Education:
2001 M.F.A., University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
1998 B.F.A., School of Visual Arts at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
1993-1996 Odessa College, Odessa, Texas
Selected Exhibition:
2018 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2017 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2015 Menagerie, Art and the Animal Kingdom, group exhibition, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2008 Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Marlboro Gallery, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
2008 One Cube Foot Exhibition, Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas
2008 Henry Gonzales Memorial Show, Mesalands Community College, Tucumcari, New Mexico
2007 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2006 Cool Hands Hot Art, 14th Street Gallery, Plano, Texas
2006 Corporeality, solo show, Paris Junior College, Paris, Texas
2006 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2005 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2005 Alloys and Echoes, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2004 Arts International Exhibition, International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas, Juror: Ellen Landis and Andrea Karnes
2004 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2004 Cast Away, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2003 25th Anniversary Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2003 Exhibition One: Visual Arts Faculty, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2003 A Light Discussion, Tarrant County Community College, Arlington, Texas
2003 This Show Does Not Suck, Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2003 Faculty Exhibition, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2003 El Macho Grande, Plano Arts Center, Plano, Texas
2003 Yield, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2003 Faculty Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
2002 Redneck Semiotics, solo show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Intersection, solo show, University of North Texas Union Gallery, Denton, Texas
2001 Sculptural Syncretism II, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2001 Feisty, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2001 Faculty Exhibition, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas
2001 Art and Architecture, Gallery Hana, Austin, Texas
2001 New American Talent 16, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas, Juror: Anne Umland (Traveling)(Catalogue)
2001 New Works, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Catchy Title, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2000 Revelation Texas, University of Houston Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, Jurors: Dr. Frances Colpitt, Luis Jimenez, Sharon Engelstein
1999 Eye Thirty Five Exchange, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas
1999 Art in the Metroplex, Templeton Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Clint Willour
1999 21 and Up, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999 Texas National 99, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas, Juror: James McGarrell (Catalogue)
1999 The 14th Festival Exhibition, The Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Juror: Marti Mayo
1999 Fourteen: New Up & Coming Artists, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1999 EXPO 99 Annual Juried Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Juror: Rick Brettell
1998 Hybrid Norms, Good Bad Art Collective, Denton, Texas
Literature:
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014; Chile Dog reproduced.
Shawn Floyd, “College art faculty shows its talent,” Plano Star Courier, August 29, 2003.
Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe, “A Light Discussion,” Artlies39, Summer 2003.
B. Graybill, “Luke Sides: Redneck Semiotics,” Artlies38, Spring 2003.
Mike Daniel, “Feisty,” Dallas Morning News Guide, Arts Guide section, September 9, 2001.
“Visual Forethought,” The Austin American-Statesman, August 9, 2001.
Mike Daniel, “New Works,” Dallas Morning News Guide, Arts Guide section, March 9, 2001.
“New Works,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, March 9, 2001.
Jim Edwards, Houston Sculpture 2000, catalogue, International Sculpture Conference & Arts League Houston, 2000.
Mike Daniel, “Catchy Title and Six Degrees Of Separation,” Dallas Morning News Guide, Arts Guide section September 22,2001.
“Street Work,” Denton Record Chronicle, June 27, 2000.
“Sides Shows,” Denton Record Chronicle, June 4, 1998.
Teaching and Lectures:
2002-Present Chair of the Art Department, Collin County Community College District, Plano, Texas
2002-Present Professor of Art / Sculpture, Collin County Community College District, Plano, Texas
2001-2002 Art Technician, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
2000 International Sculpture Conference Panelist, Graduate Programs around the United States
1998-2001 Teaching Assistant / 3-D Design, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Awards:
2004 Hannah Taylor Sculpture Award, Arts International Exhibition, International Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
2004 Past, Present and Future, City of Plano, Plano, Texas, Juror: Patricia Meadows
2000 Award in Sculpture, Jesus Bautista Moroles
2000 Third Prize, Texas National 99, Stephen F. Austin University Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas
2000 EXPO 99 Award, 500X Annual juried show, Dallas, Texas
Curatorial Experience:
2004 Cast Away, Collin County Community College, Plano, Texas
2001 Mumbo Jumbo, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
