Born in Crookston, Minnesota
Lives and works in Moorhead, MN.
Education
MFA, University of Wisconsin Madison, May 2010
MA , University of Wisconsin Madison, December 2009
- Lois G Roberts Scholarship, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2009 - 10
- Kenneth D Brown and Robert G Kaentje Scholarship, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2009 - 10
- Eugene F Dana Graduate Art Student Scholarship, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2008 - 09
- Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2007 - 08
BFA, University of Minnesota Duluth, December 2006
- Raymond W Darland Art Scholarship, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2005 - 06
- University Grant, 2004 - 06
- Alliss Scholarship, University of Minnesota Duluth 2004 - 06
- Evelyn Lepeska Scholarship, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2004 - 05
AA, Minnesota State University Moorhead, May 2004
Exhibitions
2022 - 48th MN State Invitational Art Exhibit. Charles Beck Gallery, Fergus Falls, MN
- The Big Show, West Acres, Fargo, ND
2019 - 47th MN State Invitational Art Exhibit, Charles Beck Gallery, Fergus Falls, MN
2016 - Annual Square Foot Show, BAGA, Bismarck, ND
- Art Educator's Exhibition, Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN
2015 - Constraint Show: Antiquity, Drekker Brewing Company, Fargo, ND
- Annual Square Foot Show, BAGA, Bismarck, ND
2014 - The Big Show, Hjemkomst Heritage Center, Moorhead, MN
- Blood Memoirs: Exploring Individuality, Memory, and Culture through Portraiture, Tweed Museum of Art,
Duluth, MN (Curated by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe)
- Habitat, Franklin Art Center, Brainerd, MN (Curated by Martin Nelson)
2013 - Annual Square Foot Show, BAGA, Bismarck, ND
- Minnesota, Marvel, Franklin Art Center, Brainerd, MN **
- The Big Show, Hjemkomst Heritage Center, Moorhead, MN
- The Little Show, Essentia Health Atrium, Fargo, ND
2012
- The Phipps Art Auction Exhibit 2012, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
- Symbols, Icons, & Interactions, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI *
2011
- The Phipps Art Auction Exhibit 2011, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
- Adverti$ing, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN **
2010
- Select Works from the Reliquarium Collection, Christensen Center Art Gallery, Augsburg College,
Minneapolis, MN *
- Select Works by Sarah Stone, Augsburg House (Residence of the President of Augsburg College),
Minneapolis, MN *
- 2010 National Juried Show, First Street Gallery, New York City, NY **
- Mystikos, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI *
- MFA Group Show, Capital Lakes Atrium, Madison, WI
- Idols & Icons: Transforming Tradition, Madonna University Gallery, Livonia, MI **
- Oshkosh Traveling Graduate Student Show, Gail Floether Steinhilber Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
- Forward: Graduate Student Exhibit, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL **
2009
- Artists of UW Madison, George L Mosse Gallery, Madison, WI
- Reliquarium Collection, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI *
- Blaze of Glory, George L Mosse Gallery, Madison, WI
- Oshkosh Traveling Graduate Student Show, Gail Floether Steinhilber Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
- 81st Annual Student Art Show, Porter Butts Gallery at Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI **
- MFA Group Show, Capital Lakes Atrium, Madison, WI
- North American Graduate Art Survey (NAGAS), Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN **
- Round Two, George L Mosse Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2008
- 50 x 50, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI
- "2-D" A Group Show, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI
- 80th Annual Student Art Show, Porter Butts Gallery at Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI **
- Oshkosh Traveling Graduate Student Show, Gail Floether Steinhilber Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI **
- Fresh: Variable Dimensions, George L Mosse Gallery, Madison, WI
2006
- BFA Exhibition, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN *
- Annual Student Art Exhibit, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN **
- Howards W Lyons/Alice Tweed Tuhoy Merit Award
2005
- Annual Student Art Exhibit, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN **
- Howards W Lyons/Alice Tweed Tuhoy Merit Award
- Second Annual Wild Rice Pinhole Pinup, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2004
- Annual Student Art Exhibit, Minnesota State University Moohead Gallery, Moorhead, MN **
- Annual Regional Student Art Exhibition, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND **
- University of North Dakota Dean of Arts and Sciences Award
2003
- Annual Student Art Exhibit, Minnesota State University of Moorhead Gallery, Moorhead, MN **
* solo exhibition
** juried exhibition
Teaching Experience
- Lecturer, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
- Drawing Foundations (Fall 2013)
- Design Media I (Fall 2013, Spring 2014)
- Adjunct Instructor, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
- 2D Design & Color (Spring 2011, Fall 2011)
- Painting & Drawing for Non-Majors (Spring 2011)
- Painting for Non-Majors (Fall 2011)
- Drawing Foundations I (Fall 2011)
- Adjunct Instructor, Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN
- Elements & Principles of Art (Spring 2011 - 2 sections)
- Drawing Foundations I (Spring 2011)
Professional Experience/Publications
- Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists (FMVA) Member
- Artist Panel Discussion: "So, you want to major in the Arts?" (sponsored by Springboard for the Arts),
Kaddatz Gallery, Fergus Falls, MN, 2014
- Gallery Talk, Augsburg College, Christensen Center Art Gallery, 2010
- Best of College Photography Annual, publication, Photographers Forum/Serbin
Communications/Nikon, June 2006
- The Roaring Muse, publication of photography, University of Minnesota Duluth Literary Guild, 2005
- Tweed Museum of Art Internship: Assisted Curator in all aspects of planning, preparation and installation
of the retrospective exhibition of David Ericson, an early American painter and student of James Abbott
McNeill Whistler, 2005.
Awards/Grants
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant (UROP), Minnesota Hotdish:
The Toy Camera Project, University of Minnesota, 2006
- Photographers Forum 26th Annual College Photography Contest, Finalist, 2006
Public Collections
- Tweed Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Duluth, Minnesota
