Education
2014-in progress. PhD History and Theory of Architecture, Arizona State University
2012. MA History of Art, University of Arizona
2009 BFA Studio Art, University of Arizona
2004-2005. Studio Apprenticeship in classical painting, drawing and architecture umber the auspices of Osvaldo Romberg
Museum Exhibitions
2017 Gateway to Imagination, Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
Cymacia Coronides 1; On the Theory of Shadow Projection (Homage to Kircher)
2017 Exploring Arizona Talent, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Phoenix, Arizona
Allegorical Scene 1; Elizabeth Holding Elliot
2013 Arizona Biennial, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Agros an dó Eíirigh Aon (The Two Become One); A Study for an Altar
2010 Hybridity: American Unity, The Latino Museum of Art, History and Culture, Los Angeles, California
Portrait of My Mother
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Early Work (1994–1999), Bokeh Gallery, Monorchid, Phoenix, Arizona
2014 Twenty-year Retrospective (1994–2014), Ward 6 Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2014 Science and Mysticism, Caffé Lucé, Tucson, Arizona
2009 BFA Honors Thesis, Classical Forms and The Structures of Language, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
International Exhibitions
2015 Lust for Life, W70, Nuenen Gerwen Nederwetten Eeneind, Nord-Braband, Netherlands
2012 Paris-San Carlos Art Exchange, Hôtel du Nord, Office de Tourisme, Salle de la Guinguette, Avallon, Toutry and Quarré les Tombes, France
2011 Paris-San Carlos Art Exchange, San Carlos Yacht Club, San Carlos, Mexico 2010 Paris-Tucson Art Exchange, Bondy Arts International, Paris, France
2009 Ukrainian Art Week, Central House of Artists of National Artist Union, Kiev, Ukraine
2009 World Mini-Print Exhibition, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Recent Group Exhibitions
2018 Contemporary Portrait: A National Juried Exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas
2015 The Weight of the World: A Contemporary Art Exhibition of Affect and Reason, ASU Institute for Humanities Research, Tempe Arizona
2015 Sustainability Solutions Festival, City of Phoenix, Phoenix Arizona
2015 Unbalance: An International Conference on Water, Climate, and Place, ASU Galleries. Tempe Arizona
2014 Grand Opening Exhibition, Capture 12, Phoenix Arizona
2014 MLIF, Bokeh Gallery, MonOrchid, Phoenix, Arizona
Permanent Collections
The Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Elizabeth Holding Elliot
Center for Latino Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
Portrait of My Mother
The Central Michigan University Print Club, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Dulcis Dens
Most Rev. Gerald F. Kicanas, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona
Cross (IHS)
Studio of Nate Berkus, Designer
Untitled
Publications
2014 “Robert Grosseteste and the Phenomenological Nature of Geometry and Light” in Bishop Robert Grosseteste and Lincoln Cathedral: Tracing Relationships between Medieval Concepts of Order and Built Form, ed. John Hendrix, Nicholas Temple and Christian Frost (Surrey: Ashgate), 119–134
2014 “Architectonic Studies in Language and Geometry” Architecture and Culture 2, 2: 167–174
2012 “Language beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of Borromini’s Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza” in The Cultural Role of Architecture: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives, ed. Paul Emmons, John Hendrix, Jane Lomholt (London: Routledge Press), 39–46
2012 “Correlativus Geometricum Lucis: The Relation between Geometry and Optical Theory in the Design of Muqarnas Domes,” Zaytoon, 12: 3–15
Conferences and Symposia
2014 “Grosseteste’s Cosmogony and Lemaître’s Proposal of the Big Bang,” Robert Grosseteste and the Pursuit of Religious and Scientific Learning in the Middle-Ages, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, England
2014 “A Polymorphic Deconstruction of the Bishop’s Eye According to the Optical Theory of Robert Grosseteste,” Art: Science, Technology, and Experimentation in Art History and Practice, Council of Graduate Art Historians, Tempe, Arizona
2012 “On the Phenomenological Nature of Geometry and Light,” Symposium on Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and Bishop Robert Grosseteste. Session II with Dalibor Vesely, Lincoln Cathedral Centre, England
Funded by: The Paul Mellon Foundation and The University of Lincoln
2012 “Correlativus Geometricum Lucis: The Relation Between Geometry and Optical Theory in the Design of Muqarnas Domes,” Twelfth Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North African Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2012 “Substance and Essence as a Form of Revelation in the Reredos of San Xavier del Bac,” Panel Discussion: The History of San Xavier Mission, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2011 “Forming a Theology of Light: Muqarnas Domes and the Influence of Geometry and Optical Theory,” Saint Albert the Great Science and Theology Forum, Saint Thomas More Catholic Newman Center, Tucson, Arizona
2011 “Evidence of a Heliocentric Cosmology within Guarino Guarini’s Chapel of the Holy Shroud,” The Role and Practice of Artists in Society, California State University, Los Angeles, California
2010 “Ocularium Lucis: Guarino Guarini and the Cosmology of Light” and “Language Beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of
Borromini’s Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza,” Saint Albert the Great Science and Theology Forum, Saint Thomas More Catholic Newman Center, Tucson, Arizona
2010 “Language Beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of Borromini's Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza,” and “Henri Le Secq: Strasbourg and
Amiens Cathedral,” Conference on The Cultural Role of Architecture, The University of Lincoln, England
Research Interests
The Venetian Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Guarino Guarini
History and Theory of Architecture
Architecture and Cosmology
Renaissance and Medieval Treatises
History and Philosophy of Science
Selected Honors and Distinctions
2017 Curator's Choice Award, Gateway to Imagination, Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
2014 James McEvoy Post-Graduate Bursary, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, England
2014 Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Washington, DC
2012 Gold Medal, Chemin des Arts, Toutry, France
2009 Second Place in Religious Painting, Ukrainian Art Week, Kiev, Ukraine
Teaching Experience
2017 Art History Instructor, Clemente Course in the Humanities, Phoenix, Arizona
Special program for female veterans with PTSD
Partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts and Bard College
2018-2016 Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Courses taught (Instructor of record):
Art History: Italian Renaissance Art
Art History: Renaissance to the Present
Courses assisted:
The Portrait
Introduction to Museums
2015 Teaching Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Courses assisted:
Art of Japan
Art of Asia
Art of the Comic
2013 Adjunct Professor, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona Instructor of Record
Courses taught (Instructor of record):
Art and Culture: Prehistoric through Gothic Exploring Art and Visual Studies
Basic Design
2010–2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Courses assisted:
Non-western Art
Introduction to Art History
Languages
In Translation:
Italian
Latin
Spanish
French
German
In Conversation:
Italian
Spanish
2014-in progress. PhD History and Theory of Architecture, Arizona State University
2012. MA History of Art, University of Arizona
2009 BFA Studio Art, University of Arizona
2004-2005. Studio Apprenticeship in classical painting, drawing and architecture umber the auspices of Osvaldo Romberg
Museum Exhibitions
2017 Gateway to Imagination, Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
Cymacia Coronides 1; On the Theory of Shadow Projection (Homage to Kircher)
2017 Exploring Arizona Talent, Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Phoenix, Arizona
Allegorical Scene 1; Elizabeth Holding Elliot
2013 Arizona Biennial, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Agros an dó Eíirigh Aon (The Two Become One); A Study for an Altar
2010 Hybridity: American Unity, The Latino Museum of Art, History and Culture, Los Angeles, California
Portrait of My Mother
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Early Work (1994–1999), Bokeh Gallery, Monorchid, Phoenix, Arizona
2014 Twenty-year Retrospective (1994–2014), Ward 6 Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2014 Science and Mysticism, Caffé Lucé, Tucson, Arizona
2009 BFA Honors Thesis, Classical Forms and The Structures of Language, Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
International Exhibitions
2015 Lust for Life, W70, Nuenen Gerwen Nederwetten Eeneind, Nord-Braband, Netherlands
2012 Paris-San Carlos Art Exchange, Hôtel du Nord, Office de Tourisme, Salle de la Guinguette, Avallon, Toutry and Quarré les Tombes, France
2011 Paris-San Carlos Art Exchange, San Carlos Yacht Club, San Carlos, Mexico 2010 Paris-Tucson Art Exchange, Bondy Arts International, Paris, France
2009 Ukrainian Art Week, Central House of Artists of National Artist Union, Kiev, Ukraine
2009 World Mini-Print Exhibition, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Recent Group Exhibitions
2018 Contemporary Portrait: A National Juried Exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas
2015 The Weight of the World: A Contemporary Art Exhibition of Affect and Reason, ASU Institute for Humanities Research, Tempe Arizona
2015 Sustainability Solutions Festival, City of Phoenix, Phoenix Arizona
2015 Unbalance: An International Conference on Water, Climate, and Place, ASU Galleries. Tempe Arizona
2014 Grand Opening Exhibition, Capture 12, Phoenix Arizona
2014 MLIF, Bokeh Gallery, MonOrchid, Phoenix, Arizona
Permanent Collections
The Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, Arizona
Elizabeth Holding Elliot
