EDUCATION
1985 Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of Utah.
1982-83 Independent Studies, Painting, Printmaking and Performance Art, University of Utah.
1979 Lithography Workshop, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Colorado.
1977 Bachelor of Art, Painting and Drawing, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
SELECTED JOB EXPERIENCE
2010-present: Executive Director of Arts Benicia.
1995-2010: Producer of Children's Fine Arts, for the Palo Alto Art Center, City of Palo Alto.
1993-2003: Board Member, 23five Inc., a non-profit organization to promote sound art, San Francisco, (unpaid position).
1991-1995 ArtKids Program Director, Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View, California.
1993-1995 Resident Artist at Slater Elementary School, (now closed) Mountain View, for California Arts Council's Artists in the Schools Program.
1988-90 Vice President, Golden Section, a non-profit organization to promote contemporary art forms, Salt Lake City, (unpaid).
1985-90 Adjunct Instructor, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, teaching drawing, painting, art appreciation and color design.
1986-92 Resident Artist in Public Schools, for Artists in Education Program, Utah Arts Council.
1988-90 Cofounder and Instructor, Youth Arts Academy, in conjunction with Division of Continuing Education, University of Utah.
1988-90 Instructor for Horizons Program, Salt Lake County Department of Education, teaching art to children and adults.
1984-90 Project Coordinator and Assistant Project Coordinator for Lallapallooza. (Providing hands-on art experience for children at workshops, including Utah Arts Festival.)
1988, '89 Project Coordinator for the Sound Tower and Control Room Projects, Children's Art Yard, Utah Arts Festival.
1987-88 Instructor, Visual Arts Institute, figure painting and drawing for gifted teens.
1986 Instructor, Salt Lake Community Education Program, painting and portraiture.
1984-85 Teaching Assistant, University of Utah, teaching drawing, five quarters.
1983-84 Illustrator for Utah Oral History Project, funded by the Utah Endowment for the Humanities.
1983-84 Assistant Preparator, Salt Lake Art Center.
1981-82 Drawing Instructor, Community University, Bozeman, Montana.
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2003 War Toys, one person show at The Lab, San Francisco.
2001 Reverse Flow two person show with Joshua Churchill at Pond, San Francisco.
2000 Ornithopters and Little Walkers installation at the Randall Museum, San Francisco.
1998,'97 Solstice Kite with Patricia Ravarra, installation at the First Congregational Church, in association with the Community Music Center Orchestra, San Francisco.
1996 Guernica Code and Hanging Sky Garden, installations at the Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.
1995 Neural Nets and Familiars with Patricia Ravarra at Lupin Gallery, Lupin Naturalist Resort, Los Gatos, California.
1994 Horseshoe Cafe, San Francisco.
1990 New Rules, One Person show at Loge Gallery, University of Utah.
1988 Two Person Show at Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City.
1987 Sounds that Art Makes, two room sound-sculpture installation, Finch Lane Gallery, Supported by the Utah and Salt Lake Arts Councils.
1985 Low-Tech Workshop, electrokinetic installation, Show-case Gallery, University of Utah.
1985 M.F.A. Thesis show, Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
1985 Rio Grande Restaurant, one person show, Salt Lake City.
1985 Secret Congruities, Paintings at the Painted Word, Salt Lake City.
1983 Atrium Gallery, two-person show, Salt Lake City.
OTHER SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2002 "Sight Unseen" at The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, including "The Crow".
2002 '01, '98,'96,'95 The Lab, San Francisco, Art Auction.
2001 CELL Artists' Gallery Show, Crucible Steel Gallery at CELLspace, San Francisco.
2000 "Blueprint", art auction at Southern Exposure to benefit TILT, San Francisco.
2000 "Artburst" at Crowdburst.com, San Francisco.
1998 "Art of Burning Man", San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco.
1998 High Speed Art, Secession Gallery, San Francisco.
1998 Work in Progress, Second Space Gallery, San Francisco. Sponsored by Project San Francisco/Goteborg.
1998, '97, '96 Visual Aid's "Big Deal", SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco
1996 Burning Man Show, Crucible Steel Gallery at Cell, San Francisco
1996,'94 Community School of Music and Arts' faculty show, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, California.
1995 Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA, Art Auction.
1994 Shelter Gallery, San Francisco, Street Art , group show.
1994 Show 'N Tell Gallery, San Francisco.
1991-1987 Phillips' Galleries, Salt Lake City, various group shows.
1990 Art Barn Retrospective, 1965-1990. Installation entitled: What the Witch Doctor Must Overcome.
1990 First Steps, Four person installation, Salt Lake Art Center, (main gallery)
1990 Four person show at Phillips' Gallery, Salt Lake City.
1990, '87, '86, '84, '82, Utah's annual state-wide juried show held at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, or the Salt Lake Art Center. Traveling Exhibition Program award, 1990, 1985.
1990 Youth Arts Academy Faculty Show, Showcase Gallery, University of Utah.
1990, '88, '86, Weber State University Faculty Show, Ogden, Utah.
