M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, Painting	2004
B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Illustration	1997
University of Haifa (semester abroad)	1996
Liberal arts courses supplemented by independent study in drawing

 

Currently teaching at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida

2005	Turkey Bonanza, Gallery 33 Grand, Oakland, CA After the Fact, Freeark Gallery, Riverside, IL Black Market Auction, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA Marking Traces, Gallery 33 Grand, Oakland, CA Untitled, Cellspace, San Francisco, CA Summer Olympics, Root Division, San Francisco, CA Represent, The Clinic, San Francisco, CA
2004	Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA Houston Art Crawl, Richard Nielsen Gallery, Houston, TX Image & Idea - San Francisco Art Today, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA Third Street Hard Knox Fat Famous Dog Patch Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA 35th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA, Juror: D.J. Hall, Artist

2003

Anoise4, (video) San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Laetitia Sonami, Sound Artist Reality Check, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Platform, Mezzanine Event Space, San Francisco, CA, Invitational Stimulus, Catasta Gallery, San Francisco, CA Post-Postcard, The Lab, San Francisco, CA Fresh, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Invitational Creative Collective, Capella Event Center, San Francisco, CA, Invitational

2002/2001

Group Show, Galleri Tonne, Oslo, Norway, Invitational (catalogue) Art Educates the World, Sotheby’s Auction House, New York, NY, Invitational Spoken Realism, Artspace II, Detroit, MI

2000	Odd Nerdum og Elever, Telemark Cultural Center, Notodden, Norway, Invitational (catalogue) 34th Annual Art Exhibition, Placerville Arts Association, Placerville, CA 8th Annual Figurative Small Works, Armory Art Center, Miami, FL Volapuk Kunstfetival, Volapukhuset, Oslo, Norway, Invitational Selected Work by Fulbright Artists, New York, NY, Invitational
1999	Nerdrum Elever, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tonsberg, Norway, Curator: Jan Ake Pettersen, Director, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum Hostutstilling. Galleri K.S., Tonsberg, Norway Objekter, Galleri Beyhan, Oslo, Norway

1998	Hostutstilling, Galleri Smia, Kristiansand, Norway Maleri: Brad Silverstein, Eirik Lutken, og Bord Solhaug, Galleri V17, Oslo, Norway
1997	National 100 Exhibition, Florida Art Center, Havana, FL 31st Annual Art Exhibition, Placerville Arts Association, Placerville, CA

1998	U.S.I.A. Fulbright Scholarship for Painting
	Coker and Cook Patron’s Award

2005	Turkey Chute: Bird is the Word, Chris Ulbrich, East Bay Express, November 16-22 The Turkey Bonanza, Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle, November 20
2003	New American Paintings MFA Annual, Juror: Lawrence Rinder, Curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art
2002	Dagbladet (Norwegian newspaper,) October 15th VG (Norwegian newspaper,) August 7th