Born in Cambridge, Ma. 1961 Newton North H.S. 1979, B.A. Bennington College, Bennington, Vt.(painting & sculpture) 1983, M.F.A.State University of New York at Albany (sculpture & drawing) 1988. Married Alane Ball, 1998, Father to Emma Chinian, 1999 and Hope Chinian, 2004. Lives in Cambridge, Washington County, NY since 1989.