Education

Non-Degree
Summer Lithography Workshop, Tamarind Institute of Lithography, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2009

MFA
Printmaking, Tyler School of Art, Temple University Rome, Italy, 2007

MA
Studio Art, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2005

BFA
Printmaking with a Minor in Art History, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2003

Residencies

2010
Center For Contemporary Printmaking Fellowship Residency, Norwalk, Connecticut (upcoming)

2010
Proyecto ACE residency, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (upcoming)

2009
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium.

2007
Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland.


Teaching Experience

2008- Present
Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Art in Printmaking, Wichita State University, Kansas.
Printmaking Area Head
Courses Taught:
Relief Printmaking, Etching, Beginning- Advanced Lithography, Graduate Printmaking,
Beginning-Advanced Intaglio, Drawing, Screen-Printing, Digital Printmaking, Foundations Visual Literacy Courses.

2007
Alternative Approaches to Relief Printmaking Workshop, Cork Printmaking Facility, Cork, Ireland.

2007-2006
Graduate Teaching Assistant in Printmaking, Temple University
Rome, Italy. Assisted in maintaining print facilities and teaching:
GAD 0016: Survey of Printmaking Techniques
GAD 348: Printmaking Workshop

2005-2003
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record in the
Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana.
Sole Responsibility for:
Basic Drawing, Drawing II


Solo/Two Person Exhibitions

2010
(upcoming) The Distance Between, Limerick Printmakers Gallery, Limerick, Ireland

2009
The Mechanisms of Memory, 2 person exhibit with Derrick Stanley, Delmar Riney Art Gallery, Pratt Community College, Pratt Kansas
The No Method Method, Clair Smith Gallery, Barrington Illinois.


2008
Customizing the Matrix, Hendrix College Gallery, Conway, Arkansas.

2007
Past/Present/Tense, Temple University Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy.

2005
Memory Nostalgia Virus Vessel, West Gallery, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.


Selected Exhibitions

2009
Recollect, Trish Higgins Gallery, Wichita, Kansas. Invitational Exhibition.

Los Angeles Printmaking Society 20th National Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Juried by: Peter Frank

Black Flag on the Moon, Manatee Community College Art Gallery, Bradenton, Florida. Invitational Exhibition.

20/20 Vision, The Art of University Printmaking, Fire House Gallery, Louisville, Georgia. Invitational Exhibition.

Southern Graphics Council Traveling Exhibition, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois. Juried by: Warrington Colescott.

Art on Paper 2009, Maryland Federation of Art, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, Maryland. Juried by: LuLen Walker.

32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois. Juried by: Lynwood Kreneck

17th Biannual Faculty Exhibition, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas.

Paper In Particular, Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Missouri. Juried by: John Hull

22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Juried by: Doug DeVinny


2008
Ad Astra Per Aspera, University of Kansas School of Fine Arts Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas Juried by: Royce Smith and Shawn Bitters

Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, Campus Center Gallery, University of Hawaii at Hilo Juried by: Tomie Arai

Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Juried by: Beate Minkovski.

Southern Printmaking Biennial, Hoag Center Gallery, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Georgia. Juried by: Matthew Egan.

Dirty Fingernails Say a Lot II, Foundry Arts Centre, St Charles, Missouri. Juried by: Tony Crowley.

Printmaking Today, International Two-Part Juried Exhibition, Dedalo Center for Contemporary Art and The Museum of Castiglione, Abruzzo, Italy. Juried by: Colleen Corradi,Tomomi Ono, Paolo Cospito, Annarita Gaeta, Rolando Fidani.

60 Square Inches, Juried Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana. Juried by: Janet Ballweg.


2007
Open, Cork Printmakers Gallery, Cork, Ireland.

2006
Seven In a Room, Temple University Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy.

Visually Unrelated, Together At Last, Madison Street Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Lessedra World Print Annual 2006, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Big Block Exchange Exhibition, Philagrafika Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Innuendo, Gossip, Lies, and Half-Truths, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School Of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

9th International Open, Juried International Exhibition, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.

Hello, My Name is Fellow, Exhibition of Temple University Fellowship Recipients, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.


2005
Big Block Exchange Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Exchange II, East Gallery, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Mid-America Print Council Members Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

Cultural Transport/Moving Targets Portfolio Exhibition, International Invitational Portfolio, Universitat der Kunste (University of Fine Arts), Berlin, Germany.

Cultural Transport/Moving Targets Portfolio Exhibition, International Invitational Portfolio, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych (Academy of Fine Arts), Poznan, Poland.

The Nature of Paper, National Juried Exhibition, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.

Shelbyville Juried Regional Exhibition, Indiana Downs Gallery, Shelbyville, Indiana.

Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Indiana University Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo, Indiana.

Inside Out, Juried Exhibition, Gallery West, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Multiple Meanings, Wells Cultural Center, Lafayette, Indiana.

