My art explores various viewpoints of coexistence and interactions of humans with nature from the perspective of our contemporary world.

Corporate Collections:

• Wyndemere Luxury Retirement Community, Peoria, IL
  
  
• Rolling Meadows Office Center, Rolling Meadows, IL
  
  
• HVS Global Consulting acquired "Line of Scrimmage " for their Chicago corporate office
  
  
• Two art works aquired for Omni Hotel International New Corporate Office, Dallas, TX
  
  
• Contour Global, New York, NY
  
  
• Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta, GA
  
  
• Casas Plastic Surgery and Medi Spa
  
  
• Amelia Island Ritz-Carlton
  
  
• Evergreen Marriott, Stone Mountain, GA
  
  
• Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, Milwaukee, WI
  
  
• Deloitte, Chicago
  
  
• Ritz-Carlton Club, San Francisco
  
  
• Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Huron Consulting Group, Inc., Chicago, IL
  
  
• Wellspring Partners, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Imperial Realty Company, Chicago, IL
  
  
• The Westin Chicago, IL
  
  
• Willow Hill Executive Center, Northfield, Illinois
  
  
• Harris Bank, Highland Park, IL
  
  
• Wintrust Financial Corporation, Highland Park, IL
  
  

Municipal Collections:

• Highland Park Library, Highland Park, IL
  
  
• City of Highland Park, Highland Park, IL
  
  

Commissions:

• ALOFT Hotel Lobby, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Ritz-Carton, Atlanta, GA
  
  
• Jade Ocean Condo, Miami, FL
  
  
• Ritz-Carlton Club, San Francisco
  
  
• Westin, Chicago
  
  
• Portrait of the Elm Place school principal

Judge 2007-2012:

• Port Clinton Art Festival
• Arlington Heights Art Fair
• Buffalo Grove Art Fair

Museum Shows:

2008	Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept. 13 - Nov. 2, 2008 Rockford Art Museum 2008 Rockford Midwestern Exhibition July 11-October 5, 2008, Rockford, IL
2007	Retrospective on Jens Jensen, Lake Forest Historical Museum, Jan.29th - April 12th, 2007, Lake Forest, Illinois

Solo Exhibits:

2011	Three paintings dedicated for the Highland Park Public Library Glass & Metal installation at The Art Center of Highland Park
2007	Solo Show, Unfolding of Being, Madron LLC Gallery of American Art, Chicago, IL, October, 2007
2006	Solo Show, The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, Nov., 2006
2005	ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL,Solo show "Poetic Magic of landscapes" May, 2005

Group Exhibits:

2009-11	Port Clinton Art Festival, Highland Park, IL, August
2010	The Art Center, Highland Park, IL, July 2010
2008	The Art of Real Estate: Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, Gallery 180, Chicago Oct. 13 - Nov. 6 Group Show, The Artist Project 2008, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, April 24-28, 2008 Group Show, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, November 2007 - January 2008
2007	Inspiring Change, Sierra Club Space 900, 1040 W.Huron, Chicago, April-May, 2007 "Finding Center", Group Show, Gallery 180, Illinois Institute of Art Chicago, April - May,2007 Artist Project, Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, April 26-30, 2007 Two Person Show, Landscapes, College of Lake County, Wright Gallery of Art, June-August, 2007 Heartland Alliance Art Against AIDS fundraiser, Illinois Institute of Art
2006	National juried Acquisition Exhibition The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, October 2006 Historical Retrospective on Jens Jensen, Anatomically Correct Gallery, Highland Park, Sept. 2006 Cathoic Charities Gala for the Arts, Soldier Field, Chicago, Sept. 2006 4Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,�Group show ,ongoing 2005-2006
2005	Chicago Art Open, October 2005, Chicago, Illinois Illinois State Gallery,Chicago Illinois,June 2005 Featured artist at gallery 60035.Highland Park Illinois Highland Park Public Library ,Highland park Illinois City Gallery� at Borders and Saks 5th ave. Highland Park Illinois
2004	"One of a Kind Show," Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL, December, 2004
2002	American Academy of Art Group Show, September, 2002

Awards:

• Finalist - The Artist's Magazine Annual Art Competition, Appearing on The Artist's Magazine's "Artist of the Month" Web page, May 2007
  
  
• Award winner- Highland Park Art Walk 2006, Highland Park, IL Juried by Paul Klien
  
  

Publications:

Image of Jensen Bridge was published on the back cover of the October, 2010 issue of Natural Awakenings Chicago North & North Shore

Cover of East on Central Literary Magazine, 2006
Chicago Art Open catalog, 2005
East on Central Literary Magazine, 2005 Edition

Education:

• University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  
  
• DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
  
  
• The American Academy of Art, Chicago, Illinois