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2005	October	Open Studio ("HapiLani Redux") at Lexington Art Center's Loudan House 4th Friday Event
	July	Equine Portraiture Melanee Cooper Gallery, 740 Frankline, Chicago, IL

2004	September	Published first "perzine" (personal zine) in cartoon form called: HappyArt.Com/ix Vol. 1, No. 1 - "Moving to Kentucky!"
	July	Moved to Kentucky
	July	HapiLani Revisited (More work like below) Melanee Cooper Gallery, 740 N. Franklin, Chicago, IL

2003	March	"Fragments From Elsewhere - Other Wordly Curiosities" - Saville Gallery, Cumberland, MD. Opens March 8th. A solo show of the 'findings' I have made as a discoverer of a different world. Sculpture, paintings, drawings, assemblages and other 'artifacts' from my journey.
	July	HapiLani (Similar to above) Melanee Cooper Gallery, 740 N. Franklin, Chicago, IL

2002		Big Idea A sequential web based art show in which I painted one painting a day for about 160 days during the first half of the year. See all here on my site.
2001		Focused on illustration and animation for greeting card companies and amazon.com

2000	January	New York Internation Gift Fair - NYC - January
	February September	Began Teaching 'Toons.. Started learning new media - digital animation, concrete and welding!

1999	January	HandMade - New York Int'l Gift Fair, Jan. 30-Feb 3. George Little Management, Javitts Center Pavillion, New York, NY. Booth #9127 As "Martoons", Showed latest fine craft and accessories.
	March	Creative Workshop on a beach in the Southern Philippines with a German greeting card company, Perleberg. A wonderful invitational experience in which a collective of artists from all over the world were generously treated to a creative frenzy! Archie Perleberg, the owner of the company, sponsors this endeavor as a means to getting the freshest designs from the most relaxed artists on earth!
	June	"Licensing '99!" - The international licensing show. June 8-10, as MARTI! Avanstar/Expocon Group. Javitts Center, New York, NY. Showed 2 & 3-dimensional illustrations, characters and fully developed concepts to manufacturers, publishers and entertainment industry executives.
	August	HandMade - New York. As "Martoons", showed latest fine crafts and accessories
	October	International BookFair, Frankfurt, Germany. Showed paintings and illustrations in the artist's section.
1998	January	HandMade - New York. Showed wooden lamps, accessories and poetry reliefs.
	May	Portfolio Presentation Open House. Sponsored by the Graphic Artists' Guild - Chicago Chapter. The Three Arts Building. Chicago, IL. Showed my portfolio of cartoon-y fun.
	June	"Licensing '98!". Introduced "The Happy Noodlers" and other characters.
	July	ACC Chicago, showed wooden sculptures and lamps.
	August	HandMade - New York Int'l Gift Fair, showed lamps, poetry signs and clocks.

1997	January	HandMade - New York Int'l Gift Fair. Showed wooden lamps, poetry plaques and happiness shrines.
	February	Buyer's Market of American Craft - The Rosen Group, Philadelphia. Fine and production American Crafts. Showed mirrors, Happiness Shrines and wall pieces.
	June	SURTEX. Surface and Textile Design show by George Little Management Company. At The Javitts Center, New York, NY. Was featured artist and made a lobby presentation titled "Fear No Surface" in which I painted or created over 30 different permanent surfaces (a 1997 Saturn car, clothing, cans, glass, paper, silk, tiles, etc.).
	August	Handmade - New York Int'l Gift Fair. Lamps, poetry plaques and garden signs.
	September	"Around the Coyote" Art walk - Chicago, IL. The largest art walk of the midwest. Sold paintings and sculpture in my studio.
	October	"Portfolio Open House", The Puck Building, New York, NY. Sponsored by the Graphic Artists' Guild, presented an assemblege of portfolio materials, mostly 2-D.
	October	The International Book Fair - Artists section, Frankfurt, Germany. Dealer sold NEW paintings.
1996	January	HandMade - New York Int'l Gift Fair, showed my tin toons, ornaments, garden sticks, and mobiles.
	February	Buyer's Market of American Craft - Philadelphia

	March	"Marti!", Antiquites Gallery, L'Ardeche, France. Solo exhibition of new paintings.
	April	"Neu Von Marti!" (New from Marti!), Scala Gallerie, Hamburg, Germany. Solo exhibition of new paintings.
	August	Handmade - New York Int'l Gift Fair, showed my tin toons; ornaments, Lurch Boxes, mixed media dolls, etc.
	September	"Around the Coyote" Art Walk. Showed large paintings.
		Other Gallery Highlights......
1995	May	"Neu von Marti!", Slutsky Gallery, Franfurt, Germany. 30 recent paintings in a solo show.
	September	The Art Car Parade, Chicago, IL. Art cars from around the U.S. were organzied and driven through the Wicker Park neighborhood. Mine was my 1984 Beauville van; painted!
	Summer	"Artes" catalog of art. A major contemporary art catalog throughout Europe; showed one-of-a-kind painted suitcases, next to Picasso lithos and Herring originals.
	January	Hanna Bekker von Rath Gallerie, Frankfurt, Germany. 3 person show. Showed paintings and painted suitcases.

and.....In January, 1990, I broke into the U.S. national scene by having my firstwholesale booth in the Buyer's Market in Coconut Grove, Florida. From there to San Francisco, West Springfield, Miami, Annaheim, Germany, France......lots of places, lots of fun! I have participated in a host of art events that have allowed me to help people smile all over the globe. I am among the lucky ones who has made a living selling my art. And I'm just getting warmed up!

1991 - 1996....annual creative trips to a tiny enclave outside Frankfurt, Germany, where I made as much art as I could in usually around 3 weeks and left it with my dealer, Norby (Norbert Haun - Dreier Verlag and Galerie), who has sold the work all over Germany, lots of group shows in galleries, and beyond. My first solo show in Germany was in January 1991 and sold out in an evening!

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