CURRICULUM VITAE
COLLECTIONS
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, 2015, Shelter
Collection includes all field sketches, compositional studies, field paintings of adult and nestlings from life, plus color studies for Shelter
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin, 2002, Killdeer
Private collections
ARTISTS FOR LAHAINA
Two paintings of the delightful, endangered I’iwi sold, 2023
INTERVIEW
Arches - Papers, Interview June, 2021
EXHIBITIONS
Art Elevated, 2017, 2018, Swaner Preserve and Ecocenter and PCSC Arts Council
Utah Watercolor Society Small Works, 2016
Utah Watercolor Society Fall Exhibition, 2015, Award of Merit
Birds in Art 2015, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
An international juried exhibition, selected for subsequent tour
VENUES : Birds in Art 2015
• Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, California, 2015-2016
• Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas, 2016
• Museum of the Red River, Idabel, Oklahoma, 2016
• Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 2016
• Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, Kansas, 2016-2017
Birds in Art 2014, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
An international juried exhibition, selected for subsequent tour
VENUES : Birds in Art 2014
• Museum of Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, Texas, 2014-2015
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, 2015
• The Wildling Museum, Solvang, California, 2015
• Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 2015
• Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 2015-2016
World of the Wild, 2009, Utah's Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City
Traces of the West, 2009, Ogden Union Station/Gallery at the Station, Ogden, Utah
World of the Wild, 2008, Utah's Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City
Birds in Art 2007, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum,Wausau, Wisconsin
An international juried exhibition, selected for subsequent tour
VENUES : Birds in Art 2007
• Ward Museum of Wildlife Art, Salisbury, Maryland, 2008
• Newington-Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 2008
Kimberly Roush, 2007
One-person show, Ogden Union Station/Gallery at the Station, Ogden, Utah
Small Works, 2006, Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, Oregon
Birds: Essence and Iridescence, April 29 - June 6, 2005
One-person show, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah
Miniatures, 2005, Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, Oregon
Birds in Art 2002, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum,Wausau, Wisconsin
An international juried exhibition, selected for subsequent tour
VENUES : Birds in Art 2002
• Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 2003
• The Wildlife Experience, Parker, Colorado, 2003
• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona, 2003
World of the Wild, 2002, Utah’s Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, Utah
Birds in Art 1998, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum,Wausau, Wisconsin
An international juried exhibition, selected for subsequent tour
VENUES : Birds in Art 1998
• Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas, 1999
• Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, California, 1999
• Delaware Museum of Natural History, Wilmington, Delaware, 1999
University of Utah Student Show 1990, Awarded Best of Watercolor
AWARDS
Tracing Sudan: Parallel Paths to Extinction, 2019, Grant awarded from Puffin Foundation West
Award of Merit, 2015, Utah Watercolor Society Fall Exhibition, Juror: Thomas Schaller
Best of Watercolor, 1990, University of Utah Student Show
Scholarship Recipient, 1990, Monterey Bay Watercolor Workshop with Ed Maryon, University of Utah
Sacramento Art Directors and Artists Club Student Award, 1988, ENVISION poster, conceptual illustration and design, Sacramento, California
PUBLICATIONS
SPLASH 19, ILLUSION OF LIGHT, THE BEST OF WATERCOLOR, 2018, North Light Publishing
Splash is an annual book of watercolors by artists from around the world: 126 paintings chosen out of 1700
BIRDS IN ART catalogue, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2014, 2015
SPECIAL SELECTION
Good Tern Foundation, 2008, Invitation to participate in Border Fence Project
COMMISSIONS
Multiple private commissions
Great Salt Lake Audubon, Bucks for Birds, 2010
Utah Museum of Natural History, 2006, Range Creek Exhibit: permanent exhibit, Salt Lake City Commissioned watercolors of hands using the ancient tools in the exhibit
Tracy Aviary, 1986, Drawings for plaques on cages to identify birds
EDUCATION
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, 1990
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, 1978
Continued study under David Dornan, professional artist, retired University of Utah professor, 2000 - 2022
Mary Whyte Watercolor Workshop, 2014
INSTRUCTOR
Associate Faculty, University of Utah, Lifelong Learning, 1998-2001, 2019-present
Private Instructor, 1998-present
Some of my private students accepted into Rhode Island School of Design, Brigham Young University industrial design, and an architectural university
Private students win awards in Wasatch Back Student Show, Kimball Art Center, 1998-2020 , and Homeschool Foundation national art competition, 2019-2020
Public Group Art Class Instructor: Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah 1998-2018; Park City School District, Park City, Utah-Compass/Leisure Learning, 2020-2022
GRAPHIC DESIGN, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN,
EXHIBIT DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION
Graphic Designer / Illustrator, Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah, 1981-2014
Graphic Designer / Illustrator, Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah 1983-1989
Art Director, Utah Holiday Magazine, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1983-1986
Graphic Designer, Sweetwater, 1982-1983
Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Exhibit Designer, Sacramento, California, 1981-1982
Designed exhibit for lobby of Aerojet Corporation
Graphic Designer/ Exhibit Designer, Thiokol, Brigham City, Utah, 1979-1981
Trade Show Exhibit Designer, New Jersey, 1979
Industrial Designer, RCA, Camden, New Jersey, 1978-1979