STRETCH

PO BOX 414444, KANSAS CITY, MO 64141 • 816.471.3618

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EDUCATION

1988-90: M.F.A Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

1983-87:  B.F.A. Sculpture/Design, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

 

COMMISSIONS

2008: Interactive on-site sculpture, Des Moines Arts Festival

-Glass, wood & LED wall installation, Davis Brown Tower, Des Moines, Iowa

-Mechanical sculpture, Rosco, Screenland Theater North, Kansas City, MO

 

2007: Contracted Designer, Responsible for Boys Bedroom as well as various projects; Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, North KC, MO

-Glass, steel  & LED sculpture, DE Lofts, Kansas City, MO

 

2006:  Glass and steel sculpture, Heartland Shuffle, H&R Block, Kansas City, MO

-Memorial Fountain, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, Sabine Pass, TX

-4 Sculptures, Woodsweather Bridge, KCK Unified Government, Kansas City, KS

-Glass and steel sculpture, Denise Cramsey, Los Angeles, CA

 

2005:  Various Projects, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, Witchita, KS

-Memorial fountain, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, Kansas City, MO

-Glass and steel sculpture, Lyn Knight Collectibles, Kansas City, MO

- Swizzler, Rainen Companies, CityView, Kansas City, MO

 

2004: Various Projects, Monster House, Discovery Channel, Fall 2004, LA, CA                 -Glass sculpture, Boogaloo, City Hall, Leawood, KS

 

2002: Delta Rings, Glass and steel sculpture, Levitt Enterprises, Kansas City, MO           -Glass and steel sculpture, Dunmeyer Family

 

2001: Glass and steel sculpture, Larry Weiner, Sterling Inc. Kansas City, MO

-Glass and steel sculpture, Helping Hands Building, Richard Graf, Kansas City, MO

-Glass and steel sculpture, Longview Community College, Longview, MO

 

2000/1995:  Light sculpture, Todd and Carol Haenisch, Kansas City, MO

1999: Various Projects, % for Arts, Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City, MO

1997:  Glass sculpture, Buzz and Lisa Feingold

1996: Glass sculpture, Bob and Susan Faye

1994: Interior Concept, installation: CYBERMIND, Virtual Reality Center, Kansas City, MO -CYBERMIND, Pier 39, San Francisco, CA

-CYBERMIND, Mission Beach, San Diego, CA

-CYBERMIND, Gwinette Mall, Gwinette, GA

 

1993: Interior Concept, installation: CYBERMIND, Kansas City, MO

1992: Indoor mobile, Kansas City Consensus Bureau, Kansas City, MO                           - Sculpture, Reardon Convention Center, Kansas City, KS

1989: Installation, Cowlick, Virginia Western Community college, Roanoke, VA

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009:  Structures, Kelley Roy Gallery, Miami, FL [GROUP]

- Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA [GROUP]

- City of Olathe KS Downtown Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit  [GROUP] 

2007:  Group Show, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO [GROUP]

- Installation, North End Gallery, Kansas City, MO [SOLO]

- Sculpture Field, American Century Investments, Kansas City, MO [SOLO

- Outward Westward, CWC, Riverton, CO [GROUP

 

2006:  Sculpture Field, American Century Investments, Kansas City, MO [SOLO]

-Outward Westward, CWC, Riverton, CO [GROUP]

-Sioux Falls Sculpture Walk, Sioux Falls, SD [GROUP]

 

2005:  Recent Works, George L. Sturman Museum of Fine Art, Miami, FL [SOLO]

-New Works for the Price of Rice,  #8 Gallery, Kansas City, MO [SOLO]

- Two Person Show, HCAC, Ellicott City, MD [GROUP]

- Art on the Town, PAFAC, Port Angeles, WA [GROUP]

- Sculpture in the Park, Chamber of Commerce, Sedalia, MO [GROUP]

- Extreme Art Show, The Monarch Gallery, KC, MO [GROUP]

- Afloat & Ashore, T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont [GROUP]

- Art-in-the-Downtown-Exhibition, DDA, Fort Lauderdale, FL [GROUP]

- Phthalo Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL [GROUP]

 

2004:  Tonnage,  Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO [SOLO]

- Rusted Vision, Thornhill Gallery, Avila College, Kansas City, MO [SOLO]

- Boogaloo, City Hall, Leawood, KS [SOLO]

- ArtInPlace, Charlottesville, VA [GROUP]

- Jackson, TN/Union University Sculpture Tour, Jackson, TN [GROUP]

- Art inside the Park, Memorial Park, Jefferson City, MO [GROUP]

- Lemon Street, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL [GROUP]

- Transcending, The Jewish Museum, Overland Park, KS [SOLO]

 

2003: Chilton Weatherly Gallery, Grand Junction, CO [SOLO]

- Full City Installation, 7 Sculptures, City of Grandview, MO [SOLO]

- Art Basel Group Show, Seth Beitler Gallery, Miami, FL [GROUP]

- Sculpture Installation, Stetson University, Delan, FL [GROUP]

-  Sculpture Installation, Chattanooga State University, TN [GROUP]

2002: New Works, The Cube, Kansas City, MO  [SOLO]

- Lemon Street, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL [GROUP]

- Group Show, Nairobi, Kenya [GROUP]

-  Kentucky State University, Kentucky [GROUP]

- Art Now, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Great Barrington, MA [GROUP

-  Wheaton Village, Vineland, NJ [GROUP]

-Stienway Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC [GROUP]

 2001: From Low Keyed, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO [SOLO]

- Prints and More, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO  [GROUP]

-  Outdoor Sculpture, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN [GROUP]

-  For Two, Carnegie Art Center, Leavenworth, KS  [GROUP]

-  20 Years, Chesterwood National Trust, Stockbridge, MA [GROUP

- Convergence 2001, Providence, RI [GROUP]

- Snow Carving Exhibition, St. Jean Port Joli, Canada [GROUP]

2000:  Game Show, HEREart Gallery, New York, NY [GROUP]

- Space around the Architect, Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC, NY [GROUP]

-Omni Hotel, Houston, TX [GROUP]

*More Exhibition details available upon request.

