SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2004 & pending

All Alaska Juried Exhibition XXX, group exhibit, 
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK.

A Sense of Place, group exhibit, 
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO.

Computer Art Show 3, group exhibit, 
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK.

Faculty Show, group exhibit, 
University of Alaska Art Department Gallery, 
Fairbanks, AK.

The Gun Show, group exhibit, 
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK 

Interior Artisans XIX, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Invitational Show, group exhibit, 
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK.

Issues, group exhibit, MMC Gallery, NYC, NY.

Patterns of Influence, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Salon Show, group exhibit, 
Organization of Independent Artists, Gallery 402, 
NYC, NY. 

She Must Have Looked Lovely In That Dress, 
installation with Meridith McNeal, Edward Hopper House, 
Nyack, NY.

War Forum, group exhibit, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.


2003 

64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, 
Fairbanks, AK.

5th Annual Acquisitions Exhibition by Artists with 
Disabilities, group exhibit, Viewpoint Gallery, 
Schenectady, NY.

Bug Show, group exhibit, University of Alaska Art 
Department Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Computer Art Show 2, group exhibit, University of Alaska, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Digitally Speaking, group exhibit, Woman Made Gallery, 
Chicago, IL.

Double XX, group exhibit with SoNot, 
Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, 
Fairbanks, AK. 

Earth, Fire and Fibre XXIV, group exhibit, 
Anchorage Museum of History and Art,

Anchorage, AK. Award.

Faculty Show, group exhibit, 
University of Alaska Art Department Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Flight and Pursuit, solo exhibit, 
Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Interior Artisans Juried Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK. 

Invitational Show, group exhibit, 
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK.

Mobilivre Bookmobile Project, group exhibit, 
Philadelphia, PA.

Net.Art, group exhibit, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 
Dublin, Ireland.

Patterns of Influence, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery at Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Pinned to the Wall, Organization of Independent Artists, 
group exhibit, NYC, NY.

Postcards From the Edge, group exhibit, Visual Aids,
Galerie Lelong, NYC, NY. 

SIGGRAPH 2003, group exhibit, Conference Art Gallery, 
San Diego, CA.

War and Peace: Artists' Voices, group exhibit, 
Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI.


2002 

64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Book Um, group exhibit, Le Petit Versailles Garden, NYC, NY.

Ceramics Annual, group exhibit, Well Street Art Company, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Computer Art Show, group exhibit, University of Alaska, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Digital Photography Show, group exhibit, 
Well Street Art Company. Fairbanks, AK.

Digitally Propelled Ideas 2002, group exhibit, 
W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery of 
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA.

Drawings for Peace, group exhibit, 
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY.

Gallery Artists Show, group exhibit, 
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK.

Interior Artisan's Juried Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Jar Project, group exhibit, 
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, NYC, NY.

Made in Fairbanks, group exhibit, 
University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK.

Postcards From the Edge, group exhibit, 
Visual Aids, Sperone Westwater Gallery, NYC, NY.

Reactions, group exhibit, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, 
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.

Shoes: The Sole of Humanity, group exhibit, 
Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.

Spirit of Alaska: the Inner Landscape, group exhibit, 
Kenai Cultural Center, Kenai, AK.

Witness and Response: September 11th Aquisitions at 
the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. 


2001 

64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Animal Show, group exhibit, 
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK.

Assumed Presence, installation with Meridith McNeal, 
American Cabaret Theatre, Indianapolis, IN. 

College Arts Association Exhibition, group exhibit, 
Columbia College, Chicago, IL.

Embodiment, collaboration with Tatiana Piatanova, 
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK.

Here and Now, group exhibit, Silicon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Interior Artisan's Juried Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Reactions, group exhibit, Exit Art, NYC, NY.

SCAN, 2001 Digital Art Show, group exhibit, 
Silicon Gallery, NYC, NY.

University of Alaska Faculty Show, 
group exhibit, Fairbanks, AK.


2000 

64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Interior Artisan's Juried Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Misinterpretation: Naming the Thing One Sees, 
installation with Meridith McNeal, TAI Gallery, NYC, NY.

Patterns of Influence, group exhibit, Bear Gallery, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Personal Mythologies, Alpha Arts Gallery, 
installation with Meridith McNeal, Ester, AK.

RAW, group exhibit with SoNot, Ester, AK.

SCAN, Small Computers in the Arts Network, group exhibit, 
Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Waverly Studios, 
installation with Meridith McNeal, Brooklyn, NY. 

1999 64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

Heavy Meddling, installation with Meridith McNeal, 
Brooklyn, NY. 

