Education
1994 Ohio University - Athens, Ohio; MFA in Painting
1976 California State University at San Diego - San Diego, California; MA in Painting
1974 California State University at San Diego - San Diego, California; BA in Painting
Teaching Appointment
1997 - Associate Professor, Tenure
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
Exhibitions
2006 Juxtaposition, Berkeley Art Center - Denver, Colorado
2006 Juried Exhibition, Art Source Gallery - Boise, Idaho
2006 27th Annual Paper in Particular National, Columbia College - Columbia Missouri
2006 Go Figure, National Juried Exhibition, MFA City Gallery - Baltimore Maryland
2006 Beaux and Eros, Peninsula Museum of Art, Belmont - California
2005 Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College – Chicago Heights, Illinois
2005 Santa Cruz Art League, Material Instinct – Santa Cruz, California
2005 Art Source Gallery – Boise, Idaho
2005 Westmorland Arts and Heritage Festival - Latrobe, Pennsylvania
2005 Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center – Birmingham, Michigan
2005 Gallery 510 – Decatur, Illinois
2005 Liturical Art Guild – Columbus, Ohio
2005 Alder Gallery - Coburg, Oregon
2004 Saginaw State University - Saginaw, Michigan
2004 Muskegon Museum of Art - Muskegon, Michigan
2004 Great Plains National - Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
2004 Union Street Gallery - Chicago Heights, Illinois
2004 Epic Center, Arts Council - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2003 Santa Cruz Art League, American Figurative Art - Santa Cruz, California
2003 The Arts Castle, Delaware County Cultural Arts Center-Delaware, Ohio
2003 Saginaw Art Museum-Saginaw, Michigan
2003 Epic Center, Arts Council - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2003 Fred R. Kline Gallery, www.klinegallery.com - Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University - Peoria, Illinois
2003 Lansing Art Museum - Lansing, Michigan
2003 Schumacher Gallery, Capital University - Columbus, Ohio
2003 Meridian Gallery, Lexington Art League - Lexington Kentucky
2003 Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum - Coshocton, Ohio
2002 Shawnee State University - Portsmith, Ohio
2002 Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula Art School - Fish Creek, Wisconsin
2002 Chung-Cheng Art Museum-St. Johns University-Jamaica, New York
2002 Saginaw Art Museum-Saginaw, Michigan
2002 University Gallery, Pittsburg State University--Pittsburg, Kansas
2002 Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University - Ypsilanti, Michigan
2002 Gallery Northwest, Indiana University - Gary, Indiana
2002 McDonough Museum of Art - Youngstown, Ohio
2001 Coutts Museum - El Dorado, Kansas
2001 Opensewer - Internet Exhibition, International
2001 Limner Gallery - New York, New York
2001 Saginaw Art Museum - Saginaw, Michigan
2001 Lansing Art Gallery - Lansing, Michigan
2001 University of Texas at Tyler -Tyler, Texas
2001 Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation - Watkinsville, Georgia
2001 Central Wyoming College - Riverton, Wyoming
2001 Muskegon Community College - Muskegon, Michigan
2001 Millworks Gallery - Akron, Ohio
2001 Firelands College, Bowling Green State University - Huron, Ohio
2001 Carnegie Center for the Arts - Three Rivers, Michigan
2000 Irving Sandeler Artists File, Slide Registry and Artists Space - New York, NY
2000 Wichita Center for the Arts -Wichita, Kansas
2000 University Gallery, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, IL
2000 A. R. Mitchell Museum - Trinidad, Colorado
2000 Hunter Museum of American Art - Chattanooga, Tennessee
2000 Holter Museum of Art - Helena, Montana
2000 North Central College - Naperville, Illinois
2000 Muskegon Museum of Art - Muskegon, Michigan
2000 Birmingham/ Bloomfield Art Association - Birmingham, Michigan
2000 Gallery II, Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
1999 Marietta College Gallery - Marietta, Ohio
1999 Western Michigan University, Dalton Center - Kalamazoo, MI
1999 Ann Arbor Art Association - Ann Arbor, Michigan
1999 Holland Area Arts Council - Holland, Michigan
1999 Light, Gas and Water Gallery - Memphis, Tennessee
1999 Brea Civic and Cultural Center Gallery - Los Angeles, California
1998 University of Michigan, Gallery - Flint, Michigan
1998 Rockford Art Museum - Rockford, Illinois
1998 Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Association - Birmingham, Michigan
1998 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - Kalamazoo, Michigan
1997 Western Michigan University, Dalton Center - Kalamazoo, MI
1997 Susan Cummins Gallery - Mill Valley, California
1997 Central Washington University Gallery - Ellensburg, WA
1996 Berea College - Berea, Kentucky
1996 Carnegie Art Center - Covington, Kentucky
1996 The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center - Port Angeles, Washington
1996 Yakima Arts Gallery - Yakima, Washington
1996 Bellevue Art Museum - Bellevue, Washington
1996 Gallery One - Ellensburg, Washington
1995 Morehead State University - Morehead, Kentucky
1995 The Water Tower Gallery - Louisville, Kentucky
1995 Carnegie Art Center - Covington, Kentucky
1994 Ralston Fine Art - Johnson City, Tennessee
1994 Sinclair College - Dayton, Ohio
