Education

Master of Fine Arts- Sculpture / Architecture1995

Bennington College, Bennington Vermont

Bachelor of Design in Architecture1991

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

School of Architecture, years one through four 1985 - 90

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York

Selected Projects and Exhibitions

2007 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Gateway Project- Portland Development Commission, Portland OR

2007 MacDonald Ave Landmarks Project- Richmond, California

2006  Aiorema- sculptural marquee for the Armory Building, Portland Center Stage

2006  Baladeuse- a commissioned sculpture for the Alley 24 Building, South Lake Union, Seattle

 

2006 American Confluence- Drawings for Sculptures at the Edsvik Konsthall, 21 January- 5 March

  Sollentuna, Sweden

 

2005 Fellow-Northwest Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies,

  Civita di Bagnoregio and Florence, Italy.

2005 The Hands of Cantor- sculpture for the lobby of  The Hospital - a creative arts venue and private

  members club for the creative industry in Covent Garden, London, England

2005 Gotham Building Tavern- 3 major interior components.

2004 Araminta - Glass Light Beacon for the newly renovated Firestation #28 Portland, Oregon

2003 House for Phineas Gage- a sculpture for the University of Oregon's

  Lewis Center for Neuroimaging 

2002 Daahoud- a stack of notes. Part of the exhibition Blurred

  Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2002 Daahoud  reinstalled on the sculpture deck at the Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002 The Internal Organs of Louis Daguerre - a piece in the chandelier exhibition Multiplied Light for

  Bullseye Glass Gallery, curated by Randy Gragg

1998-2005 Lovejoy Art Columns; an urban gateway created from the salvaged remains of the old

  Lovejoy Ramp. Portland Development Commission, Regional Arts and Culture Council; Pearl

  District Neighborhood Association, others.

1997-2001 Founding Partner, RIGGA Art Architecture Design (Firm disbanded in 2001)

Selected RIGGA Projects

2001 East Bank phase two Public Art; a series of four sculptures sited along the East Bank esplanade on the Willamette River; Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland Development Commission, Regional Arts and Culture Council; 1999-2000

1997 Reverse Archeology; art installation; Center on Contemporary Art;

  Seattle, WA

1996 Diverted History; The work of Pierre Menard; collaborative art installation;

  The Art Gym; Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR; 1996

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