BORN
Uitenhage, S. Africa. Immigrated to England. Resides in U.S.A.
UNIVERSITIES
1972-1973 Fellow M.I.T. Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Boston 1969-1972 MA.RCA, Royal College of Art, London
1965-1969 BA. 1st Hons. Birmingham College of Art and Design, England
INVITATIONAL LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
The Art Institute of Boston
Ryerson Polytechnic, Toronto, Canada
Birmingham College of Art and Design, England
Royal College of Art, London
Cardiff School of Art, Wales
Southern California Institution of Architecture, CA
Cheltenham College of Art, England
Swain School of Art, Massachusetts
Corpus Christi State University, Texas
University of Utah, Grad. School of Architecture, UT
Fanshawe College of Art, Ontario, Canada
High Point University, North Carolina
Haverford College, Pennsylvania
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Bretton Hall, Leeds University, England
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, S. Africa
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, S. Africa
Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing
China Academy of Fine Art, Hangzhou
Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Tianjin
Sichuan Fine Art Institute, Sichuan
Suzhou Art and Design Technology Institute, Suzhou
Guangxi Arts Institute, College of Fine Art, Nanning
Donghua University, Shanghai
Shanghai University, College of Fine Art
Xian School of Architecture, Xian
Guangzhou Fine Art Academy
Suwon University, Seoul, Korea
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Distinguished Professor and Master Tutor, Xian School of Architecture and Technology
2019 Professor Emeritus University of North Carolina-Greensboro
1984-Present Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1973-1980 University of Michigan
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
Board member of New Space Public Art Research Institute, Shenzhen
Foreign Academic Advisor, Public Art Commission – Tianjin Institute of Planning
Academic Advisor, Silk Road, Xian School of Architecture and Technology
Consultant – National Sculpture Magazine of China
Consultant – Huayi Sculpture Company, Linqu, Shandong
Consultant – Suzhou Sculpture Association, Suzhou
Consultant – Tianjin Chengjian University Association of Urban Arts
Member of the International Sculpture Center, Washington DC
Advisor to The Dunaujvaros Fine Art Foundation, Hungary
Shanghai Sculpture Park, China
Juror/Panelist: NC percent for Arts, State Building Program, Umstead Hospital Project
NC percent for Arts, Old Revenue Building Project, Raleigh, NC
NC Visual Artist Fellowship
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2002 “Ochreous Earth”, Royal Society of British Sculptors, RBS Gallery, London.
1998 MB Modern, New York, NY
1996 “Dos Esculturas” Galeria Zero, Barcelona, Spain
1996 Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
1992 Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1991 Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1989 St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC
1988 Meridian Museum of Art, Mississippi
1986 Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1977 Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1976 Gilman Gallery, Chicago
1969 Ikon Gallery, England
SELECTED AND INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Wenzhou International Sculpture Exhibition, Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Received Bronze Prize
2019 International Public Art Exhibition. Chongqing, Liangjiang New Area International Art Axis
2018 The 2nd Shenzhen Spoonbill Cup for Public Art, Shenzhen
2018 International Urban Sculpture, Weifang High-Tech Zone
2018 5th Silk Road International Exhibition, Xian
2017 Kajima- Sculpture Architecture and Space International Exhibition, Tokyo.
2016 Space 50 International Sculpture Exhibition, M50 Art Complex, Shanghai
2016 Yungang International Competition- Buddha Sculpture, China Sculpture Museum, Datong, Shanxi
2016 Chinese Contemporary Abstract Sculpture Exhibition, Beijing
2016 “Silk Road” Exhibition, Ganzu Dunhuang International Exhibition Centre, Ganzu Province
2016 “Cao Cao Cup, Bozhou International Sculpture Exhibition 2016” Homage to Hua Tao, 1 of 28 sculptures selected from 498 (18 countries) Bozhou Anhui Province
2016 “Today’s Silk Road” 3rd International Exhibition, Xian Art Museum,Artist from over 40 countries were selected.
2016 Chinese Contemporary Abstract Sculpture Exhibition, Beijing
2015 Lan Wan Art Park, International Exhibition Qingdao
2015 “The Story of Wuhu City”The 5th Liu Kaiqu International Sculpture Exhibition, Wuhu, Anhui Province, Awarded the Excellence Prize
2015 “Todays Silk Road”, International Exhibition of Fine Art, Xian Art Musuem, Xian
2015 Mind Reflections, Xin Xiang Art Space, Shanghai
2014 Contemporary Shandong Sculptors, Qingdao Fine art Museum
2014 “Blue Platform” Contemporary Sculptors, Qingdao Fine Art Museum.
2014 Contemporary Shandong Sculptors, Qingdao Fine Art Museum
2014 Qingdao Hi-Tec Park, Shandong
2013 Abstract Sculpture in China-Destruction & Reconstruction Hubei Art Museum, Wuhan City. China.
2013 1st China Abstract Sculpture Exhibition. Art Complex in the City of Xian.