Interior Artisan's Juried Exhibit, group exhibit, 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

The Mapping of Desire: Idols, Icons and Legends, 
installation with Meridith McNeal, Alaska Pacific 
University, Anchorage, AK.

National Invitational Book Art Show, group exhibit, 
Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK.

Patterns of Influence, group exhibit, Bear Gallery, 
Fairbanks, AK.

Return Address: Care of the Heart, installation with 
Meridith McNeal, Dolce Vita Gallery, Fairbanks, AK. 

Seeing Money, International Group Exhibit, 
installation, Portland, OR. 

Well Street Art Company, Opening Group Show, Fairbanks, AK.

University of Alaska Faculty Show, group exhibit, Fairbanks, AK. 


1998 and prior

14th Annual Florida Pastel Association Juried Exhibit, 
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibit, (1986-1993, 1996-2003), 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK.

All Alaska Juried Exhibit, Anchorage, AK (1986, 1995, 1997, 2004)

Interior Artisan's Juried Exhibit (1987, 1989-92, 1994,1996-2003) 
Bear Gallery, Fairbanks,AK.

Earth Fire and Fiber, Juried Craft Exhibit (1986, 1992, 2003), 
Anchorage, AK.

Plate and Palette Gallery Cafe, solo show, Fairbanks, AK.

Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival, Latrobe, PA. Heritage Award.

Wood Gallery, installation with Meridith McNeal, Wood Gallery, 
Montpelier, VT.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bacheller, Katch. "Rare Beads and 'Frozen Music' on Local Art Scene," 
Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska. September 17, 1999.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Exhibition announcement with photograph, 
Brooklyn, New York, Sept 5, 2000.

Carter, Debbie. "Artisans and Crafts: Creator of Exhibit Returns as Judge," 
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska. January 7, 1999.

Carter, Debbie. "Shooting Gallery: gun theme gives artists lots of ammunition," 
Fairbanks Daily Newsminer, Fairbanks, Alaska. February 5, 2004.

Knaff, Devorah L. "Visiting a Digital Gallery," 
The Press-Enterprise, Pomona, CA. Dec. 5, 2002.

Michaels, Mary Beth. "Double the Inspiration, Double the Fun", 
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 

Fairbanks, Alaska. May 10, 2001.

Michaels, Mary Beth. "Earth, Fire and Fibre has a cutting edge", 
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,

Fairbanks, Alaska. 14 August, 2003.

Michaels, Mary Beth. "Let There Be Light and Large Art", 
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,

Fairbanks, Alaska. June 12, 2003.

Pitsenberger, Barbara. "Laura Hewitt - Flight and Pursuit", 
State of the Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska. June 2003.

Stark, Rachael. "Misinterpretation: Naming the Thing One Sees" 
for NYArts Magazine, Sept. 2000.

Spirit and Place: Crossing Boundaries Program Guide. 
Exhibition announcement, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 2001. 


PUBLICATIONS and LECTURES

"Collective and Collaborative Cultural Action", presented at Dolce Vita Art Gallery, 
    Fairbanks, Alaska. March 24, 1999.
"Deleuze: a trajectory via Liebniz and Hume" Spoon's Collective, 
    online philosophical journal, 1998. 
"New Genre Collaborative Art Process In Time Based Media", 
    presented at Dolce Vita Art Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska. March 17, 1999.
"The DVR Process", presented to the Govenor's Committee for the Gifted and Handicapped, 
    Princess Hotel, Fairbanks, Alaska. March 12, 2000.


COLLECTIONS

Library of Congress, Washington D.C. September 11th Aquisitions, Permanent Collection.
Silicon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Private collection of Rick De Coyte and Michal Jane Smith
Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Schenectady, NY. Permanent Collection
Gallery Representation
Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
New Horizons Gallery, Fairbanks, Alaska
Waverly Studios, Brooklyn NY
Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska


EDUCATION

1998
Master of Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary studies: installation, 
critical theory and 20th century philosophy. Vermont College 
of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont. 
1993
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing. University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
1983
Associate of Arts, Journalism. Kishwaukee College, Malta, Illinois.

Additional Coursework

2002
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. Ceramics.
1984-5
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. German.
1980-1983
Delgado College, Algiers, Louisiana. Economics.
1980
High School, John Ehret High School. Gretna, Lousiana.


APPRENTICESHIPS

Tattoo apprentice, various artists, 2001- present.
Metalsmithing, Judy Gumm Designs, Ester, Alaska 1993-1995.
Metalsmithing, Pat Davis, Ester, Alaska. 1986-1987.




2001-2004
Adjunct Professor, Drawing. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. 
1999
Adjunct Professor, Metalsmithing. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. 
1985-present
Owner, INAE Enterprises, art related business, Fairbanks, AK.