The Artist, a native and resident of the Fifth Ward, Houston, was educated at UCLA, 1972, California Teaching Credential Adult Education. Awards: Rome Prize Fellowship, 1990-91. NEA Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, 1987. Bemis Foundation Residency, 1988. Texas Artist of the Year, 1990.

Recent one and two-person exhibits: Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, 2000; Pascal Robinson Galleries, Houston, 2000; Art Museum of South East Texas, Beaumont, TX, 1999; The Fabric Workshop Museum, Philadelphia, 1993; Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX, 1992; Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX, 1992; Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, 1990; Dallas Museum of Art, 1988; L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, 1987; Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, 1987, 1985.

Additional museum exhibitions: EI Paso Museum of Art, 1999; Austin Museum of Art, 1999; Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1989; Art Museum of South East Texas, Beaumont, Texas; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Menil Collection, Richmond Hall, Houston; and the Aspen Art Museum, 1988; Phoenix Art Museum, 1987; "Fresh Paint", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1985.

Selected invitational exhibitions: "Crossing State Lines, Texas Art from the Museum of Fine Arts. Houston", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2000-2001; "6 Sculptors 2000", Pascal/Robinson Galleries, Houston, 2000; NYC Drawing Center; Butler Gallery, Houston, and the Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, 1988; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, and Galerie Dario Boccara, Paris, France, 1987; T.V. Robinson Gallery, 1986; Allan Stone Gallery, New York City, 1985.

Reviewed in over 120 periodicals including: The Houston Post; The Houston Chronicle, Architectural Digest, Dallas Morning News; and Dallas Times-Herald, 1988, Art Forum International, Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles Harold Examiner; ArtNews; and Art In America, 1987, New York Times., Providence Journal, Providence, RI., 1985

Gallery affiliations: Pascal Robinson Galleries, Houston; L.A. Louver, Los Angeles; Allan Stone, NYC; Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, Texas; Stephen L. Clark Gallery Photography Gallery, Austin, Texas.

Public Collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Dallas Museum of Art; Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Bell Telephone, Houston, TX; Highland Distributing Co., Houston; Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; Chicago Library; Grupo Larios, Spain; Instituto de Bachillerato, "Mario Roso de Luna", Logrosan, Spain; Office of the Mayor, Berzocana, Spain; Fabric Workshop Museum, Philadelphia; Art Museum of South East Texas, Beaumont; Dallas Morning News; Galerie Dario Boccara, Paris, France; SBC Collection of 20th Century Art, San Antonio, TX; Jack S. Blanton Museum, Austin, TX; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas; and Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas.