Curriculum Vita
MFA, printmaking, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2011
BFA, emphasis in Printmaking, Metropolitan State College of Denver (MSCD), Denver, Colorado, 2008
Solo Exhibitions
Genetic Time Bomb; MFA exhibition, 214 Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, 2011
Genetic Time Bomb, Chicago Art Matrix Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2011
Marks, Edge Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2008
Finding Myself, Edge Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2007
Exhibitions
Transcendental Objects, group invitational exhibition, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois, 2011
All My Imaginary Friends, group invitational exhibition, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, 2011
Old Dogs/New Tricks, group exhibition, 214 Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, Juror Nina Rizzo, 2010
Annual Juried Graduate Show, group exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, 2010
2nd. Penang International Printmaking Exhibition 2010, group exhibition, Penang State Museum and Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia, 2010
Double Decker, group exhibition, Annex Gallery, Dekalb, Illinois, 2010
Realism to Abstraction, group invitational exhibition, 214 Gallery, DeKalb Illinois, 2010
Conversation with the basement of my Brain, group invitational exhibition, Pietermaritzberg KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2009
NIU vs. UoW Madison, group invitational exhibition, Happy Dog Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2009
Graduate Printmakers, group invitational exhibition, 214 Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, 2009
Technature, selected group exhibition, Robert Strohmeier Print Space, MSCD Denver, Colorado, 2008
New Kids on the Block, group invitational exhibition, Pleasant Street Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, 2008
Graduate Exhibition, group exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois, juror Mary Ann Papanek-Miller, 2008
Exchange IV: Contemporary Prints from the US and Abroad, group exhibition, Rueff Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2008
Shared Practices, group exhibition, Red Delicious Press Gallery, Aurora, Colorado, 2008
Amalgamate, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado, 2008
WOW, group exhibition, Core Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2008
EDGEstremist, group exhibition, EDGE Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2007
MSCD Drawing Gallery, group exhibition, Denver, Colorado, 2007
Vicious Dog Press Gallery, group exhibition, Denver, Colorado, 2007
EDGEstremist, group exhibition, EDGE Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2006
New York Expansion, group invitational exhibition MAYKR Gallery, Beacon, New York, 2006
Ian’s Show, group exhibition, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2006
Metro Now, group exhibition, Emanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2006
Syzygy, group exhibition, Emanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado, Juror, Phil Bender, 2005
Jack Olson Memorial Scholarship, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2009
Tuition Waiver, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2008-11
Professional Experience and Volunteer Work
Graduate Assistantship, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2010-11
Vice President, Bandolier Press, Student Print Club, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2010-11
Teacher of Record, Instructor of record 3-Demensional Design, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2010
Treasurer, Graduate Art Association, Student Art Club, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2010
Studio Assistant, Printmaking Area, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2009-10
Teacher of Record, Instructor of record 2-Demensional Design, Northern Illinois, University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2009
Volunteer, John F. Kennedy High School, Denver, Colorado, 2008
Coordinator, Creative Ink, Denver, Colorado, 2007-08, Cooperative printmaking equipment supplier.
Vice President, Vicious Ink, Student Print Club, MSCD, Denver, Colorado, 2007-08
Co-Organizer, Drive-by Press Workshop, MSCD, Denver, Colorado, 2007
Studio Assistant, Printmaking Area, MSCD, Denver, Colorado, 2006-07
Course Assistant: assisting the Professor with everyday tasks, such as be of assistance to students with concepts and technical problems. In addition to assisting with demonstrations.
General Shop Assistant: Performing regular maintenance on shop equipment, stocking the shop and making contact with manufacturers.
Visiting Artist Workshops and Lectures Conducted
Printer, Dumbo Press, Mary and Liegh Block Museum of Art, Evanston Illinois, 2011
Visiting Artist, Lakeview Elementary, Schaumburg, Illinois, 2010
Visiting Artist, Hiawatha High School, Kirkland, Illinois, 2010
Lithography Demonstration, E.C. Cunningham’s Advanced Printmaking I, MSCD, Denver, Colorado, 2008
Demonstrating how to print a flat.
Viscosity Demonstration, E.C. Cunningham’s Intermediate Printmaking Intaglio, MSCD, Denver, Colorado, 2007
Lithography Lecture, Contemporary Print History, MSCD Denver, Colorado, 2007
Lecture on the process of Lithography to E.C. Cunningham’s Print History class.
Mono-type Demonstration and Artist Lecture, John F. Kennedy High School, Denver, Colorado, 2007
Writing and Art, Artist lecture, John F. Kennedy High School, Denver, Colorado, 2007
Facilitator, Screen Printing Workshop, Wheatridge High School, Wheatridge, Colorado, 2007
Visiting Artist Workshops and Lectures Attended
Assistant, Screen-printing Workshop with Jay Ryan, DeKalb, Illinois, 2009
Assistant, Screen-printing Workshop with Mark Hosford, DeKalb, Illinois, 2008
Assistant, Screen-printing and Lithography Workshop with John Hitchcock assistant professor of printmaking, Denver, Colorado, 2007
Assistant, Relief Printing Work Shop with Thomas Huck Senior Lecturer, MSCD, Denver, Colorado, 2007
Press Assistant, Lithography Workshop with Michael Barnes associate professor, MSCD, Denver, Colorado, 2005
Conferences Attended
Mid-American Print Counsel, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2010
Southern Graphics, Chicago, Illinois, 2009
Mid-American Print Counsel, Fargo, North Dakota, 2008
Southern Graphics, Kansas City, Missouri, 2007
Mid-American Print Counsel, Athens, Ohio, 2006
Memberships
Member, Bandolier Press, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2010-11
Member, Graduate Art Association, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 2010
Member, Mid-American Print Counsel, 2006-11
Member, Southern Graphics Counsel, Oxford, Mississippi, 2006-11
Associate Member, Edge Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 2006-08
Member, Vicious Ink, Denver, Colorado, 2005-08
Collections
Cannonball Press, Brooklyn, New York
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology, Christchurch, New Zealand
Collection of Cork Printmakers, Cork, Ireland
Drive by Press Collection, Austin, Texas
The Hurt Collection, Denver, Colorado
Northern Illinois University Print Collection
Permanent Collection of the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
Proyecto’ace Print Collection, Buenos Aires
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
University of Colorado Special Collection, Boulder, Colorado
Vicious Dog Press Collection, MSCD, Denver, Colorado
The Wenderski Collection, Colorado Springs, Colorado