Biography
Lives in Tucson, Arizona
Born Mt. Vernon, Illinois, 1984

Education

2012
University of Arizona, Art Education, M.A (in progress)

2009
Claremont Graduate University, Painting and Sculpture, M.F.A

2007
University of Dayton, Studio Art, B.F.A (Summa cum laude)

Residencies

2010
Penland School of Crafts: Spring Eight Week Concentration-Ceramic Form with Plaster Molds

2007
Chautauqua School of Art: Summer Studio Program
Parsons The New School for Design: AICAD New York Studio Program

2006
Maryland Institute College of Art: Tribeca Summer Program

Exhibition Record

2009
Confabulations of a Mighty Fine Girl: Solo Exhibition, Claremont Graduate University, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
Supersonic, Los Angeles Convention Center, West Hall A, Los Angeles, CA

2008
Sweetness: Collaboration with Catherine Wagley, Claremont Graduate University, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA Don’t Be Shy, Claremont Graduate University, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont CA
Interactions: Armory Artists & Their Art, Armory Center for the Arts at 2948, Pasadena, CA

2007
The Fourth Leg, Claremont Graduate University, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
From Our Perspective: Annual National Women’s Exhibition, OCC Womencenter, Farmington Hills, MI
Chautauqua Student Exhibition, Logan Galleries, Chautauqua, NY
Crystal Slippage, New York Studio Program, New York, NY

2006
From Our Perspective: Annual National Women’s Exhibition, OCC Womencenter, Farmington Hills, MI
MICA in Tribeca, New York Studio Program, New York, NY
Rites of Passage, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2005
Magnitude SEVEN: National Juried Exhibit of Small Works, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Yeck College Fellow Exhibition, Dayton Art Institute, Regional Artist Gallery, Dayton, OH
Horvath Juried Exhibition, University of Dayton, Rike Center Gallery, Dayton, OH
Gender, Engendered, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Teaching Experience

2010
Roger Bacon High School, Cincinnati, OH, long term substitute art teacher

2009
Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Sculpture II teaching assistant for Michael O’Malley

2008
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, Installation teaching assistant for Rachel Lachowicz
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, Discussion Group Leader

2007/2008
The Armory Center For the Arts, Pasadena, CA, field trip instructor

2004/2005
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH, college fellow

Awards/Fellowships

2010
University of Arizona Gradaute Teaching Assistantship
Penland School of Crafts Work-Study Scholarship

2008
Claremont Graduate University Walker/Parker Memorial Fellowship

2007
The Armory Center for the Arts Fellowship

2006
University of Dayton Gordon Richardson Senior Visual Arts Scholarship
Bridget T Porter Upperclassman Visual Arts Scholarship

2004
Dayton Art Institute Yeck College Artist Fellowship

Bibliography

2009
LA Art Show Catalog, Supersonic, Los Angeles, CA

2007
Artworks, Exposed: Catalog of the Top 100 Secret works of 2006, Cincinnati, OH

2005/2006
MANIFEST, Rites of Passage 2006, Magnitude SEVEN, Gendered/Engendered, Cincinnati, OH

2005
The Dayton Art Institute Member Quarterly,Yeck College Artist Fellows, Dayton, OH

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