Education

2006 | MFA | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2002 | BFA | Southern Methodist University
2001 | Independant Studio Program | Slade School of Art, University College, London

 

Awards

Trustee Fellowship | 2004-2006 | SAIC
Hunt Leadership Scholarship | 1998-2002 | SMU

Exhibitions

SALON DES DESSAINS 

Group Show at Teti Gallery, 2006, Chicago

SPUN FROM THE WEB

Group Exhibition at Gallery 2, SAIC , 2006  Chicago

RIGHT STUFF

Group Exhibition at ARC Gallery, 2006 Chicago

I SAW YOU

Group Exhibition at Gallery 2, SAIC , 2005   Chicago

VIth STUDENT INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNIAL

The Museum of the City of Skopje, 2005 Skopje, Macedonia

GOLD-DIGGERS EXCAVATION THROWDOWN AND ART AUCTION  

New Langton Arts,   2005 San Francisco

POWER WHEELS DEMOLITION DERBY  

Performance event help at The Congress Theater, 2005 Chicago

THROWING A SPIN IN THE WORKS: IMAGES OF THE WORKING CLASS

Group Exhibition at Mess Hall Alternative Space, 2004 Chicago

POSTCARDS, BLANKETS AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES  

Group Exhibition at 1926 Space, 2004     Chicago

SUCCESS  Group Exhibition presented by   Budget Gallery , 2004   San Francisco

MYBRARY Group Exhibition at BUILD Space, 2003 San Francisco

BAY AREA BOOK ARTS JAM    

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS QUALIFYING EXHIBITION  

Southern Methodist University, 2002 Dallas

INVISIBLE PORTRAITURE

Group Show at Southside Lofts, 2001 Dallas

SEVENTEEN DAYS OF DIOLGUE

Group Show at Q.E.D. Gallery, 2001   Dallas

WORDS OF A JOURNEY      

Individual Exhibition at The Doolin Gallery, SMU, 2001 Dallas  

99 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL

Individual Exhibition at Slade School of Art, 2001 London

NOT   Group Exhibition at Slade School of Art, 2000 London

IMAGINING THE LANDSCAPE  

Group Exhibition at Fort Burgwin, 1999 Taos, NM  

 

COLLECTIONS

THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO FLAXMAN ARTISTS' BOOK COLLECTION

READINGS, PUBLICATIONS, AND EVENTS

MONSTER DRAWING RALLY Participant ,

Southern Exposure, 2004 San Francisco

BLIND SPOT on WLUW Chicago

Read a series of short stories I wrote on this experimental radio program

aired in June 2005

  STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S SOCA WRITING ANTHOLOGY, 2003

 

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

Instructor for Introduction to Printmaking, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Instructor for Humor in Art, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Wrote curriculum for and will teach studio and seminar class for upper level undergraduate students through the Photography department; Fall of 2005

Intern Trilllium Press, Brisbane, CA

Teaching Assistant for The Theory of Poker taught by James McManus, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Spring 2005

Teaching Assistant for Offset Productions, and Contemporary Processes in Lithography   SAIC, Chicago, IL; Fall 2004 and Spring 2005

Finance and Development Assistant ,

New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA; 2002-2004  

Ceramics instructor , Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

Created curriculum for and taught hand building and wheel clay classes 2002-2004

Drawing/Painting Instructor , Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA

Installer for SF Camerawork;   2002

Curatorial and Development Intern, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM; Summer 2002

Artists' Assistant, Francis Bagley and Tom Orr, Dallas TX; 2001-2002

Artist's Assistant , Tom Lomax, London, U.K.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Second Place 2006 World Series of Poker Event #15

Camp John Marc staff member ; Camp John Marc is a nonprofit camp for children with physical disabilities and chronic illnesses