EDUCATION:
2008: MFA, Studio Art: Drawing & Painting, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
2006: BFA, Art Management, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
RESIDENCIES:
2015: Horned Dorset Colony, Leonardsville, NY
2014: Starry Night Retreat, Truth or Consequences, NM
AWARDS & HONORS:
2018: ThinkTank10, Integrative Teaching International, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2017: Selected to participate in the FATE/ITI Think Catalyst sponsor by Integrative Teaching International, April 5th
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2017: Matthew Packman, “Artist Talk”, Centralia Sentinel, August 27, 2017
2015: Starry Night Programs, “Artist To Look Out For”, 12/2015
PROFESSIONAL ORGAZINATION
Member, Foundation Art Theory and Education
Member, Mid-America College Art Association
Board Member MACAA Representative, Integrative Teaching International
Board Member Assistant VP for Communications, Integrative Teaching International
Board Member Integrative Teaching International Representative, MACAA
Member, College Art Association
EXHIBITIONS CURATED:
2017: “Big and Small” for St. Peters Cultural Center
2016: “The Heat is On” for Oak Leaf Artist Guild
2016: “Blew/Blue” for St. Peters Cultural Center
2015: “9th Annual Millikin University High School Art Show”
2014: “33 September” for MySLART organization
2013: “Blue” for St. Peters Cultural Center
EXHIBITIONS:
2018: Two Person Exhibitions: Faculty Pop-Up Show, McCarthy Gallery, Valley City State University, Valley City, ND (with painter Brock Drenth)
2018: Solo Exhibition: The Scopes of Color, Viking I, Valley City State University, Valley City, ND
2017: Two Person Exhibitions: Persistent Pursuit, Dee & Sue Boswell Art Gallery, Kaskaskia College, Centralia, IL (with ceramicist Tim Wight)
2016: Group Exhibition ART IN AMERICA on Tour, Curated by Julie Torres, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
2015: Group Exhibition ART IN AMERICA: Artists working in 50 states + Puerto Rico, Curated by Julie Torres, Featured in Tiger Strikes Asteroid’s Artist-Run at The Satellite Show Miami, Miami, FL
2015: Color, Color, Color!, MAPS Member Juried Show, Buttonwood ARTSPACE, Kansas City, MO
2015: Group Exhibition Art @ Des Peres Hospital, Des Peres Hospital, St. Louis, MO
2015: The Riverbend: Through the Artist’s Eyes, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
2015: Art Prize 7, O’Toole’s Public House, Grand Rapids, MI
2014: Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibition, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO
2014: Summer Regional Exhibition, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO
2014: “33 April”, Old Orchard Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2013: Rag Dolls, Robots, and Rocketships, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2013: Clearly Human, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO
2013: Pen Pal Painting Exchange and AMPL Exhibitions, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, NY
2013: Faculty Exhibition, Art Institute of St. Louis, St. Charles, MO
2013: Heroes, Soulard Market and Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012: Watercolor ii, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2012: Faculty Exhibition, Art Institute of St. Louis, St. Charles, MO
2012: Dog Days, Soulard Market and Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012: Blur, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
2010: The Sorcerer & the Apprentice, Chesterfield Arts, Chesterfield, MO
2009: Outside In, Chesterfield Arts, Chesterfield, MO
2008: Solo Exhibition M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
2006: Solo Exhibition B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2006: Solo Exhibition New Works at Staley Library, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2006: Figure Studies, Studio Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
2006: Spotlight Artist Blue Connection Gallery, Decatur, IL
PUBLIC COLLECTION
Horned Dorset Colony, Leonardsville, NY
Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
Millikin University, Decatur, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2018-Present: Director of McCarthy Gallery, Valley City State University, Valley City, ND
2017: Winston Scholarship in Art Adjudication Panel Member. National Society of Arts and Letters New York Chapter
2016: Winston Scholarship in Art Adjudication Panel Member, National Society of Arts and Letters New York Chapter
2013: Art in the Plaza, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, Public demonstration of techniques in watercolor and acrylic painting
2010-2014: Gallery Attendant, Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design, St. Louis, MO
Full Academic CV available upon request.