EDUCATION
Lehigh University
MFA from The University of Pennsylvania
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
"Ghost Beacon", Brant Ritter - Jan. 2017
"Three Hospitality Designers Who Excel by Listening to the Food", Ken Schulman -Metropolis, Sep. 2013
"Design Seen: September 2013", Samantha Brooks - The Robb Report, Sep. 2013
"Thoreen & Ritter's skylight and Chinese lantern installations", Craig Nagano - Los Angeles times, Nov. 2013
"Spy High", Roberta Fallon -Philadelphia Weekly, Oct. 2004
"Art shines on Penn's Campus", Mangravite, Andrew - Philadelphia Forum, Dec. 1996
Eyelevel, Lehigh University, PA - Started by a small group of art and architecture students, including the artist, eyelevel was a critical journal of the visual arts, concerned with investigating the design process. (re)Production was the artist's essay exploring the structure and process that was dominating his work at the time.
AWARDS
1998 - Charles Addams Prize, University of Pennsylvania, PA
This annual award is given to two students who have shown to follow in the excellence set forth by Charles Addams, creator of the Addams Family and University of Pennsylvania alumna. This award is the highest honor that matriculating graduate students in fine arts can obtain.
1997 - Grumear Award, University of Pennsylvania, PA
The artist was awarded this grant for exhibiting excellence in the utilization and exploration of color.
1991-1995 - Hoover Scholarship, Lehigh University, PA