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    Summer Taffy
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 24" x 36" x 2"
    $2,800
    
    
    

    

    First Glory
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 24" x 24" x 2"
    $1,800
    
    
    

    

    Sapphires and Tourmaline
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 24" x 24" x 2"
    $1,800
    
    
    

    

    Tatsjana
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 24" x 30" x 2"
    $2,400
    
    
    

    

    Are We Laughing Yet?
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 36" x 48" x 2"
    $4,100
    
    
    

    

    Keeping the Bubble Happy
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 24" x 36" x 2"
    $2,800
    
    
    

    

    She was resilient
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 48" x 48" x 2"
    $6,600
    
    
    

    

    The Unknown is a Gift
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 48" x 48" x 2"
    $6,600
    
    
    

    

    New Giant
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 48" x 48" x 2"
    $6,600
    
    
    

    

    Undiscovered Beauty
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 30" x 30" x 2"
    $2,100
    
    
    

    

    Roller Coaster Days
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 30" x 30" x 2"
    $2,100
    
    
    

    

    Largely Populated
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 24" x 24" x 2"
    $1,100
    
    
    

    

    Double Calamities [diptych]
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 12" x 24" x 2"
    $920
    
    
    

    

    Downward Motion of Air
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 24" x 24" x 2"
    $1,100
    
    
    

    

    A Greater Number
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 20" x 24" x 2"
    $1,100
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #2
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #4
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #14
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #18
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #21
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #24
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #33
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #36
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #49
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 6" x 6" x 2"
    $230
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #62
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 12" x 12" x 2"
    $460
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #67
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 12" x 12" x 2"
    $460
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #75
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 12" x 12" x 2"
    $460
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #78
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 12" x 12" x 2"
    $460
    
    
    

    

    100 Day Project, #93
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 12" x 12" x 2"
    $460
    
    
    

    

    #103-100
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 12" x 12" x 2"
    $460
    
    
    

    

    #107-100
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on cradled panel
    Art dimensions: 12" x 12" x 2"
    $460
    
    
    

    abstract, expressionist, gestural, colorful, dynamic, vibrant, bold, funky, rhythmic, bright, dramatic, layered, textured, collage, energetic, contemporary artist
    
  • • Acrylic & Dura-lar
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    Orange Prairie Walk [triptych]
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 50" x 25" each
    $7,725 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Snow On Current River #2
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 50" x 25"
    $2,525 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Long and Lean #13
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 47" x 25"
    $2,400 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Corduroy
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 30" x 22"
    $1,360 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Bright & Shiny Moment
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 30" x 22"
    $1,360 Framed
    
    
    

    

    From Cell To Cell
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 22" x 30"
    $960
    
    
    

    

    Watermelon and Magenta
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 30" x 22"
    $1,210 Framed
    
    

    

    Lumpy to the Left
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 30" x 22"
    $1,210 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Chroma Rama
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 26" x 20"
    $1,160 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Just Right #1
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 38" x 18"
    $1,360 Framed
    
    
    

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    Small works

    

    Wood #22
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar
    Art dimensions: 8" x 11"
    $275 framed
    
    
    

    

    Wood #10
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar
    Art dimensions: 7" x 5"
    $175 Matted
    
    
    

    

    Wood #4
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar
    Art dimensions: 7" x 5"
    $175 Matted
    
    
    

    

    Wood #13
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar
    Art dimensions: 7" x 5.5"
    $175
    
    
    

    

    Wood #11
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar
    Art dimensions: 5" x 7"
    $175 Matted
    
    
    

    

    Wood #18
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar
    Art dimensions: 5" x 7"
    $175 Matted
    
    
    

    

    Under Which #30
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar
    Art dimensions: 5" x 7"
    $175 Matted
    
    
    

    

    Under Which #29
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar
    Art dimensions: 5" x 7"
    $175 Matted
    
    
    

    

