He earned a bachelor of fine arts in 1973 and a master of fine arts in 1975 from the San Francisco Art Institute. He is the recipient of multiple Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council (1984, 1985, 1988, 1996 and 2002) and Greater Columbus Arts Council (1986, 1990 and 2004), a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship (1983), and a Ford Foundation Grant (1982). His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions across North America and in Europe. He has participated as a visiting artist at numerous universities and academic institutions including the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (1989), Minerva Academy of Art, Groningen, Holland (1990), and Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, La. (2007).