1993 Ohio University, Seigfred Gallery - Athens,
1992 Dairy Barn Cultural Art Center - Athens, Ohio
1991 Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio
1991 Central Missouri State University - Warrensburg, Missouri
1990 Clark State College - Springfield, Ohio
1982 Solano College Gallery - Solano, California
1980 Thomas Babeor Gallery - La Jolla, California
1979 San Diego Museum of Art - San Diego, California
1978 New Space Gallery - Los Angeles, California
Fellowships / Residencies
2004 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts - Amherst, Virginia
2001 Vermont Studio Center Residency - Johnson, Vermont
2000 Japan Studies Institute, Sasakawa Fellowship
2000 American Association of State Colleges and Universities -Washington DC
1997 The J. William Fulbright Research Fellowship to Florence and Rome
The J. William Fulbright Foundation - New York/Rome
Honors / Awards
2006 Award of Excellence
Art Source Gallery - Boise, Idaho
2005 Sabbatical
Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, Michigan
2005 Best of Show
Gallery 510 - Decatur, Illinois
2004 Provost Faculty Development Award
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2004 Faculty Development Award, School of Art
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2004 Second Place, Union Street Gallery
Chicago Heights - Illinois
2004 Fellowship
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Amherst - Virginia
2003 American Figure Award
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California
2002 Media Award in Painting - All Area 2002
Saginaw Art Museum-Saginaw, Michigan
2001 Travel Grant
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2001 Faculty Development Grant
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2001 First Place - Celebrating the Figure
Lansing Art Gallery - Lansing Michigan
2001 Artist’s Grant
Vermont Studio Center - Johnson, Vermont
2000 Japan Studies Institute, Kawakawa Fellowship
American Association of State Colleges and Universities - Washington DC
2000 Research Development Award
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
2000 Best of Category, Patron Award
A. R. Mitchell Museum - Trinidad, Colorado
1999 Faculty Research and Creative Activities Support Fund Award
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
1998 Best of Show - Small Format Show
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - Kalamazoo, Michigan
1997 The J. William Fulbright Research Fellowship
Research Grant to Paint in Florence and Rome Italy
1997 Central Washington University Travel Grant
Grant to assist in travel while in Florence and Rome Italy
1996 Adams Award
Gallery One - Ellensburg, Washington
1992 Liquitex Excellence in Art Award
Ohio University - Athens Ohio
1990 Student Excellence Award
Fourth Annual Art Exhibit, Clark State Gallery - Springfield, Ohio
Lectures
2002 Lecture/Presentation, Restlessness and Identity in my work
Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia
2002 Lecture/Presentation, Restlessness and Identity in my work
Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio
2001 Contemporary Ideas in Art, A Personal View
Shawnee State University – Portsmith, Ohio
2001 Intertextuality, Project in Painting
Marshall University – Huntington, West Virginia
Portage Northern High School, Portage, Michigan
2001 BGSU, Firelands, Huron Ohio
2000 Faces of the Enemy: Symbols of Power and Domination
Japan Studies Institute, California State University at San Diego, San Diego, CA
2000 Aspects of Color in Painting
Portage Central High School, Portage, Michigan
1998 Lecture/Presentation, The Renaissance Body in My Work
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
1998 Lecture/Presentation,The Renaissance Body in My Work
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1995 Guest Speaker, Central Washington University - Ellensburg, WA
Faces of the Enemy: Symbols of Power and Domination in Art
Works Cited
2001 Mary Ann Hall, Torano exhibit melds myth, realities
Sandusky Register, November 2
2000 Amy Sult, Torano/Stroh show proves thought provoking
Kalamazoo Gazette, January 16
2000 Celeste Dodson, Two WMU art Prof. address social issues in joint show
Kalamazoo Gazette, January 16
1999 Go West
Ann Arbor Art Center News, September
1999 Roger Green, Area artists miss their mark in Go West
Gazette News Service, September
1998 Linda S. Mah, WMU assistant Prof. wins KIA show
Kalamazoo Gazette, March 8
1998 Review of Exhibition
Marietta Sentinal, March
1998 Teresa Assenzo, Critics Picks
Kalamazoo Gazette, December 27
1998 Amy Sult, WMU faculty show has strong, coherent flow
Kalamazoo Gazette, November 8
1998 Christopher R. Young, Two people exhibit in art spotlight at UM
The Flint Journal, October 4
1997 The Daily Record, CWU art professor to visit Italy as Fulbright Scholar
The Daily Record, February 13
1997 Eveleth Green, Winners in Gallery One is Open Show Announced
The Daily Record, March
1997 Joshua Cooly, Art professors exhibit work
The Observer, January16
1997 On Center
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
Public / Private Collections
Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo, Michigan
Newspace Gallery - Los Angeles, California
various private collections