Biography

CHRONOLOGY

  • Born: Mannheim, Germany 1930
  • Baghdad, Iraq 1937-1939
  • New York City 1939-1941
  • Alton, New York 1941-1948
  • Syracuse University, B.F.A. 1953
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art, M.F.A. 1955
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Professor 1955-1993
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Honorary M.F.A. 1988
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Professor Emeritus 1994-

VISITING ARTIST

  • Saint Cloud State University: 1995
  • North Carolina School of the Arts: 1978,1982
  • Kansas City Art Institute: 1979
  • University of Minnesota, Duluth: 1974, 1976
  • Yale Summer School of Art: 1974
  • University of New Orleans: 1972-73
  • Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: 1970

SPEAKER & PANELIST

  • Atlanta College of Art
  • College Art Association
  • Mid-America College Art Association
  • National Association of Schools of Art and Design
  • Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art
  • Electronic Vision II, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Simulations/Dissimulations, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Foundation Studies Curriculum, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana

EXPERIMENTAL GRANTS

  • UICA: 3M Computer Graphic BFA Paint System, 1984
  • UICA: 3M SCANAMURAL Paint System, 1979, 1982, 1984
  • UICA: Industrial Photo-Offset Color Lithography, 1977
  • UICA: Photomicroscopy with Dr. Roman Vishniac, 1971