    View From Above
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 30" x 30"
    $1,650 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Layered Cloud
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 30" x 30"
    $1,650 Framed
    
    
    

    

    It'll Work Out
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 14" x 14"
    $615 Framed
    
    
    

    

    That Pink!
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 14" x 14"
    $615 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Cluster
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 13" x 10"
    $250
    
    
    

    

    Aqua Grain
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 10" x 13"
    $250
    
    
    

    

    Uncertain Times
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 10" x 13"
    $250
    
    
    

    

    In Between Moments
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 10" x 13"
    $425 Framed
    
    
    

    

    My Relationship with Glitter
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 20" x 16"
    $775 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Hybrid
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 20" x 16"
    $460
    
    
    

    

    Play the Way You Feel
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 13.5" x 13.5"
    $615 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Adding Distance
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 13.75" x 14"
    $615 Framed
    
    
    

    

    Good Stuff
    
    Acrylic, dura-lar on paper
    Art dimensions: 14" x 14"
    $615 Framed
    
    
    
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    Wonky #4
    
    Earthenware
    Art dimensions: 4.25" x 4" x 3.5"
    $130
    
    
    

    

    Wonky #5
    
    Earthenware
    Art dimensions: 9" x 10" x 9.5"
    $395
    
    
    

    

    Wonky #6
    
    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 8.25" x 6.5" x 6"
    $395
    
    
    

    

    Wonky #7
    
    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 8.5" x 8.25" x 5.5"
    $395
    
    
    

    

    Blanco
    
    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 9.5" x 8" x 3"
    $395
    
    
    

    

    Blanco 1
    
    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 11" x 8" x 10"
    $395
    
    
    

    

    Gilded
    
    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 9.25" x 10" x 5"
    $395
    
    
    

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• Biography
  Mary Zeran grew up in a family of women artists. Textiles, embroidery, and woodcarving, were their visual language. Abstracted shapes and forms were their words.  Each time Zeran picks up a brush or scissors, she immerses herself in the language of her family. As she abstracts flowers, trees, and all the colors of nature, she speaks her mother tongue. This language brings her closer to her family’s traditions, histories, and stories. 
  
  Zeran has exhibited nationally and internationally in New York, Seattle, and Chang Mai, Thailand. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions including “Midwest Summer: Light and Warmth”, “Into the Blue” at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids, IA, and “2019 DUMA Biennial” at Dubuque Museum of Art in Dubuque, IA. A forthcoming solo exhibit at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids, IA will be announced for 2020. She has been reviewed in The Art Examiner, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Artweek, and Kolaj Magazine. Museum collections include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, and Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA. Corporate collections include Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, EMC, Des Moines, IA, , Grafix Corporate Collection, Cleveland, OH, Grant Thorton, Chicago, IL, Human Services Building, Cedar Rapids, IA, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, Raining Rose Corporate Collection, Cedar Rapids, IA, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, The Fallon Companies, Boston, MA, Southeast Iowa Community College, West Burlington, IA;  and United Fire Group, Cedar Rapids, IA/ Los Angeles, CA.
  
  Ms. Zeran is the recipient of an Oregon College of Arts and Crafts Residency, and a 2% for the Arts Purchase Prize from the Visual Arts Commission in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mary Zeran was born in Iowa City, Iowa in 1964. She received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. from University of Iowa. She lives and works in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
  
  

  ​​Statement
  Things that happen randomly or by accident...The idea of layers and transparency...Our ability to examine things up close...To work collaboratively with a material...Not forcing an outcome...Being present to the experience...Being in the Moment...
  
  These pieces evolve over time. I paint on polyester film, cut out shapes, and then re-arrange them. The final interaction with the "objects” shape, is spontaneous and collaborative. Working this way, gives me the chance to be responsive to the random things that happen, to tap into my internal rhythms and way of being.

