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Education
2004 MFA . Northern Illinois University.
Sculpture Emphasis, additional coursework in Printmaking.
2001 BFA with honors . University of Nebraska-Kearney.
Painting - Primary Emphasis. Printmaking - Secondary Emphasis.
Art History Minor.
Cum Laude.
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Group Exhibition. My proposal, "Private Property" will be included in "SITE UNSEEN" at THE LAND/an art site, Inc. Alberquerue, NM.
2008 Group Exhibition of the Faketure Consortium of Artists. Mountain. Beverly Arts Center. Chicago, IL.
2008 Juried Exhibition. America the Beautiful and Beyond. Art St. Louis. St. Louis, MO.
2008 Collaboration in another's solo exhibition. Gabriel Bizen Akagawa: Unpacked / Offset created "EverFresh D.I.Y. Nature Kit" (w/Michele Bosak) as part of Akagawa's solo exhibition which includes collaboration. Northern Illinois University Art Museum. DeKalb, IL.
2008 Group Exhibtion. Waubonsee Community College Art Department Faculty Exhibition. Paramount Theatre. Aurora, IL.
2007 Invitational Exhibition. Transience. Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. Athens, GA.
2006 Group Exhibition. Fall In... (with Kristen Kleckler and Christopher T. Wood). EXP Gallery. Chicago, IL.
2006 Juried Exhibition. Majestic National 2006 .Julie Dummermuth, juror. Majestic Galleries. Nelsonville, OH.
2006 Juried Exhibition. 2nd Annual Self-Portrait . 33 Collective Gallery. Chicago, IL. Ruth Crnkovich, Juror. Zhou B. Center, 3rd Floor. Chicago, IL.
2006 Juried Exhibition. 2006 Rockford Midwestern. Rockford Art Museum. Rockford, IL. Gregory G. Knight, head of the Chicago Public Art Program and the Exhibitions Program at the Chicago Cultural Center, Juror.
2006 Group Exhibition. Inaugural. Exp Gallery. Chicago, IL.
2006 Invitational Exhibition. Under the Radar. Museum of Nebraska Art. Kearney, NE.
2005 Juried Exhibition. Mighty Midwest Biennial. New Visions Gallery. Marshfield, WI. (catalog)
2005 Solo Exhibition. Holding Pattern. Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Satellite space. Nebraska City, NE.
2005 Invitation Exhibition. Til the End of Time. Bad Dog Gallery. DeKalb, IL.
2005 Juried Exhibition. Nothing New. The Textile Center. Minneapolis, MN.
2005 Group Exhibition. MFA Exhibition. Northern Illinois University Gallery. Chicago, IL. (2nd Place Award)
2005 Solo Exhibition. No Longer Holding Water. Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Satellite space. Nebraska City, NE.
2005 Juried Exhibition. 48th International. San Diego Art Institute. San Diego, CA. Derrick R. Cartwright, Director of the San Diego Museum of Art, Juror.
2004 Solo Exhibition. For Public Consumption. Gallery 214. Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL.
2004 Invitational Exhibition. Organically Grown in the Midwest. Maas Gallery. Purchase, NY.
2004 Group Exhibition. Chicago Art Open. National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum. Chicago, IL. (catalog)
2004 Solo Exhibition. Marking Time. Glass Gallery. DeKalb, IL. (Sponsored by Campus Visual Arts Committee.)
2004 Juried Exhibition. 21st Annual Exhibition. Berkeley Art Center. Berkeley, CA.
2004 Juried Exhibition. 2004 Rockford Midwestern. Rockford Art Museum. Rockford, IL. James Rondeau, Associate Curator and Department Head for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Juror.
2004 Group Exhibition. Double Your Pleasure. Gallery #9. Elmhurst, IL.
2003 Solo Exhibition. Bloom with Baggage. Glass Gallery . DeKalb, IL. (Sponsored by Campus Activities Board.)
2003 Juried Exhibition. Ars Nova Show. Jack Olsen Gallery. DeKalb, IL. Ed Pascke, juror.
2002 Traveling exhibition of mailed artwork. FeMail Art. Harold Washington Library and Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Chicago, IL and Minneapolis, MN.
2002 Group Exhibition. Printmaking 2002: Recent Works by Northern Illinois University Printmakers. Expression Graphics. Oak Park, IL.
2001 Traveling Exhibition. 466 Miles of Ink. Traveling print exhibition of Illinois graduate printmaking programs. Programs included: Illinois State University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, and the School of the Art Institute-Chicago. Exhibit toured each campus.
2000 Group Exhibition. Visual Prozac 3. Nicholas Street Gallery. Hot Shops Art Center. Omaha, NE.
2000 Group Exhibition. Nineteen: Frogman's Print and Paper Workshops Portfolio Exhibition. The Coffee Shop Gallery. Vermillion, SD.
