Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2006Master of Fine Arts
Studio Arts: Installation, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Performance
University of Colorado at Boulder
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts cum Laude Honors
Studio Arts: Ceramics
Employment
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Marshfield and Wausau, WI
Associate Lecturer Art 101 Design: Two-Dimensional
Associate Lecturer Art 102 Design: Three-Dimensional
Associate Lecturer Art 103 Basic Drawing I
Associate Lecturer Art 261 Basic Ceramics
Associate Lecturer Art 361 Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics
9/19-Present
Center for Visual ArtsWausau, WI
Instructor of Ceramics
9/17-Present
Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, OR
Adjunct Professor Art 105: 3D Studio Methods
Adjunct Professor Art 106: 4D Studio Methods
Adjunct Professor Art 240: Introduction to Photography
Adjunct Professor Art 133: Introduction to Drawing x 2
1/15-5/17
Rogue Community CollegeGrants Pass, OR
8/15-5/16
Adjunct Professor Beginning Sculpture x2
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY2012-14
Visiting Artist Professor Ceramics I/II x4
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
2010/11Instructor Sculpture: Whiteware and Slip-Casting 3000
2009/10Instructor Ceramics: Materials and Processes 2000
Instructor Sculpture: Whiteware and Slip-Casting 3000
Instructor Ceramics for Designed Objects 3000
2008/9Instructor Non-Traditional Approach to Clay Spring/Summer 3000
Instructor Sculpture: Whiteware and Slip-Casting 3000
Instructor Workshop: Hand-Modeling in Clay 3000
2007/8Instructor Non-Traditional Approach to Clay 3000
Instructor Method and Manipulation in Ceramic Process 2000
2007Instructor Non-Traditional Approach to Clay 3000
Yollocalli Arts Reach in assoc. with After School MattersChicago, IL
2006-07
Instructor of Installation Art/Photography/Sculpture x2
Gallery SovereignBoulder, CO
2002-04
Sole Proprietor, Chief Curator and Co-Creator of Gallery Sovereign for two years.
Solo Exhibitions
Paeans for Pariahs Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, September 2016
Thousand Mile Stare Eyeheart Gallery, October 2013, Chelsea, Manhattan, NYC 2013
Don’t think you can change my evil ways Heaven Gallery, August, Chicago, IL 2011
Group Exhibitions
2021/22 Untitled 2 person exhibition with Mara Mullen-Reinhardt at the Center for Visual Arts, Wausau (pending)
2020
ArtHistorical Center for Visual Arts Wausau, Wausau, WI
Artbash University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI (Donation)
Artrageous Wheel throwing demonstrations in front of the Center for Visual Arts, Wausau
Current commission from YWCA and Center for Visual Arts Wausau for porcelain trophies in honor of female leaders in the Wausau Community
Completed commission for Juliana Burmesch, porcelain pendant lamps
2019
Exhibitour Representing Center for Visual Arts Wausau at their gift shop.
Faculty and Student Exhibit Center for Visual Arts, Wausau
2018
Exhibitour Presenting with Mara Mullen Reinhardt at Voss Studios, Wausau
2017
Haines and Family Grant Awardees Exhibit Ashland Springs Hotel, Ashland, OR
Shapes of Curiosity Schneider Museum, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR Curated by Kelly Worman
2015
Re-Thinking Ceramics Umpqua Valley Arts Association, October 30th, Roseburg, OR
Rogue Valley Biennial Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford OR
Drawing Show English Kills Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2014
English Villz Popup show at 385 Fulton St Curated by Villekorn Saphayet August
and to the hard parade – Curated for Bushwick Open Studios, 48 Melrose Studios, May, Brooklyn
Clio Art Fair March 5-8th Chelsea, Manhattan, NYC
This Particular Patch, Gowanus Ballroom, January, Brooklyn, NY
2013
On/Off Acid Calico, June 7th, Brooklyn
Ceramics Faculty Exhibit Pratt Institute, February, Brooklyn, NY
2012
AutoRedact Loft 594, November 10th, Brooklyn
2010
Tri-State Area, Jolie Laide Gallery, December 16th, Philadelphia, PA,
More Betterer, Heaven Gallery, November 12th, 2010, Chicago, IL
Fever Dream, Roots and Culture Gallery, February 27th, Chicago, IL
Alternative Musical Instrument Group Show, July 2nd, Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, Maine
High Class Problems MaDa Shell Gallery, Ashland, OR August 10th,
Selected Exhibitions
2009-
Fine Arts Building Open Studios exhibit in Simon Slater’s studio, October 10th, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Mahalo, Thrones Gallery, Chicago, IL
Faculty exhibit, Yollocallli Arts Reach, Chicago, IL
The Most Electrifying Space, public performance/installation in Philadelphia, PA
Saloon, Version Festival, NFOXPO, Zhou Bros Bldg, Chicago, Il
Negotiated Landscapes, Betty Rhymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Curated by Claire Pentecost Chair of Photography, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Art44/46 Public outdoor exhibition in the 44th/46th wards of Chicago (Lakeview East), curated by Stuart Keeler.
Spun from the Web, G2 Gallery, curated by Shawnee Barton, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
El Luchador Hambriento (The Hungry Wrestler), public installation and performance for Negotiated Landscapes Exhibit, Chicago, IL
Artists for Peace, Al Jafar Gallery, Bethlehem, Palestine, with Richard Serra.
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, G2 Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Scurrying about in Grandeur, New York Studio Program, NY, NY
The Tetris Effect, Parsons School of Art, The New School, New York
The Drawing Center, Group Exhibition, New York
Residencies
Visiting Artist Residency Schneider Museum of Art in conjunction with the Ford Family Foundation and Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 7/1-8/1/17
Hunter College Residency A six month low residency of the Hunter College ceramics facilities culminating in an exhibit in the adjacent gallery. 8/01/12-4/15/13
Honors, Awards, and Designations
Artwork published in New Art Oregon, a book produced by the Ford Family Foundation. 2018
Ford Family Foundation Grant and Honorarium recipient.
Voted amongst top 5 Professors at Southern Oregon University by the public of Ashland, OR through the Sneak Preview Best of Ashland issue.
Artist in Residence with Schneider Museum 7/1/16-8/15/16, stipend and honorarium.
Haines and Friends Grant 2016 $3000
Chicago Artist’s Coalition Grant 2008SAIC Grant 2006Exhibitions and Events Graduate student representatives for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Voted Outstanding Student Leader, SAIC
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Lecture Series Speaker twice in 2003
Boulder Arts Commission Major GrantGraduated with cum Laude Honors, UC Boulder
Honors Thesis Accepted, “Resonant Qualities of Ceramic Musical Instruments”
University Research Opportunities Grant, UC Boulder
Talent and Creativity Scholarship, UC Boulder
Special Collections, UC Boulder Library, “Redefining the Snapshot”