1989 Utah Painting, Invitational show at the Union Pacific Depot, in conjunction with the Utah Arts Festival.
1989 Pro-Choice Benefit Show, Blue Mouse Gallery, Salt Lake City.
1988 Art on The Town, installation in down-town windows, by Golden Section members and others, supported by N.E.A., and local arts councils. Facilitated by Mark Brest van Kempen.
1988 Beyond the Book, Artist's Books at Finch Lane Gallery.
1988 Past Lives, Avenues Branch Library, Salt Lake.
1986 20/20 Vision, invitational at Utah Arts Festival.
1986 Art Center Alliance Show, Salt Lake Art Center.
1986 Black and White, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, Utah.
1985 Lallapallooza. group show at the Painted Word.
1985 Flights of Fancy, Chase Home, Utah Arts Council.
1984 Group show at the Blue Mouse Gallery, Salt Lake City.
1983 Xerox art show, Glendining Gallery, Utah Arts Council.
1981 Sweet Pea '81, Bozeman , Montana. (Annual juried show)
1980, '79, '78 Roaring Fork Valley Annual, Aspen, Colorado.
PERFORMANCE / INSTALLATION
2010 Crank Ensemble at Maker Faire.
2009 Crank Ensemble colaboration with San Francisco Sinfonietta, "Krankitupp", compostion by Crank Ensemble and Urs Steiner, "String Theory" at Garden of Memory, "Cams, Cranks and Computers" at Newtown, Los Angeles.
2009 "Time Harp/Noise Harp" performances for Brutal Sound Effects and Godwaffle Noise Pancakes.
2008 Installation "Time Harp" at at Garden of Memory.
2008 Crank Ensemble performances at The Sometime Gallery, Maker Faire, Music for People and Thingamjigs Festival at Oakland Museum, Intel Developers' Forum, and colaboration with Theatre of Yugen.
2007 Performed on my "Activity Board" with Yugen Orchestra in "Letters from a Small House", one of the "Cycle Plays" with Theatre of Yugen.
2007 Collaborated with wife Bodil Fox to make sets for "Cycle Plays" by Theatre of Yugen in Theatre Artaud, San Francisco. Directed by Erik Ehn.
2007 Built bamboo structure at Djerassi Foundation to prepare for the "Cycle Plays".
2007 Crank Ensemble performances at Garden of Memory, Luggage Store, Maker Faire, Music for People and Thingamjigs Festival, and Noise Pancakes.
2006 Crank Ensemble performances at Garden of Memory, The Launch Pad, KFJC, "Edgetone Music Summit" at 21 Grand, and Ashkenaz.
2005 Crank Ensemble performances at Garden of Memory, Luggage Store, Other Mind's "Brink" and Epic Arts.
2005 Droneshift, organized by Matt Davignon at 21 Grand gallery, Oakland, CA
2004 "The Important Phone Call", a four-part musical composition for chorus or strings, premiered by the San Francisco Sinfonietta.
2003 "Targodie" sound art performance with Scot Jenerik incorporating the "War Toys" installation at the LAB, San Francisco.
2003 "At Least My Machines Still Love Me" one night interactive sound sculpture installation at the CELLspace, San Francisco, sponsored by QBOX. Displayed "Engines" from "Airliner".
2002 "The Noise of Art" one night interactive sound sculpture installation at the Shipyard, Berkeley, sponsored by QBOX. Displayed "The Crow" and "Sub".
2001 "Self Propelled" evening at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, displayed the Ornithopter.
2001 Built 12 ft. bamboo and plywood helicopter/windvane for the Randall Museum, San Francisco.
2001 BurningART presents: "A Mechanical Cabaret" at CELLspace, San Francisco.
2001 BurningART presents Larnie Fox at CELLspace, San Francisco.
2000 Quiet Night, Holy Noise, performance installation at The Lab, San Francisco.
1998 Deconstructing Household Appliances at Splunge Warehouse, San Francisco.
1998 Miniature Machine Event at the Werepad.
1998 Brutal Sound Effects noise show at Tire Beach, San Francisco. My wind mill was used as a sound source. In collaboration with Bill of Here Are the Facts You Requested.
1998 Brutal Sound Effects noise show at Komotion, San Francisco. Machine noise, video installation and fire.
1998 Untitled noise show at Noisegate, Oakland.
1997 Commissioned to create and burnt 20 ft. bamboo and muslin windmill at Burning Man.
1994 Holy Animal, for Never Trust Anyone over Thirty, an evening of performance arranged by Scot Jenerik, San Francisco.
1994 Washington HillBillaries II: Up Late with Bill and Hillary, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, in association with Lise Swenson and Scott McCleod.
1993 Washington HillBillaries, The Lab, San Francisco, in association with Lise Swenson and Scott McCleod.
1993 Rootman, performance at the Hate Cave, Salt Lake City.
1992 Rootman Performance in Hairy Sticky Man, evening at Anti-Matter Gallery, San Francisco, curated by Lise Swenson and Aaron Noble.
