Education
2020 Masters in Teaching, Seattle University, Seattle, WA
2019 BFA, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1992 Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
1987 Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2024. A Pair to Draw to, Leonard Brothers, Mount Vernon, WA
2022. The Way of the Sea, Vetri Gallery, Seattle WA
2019 New Work, Zeitgeist, Seattle, WA
2018 New Work, Goethe Institute, Seattle, WA
2016 Tools of the Trade, Artifact Gallery, Seattle, WA
2015 Tributaries and Estuaries , Artifact Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 New Work, Artizen Fine Arts, Dallas, TX.
2010 Only Passing Through, Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009 Incandescent Elementals, Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 New Paintings, Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 Rumor and Shadow, Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 New Work, Zeitgeist, Seattle, WA
2000 Donuts with David, Ehrlich Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998 Overpass, Zeitgeist, Seattle, WA
1992 Freeway Son, Kastler Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Grey Magic, Studio E, Seattle, WA
2020 Leicht, Summer show, Seattle, WA (curated by Sheila Strobel)
2019 Cornish College of the Arts, BFA Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2018 Underbelly, DAB Art, Ventura, CA
2016 H2O, Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA (Curated by Betsy Fetherston)
2015 Out of Sight, Seattle, WA (Curated by Kirsten Anderson, Greg Lundgren, Sierra Stinson and Sharon Arnold)
2012 ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 A new Beginning, Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA (Curated by Sheila Strobel)
2008 Layer upon Layer, Artizen Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
2008 The Really Big Group Show, Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA (Curated by Sheila Strobel)
2006 The Beat Salon, COCA, Seattle, WA (Curated by Alyssa Rhodes)
2000 Horsehead, Duvall, WA
1999 Northwest Underground, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 COCA Northwest Annual, COCA, Seattle, WA
1993 Cornish Faculty Selects show, Cornish Art Institute, Seattle, WA
1989 Otis Parsons Faculty Selects show, Otis Parsons, Los Angeles, CA.
Awards, Grants, Residencies
2023 Wildacres Artist Residency, Little Switzerland, NC
2012 Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI. Juried Prize Finalist
1999 Awarded Live/Work Space, Harbor Lofts Seattle, WA.
1998 Northwest Film Forum, Post-production grant for The Joke
Film
1999 The Joke , Short Film
Writer, producer, and director of an independent short film. Screened at the 1999 Northwest film Festival & Bumbershoot One Reel Film Festival.
Collections
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
Klaiber Personal Service GmbH; Bremen, Germany
And various private collections
Published Work | Book Illustration
2015 The Giant, Carve Magazine, Fall Issue, Writer and Illustrator
2015 It All Dies Anyway: LA, Jabberjaw, and the End of an Era, B.R. Turcotte, M. Carr, Rizzoli Publishers, Illustrator
1997 Strongheart Jack and the Beanstalk, Pleasant Despain. August House
1996 Eleven Nature tales to Tell, Pleasant Despain. August House
1994 Eleven Turtle Tales, Pleasant Despain. August House
1993 Thirty Three Multicultural Tales, by Pleasant Despain. August House
Press
2016 Seattle Times, June, Landscapes redefined, Review by Michael Upchurch
2015 CityArts Magazine, Featured Artist (February)
2014 The Stranger, Joe Shlichta: A Portrait of the Artist as a Bartender
2008 Open Studios Press, Studio Visit, Volume 3
2008 Seattle Post Intelligencer, Review by Regina Hackett (February)
2007 The Stranger – SLOG, Review by Jen Graves (February)