Education

MFA; Painting         2002 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 

BFA; Painting and Drawing 1995 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

Fellowship         1994 L’Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy

 

Selected Exhibitions

(*solo show) 

2009 Paintings *, Elon University, Elon, NC

Convening In-Between *, Eichold Gallery, Springhill College, Mobile, AL 

2008 Color Key, Painting Center, New York, NY

Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 

War, Madness, and Delusion, Andover Newton Theological School

        Newton Centre, MA

2007 Bowery Gallery Juried Show, juror, John Walker, New York, NY

Equivalents, San Francisco Studio School 1st Annual National Juried 

        Competition, San Francisco CA

Wish You Were Here: work by Ox-bow Artists in Residence, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI

2006 Pinch Hitters, SPACE, Pittsburgh PA

       Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

2005 Paintings *, Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem VA

Abstraction Obstruction: Working the Meridians, SOIL Gallery,         Seattle WA

Drawing: Eighteen Hands, Gallery 115, Greensboro, NC

Art Faculty Biennial, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

2004 Paintings *, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

2003         Faculty Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

2002 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2000 Unearthed; Contemporary Landscape, Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA

Paper, Zeitgeist, Seattle WA

     Works in Progress 1rst Year MFA’s, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA

Surround: Surrender *, Zeitgeist, Seattle WA

Painting 2000, Bumbershoot, Seattle WA (curated by Matthew Kangus)

Abstraction from Nature, Seattle Art Museum S.R.Gallery, Seattle WA

Distill, Davidson Galleries, Seattle WA

Rosy, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA

1999 Here-after, SOIL Gallery, Seattle WA

Liminal, Artspace, Seattle WA

Festerings *, Zeitgeist, Seattle WA

 

Residencies

2007 Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residencies, Saugatuck, Michigan 

        Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

 

Professional Experience

2004-        Assistant Professor of Painting, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC

2003        Visiting Faculty, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN 

2001-02          Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA  

 

Grants / Awards

2009 College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award for Junior Faculty 

2004 Summer Excellence Grant, UNCG, NC

 

Visiting Artist Lectures

2007 Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residencies, Saugatuck, MI

2005 Roanoke College, Salem VA, Lecture in conjunction with exhibition 

2004 Art on Paper, Panel discussion, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

 

Collections

Mobile Museum of Art 

 

Periodicals

2009 Press-Register, Mobile. AL, March 29, review by Thomas Harrison 

2006 Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, July 27, review by Kurt Shaw

        Pittsburgh Post Gazette, July 12, review by Terry Young

2002  MFA 2002, June, essay by Rod Slemmons

2001 Art Papers Magazine, July / August, review by Jill Conner 

Seattle Times, April 14, review by Matthew Kangus

The Stranger, December 21-27, review by Emily Hall  

 

 Works Available at PIEROGI 2000 Flatfiles, Brooklyn, NY


 

 

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