2004 All That We Desire . Collaborative public performance. Northern Illinois University Gallery. Chicago, IL.
2004 Biting Tongue in the Mirror. Collaborative public performance. Northern Illinois University Gallery. Chicago, IL.
2002 Sat(is(f))action. Public performance inside an installation. Art Annex W105. DeKalb, IL.
2002 Print Gumbo . Southern Graphics Council Print Exchange.
2001 Twenty . Organized among Frogman's Print and Paper Workshops past participants and instructors.
2000 Artists in the Community: MAPC Exchange Portfolio . Organized by St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN.
2000 Nineteen . National Juried Exchange Portfolio. Wayne Kimball, juror. Organized by Frogman's Press Gallery in conjunction with Frogman's Print and Paper Workshops.
2000 Double-Ought Sex . Organized among advanced University of Nebraska-Kearney printmakers.
1999 The Beginning and the End . Organized among all University of Nebraska-Kearney printmakers.
2005 Best in Show. Mighty Midwest Biennial. New Visions Gallery. Marshfield, WI.
2005 Winter Residency. Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Nebraska City, NE.
2004 Juror's Choice. Katherine Huntoon, Juror. Tri-State Sculpture Celebration. J.E. Broyhill Park. Lenoir, NC.
2001 Gold medal for two-dimensional entry. Kappa Pi/NAEA. Juried Exhibition. Walker Gallery. Kearney, NE.
2000 University of Nebraska-Kearney Undergraduate Research Travel Grant.
1999 Best of Show. Painting the Human Condition. Juried Exhibition. Union Gallery. Kearney, NE.
2007 Illinois Arts Council ArtsTour Grant. Authored successful proposal to bring JASC Tsukasa Taiko ensemble to perform at Northern Illinois University.
2006, 2007 DeKalb County Community Foundation Grant . Authored 2 successful proposals for promotional poster production for eight cultural non-profits to be featured in hall displays at NIU Art Museum. Received full funding.
2006 DeKalb County Community Foundation Grant. Authored successful grant for display cases for Nehring Gallery.
2004 Graduate Colloquium Funding. (2) Authored successful colloquium proposal to bring Canadian artist Germaine Koh and Canadian artist Kelly Mark to Northern Illinois University.
Amity Art Foundation.
Harold Washington Library Archives. Chicago, IL.
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
St. Cloud State University. St. Cloud, MN.
University of Nebraska-Kearney.
Southern Graphics Council Archives at the University of Mississippi.
2006 Kearney Hub. “MONA curator praises new exhibit as quality, impressive” March 30, 2006. Kearney, NE.
2004 Greenwich Time. Friday, October 8, 2004. Greenwich, NY.
2004 Rock River Times. Vol. 11, No. 24. Rockford, IL.
2004 Chicago Artist's Coalition Artist's News. October 2004. Chicago, IL.
2007 “Sculpture.” Success Strategies in Art and Design, with Mary Stewart.
2005 Artwork chosen for Winter Rockford Review cover. Rockford, IL.
2004 “Fusing Poetry, Printmaking, and Publishing: Perishable Press Limited and Black Sparrow Press Books at Northern Illinois University”. Rockford Review, with Kay Shelton. Rockford, IL. Summer.
2004 Artwork chosen for Towers literary magazine. DeKalb, IL. 2003, 2004.
2002 “The Private Press Collection Exhibit.” Founder's Type. Issue No. 31 Winter 2002 Newsletter.
2001 “Unbelieving Expressions of Salvation: Marc Chagall's White Crucifixion and Francis Bacon's Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion". UNK Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 6.
2007 Panelist. 12 th Annual Conference for Young Women. Presentation about women's collegiate experiences and career options in the fine arts. Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL.
2006 Artist Talk . Under the Radar . Museum of Nebraska Art. Kearney, NE.
2006 Artist Talk . “Best of the Midwest” in conjunction with The 2006 Rockford Midwestern.
2004 Presenter. Rockford Writers' Guild Gala Reading. “Fusing Poetry, Printmaking, and Publishing: Perishable Press Limited and Black Sparrow Press Books.” Burpee Museum of Natural History. Rockford, IL. July 11.
2004 Artist Talk . Tri-State Sculpture Celebration . J.E. Broyhill Park. Lenoir, NC.
2008 Waubonsee Community College. Adjunct Instructor. Sugar Grove, IL. 2005-2008.
Art Appreciation. Drawing I & II. Two-Dimensional Design. Authored Sculpture I & II courses.
2005 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts . Summer Session.
Art instruction for groups of 5-7 year olds and 8-12 year olds.
2004 Northern Illinois University. Instructor of Record. DeKalb, IL.
Art 103 (Three-Dimensional Foundations).
Art 102 (Two-Dimensional Foundations). 2003.
Art 101 (Drawing with Color). 2003.
2004 Northern Illinois University. Visiting Artist Sponsor . Authored proposal to Graduate Colloquium Committee and received full funding for Canadian artist Kelly Mark, Spring 2004, and Canadian artist Germaine Koh, Fall 2004.
