Education
MFA
- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
BA - Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Teaching
2004-2009
Adjunct Professor, Art Reading Area Community College, Reading,
PA
2004 Adjunct Professor, University of Saint Francis, Joliet,
Il.
1995-1997 MFA Program Professor, Vermont College of Norwich
University,
Montpelier, VT
1994 Adjunct Professor of Art, University of Saint Francis,
Joliet, IL
1985-1987 Associate Professor of Art Alvernia University, Reading,
PA
Selected Exhibitions
2007
- 2009 Continuous Life-as-Art Performance
2003 - 2009 Open Studio Exhibition – Shoemakersville,
PA
1998 - 2003 ARTelevision.com (1500 performances)
1995 - 2004 "The Project", Permanent Studio Installation,
Reading, PA
1994 "The Secret of Life", Open Studio Installation,
Reading, PA
1993 "The Missing Link", New Arts Program, Kutztown,
PA
1992 "ACROSS THE YOU-NIVERSE", Freedman Gallery,
Albright College, Reading, PA
1990 - 1991 Studio Installation; Temple, PA
1987 - "New Worlds", Tradition 3000, New York, NY
1984 - "I Am You", AVANT Contemporary Art, Reading,
PA
1983 - "ACTS OF LOVE", Moravian College, Bethlehem,
PA
1980 - Wyomissing Institute of Fine Arts, Wyomissing, PA
1979 - "DeSantis: Works on Paper/ Paintings, ADI Gallery,
San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan
1976 - Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Shows
2007
- 2008 New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA; Annual Exhibition of
Small Works
2007 – 2008 Irish Museum of Modern Art
1999 CYBERARTS99, International Festival of Digital Media;
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation; Linz, Austria
1996 "Family Values", Norwich University, Montpelier,
VT
1995 - 2003 "The Project", Permanent Studio Installation,
Reading, PA
1994 - "The Secret of Life", Open Studio Installation,
Reading, PA
1993 - "The Missing Link", New Arts Program, Kutztown,
PA
1992 - "ACROSS
THE YOU-NIVERSE", Freedman Gallery,
Albright College, Reading, PA
1990 Reading Museum, Reading, PA
1987 "New Worlds", Tradition 3000, New York, NY
1985 Pennsylvania State University, Reading, PA
1984 "I Am You", AVANT Contemporary Art, Reading,
PA
1983 "ACTS OF LOVE", Moravian College, Bethlehem,
PA
1982 "Paper Pieces", Freedman Gallery, Albright College,
Reading, PA
1982 "Mushroom Magic", Reading Museum, Reading, PA;
curator, artist
1981 "Local Color", Freedman Gallery, Albright College,
Reading, PA
1980 Wyomissing Institute of Fine Arts, Wyomissing, PA
1980 "Maps", Museum of Modern Art, Art Lending Services,
New York
1980 ADI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1979 Getler Pall, New York, NY
1978 "Paper as Medium", Smithsonian Institution Traveling
Exhibition,
Washington, D.C.
1977 - ADI Gallery, San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan
1976 - Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Selected Bibliography
1980
- Present Reading Eagle Company newspapers, Reading, PA
1999 - “CYBERARTS99: Compendium of Exhibition of Digital
Media”; SpringerWein, NY
1996 - "Family Values", (catalog), Vermont College,
Norwich University., Montepelier, VT
1978 - "Paper as Medium", catalog of the exhibition,
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington,
D.C.
1976 - Arthur Bloomfield; San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco,
CA,, 6/10/76
Selected
Writing
2006-Present
ARTology Blog: Reading Eagle Online Edition www.readingeagle.com
1999-Present Reading Lies Dreaming, www.readingliesdreaming.com
and
1998-1999 The Terminal Journal - First four chapters of novel-in-progress
1989 Dreamstreets, Harper and Row, 1989
1984 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Visual Arts
Criticism,
(collaboration with Keith Haring)
1982 - 1991 Art - Critical writing for New Art Examiner, Chicago,
IL
Selected Multimedia
2007-Present
YouTube videos – interviewed by Ron Schira
2007-Present ARTologyPOD Podcast: Reading Eagle Online Edition,
WEEU Radio, iTiunes.com
1998 – Present ARTelevision.com, approx. 1500 web-based
shows
1998 – 2002 Producer/Artist – Internet Radio
1990 – 1998 Series of video projects with Dr. Jeffrey
Benton,
Springfield Educational Television, Delaware County, PA
1980-1984 ART ZONE, Berks Cable Television, Reading, PA
Selected Gallery Representation
Kathryn
Markel Fine Arts, Art Options, Getler Pall, TRADITION 3000:
New York; Marian Locks Gallery: Philadelphia; Van Straaten Gallery:
Chicago; ADI Gallery: San Francisco and Tokyo, New Arts Program,
Kutztown, PA
Selected
Collections
Bank
of America; Drexel Burnham and Co.; First California Bank; Skidmore,
Owings, and Merril; Poulton and Associates; San Francisco, CA.;
Hueblein Corp.; Hartford, CT.; U.S.Epperson Corp.; Boca Raton,
FL.; South East Banking Corp.; Miami, FL.; Illinois Bell; Chicago,
IL.; E. F. Hutton & Company, Inc.; The Myers Canning Company;
Reading, PA.; Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion, Harrisburg, PA.;
Estate of Keith Haring; Estate of Allen Ginsberg; private collections.