  Previous Exhibitions

  Kachow! - 2016

  A Rainbow Colored Dream - 2017

  Loud + Proud - 2018

  Keeping the Bubble Happy - 2019

  Mission Happiness - 2020

  Dance Party - 2021

  The Ancient Healing Properties of Clay, Paper, Plastic, and Wood - 2022

  Video

  Coming Soon
  

  Press
  

  Abstract Work by Mary Zeran....
  ~The Iowa Source
  

  Mary Zeran opens first solo show...
  ~The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
  

  Art & Life with Mary Zeran
  ~Boston Voyager
  

  Mary Zeran
  ~Vasari21
  
• EDUCATION
  1992                        Professional Development, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  1991                        M.F.A.  The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA                                                        
  1988                        B.F.A.  The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA                                                         
  
  ​SOLO EXHIBITIONS
  2017                       A Rainbow Colored Dream, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2016                       KACHOW!, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2015                       Full Throttle Color, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2014                       La Tierra de Mi Corazón, New Work by Mary Zeran, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2014                       JUICY! Black Hawk College, Moline, IL
  2014                       Living With Forces of Nature: All Things Beautiful, Center for Faith and Life, Luther College, Decorah, IA
  2013                       Mary Zeran:  Made In Many Different Ways, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2012                       Mary Zeran Art Extravaganza, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2012                       Small Branch, Maquoketa Arts Experience, Maquoketa, IA
  2011                       Rivers, Clouds, and Wind, Cole Library, Cornell College, Mt Vernon, IA
  2011                       The Best of all Possible Worlds, The University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City,  IA
  1998                       Ascension, SOIL, Seattle, WA
  1997                       The Source of it All, SOIL, Seattle, WA
  1997                       Treads and Threads, Public Safety Building Plaza, Seattle, WA
  
  GROUP EXHIBITIONS
  2016                       Funkytown, Urbano, Berkely, CA, curator Kimberly Rowe, 17 person exhibition
  2016                      Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, twenty person exhibit   
  2015                      The Iowa Artists Purchase Exhibition, EMC , Des Moines, IA, seven person exhibit
  2015                      Pushed, Pulled, Shaped: Work that Reflects the Artists Spirit and Environment, Best Chicago Properties, Chicago, IL, three
                                 person exhibit
  2015                      Midwest Summer: Light and Warmth, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Kate Kunau
  2014                      Spaces We Inhabit: Sculptures and Paintings by Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Emily Rutledge and Mary Zeran, Hairpin Arts Center,
                                 Logan  Square,  Chicago, IL, three person exhibit
  2014-2011             Drips and Daubs: Painters Zeran and Tollefson Explore Nature, Art Guild of Burlington, Burlington, IA, Maquoketa Art
                                 Experience, Maquoketa, IA, Lowe Art Center, Marion, IA, Simpson College, Indianola, IA
  2013                       Contemporary Expressionism-The Creative Spirit, The San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, San Diego, CA, curator Derrick
                                 Cartwright
  2013                      Some Assembly Required: Collage and Assemblage, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Sean Ulmer
  2013                      Three Person Exhibit, Art in the Airport, Quad City Airport, Rock Island, IL
  2012                      Lure of the Local, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, curator Sean Ulmer
  2011                      What to Dip, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  1999                      Here/ There, COCA, Seattle, WA
  1998                      Sutures and Other Handiwork, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
  1998                      Crossing the Border, Fisher Gallery and Annex, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, curator Steven Micheal Vroom
  1997                       C.A.R.B.O, Artspace Gallery, Seattle, WA
  1994                      All That Is Solid Melts into Air…All that is Sacred is Profaned, Metropolis Gallery, Seattle, WA
  1993                      Off Course: Artist Installed 18 Hole Miniature Golf, COCA, Seattle, WA
  1993                      Pacific Northwest Annual Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA,  curator Susan Biskeborn
  1993                      Personal Views in Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Muckenthaler Cultural  Center,  Fullerton, CA
  1992                      Silver: New Forms and Expressions, Fortunoff, New York, NY
  1991                      Chunghi Choo with Former and Present Students, Waterloo Museum of Art,  Waterloo, IA
  1990                      Galeria Mesa National Metals Invitational, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
  1990-1989           Silver: New Forms and Expressions, Fortunoff, New York, NY, The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, The National 
                                Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN            
  1989                     Divine Line, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
  1988                     The Wichita National All Media Crafts Exhibit, The Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS
  1986                     Hanukkah and Other Jewish Lights, The Jewish Quarter, Beverly Hills, CA
  
