biography

Education: 

1984   MFA     Printmaking & Drawing, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa

1982   MA       Printmaking & Drawing, School of Art & Art History, University of Iowa

1978   BA        Central College, Iowa

1977                Central School of Art & Design, London, England

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Teaching/Work Experience:

1987- 2018      Head of Visual Art, TASIS The American School in England, Thorpe, Surrey, England

2005-               Co-Director, Les Tapies Arts & Architecture Program

                            & Les Tapies Art Teacher Workshop, Ardèche, France 

2005                Director, TASIS Tuscany Academy of Art & Art History, Capitignano , Italy

1985-87           Assistant Professor of Art, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa

 

Awards:

2004                Ballinglen Arts Foundation Residency

2002                Ballinglen Arts Foundation Residency

2000-01           Ten Month Painting & Printmaking Residency

                                Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, Ireland

1998                Ballinglen Arts Foundation Fellowship

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Visiting Artist Residencies:

2016                Visiting Artist,  Providence Day School, Charlotte, North Carolina

2010                Visiting Artist,  St. John’s  International School, Waterloo Belgium

2006                Visiting Artist,  Brunel University, Uxbridge, England

2000                Visiting Artist,  Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

1997                Visiting Artist,  The Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, North Carolina

1995                Visiting Artist,  Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

1991                Visiting Artist,  Rhode Island School of Design, European Honors Program, Rome, Italy

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Solo Exhibitions:

2018                Thirty Years at TASIS England: Works by John Smalley

                                The Fleming Gallery, TASIS The American School in England

2015                Silence, S’il Vous Plait: France (in camera), Nord et Sud

                                The Fleming Gallery, TASIS The American School in England

2003                Fleming Gallery, TASIS The American School in England

2001                Ten Months in North Mayo: Paintings, Prints & Assemblages,

                                Courthouse Gallery, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland

1997                The Fillip Gallery, The Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, North Carolina

1994                The Carson Gallery, The Stonybrook School, Long Island, New York

1991                Rhode Island School of Design, European Honors Program, Rome, Italy

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2018                Les Tapies Student & Faculty Exposition, 

                                The Mairie, St. Pierreville, Ardèche, France

2014                TASIS England Art Faculty Exhibition

                                The Fleming Gallery, TASIS The American School in England

2012                Les Tapies Art Faculty Exhibition 

                                The Tower Gallery, Les Tapies, St. Pierreville, France

2010                The Seen & the Signified, Two Person exhibition 

                                Mitchell Gallery, St. John’s International School, Waterloo, Belgium

2006                Comets & Shooting Stars, Two Person Exhibition 

                                Beldam Gallery, Brunel University, Uxbridge, England

2004                Fleming Gallery, TASIS The American School in England

2002                Iontas Thirteenth National Small Works Competition 

                                Sligo Art Gallery, Sligo, Ireland

2000                Intimate Visions: Five Painters 

                                The List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore Pennsylvania

1998                Open Print Exhibition, Royal Society of Painter-Etcher-Engravers 

                                Bankside Gallery, London, England

1994                Blacknest: Prints & Drawings from England Two Person touring exhibition:

                                Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire,

                                Central College, Pella Iowa, The Cate School, Carpenteria,                         

                                California, St. George’s School, Newport, Rhode Island

1991                The Lay of the Land: Works on Paper Two Person exhibition:

                               The Chertsey Museum, Chertsey, England