Permanent Public Art Commissions
Flour Sack Rack, West 29th St., City of Minneapolis, $21,000, 2017
Galvanized steel bike rack, shaped like flour sacks, including 2 double-sided enamel panels.
Playful Prisms, Children's Hospital of MN, St. Paul, 6th floor, $17,000, 2015
Three 3ft x 5ft mixed media wall sculptures made of painted and collaged triangular prisms in display cases. Viewers can rotate the prisms by turning a large handle beneath each one.
Entwined, Minneapolis Arts Wraps, Minneapolis Arts Commission, $1,000, 2013
Designed images printed on vinyl and wrapped around signal boxes around the city.
Peacock Screen, Arts on Chicago, funded by NEA, $3,000, 2013
Designed and fabricated three part, 6ft x 9ft, welded, powder coated steel folding screen for StevenBe Knitting, which was covered with knitting by community.
Found Treasures, Children's Hospital of MN, Minneapolis, 8th floor, $8,000, 2012
Competed against 200 artists to win commission of 4ft x 6 ft mixed media wall sculpture.
Outdoor Public Art Commissions
Bubble Pub, sculpture for Fermentation Fest, Reedsburg, WI, $10,000, 2014
Transformed four corn cribs in a Reedsburg farmer’s pasture, wrapped with fabrics, illuminated.
Fulton Farmers Market Lawn Sign, Minneapolis, MN, $4,000, 2013
Taught market customers to design and create their own lawn signs, in order to attract more visitors to the market.
Fulton Favorites, Fulton neighborhood, Minneapolis, MN, $2,500, 2009
Worked with art committee, Minneapolis Parks staff, local merchants and 100 volunteers, from children to seniors, to design, make, and install 140 unique lawn signs.
Leaf Tunnel, U of MN Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, MN, $4000, 2006
Worked with 20 volunteers to design, plan, build and install an 18 ft long willow tunnel with 4 oversize, weatherproof, leaf shaped pillows.
49 Squares, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN, $2000, 2005
Worked with 30 volunteers and Minnetonka Center for the Arts to design, plan, build and install a 21ft x 21ft textile artwork on an outdoor concrete wall for 6 months.
Outdoor Sculpture Walks
Hutchinson Sculpture Stroll, MN, May 2018-2019
Mankato City Art Sculpture Walk, MN, May 2018-2019
Mankato City Art Sculpture Walk, MN, May 2017-2018
River City Sculptures on Parade, IA, May 2017-2018
Mankato City Art Sculpture Walk, MN, May 2016-2017
Recent Grants and Awards
Third Place, Contours of Spring, Juried Show Society of MN Sculptors , 2017
Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, $10,000, 2016
Next Step Fund Grant, Metro Regional Arts Council, $5,000, 2013
Recent Solo Gallery Exhibitions
Solo Exhibit, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN, 2017
Towers Showcase, Intersections: Made Here: Defining Spaces, Minneapolis, MN, 2015
Gail Katz-James, Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2015
Surface and Structure, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin, 2014
Owatonna Arts Center's Healing Arts Project, Owatonna Hospital, MN, 2014