  CORPORATE COLLECTIONS AND AWARDS
  US Cellular Center, 2% for the Arts, Cedar Rapids, IA
  Canal One, Boston, MA
  Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
  EMC, one of 7 artists selected for 2015 Sixth Biennial Art EMC Program, Des Moines, IA
  First Bancorp, Southern Pines, NC
  Grafix Corporate Collection, Cleveland, OH
  Grant Thorton, Chicago, IL
  Human Services Building, Cedar Rapids, IA
  Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA,
  Kirkwood Community College, Coralville, IA
  Manion, Gaynor & Manning, Miami, FL
  Marion Arts Council, Marion, IA
  Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY     
  Raining Rose Corporate Collection,  Cedar Rapids, IA                                           
  School of Art and Art History, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA   
  The Fallon Companies, Boston, MA          
  The University of Iowa Hospitals, The University of Iowa, Iowa City IA            
  Southeast Iowa Community College, West Burlington, IA
  Solomon McCown, Boston, MA
  United Fire Group, Cedar Rapids, IA
  United Fire Group, Los Angeles, CA
  ​
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
  "Culture Crawl 316 "Really Flat Sculptures", by Dennis Green, Jazz 88.3 KCCK Culture Crawl, Posted: Thur 10:10 AM, Dec 5, 2018
  "Eastern Iowa Health Center Holds Grand Opening Celebration", by Samantha Myers, KCRG-TV9, Posted: Thur 8:56 PM, Oct 27, 2016, Updated: Thu 10:17 PM, Oct 27, 2016
  "Eastern Iowa Health Center Undergoes Renovation", by KCRG-TV9 Staff, Posted: Thur 9:18 PM, Oct 13, 2016
  "Assembling An Artful Home", Katie Mills Giorgio, The Gazette, April 24th 2016
  "Full Throttle Color", Culture Crawl, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 3, 2015
  "Full Throttle Color", Hoopla, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 3, 2015
  "Midwest Summer: Light and Warmth" The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, July 21, 2015
  "Artist Mary Zeran Set to Unveil Latest Collage", RCreader, Quad City, IA,  November 19, 2014
  "Mary Zeran at Luther College", Christopher Byrne, Kolaj Magazine, Montreal, Canada, April 22, 2014
  "All Things Beautiful: Mixed Media Collages by Mary Zeran on display April 2 - May 25, Decorah Newspapers, Decorah, IA, April 1, 2014 
  "The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art-Some Assembly Required Collage and Assemblage", The Daily Palette, Iowa City, IA, January 20, 2014
  "Farnham to Showcase Work of Dena Tollefson and Mary Zeran",  Simpson College News Center, Indianola, IA, January 17, 2014
  "Some Assembly Required At Cedar Rapids Museum of Art", Kolaj Magazine, Montreal, Canada, October 19, 2013
  “Have You Met…Mary Zeran?” Stephen B. MacInnis, Painter’s Progress Blog, October 13, 2013
  “Paint the Music!”, Operahhh! Newlsetter of the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA, December 2012
  “Note-Worthy Art, Artist Mary Zeran ‘Paints the Music’ ”, Michael Bierne, Cedar Rapids NE Life,  Cedar Rapids, IA, December 2012
  “Painters Dena Tollefson Mary Zeran”, Art Talks with Bruce Carter WVIK Augustana College, 90.3FM Rock Island, Rock Island, IL June 3, 2012
  Cover of The National Poetry Review, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
  “Artist Mary Zeran “Small Branch:  New Collage”, River Cities’ Reader, Dubuque, IA,  February 17, 2012
  “Dribs and Daubs: Painters Mary Zeran and Dena Tollefson Explore Nature”, River Cities’ Reader, 
  Dubuque, IA, September 22, 2011
  "Whole Lotta Yellow!”, Elizabeth Sheppell, Elizabeth Sheppell Art Blog, Atlanta, GA, March 4, 2012
  “Candide Program”, Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA,  2011
  “Singin Songs of Springtime,” Bobby Wilson, The Hawkeye, Burlington, IA, April 17 2011        