Center for Latino Arts, University of California, Los Angeles
Portrait of My Mother
The Central Michigan University Print Club, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Dulcis Dens
Most Rev. Gerald F. Kicanas, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona
Cross (IHS)
Studio of Nate Berkus, Designer
Untitled
Publications
2014 “Robert Grosseteste and the Phenomenological Nature of Geometry and Light” in Bishop Robert Grosseteste and Lincoln Cathedral: Tracing Relationships between Medieval Concepts of Order and Built Form, ed. John Hendrix, Nicholas Temple and Christian Frost (Surrey: Ashgate), 119–134
2014 “Architectonic Studies in Language and Geometry” Architecture and Culture 2, 2: 167–174
2012 “Language beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of Borromini’s Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza” in The Cultural Role of Architecture: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives, ed. Paul Emmons, John Hendrix, Jane Lomholt (London: Routledge Press), 39–46
2012 “Correlativus Geometricum Lucis: The Relation between Geometry and Optical Theory in the Design of Muqarnas Domes,” Zaytoon, 12: 3–15
Conferences and Symposia
2014 “Grosseteste’s Cosmogony and Lemaître’s Proposal of the Big Bang,” Robert Grosseteste and the Pursuit of Religious and Scientific Learning in the Middle-Ages, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, England
2014 “A Polymorphic Deconstruction of the Bishop’s Eye According to the Optical Theory of Robert Grosseteste,” Art: Science, Technology, and Experimentation in Art History and Practice, Council of Graduate Art Historians, Tempe, Arizona
2012 “On the Phenomenological Nature of Geometry and Light,” Symposium on Architecture as Cosmology: Lincoln Cathedral and Bishop Robert Grosseteste. Session II with Dalibor Vesely, Lincoln Cathedral Centre, England
Funded by: The Paul Mellon Foundation and The University of Lincoln
2012 “Correlativus Geometricum Lucis: The Relation Between Geometry and Optical Theory in the Design of Muqarnas Domes,” Twelfth Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North African Studies, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2012 “Substance and Essence as a Form of Revelation in the Reredos of San Xavier del Bac,” Panel Discussion: The History of San Xavier Mission, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2011 “Forming a Theology of Light: Muqarnas Domes and the Influence of Geometry and Optical Theory,” Saint Albert the Great Science and Theology Forum, Saint Thomas More Catholic Newman Center, Tucson, Arizona
2011 “Evidence of a Heliocentric Cosmology within Guarino Guarini’s Chapel of the Holy Shroud,” The Role and Practice of Artists in Society, California State University, Los Angeles, California
2010 “Ocularium Lucis: Guarino Guarini and the Cosmology of Light” and “Language Beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of
Borromini’s Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza,” Saint Albert the Great Science and Theology Forum, Saint Thomas More Catholic Newman Center, Tucson, Arizona
2010 “Language Beyond Metaphor: The Structural Symbolism of Borromini's Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza,” and “Henri Le Secq: Strasbourg and
Amiens Cathedral,” Conference on The Cultural Role of Architecture, The University of Lincoln, England
Research Interests
The Venetian Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Guarino Guarini
History and Theory of Architecture
Architecture and Cosmology
Renaissance and Medieval Treatises
History and Philosophy of Science
Selected Honors and Distinctions
2017 Curator's Choice Award, Gateway to Imagination, Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
2014 James McEvoy Post-Graduate Bursary, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, England
2014 Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Washington, DC
2012 Gold Medal, Chemin des Arts, Toutry, France
2009 Second Place in Religious Painting, Ukrainian Art Week, Kiev, Ukraine
Teaching Experience
2017 Art History Instructor, Clemente Course in the Humanities, Phoenix, Arizona
Special program for female veterans with PTSD
Partnered with the National Endowment for the Arts and Bard College
2018-2016 Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Courses taught (Instructor of record):
Art History: Italian Renaissance Art
Art History: Renaissance to the Present
Courses assisted:
The Portrait
Introduction to Museums
2015 Teaching Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Courses assisted:
Art of Japan
Art of Asia
Art of the Comic
2013 Adjunct Professor, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona Instructor of Record
Courses taught (Instructor of record):
Art and Culture: Prehistoric through Gothic Exploring Art and Visual Studies
Basic Design
2010–2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Courses assisted:
Non-western Art
Introduction to Art History
Languages
In Translation:
Italian
Latin
Spanish
French
German
In Conversation:
Italian
Spanish