Indiana Now! Juried Exhibition, Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, Indiana.


2004
Fission/Fusion, Gallery East, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Whitewater Valley Juried Art Exhibition, Indiana University East Gallery, Richmond, Indiana.

Digressions, Gallery East, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Exchange! Gallery East, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.


2003
Coming Attractions, Installations by 15 Artists, Lafayette Theatre Alternative Installation Space, Lafayette, Indiana.

Best of Thesis Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Urban Side Show, Turner Hall Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Recent Prints and Installations, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Gas Light Building, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

International Exchange, Printmaking Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

International Exchange, Printmaking Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland.

Printmaking Exhibition, Gallery 326, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


2002-2000
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee Inner City Council Exhibition, Milwaukee Inner City Council Exhibition Space, Milwaukee, Wisconsin



Honors and Awards

2009
Purchase Award, 22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, Wisconsin

2008
Twin Rocker Purchase Award, 60 Square Inches Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries,
West Lafayette, Indiana.

2007-2006
Teaching Assistant Award, Temple University Rome, Italy.

2006-2005
Temple University Fellowship for Graduate Study, Temple University Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

2005
Brooks Fellowship to attend Summer Printmaking Workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado.

2005
Delta Phi Delta (Artist Organization) Scholarship to attend Summer Printmaking Workshop at Anderson ranch Art Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

2005
Merit Award, Shelbyville Juried Art Exhibition, Shelbyville, Indiana.


2005
Merit Award, Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Kokomo, Indiana.

2005
Juror Award, Inside Out Exhibition, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana.

2005
Purchase Award, Whitewater Valley Juried Art Exhibition, Richmond,
Indiana.

2004
Delta Phi Delta (Artist Organization) Merit Scholarship, Purdue
University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

2005-2003
Teaching Assistant Award, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

2003-1999
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Tuition Scholarship, Milwaukee
Wisconsin.


Lectures/Panels/Professional Activities

2010
Large Format Relief Printmaking Demonstration, Southern Graphics Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (upcoming)

2010
Artist Talk, The Rules Do Not Apply for the Memory, Place, Context: Contemporary Printmaking by Eastern European Women Panel,
Southern Graphics Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(upcoming)

2009
Co-Chair Syntax of the Print:What is Print Theory? Panel, Southeastern College Art Conference, University of South Alabama, Mobile.

2009
Visual Culture Panel Presentation of PRInteresting: On The Future of the Print, PCA/ACA
Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2009
Artist Talk, Life Under Pressure: Re-Envisioning the Print, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas

2008
Visiting Artist Lecture, Customizing the Matrix, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas.

2008
Panel Chair, Re-Envisioning the Art of the Print: The Digital Revolution, Mid-America
College Art Association Conference, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.

2007
Relief Printmaking Demonstration, Cork Printmaking Facility, Cork, Ireland.

2007
Artist Talk, Cork Printmaking Facility, Cork, Ireland.

2007
Past/Present/Tense Artist Talk, Temple University Rome, Italy.

2006
Visiting Artist Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

2005
Artist Talk, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

2005
Memory Nostalgia Virus Vessel Exhibition Gallery Talk, Visual
and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette,
Indiana.

2004
Mentor/Protégé Panel, Mid-America Print Conference, University of
Nebraska, Lincoln.


Experience in Curating Exhibitions

2006
Innuendo, Gossip, Lies, and Half-Truths, National Juried Exhibition for MFA students, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

2005
Marginalia Portfolio and Exhibition, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

2005
Organized Digressions Exhibition, East Gallery, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.


Conferences/Workshops

2006
Southern Graphics Council Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison

2005
Impact/Kontakt International Conference in Berlin, Germany and Poznan, Poland.

2005
Digital Printmaking Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado.

2004
Southern Graphics Council Conference, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

2004
Mid-America Print Council Conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

2001
Southern Graphics Council Conference, University of Texas, Austin.


Collections

Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland Print Archive
University of Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany Print Archive
Purdue University Print Archive
University of Nebraska, Lincoln Print Archive
Rutgers University Print Archive
Amity Collection
University of Austin, Texas Print Archive
Purdue University Permanent Collection



Volunteer Work

2007
Rome Tour Guide, Temple University Rome, Italy
2005
Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
2004
Guest House of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.



Publications

Books
Print Theory: An Anthology of Essays (co-editor, book project in progress)

Bibliography

2009
22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition Catalogue.
2008
Southern Printmaking Biennial Exhibition Catalogue.
2008
60 Square Inches Exhibition Catalogue.
2006
Lessedra World Print Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
2006
Philagraphika Big Block Exchange Catalogue
2006
“Group Shows At Womanmade Gallery, 9th International Open.”
Absoluters.Com
2005
Exhibition Catalogue for Mid-America Print Council Members Exhibition,
Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
2004
Exhibition Catalogue for Whitewater Valley Art Exhibition, Indiana
University East, Richmond, Indiana.