2013 Zhu Biren Bronze Art Centre Gallery- 798 Art Complex in Beijing.
2012 2nd Abstract Sculpture Class Exhibition. Guo-Cui-Yuan-Art Centre, Beijing.
2012 Marunouchi Street Gallery, Tokyo (two year outdoor exhibition)
2011 “Blue Symphony” NanDaihe International Sculpture Exhibition, NanDaiHe, Hebei Province,China
2011 “Art In Space” Salwa Zeidan gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2010 Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing
2010 Cairo Biennale, Egypt
2010 Abu Dhabi International Sculpture Symposium, UAE. 17 International artist, each to fabricate a permanent large public outdoor sculpture for the city.
2009 Pekin Fine Art Gallery, Beijing
2009 Lee Hansley Gallery “Then and Now” Raleigh, NC
2008 Olympic Fine Art International Exhibition, China International Exhibition Center, Beijing.
2007 “Little Rabbit” Zhongkun Corporation, 10 international artists, Beijing
2007 International Sculpture Exhibition, Gifu Prefectural Museum, Seki-City, Japan.
2007 Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong
2006 XXIX Olympiad Exhibition, Beijing China. Merit Award
2006 Yueyuanyuan, Shanghai Sculpture Park. China
2006 Newby Hall Sculpture Park, North Yorkshire, England
2005 Toyamura Biennale, Hokkaido, Japan
2005 Sculpture at Goodwood, West Sussex, UK
2005 Chin Pao San, Memorial Rose Garden, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 International Sculpture Symposium, Yuzi-Paradise, Guilin, China
2004 Sculpture at Goodwood, London Gallery
2003 International Exhibition, International Sculpture Center/Grounds for Sculpture.NJ
2003 The 1st Yuzi Paradise International Sculpture Awards Exhibition, Guilin, China.
2003 Cementerio Carretas, Putaendo, Chile
2003 Raleigh Outdoor Sculpture Expo, NC, USA
2002 “THINKING BIG” 21st Century British Sculpture, Guggenheim Museum, Venice
2001 Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2000 ‘Concepts for New Sculpture’ Goodwood Sculpture.UK
2000 8th International Sculpture Symposium, Guilin,China. One of 15 International sculptors.
2000 Trish Higgins Fine Art Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
1999 Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale, Japan
1999 Pier Walk ‘99, Chicago International Sculpture Exhibition, Navy Pier
1999 Pier Walk ‘99, Maquette Exhibition, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago
1999 ‘Small Is Big II,’ Galleria D’Arte Zero, Barcelona, Spain
1998 Pier Walk ‘98, Navy Pier, Chicago
1997 Pier Walk ‘98, Maquette Exhibition, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago
1997 “Espacio Curado,” Ayuntamiento de Madrid
1996 Maquettes and Small Works, Uitz Gallery, Dunaujvaros, Hungary
1996 The 11th International Steel Symposium, Dunaujvaros Sculpture Park, Hungary.
Fabricated sculpture for the permanent collection, celebrating Hungary’s millennium centenary.
1996 Shared Passions, MB Modern, New York, NY
1996 Sacred Matters: Works on Paper, MB Modern, New York, NY
1996 SignosY Sugerencias, Gallery Zero, Barcelona, Spain
1996 MB Modern Preview (3 person), Babcock Gallery, New York, NY
1996 MB Modern Gallery Artist, Babcock Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Toyamura International Sculpture Biennale ‘95, “Microcosm in Your Hands,” Hokkaido, Japan
1995 Art is Personal, International traveling exhibition, Centro Civico “La Bolsa,”
Bilbao, Gexto, Zarautz, Spain
1994 The 2nd Fujisankei Biennale-Maquette Exhibition, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan
1994 The Garden Matrix, Abington Art Center Sculpture Garden, PA.
1994 Sculpture South ‘94, SC State Museum, Columbia, SC
1993 Southeastern Juried Exhibition ‘93, Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile,
1993 Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1993 The Fujisankei Biennale, International Exhibition for Contemporary Sculpture,
Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum, Japan. Received Rodin Prize.
1993 Alabama Biennale 1993, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Purchase prize.
1992 Shaping Sculpture, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1992 38th Annual National Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, CA
1992 Galerija Daut Pashin Aman, Skopji Macedonia, Yugoslavia
1991 The 7th Henry Moore Grand Prize International Exhibition, The Hakone/Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum, Japan. Received The Giacome Manzu Special Prize.
1991 Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago
1990 Evelyn Bengston Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1989 New American Talent ‘89, Austin, Texas
1988 Artist/Architects, Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago
1988 Ancient Evocations, Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1987 David Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1986 Stillness, Greenhill Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1986 Visual Arts, The Southeast, Atlanta, GA
1985-90 Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1978-79 Alice Simmer, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1978 Louis Meisel, New York, NY
1978 Lever House, New York, NY
1975-76 Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1975 All Michigan 2, Michigan
1970 Open-Air Sculpture, Cannon Hill Park, England
1969 Young Contemporaries, Arts Council Tour, Whitworth Gallery. England
1968 Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Gallery, England