Gallery
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2003 Organic Geometry, Westchester County Gallery, White Plains, NY
2001 The Art of Silver, Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ
1995 Metalworks, Westchester County Gallery, White Plains, NY
1994 Metalsmithing, Courtney Gallery, Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ
Bibliography
Books
Ramljak, Suzanne. On Body and Soul: Armor and Amulets. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2014. p. 106
Weber, Rhonda, Sue Lacey. Foldforming at 30: NY: Iceforge Press, 2014. p. 43
Logan Kristina. 500 Beads. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2014. p. 222
McHugh, Gene. 500 Paper Objects. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2013. pp. 30, 100, 291, 393
Martin, Brigitte. Humor in Crafts. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2012. p. 105
Hettmansperger, Mary. Heat, Color, Set & Fire. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2012. p. 51
Metcalf, Bruce. Showcase 500 Rings. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2012. p. 307
500 Felt Objects. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2011. p. 120
Earrings. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2011. p. 186
Estrada, Nicolas. New Rings. NY: Thames & Hudson, 2011. pp. 103 & 148
Le Van, Marthe. 30-Minute Rings. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2011. pp. 126-127
Le Van, Marthe. 21st Century Jewelry. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2011. p. 118
Snyder, Jeffrey. Art Jewelry Today 3. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2011. pp. 153-155
500 Plastic Jewelry Designs. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2009. p. 344
Hale, Julie. 500 Knives. NY: Sterling Publishing, 2009. p. 240
Snyder, Jeffrey. Art Jewelry Today 2, Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, 2008. pp. 106, 126-127 & 129
500 Wedding Rings, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2007. p. 199
500 Metal Vessels, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2007. pp. 54, 198 & 378
500 Earrings, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2007. p. 386
500 Bracelets, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2005. pp. 155 & 343
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Graphis Products by Design 2, NY: Graphis Inc., 1998. p. 137
Warner, Ken. Knives 95, Northbrook: DBI Books, 1989. p. 227
La Plantz, David. Jewelry/Metalwork Survey 1993, Bayside: Press de La Plantz, 1993. p. 145
Warner, Ken. Knives 93, Northbrook: DBI Books, 1993. pp. 85 & 152
Levine, Bernard. Levine's Guide to Knives and Their Values, Northbrook: DBI Books, 1993. p. 413
La Plantz, David. Jewelry/Metalwork Survey 1992, Bayside: Press de La Plantz, 1992. p. 29
Warner, Ken. Knives 92, Northbrook: DBI Books, 1992. p. 118
La Plantz, David. Jewelry/Metalwork Survey 1991, Bayside: Press de La Plantz, 1991. p. 122
Warner, Ken. Knives 90, Northbrook: DBI Books, 1990. p. 95
Warner, Ken. Knives 89, Northbrook: DBI Books, 1989. pp. 80 & 120
Exhibition Catalogs and Periodicals
Bischoff, Dan. “Made in New Jersey.” The Sunday Star Ledger. Feb 15, 2015. p. 1
Bischoff, Dan. “Craft Event Ushers in Noyes Art Garage.” The Sunday Star Ledger. Dec. 8, 2013. p. 1
Materials Hard and Soft. Exhibition Catalog (front cover) and Postcard, 2013
Niche. Winter, 2009. p. 55
ANA 35. Exhibition Catalog (back cover), 2007
The New Paltz Observer, Spring 2007. p. 20
Peters Valley School of Craft Catalog (front cover), 2004.
Wolfe, Peggy. “Art and Function.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram. March 1, 2003. p. 1
The New York Times. New Jersey Section. July 21, 2002. p. 9
The Westchester WAG. June 2002. p. 42
The Suburbanite. April 18, 2001. p. 31
SOFLO Times. March-April. p. 3
US1. June 28, 2001. p. 22
Niche Magazine Winter, 1999. p. 106
The Coaster. June 11, 1998. p. 21
The Star-Ledger. June 10, 1998. p. 79
Food Arts. March, 1995. p. 14
Previews. July 14, 1995. p. 17
American Craft. Dec. 1994/Jan.1995 Vol.54/No.6: p. 74
The New York Times. New Jersey Section. Sept. 25, 1994. p. 1
Art and Politics. Nov./Dec. 1994. p. 3
The Bergen Record. (Insight) November 7, 1993. p. 3
Private and Public Collections
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ (2010)
New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
The Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR
Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ (1994)
Father Ray Frias, Rome, Italy
Selected Panels
2022 Jersey City Arts Council, Fellowship Award.
2009 Jersey City Public School Permanent Collection
2006 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Award
2006 Maryland State Council on the Arts, Fellowship Award