Education
M.F.A. in Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University
B.F.A. in Art, concentration in Painting and Drawing, The Pennsylvania State University
Post Baccalaureate Program (not completed), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Awards and Residencies
2020 The Adventure Science Center, Maker-in-Residence, Nashville, TN
THRIVE Grant, Metro Nashville Arts Commission
Mineral House, Artist-in-Residence
2019 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
Glasgow Middle School, Visiting Artist, Glasgow, KY
2018 Pegram Elementary, Artist-in-Residence, Pegram, TN
Shakerag Workshops, Educator Scholarship, Sewanee, TN
2016 The Studios at MASS MoCA, Artist-in-Residence, North Adams, MA
2015 The Kentucky Foundation for Women, Artist Enrichment Grant
The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence & instructor, Lake Forest, IL
Fermentation Fest Farm/Art DTour, Finalist, Sauk County, WI
2014 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
2013 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
2011 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
2009 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
University of Missouri, Visiting Artist, Columbia, MO
2005 The Ragdale Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Lake Forest, IL
2003 Kansas City Art Institute, Visiting Artist, Kansas City, MO
2002 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Artist-in-Residence Program, Snowmass, CO
2001 Evanston Arts Council/City of Evanston, 2001 Cultural Art Fund Award, Evanston, IL
2000 The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Apprentice Training Program, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2020 We Lift Our Eyes, @weliftoureyes, #weliftoureyes,
Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2019 Wonderland, Kindling Arts Festival, Track One, Nashville, TN
Bushel of Tomato Fun, Tomato Arts Festival, Nashville, TN
Community Garden, Batch & Bushel Festival, Wilson County Exposition Center, Lebanon, TN
2018 Stars Above and Water Below, Family Day, OZ Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN
Field of Dreams, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2017 Frist Friday, collaborative project with ELEL, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
2016 Geode, collaborative project with ELEL, touring the US, including SXSW, TX
Landforms, Green Gallery, Turnip Green Creative Reuse, Nashville, TN
2015 Art is Illuminating, SeedSpace, Nashville, TN
Groundwork, Art Matters, Bowling Green, KY
Geode, collaborative project with ELEL, touring the US
2013 Room for Imagination, Houchens Gallery, The Capitol Arts Center/SKyPAC, Bowling Green, KY
2011 A Room for Inspiration, Hammes Gallery, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2008 Hope Springs Eternal, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 With Love, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Fortune, Project Space, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005 Spencer’s, Bowling Green, KY
2003 Telephonebooth, Kansas City, MO (collaborative installation with artist Laura Berman)
You Mean So Much To Me, Ohio State University, Marion, OH
2002 You Mean So Much to Me, Standard, Chicago, IL
2001 Flower Power, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Wishing Stars, Evanston Art Center Invitational, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Group Exhibitions
2020 Art of Science, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
Mineral House group exhibition, Chattanooga, TN
Idea Festival Exhibition, SKyPAC Galleries, Bowling Green, KY
2019 ArtFields, Lake City ArtFields Collective, Lake City, SC
Nashville Visionaries, Hiram Van Gordon Gallery, Tennessee State University , Nashville, TN (curated by Carl Pope)
Modular Art Pods, Fort Houston, Nashville, TN
Under One Roof: Tikkum Olam: Repairing the World, OZ Arts and Gordon JCC, Nashville, TN
Way Late Play Date, The Adventure Science Center, Nashville, TN
Rags to Witches, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Kids in Nashville, Vanderbilt University Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2018 InLight, 1708 Gallery, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (juror Kimberli Gant)
*Optimism*, 2018 Endless Editions Biennial, Endless Editions, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts –
The Project Space, New York, NY (curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo)
AHL/Paddle8, AHL Foundation, New York, NY
MusiCircus, OZ Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN
Crappy Magic, Track One, Nashville, TN (curated by David Hellams)
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Extrasensory, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
FIGMENT North Adams, Windsor Lake, North Adams, MA
Haunted, Track One, Nashville, TN
Nashville Lantern Festival, Nashville, TN
CONNECT, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, KY
25th Annual Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Exhibition, Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Friends and Family, Green Gallery, Turnip Green Creative Reuse, Nashville, TN
Solar Eclipse & Astronomical Art Show, FFOYA House, Bowling Green, KY
Studio Time, Corridor Gallery, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
2016 Modular Art Pods, OZ Arts Fest, OZ Arts Nashville, Nashville, TN (Best in Show)
CONNECTglow, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, KY (First Prize)
FIGMENT, Frank Wilson Park, FIGMENT, Chicago, IL
24th Annual Jack Lunt Memorial Juried Exhibition, The Downing Museum, Bowling Green, KY (Purchase Award)
Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Library and Museum, Bowling Green, KY (First Place Sculpture)
TIME + PLACE: Ragdale’s 40th Anniversary Exhibition, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
Small Wonders, Lakes of Fire, Montague, MI
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2015 What Ought to Be: Envisioning the Impossible, BOX13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX
Mark, Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
Modular Art Pods, abrasiveMedia, Nashville, TN
You’ve Got Mail, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Holiday Show, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 A Wicked Problem, The Elizabeth Foundation For the Arts, New York, NY
W.here – We Are, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
WKU Biennial Exhibition, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Vom Anhalten des Verschwindens (From the pause of the disappearance), Elektro Becker,
Lanspringer, Germany
Idea Festival, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2013 Gesturing Into Consciousness, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
Alumni in Faculty Collections, Robeson Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, PA
Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Library and Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2012 Imagination Tree, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
Capitol Arts Celebration, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
2011 Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
Chain Letter 2011, golden PARACHUTES, Berlin, Germany
Celebration of the Arts, Kentucky Library and Museum, Bowling Green, KY
Compassion Fatigue, Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
2010 Power to the People, Feature Inc., New York, NY
Going Postal, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, UK
House, Dreaming, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
EXPOSED, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
Public Theatre of Kentucky, Bowling Green, KY
Spencer’s, Bowling Green, KY
2009 Cluster F**k, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
EXPOSED, Artworks, Cincinnati, OH
Hope Over Fear, Grace Lutheran, Evanston, IL
2008 Group Think, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Heart and Soul, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Secret ArtWorks, ArtWorks, Cincinnati, OH
Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Repetitive Gestures, Steamboat Springs Art Council, Steamboat Springs, CO
Shag and Stripes, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Summer Show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Shoebox Series, Bridge Magazine, Chicago, IL
2003 Artboat, Standard, Chicago. IL
*shoebox series*, Bridge Magazine/1R Gallery, Chicago, IL (in the collection of the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago)
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2002 16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2002, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Carry On’ Drawing, Rapid Transit Gallery, Savannah, GA
2001 Artists/Alumni, Mary and Leigh Block Museum, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (catalogue)
Look; Paint, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
You Gotta Have Art, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Carry On’ Drawing, Artcore Gallery, Baroda, India and Jehangir Gallery, Sakshi, India
2000 Look; Paint, Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
6 Degrees, 2121 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Evanston + Vicinity 15th Biennial Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Midway Airport Walkway Project, Midway Airport, Chicago, IL
1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Art in Christian Communities, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL
Memberships and Affiliations
Frist Art Museum, Artist Mentor and Teaching Artist, 2017–present
Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL, Artist, June 2005–Present (www.zggallery.com)
Western Kentucky University, Instructor, Department of Art, August 2013–present
College Art Association, Member, 1995–Present
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Intellectual Property Committee, Dec. 2006–Feb. 2010 (three year term)
American Association of Picture Professionals (ASPP), Member, May 2007–present
Art within the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL and Midway Airport, Chicago, IL
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