1990 Fireside Chat, Performance, ArtSpace, Salt Lake City, with Art Bias Group, (includes Wendy Ajax and Tony Weller), to benefit Another Language Dance Co.
1990 First Steps, Performance in installation, Salt Lake Art Center, (main gallery), with Art Bias Group.
1990, '89, '88, '87, Performances in Dinwoody Park, Downtown Salt Lake, as part of Salt Lake Arts Council's Brown Bag concert series. Pieces used movement, "low-tech" electronic sound, found-object percussion, readings and singing with Art Bias Group.
1990 Living Art, Dooley Gallery, Park City, Utah, Art Bias Group in collaboration with Another Language performing arts ensemble
1989 Will Eye One, Wrote and directed multi-media performance for Utah Media Center.
1988 Pierpont Tapestries, Salt Lake Art Center. Piece involved found object percussion, building of wooden structure and pizza. Done with Art Bias Group in collaboration with Lowell Construction Co. Commissioned by Phillips' Galleries.
1988 Pierpont Parade Project Co-directed artists' parade through Salt Lake in celebration of grand opening of Pierpont Gallery. Commissioned by Phillips' Galleries.
1988 Co-organized and performed in evening of performance art at the Utah Media Center.
1986 Voice of the Second Driver at Finch Lane Gallery. Co-organized and performed in evening of performance art. Supported by Salt Lake Arts Council.
1986 Untitled piece for Grunts and Postures' grand opening. Collaborated with Art Bias Group using light, industrial sound, movement and machines.
1986 Low-Tech Consortium at the Painted Word. Organized improvisational collaboration with dancers, musicians and visual artists. Combined machine sound and movement with dance, found-object percussion, and synthesizer.
1985 Machines, University of Utah Art Department. Machine-generated sound, motion and light.
1984 Sleeptalk at the Painted Word. Simultaneous readings from my dream journals, using an opaque projector to draw with colored light on a stationary bike racer (pumping furiously), and a bike-generated strobe light.
1984 Network, Gittens Gallery, University of Utah, Involved a narrow black tepee with a drummer inside, two telephones, and a growing web of black yarn that enveloped the audience.
1983 Untitled piece during performance seminar with Paul McCarthy. Included many different personal statements read simultaneously and group walk holding hands.
PRESS
2009 "San Francisco Sinfonietta Making a Splash", featuring collaboration with the Crank Ensemble.
2008 "The Crank Ensemble gears up for an Oakland Arthouse Show", Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, San Mateo County Times, by Laura Casey.
2008 "The Crank Ensemble", NPR's "California Report" by Mina Kim.
2007 "Four's Company", Palo Alto Weekly cover story, about Abramovitz Scholarship that I manage for the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation.
2006 "Palo Alto Grafitti", Palo Alto Weekly cover story, about mural at Mitchel Park Teen Center that I facilitated through Children's Fine Arts.
2003 "Life, Cubed", San Francisco Weekly, by Silke Tudor.
2003 "Things that go bump in the night", San Francisco Examiner, by Anne Crump.
COLLECTIONS
Phillips' Galleries
Salt Lake Art Center
Utah Arts Council
Digital Equipment
American Express
Weber State University
Numerous private collections
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member, Long Now Foundation
Advisory Board, 23five inc.
1993-2003, Founding Member, 23five inc.
Host Committee, Sound Culture '96 International Festival
Member, The Lab, San Francisco
Past Member, Utah Artists Bank
Past Vice President, Golden Section, (non-profit group for contemporary art)
Past Member, Salt Lake Art Center
Past Member, Art Bias Group (performance art ensemble)
Past Member, College Art Association
OTHER
2006 Collaborated with wife Bodil Fox to create "Dragonfly Ornithopter" for Dupage Museum, near Chicago, Il.
2004 Completed "In the Cathedral of Airplanes", sound art CD.
1999 I installed a windmill on my roof, 3rd Street, San Francisco.
1998 Made a pair of 15 ft. bamboo and muslin fire lamps for "Analogue Cafe", a benefit for Laughing Squid Productions, Cyclone Warehouse, San Francisco.
1998 Built and "flew" a 23 ft. bamboo and muslin airplane at Burning Man with Bodil.
1997 "Ornithopter" Created 20 ft. flapping, screaming bird-like machine, with bamboo, muslin and machines for 23five benefit at the Lab.
1997 Made bamboo vehicles, wings and propellers for "24 hour Space Walk", San Francisco.
1997 Made temporary bamboo and muslin sculptures as part of a welcome for Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
1996-1999: Designed and maintained website for 23five Inc.
1996 Constructed and flew a 23 ft. kite at Burning Man.
1996 Assisted artist Brian Goggin with "Defenestration", a site specific installation in San Francisco.
1994-1997: Built and operated mechanical props for Caroliner, a San Francisco rock band.
1995 Three paintings used for the cover art of 3000 Words, a compact disc by Jenerik Audio, distributed internationally.
1994 Curated Community School of Music and Arts' first visual arts faculty show, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Mountain View, California.