  “The Best of,” Katie Mills Giorgio, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, April 9, 2011
  “Mary Zeran”, Lorraine Glessner, Oh What A World, What a World,  April 13, 2011
  “Here and There’ at COCA,” Frances DeVuono, Artweek, Seattle, WA, September 1999
  “Crossing the Border:  Art and Fiber,” Jill Connor, wetSOFA, New York, NY, Sept/Oct 1999
  “Sound Alternatives in Seattle,” Susan Platt, Art Papers, Seattle, WA,  March/ April 1998
  “Mary Zeran and Alex Emmons,” Jill Connor, The Art Examiner, New York, NY, September 1997
  “Through the Eye of the Needle,” Soyon Im, Eastsideweek, Kirkwood, WA, August 27, 1997
  “Sutures ad Other Handwork,” Diane Wright, The Herald,  Kirkwood, WA, August 15, 1997
  “Digging in Deeper, “ Greg Burkman, Art Access, Seattle, WA, March 1997
  "A New Alternative”, L.R.A, REFLEX, Seattle, WA, March/April, 1994
  “Miniature Golf Exhibit is a Hole-In –Wonder”, Regina Hackett, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, 1993
  “Annual Bellevue Art Museum Show Reveals Exceptional New Voices”, Regina Hackett Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, July 24, 1993
  “Choo and Students:  Waterloo Show”, Eliot Nusbaum, The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA 1992
  “Visions, Concepts, Communication", David La Plantz, Jewelry/ Metalwork Survey,  1991
  “Silver New Forms and Expression”, Janet Koplos, Metalsmith, Spring 1990
  “Discover the UI Museum-an Abundance of Artistic Wealth”, Steve Cruse, The Daily Iowan, Iowa City, IA 1989
  “Students Go For Gold With Silver”, Kanchalee Svetvilas, Iowa Press Citizen, Iowa City, IA, October 19, 1989
  “Galeria Mesa Offers a Divine Line”, Evelyn Cooper, Arizona Republic, Mesa, AZ, September 15, 1989
  “Modern Art Meets Ancient Tradition”, The Iowa Scene, Iowa City, IA, December 1986
  
  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
  2016                       Gallery Talk, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
  ​2015                       Gallery Talk, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2014                       Golden Artist Educator Certification, New Berlin, NY
  2014                       Gallery Talk, Farnham Gallery, Simpson College, Indianola, IA
  2013                       Artist Talk, Marvin Cone Club, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2013                       Visiting Artist, Clinton Community College, Clinton, IA
  2012                       Gallery Talk, Maquoketa Arts Experience, Maquoketa, IA
  2012                       Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre Artist in Residence 
  2012                       Gallery Talk, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2012                       Gallery Talk, Art Bites, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
  2010                       Visiting Artist for Creative Connections, Cedar Rapids Museums of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
  1998                       Visiting Artist, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA            
  1997                       Visiting Artist, Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, WA                                    
  1997                       Visiting Artist, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA     
  1997                       Co-founding Member, Soil, Seattle, WA                                                                        
  1992                       Artist in Residence, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR            
  1991                       Teaching Assistant, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA             ​