2002 Northern Illinois University. Printmaking Graduate Assistant . Maintained lithography and intaglio shop, assisted students. 2002-2001.
1999 Threlkeld Art Studio. Omaha, NE.
Co-teacher. Adult Watercolor Class. Summer.
Workshop Assistant. Junior Art. Summer.
2008 Coordinator of Publicity and Education. Northern Illinois University Art Museum. DeKalb, IL. 2006-2008.
2007 Director. Nehring Gallery. DeKalb, IL. 2005-2007.
2006 Art Archiver. Waubonsee Community College. Sugar Grove, IL.
2005 Interim Executive Director. Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Nebraska City, NE. Summer.
2005 Juror. Metro Community College Photography Club Exhibition. Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Nebraska City, NE.
2005 Northern Illinois University. Rare Books and Special Collections Research Assistant (Graduate Assistant 2002).
Prepare exhibitions, assist in collection management, research and author educational Web pages. 2002-present.
Curator. The University Collects: Objects and Visual Pedagogy across the NIU Campus Exhibit. Rare Books and Special Collections case. Jack Olsen Gallery. Organized by Professor Barbara Jaffee. 2003.
Curator. The Private Press Collection Exhibit. Selected 30 books, authored signage and prepared cases. Created corresponding online exhibition. 2002.
2004 Northern Illinois University. Graduate Colloquium Committee Student Representative. School of Visual Arts. 2002-2004.
2004 Presenter. Rockford Writers' Guild. Gala Reading. “Fusing Poetry, Printmaking, and Publishing: Perishable Press Limited and Black Sparrow Press Books.” Burpee Museum of Natural History. Rockford, IL. July 11.
2003 DeKalb Area Women's Center. Exhibition Co-organizer. Annual Women's History Month Art Exhibition. DeKalb, IL.
2002 Edition Printer. Private Contract with David Driesbach. Completed an edition of 50 color-viscosity etchings for Southern Graphics Exchange Portfolio, Taboo X. DeKalb, IL.
2002 Northern Illinois University. Printmaking Graduate Assistant . 2001-2002.
2002 Juror's Assistant. Mid-America Prints Council Show. Organized mailed entries and gave requested information during judging to Marc Pascal, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago. 2002.
2002 Visiting Artist Assistant. Oscar Gillespie. Three plate color etching and engraving. 2002.
2001 University of Nebraska-Kearney. Visiting Artist Assistant . Lloyd Menard. Relief and intaglio on handmade paper.
2001 University of Nebraska-Kearney. President/Organizer. Kappa Pi (art honorary organization) student show and related fundraising activities.
2001 Museum of Nebraska Art. Curatorial Intern. (Vada Kinman Oldfield Scholarship Fall Intern). Kearney, NE.
2000 Frogman's Print and Paper Workshops. Workshop Assistant. Susan Goldman. Monoprinting. Vermillion, SD.
Microsoft Word.
Adobe Photoshop.
Working knowledge of Macromedia Dreamweaver.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
2004 Graduate Assistantship (full tuition and stipend). Northern Illinois University. 2001-2004.
2001 Outstanding Senior Award. Department of Art and Art History. University of Nebraska-Kearney.
2001 Board of Regent's Scholarship. Full-tuition wavier. University of Nebraska-Kearney. 1997-2001.
2001 National Dean's List. 1997-2001.
2000 Vada Kinman Oldfield Scholarship. Museum of Nebraska Art. Kearney, NE.
1997 Kearney Hub Newspaper-University of Nebraska-Kearney Honors Program Scholarship.
2007 Get More Bang for Your Buck Promoting Your Outreach Programs. Human Resource Services Training. Northern Illinois University.
2007 Understanding and Intergrating Teaching and Learning Styles. Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center. Northern Illinois University.
2008 College Art Association Conference. Dallas, TX.
2006 "Journey" Workshop II for Community Members with installation artist Jin Soo Kim. Northern Illinois University Art Museum. DeKalb, IL. (in conjunction with exhibition of workshop artwork at the museum)
2006 How to Write a Successful Grant/Fellowship Proposal. Janet Bloch of Womanmade Gallery, Chicago. Chicago Artist’s Coalition. Chicago, IL.
2005 College Art Association Conference. Atlanta, GA.
2003 Exhibiting Professionalism. Janet Bloch of Womanmade Gallery, Chicago. Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL.
2002 Performance Art Workshop. Conducted by A.K.A. members Janet Davidson-Hues and Tracy Tullius. Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL.
2002 Print Gumbo. Southern Graphics Printmaking Conference. New Orleans, LA.
2000 Artists in the Community: Mid-America Print Council Conference. Hosted by St. Cloud State University. St. Cloud, MN.
1999 Life Drawing with Steven Roberts. Threlkeld Art Studio. Omaha, NE. Summer.
1998 Life Drawing with Troy Muller. Threlkeld Art Studio. Omaha, NE. Summer.