Preparing and planning for major exhibitions with the curators & artists, researching for the installation and layout of the exhibits, carpentry & wall building, problem-solving for complex installations, including designing and fabricating artworks, supervising a crew of up to fifteen preparators and traveling to other venues with the exhibitions to oversee the installations until promoted to a full-time senior preparator in 1995 and then it was more of the same.

Managing, planning, problem-solving, and installing exhibitions including fabricating artworks, crates, pedestals, and large-scale projection screens while also building walls, light barriers, ceilings & doorways for installation and programming of AV equipment, projectors, audio equipment, both 16mm and 35mm projectors with loopers (Gary Hill, Rodney Graham, & others), hiring, firing, training, supervising installers, drafting installation instructions and documentation for the next installer and traveling for installation supervision at other venues and art fairs in Basel, Miami, and NYC. See art installation