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Education I started doing figurative sculpture in 1993 in Hawaii. I sold my first stone sculpture, “Mal Confort”, in 1998. I first carved in plaster, steatite, wax, and since 1998 I’ve modeled clay, now using live models. Since my first sculpture in 1993, I did take the following private workshops:
2014 Throwing, High Fire Hawaii 2005-07 Clay Hand Building technique, with Sandra Shigata, Hawaii 2003 Lost Wax Bronze Casting, with professional artist Henry Bianchini, Hawaii 2003 Slip Casting, with professional ceramist Henry Gérardin, Québec 2002 Anagama Firing, with professional ceramist Clayton Amemiya, Hawai’i 1998 Key Plaster Mold Making, with professional Réjean Migneault, Québec
Awards Nov. 2015 Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu Hawaii Craftsmen 2015, 48th Annual Statewide Juried exhibition, The Carol Malcom Koga Emerging Artist Award Dec. 2002 EHCC, Hilo Foot Cube-No More, Third Place, Ceramic Raku “Shoji Hamada”
Group Exhibitions Jan. 2018 Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2018, Maui Arts and Cultural Center June 2016 Raku Ho’olaule’a Anniversary Exhibition, “Pupu nuku loa”, The ARTS at Marks Garage Jan. 2015 Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2015, Maui Arts and Cultural Center Jan. 2015 Solo Exhibition “Honoring Our Artists” at Hawaii Museum Contemporary Art, Hilo, HI Aug. 2013 Wailoa Art & Cultural Center, Biennial Collaborations Juried Art Exhibit. Daphne. sculpture June 2013 EHCC “ Life as We Know It” group exhibit. The “Yogi Series”. 14 ceramic figurative sculpture Dec. 2012 EHCC, Members Only Juried Exhibit, “Bones Walking on the Water”, digital photography Nov. 2012 EHCC, 36th Annual Fall Arts Festival, “Freda”, ceramic bust May 2012 Honolulu Museum of Art, Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2012, “Ray Johnson” Jan. 2012 Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2012, “Ray Johnson”, Maui Arts & Cultural Center Nov. 2011 EHCC Fall Arts Festival, “Kenko”, glazed ceramic figure Dec. 2010 EHCC Members Show, “Nelson Mandela”, and “14th Dalai Lama” Nov. 2010 EHCC 34th Annual Fall Festival, “Gandhi”, ceramic bust April 2010 EHCC 34th Annual Spring Arts, “Obama 2010”, ceramic head. Nov 2008 EHCC, Hilo, juried art exhibition, “Yoga Couple” ceramic sculpture May 2008 Wailoa Art Center, Big Island artist, 3 ceramic sculptures Nov 2007 EHCC, Hilo, juried art exhibition, 2 ceramic bust vases, 31st Annual Fall Arts Festival Jan. 2007 Wailoa Center, Hilo, Self-Portrait, Sharing the Process Jul. 2006 EHCC, Hilo, Big Island Portrait Exhibition. “Ella”, “Freud”, and “Belsky” Jul. 2004 Art in the Iron Works, Hilo, Bronze Works Henry Bianchini and His Students. “The Outcast” Nov. 2001 Wailoa Art Center, Hilo, The Goddess’ Show. “Plénitude”
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