 

AWARDS-HONORS-RESIDENCIES

2009: Board of Directors, International Sculpture Center

2008: Kansas City Art Institute Alumni Award

2007: Board of Directors, Review, Kansas City, MO

-Board of Alumni, Kansas City Art Institute

-Reader’s Choice “Best Artist,” The Pitch, Best of Kansas City, MO

2006:Urban Hero Award, Downtown Council, Kansas City, MO

-Board of Directors, Crossroads Art District, Kansas City, MO

-Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Crew, ABC, Sabine Pass, TX

-Board of Directors, Review, Kansas City, MO

-Artist Residency, ROOF, Tblisi, Republic of Georgia

2005:  Readers’ Choice “Best Artist,” The Pitch, Best of Kansas City

-Board of Directors, Crossroads Art District, Kansas City, MO

2004:  Readers’ Choice “Best Artist,” The Pitch - Best of Kansas City 2004                       -Co-Best in Show, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL

2002:  Kittengela Glass; Residency: Nairobi, Kenya, Africa

-University of New Orleans; Visiting Artist: New Orleans, LA

2001: California State University; Visiting Artist: Bakersfield, CA

2000: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin; Visiting Artist: Scottsdale, AZ

1999:  Creative Glass Center of America; Residency: Millville, NJ

1997-00:  Athena Foundation, Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC, NY

-Board of Directors, Kansas City Artist’s Coalition, Kansas City, MO

1997: Fete International, Chain Saw Symposium, Quebec, Canada

1994: 3 Throne Designs, first wedding in cyberspace, San Francisco, CA

-Look Out Sculpture Park, Damascus, PA

1993: Grammy Nomination, Long Format Video for GWAR

1988-90: Commonwealth of Virginia Scholarship

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS-TELEVISION

2009: El Nuevo Herald, Miami Florida, Carlos M. Luis, June 2009

-Pizzaradio, PMQ magazine, Ask the Experts, interview with Jim Dees, May 19, 2009

- ink, Gwar+STRETCH=fun, article, Monica Watrous, May 13, 2009

- FOOD Network, Guys Big Bite, Pizza Pizza! episode, April 2009

- The Pitch, The West of the Story, article, Charles Ferruzza, Jan. 15, 2009

2008: FOOD Network, Best of Diners, Drive-ins & Dives, episode, November 28,  2008   - Present Magazine, video & article STRETCH Branches Out, Pete Dulin, October 3

- Uniquely Kansas City, KCPT, television special, Sandy Woodson, Aug. 2008

- The Pitch, blog interview, Guilty Pleasures: STRETCH, Owen Morris, July 29, 2008

- Kansas City Star, article, Kevin Collison, July 21, 2008

-Des Moines Register, article, Michael Morain, July 8, 2008

-Kansas City Star, article,  Alice Thorston, July 6, 2008

-ABC, Channel 9 News, interview/promo for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

2007: FOOD Network, Diners, Drive-ins & Dives, Off the Hook Specials, Grinders               - The Pitch, article, Kansas City, MO, Dana Self, August 16, 2007

-National Geographic Channel, host feature

-The Pitch, pitchcast, Kansas City, MO, Eric Barton, June 21, 2007

2006:  The Pitch, article, Kansas City, MO, Ben Paynter, December 28, 2006

-St. Joseph News Press, article, St. Joseph, MO, Crystal Wiebe, September 28, 2006

-  Kansas City Star, article; Kansas City, MO, Steve Paul, July 10, 2006

- Kansas City Star, article; Kansas City, MO, Steve Paul, July 5, 2006

2005: Kansas City Art, 2 articles, Sept. 2005, Kansas City, MO

- Kansas City Jewish Life, article, Summer 2005, Kansas City, MO

- Kansas City Business Journal, article, July 2005, Kansas City, MO

- Kansas City Star, article/review, Kansas City, MO, Brian McTavish, June 29, 2005 2004: Monster House, Discovery Channel, Teacher’s Lounge episode, various projects

- Kansas City Star, article/review; Kansas City, MO, Robin Trafton, December 16, 2004

- Kansas City Star, article; Kansas City, MO, Joyce Smith, June 26, 2004

- The Sun, article/review; Overland Park, KS, Adam Lee, May 20, 2004

-  Kansas City Star, article/review; Leawood, KS, Erin Fitzgerald, May 15, 2004

- Kansas City Star, article/review; Kansas City, MO, Valerie Zell, March 12, 2004

2003: Kansas City Star, article/review; Kansas City, MO, Mike Rice, December 29, 2003

2002: Kansas City Magazine, Bad Boy article, November

2001: Review, cover/feature story; Kansas City, MO, Michael Miller, January 2001

- Sculpture Magazine, review; Kansas City, MO, Kate Hackman, September 2001

- Citypaper.net, article, Robin Rice, July 12, 2001

- Le Figaro Magazine, photo; France, Jeanne-Marie Darblay, June 2001

2000: Fox 4 News, feature segment; Kansas City, MO, Linda Wegner, April 16, 2000       - Queens Tribune, article/photo; Queens, NY, Denise Dejesus, October 5-7, 2000

•  More information about publications prior to 2000 available upon request