MFA, Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1983

BFA, Painting, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1980

Teaching History

Adjunct Faculty, Foundation Drawing, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI, 2008—18

Visiting Assistant Professor, Drawing and Painting, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, 2005—08

Adjunct Faculty, Art Foundation Program and Drawing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2001—05

Assistant Professor, Drawing, Painting and Graduate Studio Arts Program, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 1998—2001

Visiting Assistant Professor, Drawing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1997—98

Adjunct Faculty, Art Foundation Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1992—97, 1984—85

Selected Exhibitions

Solo and two-person

Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI, 2019

Delta College, University Center, MI, 2010

ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA (two person, with Eric Sall), 2005

Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, 2005

McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA (two-person, with Rene Gower), 2004

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD (two-person, with Kevin Mullins), 2004

Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS, 2000

Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, 1995

Collaborative Monotypes, 1708 East Main Street Gallery, Richmond, VA and Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, (three-person collaboration with Larry Mullins and Jim Nottingham), 1989

Group

Richmond Artists’ Group: 2018, Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA, 2018

Not Just Drawing: A Line With Intent, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2018

Art Now: Drawing, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 2018

Annual Faculty Exhibit, Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 and 2008

ArtPrize, Collins Art Gallery, GRCC, Grand Rapids, MI, 2010

They Practice What They Teach: A Selection of Recent Paintings from Michigan College and University Faculty, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI, 2008

46th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art, Midland, MI, 2006 (catalog)

Drawing Room, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2004

Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, 2001 (catalog)

13th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 2001

Approaching the Surface: Paintings by Stephen Clark, Bill Fisher, David Kohan and William Potter, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2000

Studio Faculty 2000, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 2000

Twenty-Fourth Annual National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, 2000 (catalog)

Trans, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, 2000 (catalog)

Histories: An Exhibition of Art and Essays, Butler County Community College, El Dorado, KS, 1999

Tiny Works Little Licks, Project Gallery, Wichita, KS, 1999

12th Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, 1998

OneTwoThreeFour Dimensions, Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH, 1998

The Painter’s Position, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, 1998

College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Faculty Show, Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, OH, 1998

Regional ’97, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, 1997 (catalog)

Juried Exhibition 1997, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1997 (catalog)

New American Talent: The Twelfth Exhibition, Art League of Houston, Houston, TX, 1997

Janus I, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, 1997

In the Flat Field, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1997

Sixth Annual National Juried Show (Ed Paschke, juror), 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1996

New American Talent: The Twelfth Exhibition, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX, 1996 (catalog)

ArtSites96, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA; sponsored by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1996 (catalog)

33rd Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 1996 (catalog)

The Art of Work, The Work of Art, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA and Virginia Center for Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, 1996

Strictly Painting, Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, 1995

New Work, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1995

Juried Exhibition 1995, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA, 1995 (catalog)

Making a Mark, Bedford Gallery, Longwood College, Farmville, VA, 1995 (catalog)

Biennial Faculty Exhibition, School of the Arts, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1995

The Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 1995 (catalog)

The Art of Work, The Work of Art, Martin Luther King Memorial Library, Washington, DC and Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD, 1995 (catalog)

Annual Juried Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, 1995

Pandora’s Box, Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA, 1994

14th Annual Juried Show, Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL, 1994

32nd Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition, The Chrysler Museum of Contemporary Art, Norfolk, VA, 1994 (catalog)

Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1993

Collaborations, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1991

Grants and Fellowships

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship, painting, 2003; drawing, 1995

Virginia Commission for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship, painting, 2001, 1996

Wichita State University Research/Creative Projects Award, 1999

Selected Awards

Best of Show (one of three equal), Not Just Drawing: A Line With Intent, 2018, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

Artistic Achievement Award, 46th Annual Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art, Midland, MI, 2006

Award (one of four equal), Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, 2001

Award of Honor, Juried Exhibition 1997, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

First Prize, Sixth Annual National Juried Show, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1996

Second Prize, 33rd Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, 1996

Best of Show Award, co-winner, Strictly Painting, Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA, 1995

Award of Honor, Juried Exhibition 1995, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

Public and Corporate Collections

Washington, DC Convention Center

JW Marriott, New Orleans, LA

Capitol One, McLean, VA

Bank of America, Norfolk, VA

Markel Corporation, Richmond, VA

The Martin Agency, Richmond, VA

Selected Publications and Reviews

INPA 9: International Painting Annual, 2020, MANIFEST Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH

INDA 13: International Drawing Annual, 2019, MANIFEST Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH

Paulette Roberts-Pullen, “Two Painters Follow Their Own Rules at ADA,” Style Weekly, Richmond, VA, November 16, 2005

New American Paintings, Number 51, 2004 Mid-Atlantic Competition, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA

Steve Mannheimer, “Regional art show lacks geographic definition it seeks,” The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, December 28, 1997 (mention)

George Howell, “Art Sites ’96,” Art Papers, Atlanta, Georgia, September/October, 1996 (mention, illustration)

Michael O’Sullivan, “’Sites’ for Sore Feet,” The Washington Post, Washington, DC, June 9, 1996 (mention, illustration)

Teresa Annas, “Irene Leache show displays reverence for art history,” The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, VA, April 14, 1996 (mention)

CeCe Bullard, “Paintings reveal passion,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA, September 26, 1995 (mention)

Marth McWilliams, “Artless Artistry,” City Paper, Washington, DC, July 14, 1995 (mention)

Megan Rosenfield, “Portraits That Go beyond the Pallette,” The Washington Post, Washington, DC, June 24, 1995 (illustration)

Mary McCoy, “Spring Solos at AAC,” The Washington Post, Washington, DC, April 29, 1995

Stephen Margulies, “On collaboration, painting, and the nature of art and loneliness,” The Observer, Charlottesville, VA, November 9, 1989

Selected Lectures and Related Activities

August, 2022, Adjudicator, DRAW: Ways to See, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park, IL

January, 2019, Gallery talk, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI

March, 2015, Adjudicator (one of three), 3rd Annual Student Show, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

November, 2010, Presentation of work, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

April, 2010, Adjudicator, Annual Juried Delta Art Student Show, Delta College, University Center, MI

December, 2004, Gallery talk, Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

September, 2004, Gallery talk, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD

September, 2003, Adjudicator, 3rd Annual National Juried Art Exhibit, Butler County Community College, El Dorado, KS. Presentation of work.

March, 2001, Presentation of work, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

February, 2001, Gallery talk, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

November, 2000, Curator, Approaching the Surface: Paintings by Stephen Clark, Bill Fisher, David Kohan and William Potter, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA

October, 2000, Presentation of work, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

September, 1998, Gallery talk, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS

April, 1998, Presentation of work, The University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

February, 1998, Gallery talk, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

May, 1997, Presentation of work, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN

April, 1997, Presentation of work, The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT

January, 1997, Gallery talk, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

June, 1996, Presentation of work, The College of St. Rose, Albany, NY

March, 1995, Gallery talk, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

November, 1989, Gallery talk, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA