Education

Undergrad

1973-74

Wimbledon School of Art,

Wimbledon, England,

(full tuition scholarship)

BFA

1975

Minneapolis College of Art and Design,

Minneapolis, Minnesota

MFA

1978

University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, Minnesota

World Art Project®

1973-Present

Founder/Coordinator/Artist

Life Long Project

Curriculum Vitae

Collateral Healing, Inc. (CHI)

2007-Present

President and CEO

10247 40th Street West,
Webster, MN 55088

Research and Development: Farming/Food Production, Water/Purification, Building&Construction, Business Development, Energy Systems, and New Employment Opportunities/Living Wages.

Gustavus Adolphus College

1979-2024

Full Professor of Art and Design

800 College Ave.
St. Peter, MN 56082

(1998 – Egypt, Cairo, January Term Travel Course, Professor, ) (1989 – Institute of the Ministry of Space, Holography Collaboration, Beijing, China. Teaching & Learning Holography) (1982 Kansai Gaidai Exchange Professor one year, Kansai Gaidai University, Hirikata City, Japan. East and West Architecture Concerns.) (2012-13 Sabbatical Leave, Research & Development New Housing Designs).

Regenerated Solid Materials, Inc. ( RSM, Inc.)

2009-Present

Owner/Management Team

Montreal, Canada

Product Name: NāTreeà®, 2009-2013: Three year $350,000 Research and Development completed. Business Plan Finished. Product Testing Complete. Technical Specifications for new products Complete. Investment capital opportunities being investigated.

Virginia A. Groot Foundation

1989-Present

Member, Board of Directors 1989-Present
Vice President, Board of Directors 2016-Present

Evanston, IL

www.virginiaagrootfoundation.org.

All Paper Recycling, Inc. / ShetkaWorks, LLC

1992-2007

Founder/ President

435 West Industrial Street,
Le Center, MN 56057

“All Paper Recycling, Inc. believes that all wood, stone and plastic consumer products can be replaced with products made from 100% recycled paper, cloth, and/or plant fiber,” and they are well on their way to proving this a possibility. Over 30 years of research and development. More All Paper Recycling i nfo

Patents

Patent Granted on November 12, 1991

U.S. Patent No. 5,064,504.
PULP MOLDING PRESS DESIGN

Patent Granted on February 19, 1991

U.S. Patent No. 4,994,148.
PULP PRESS MOLDING METHOD FOR MAKING PRODUCTS FROM PAPER PULP FROM RECYCLED PAPER.

GRANTS & AWARDS

2026-2023 Art, Innovation, and Design Development Project, Virginia A Groot Foundation, Evanston, IL
2023 Community Engaged Learning Grant, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota
2013-2009 Artist Project: Regenerate Solid Materials, Diamond Productions, Montreal, Quebec H4p 2N5, Canada
2009 Artist Project: Making Boards from Ethanol Production By-products, Fagen, Inc. Granite Falls, MN
2006 Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Owatonna, MN
2005 Vanguard Award Nominee, Owatonna, MN
2004 Job-Z Award, All Paper Recycling, Inc. Le Center, MN
1998 Jerome Foundation Visual Arts Travel and Study Grant, St. Paul, MN
1996 Office of Environmental Assistance, St. Paul, MN
1995 Fingerhut Corporation, Design and create a system for turning waste paper/fiber byproducts into shipping pallets, St. Cloud, MN
1994 Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Grant, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
1993 Charles A. & Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Grant, Berkeley Springs, WV
1991 Fellowship, Blandin Foundation, Grand Rapids, MN
1991 Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Grant, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
1989 Jerome Foundation Visual Arts Travel and Study Grant, St. Paul, MN
1989 Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant, Evanston, IL
1988 Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Grant, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
1987 National Endowment for the Arts/ Rockefeller Foundation, Regional, UC Video, Minneapolis, MN
1986 Jerome Book Art Fellowship, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1986 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, St. Paul, MN
1985 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, St. Paul, MN
1984 McKnight Foundation Grant, Sculpture, Minneapolis, MN
1983 New Works Project Grant, Installation/Sculpture, St. Paul, MN
1980 The New Science Museum Project, St. Paul, MN
1980 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, St. Paul, MN

EXHIBITIONS and MILESTONES

2023* WORLD ART PROJECT® (WAP®) Semi-centennial Milestone: Launch of the new WAP® website, Webster, MN
2022* Collateral Healing, Inc. Milestone: Landfill Abatement and Remediation Project, WAP®, Webster, MN
2021* Collateral Healing, Inc., “New Septic is No Septic”, Patent Update, Webster, MN
2020* Collateral Healing, Inc., Kinetic Selective Insect Picking Sculpture, Webster, MN
2020* Collateral Healing, Inc. “Weeds the new Wood” Kinetic Sculptures that Picks Weeds, Webster, MN
2019* Collateral Healing Wholism, “Art That Captures Carbon”, Webster, MN
2018* Collateral Healing, Inc., Good Carbon Fiber Fertilizer, Webster, MN
2018* Fiber Product Production System that Filters Water, Webster, MN
2017* Collateral Healing, Inc., “New Insulation 100% Reclaimed Fiber”, Webster, MN
2016* Collateral Healing Inc. “Synthetic Fiber Cladding Project”, Webster, MN
2016* Collateral Healing, Inc. Plastic Conversion Milestone, Webster, MN
2015* Collateral Healing, Inc., Machine Art: “Mixer”, Webster, MN
2014* Lexington Manufacturing, Fiber Fireproof Door Testing, Brainerd, MN
2013* Fiber Work Surface Tops,
2010* Crystal D, Plaques and Awards, Distillers Grains DDGS, & Glass, St. Paul MN
2009* Desktop Items,
2007 National Building Museum, “The Green House”, Washington, DC
2007* Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, “Governor’s Awards Made From 100% Fiber”, St. Paul, MN
2006* National Building Museum, “GREENOVATION” Exhibition, Washington, DC
2002 SOFA CHICAGO, Festival Hall, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2002* Material ConneXion Exhibition, 127 W 25th Street, New York, NY
2001 The Goldstein Museum of Design, “Here By Design”, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
1999 Class “A” Fire ASTM E-84 Certification, Testing Laboratory, Bryan, TX
1995* Federal Forest Products Laboratory Invited Speaker, Madison, WI
1995 Seattle Design Center, Exhibition of the International Design Research Awards, Honorable Mention, Seattle, WA
1995 Aveda Corporation, Fiber Soap Dish Design, Blaine, MN
1994* Minneapolis Institute of Arts, “Paper Futures”, Minneapolis, MN
1991* All Paper Recycling, Inc. Patented Kinetic Sculpture Systems, St. Peter, New Prague, and Le Center, MN
1988* Minneapolis Institute of Arts, WORLD ART PROJECT®, Minneapolis, MN
1985 Minneapolis College of Art & Design, McKnight Artists, Minneapolis, MN
1980* The Science Museum of St. Paul, “Who Dwells In The Flood”, St. Paul, MN
1979* Minneapolis Institute of Arts, “Permutations”, Minneapolis, MN
1978* Katherine E. Nash Gallery, “Fiber World”, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1975 Sheldon Art Gallery, “First Great Plains Sculpture Show” National Juried Exhibition, Lincoln, NE

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

2023* Collateral Healing, Inc. “Affordable Fiber House “Project”, WAP®, Webster, MN
2018* Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN
2012* New Prague High School, New Prague, MN
2011* Common Roots Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
2009* Macalester College, Markim Hall’s Institute for Global Citizenship, St. Paul, MN
2008* Saint Olaf College, Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Northfield, MN
2007* United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY
2006* Minnesota State Fair, MPCA Reduce Reuse and Recycle exhibition space, St. Paul, MN
1997* Intermedia Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1995* The Children’s Museum, Permanent Installation, St. Paul, MN