Recent Awards

• Best In Show, Morning Glory Fine Craft Fair, Milwaukee, WI,  2018
• Invitational Award (2nd best in show), Art on the Rocks, Marquette, MI, 2018
• Best In Show, Highland Park Annual Art Center’s Festival of Fine Arts, IL, 2018
• Best In Show, Bonita Springs National Art Festival, Bonita Springs FL, 2018
• Award of Excellence , Boca Raton Fine Art Show, Boca Raton FL, 2018
• Best in glass, Beaux Arts Festival of Arts, Miami FL 2018
• Award of distinction, Port Clinton, Highland Park, IL 217
• Best in glass, The Boardwalk Art Show / by the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), VA 2017
• Honorable Mention, Art Birmingham, Birmingham, MI  2017
• Award of distinction, Bonita Spring National Art Festival, Bonita Spring FL, 2017
• Best in glass, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove FL, 2017
• Best in show, Boca Raton Fine Art Show, Boca Raton FL, 2017
• Port Clinton Art Festival, Highland Park IL, 2015
• Merit award in Sculpture, Main St Forth Worth,  Forth Worth TX, 2015
• Second place in Sculpture category, Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito CA, 2014
• Outdoor installation of sculptures, Purchase Award, Belleville, IL, 2012
• Bloomington Convention Center, Purchase Award in Sculpture, Bloomington, IN, 2012
• Grant from the City of Bloomington to create two gateway sculptures to Bloomington Entertainment & Arts District, 2012

Education

• Doctoral Degree in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University
• M.S. in Media Technology from University of Wisconsin Stout
• B.S. in Business Administration from University of Isfahan