Bio

             Born in 1976 in Crookston, Minnesota.
             Lives and works in Madison, Wisconsin.

Education   

             MFA candidate, University of Wisconsin Madison
             Expected Graduation:  May 2010
             -  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    

             MA, University of Wisconsin Madison
             Graduation:  December 2009

             BFA, University of Minnesota Duluth
             Graduation:  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
             Graduation:  May 2004

             Technical Proficiency Degree in Cosmetology
             Northland Community and Technical College
             Thief River Falls, Minnesota
             Graduation:  May 1997

Exhibitions

2010
           -  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 (jurors:  Jill Sebastian and Jay Rath)  
              Porter Butts Gallery at Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI
           -  MFA Group Show, Capital Lakes Atrium, Madison, WI
           -  North American Graduate Art Survey (NAGAS), (juror: Christopher Atkins)
              Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
           -  Round Two, George L Mosse Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin 

2008    
            -  "2-D"  A Group Show, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI
            -  80th Annual Student Art Show (jurors: Barbara C. Buenger and Jacob Stockinger)
                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 (jurors:  Bill Shipley and Deborah Littlejohn),
               Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
                     -  Howards W Lyons/Alice Tweed Tuhoy Merit Award      

2005    
            -  Annual Student Art Exhibit (jurors:  Douglas Padilla and Sarah Nelson), 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 (juror: TL Solien), Minnesota State University Moohead Gallery
               Moorhead, MN
            -  Annual Regional Student Art Exhibition (juror:  Karen Wirth), North Dakota Museum of Art,
               Grand Forks, ND
                    -  University of North Dakota Dean of Arts and Sciences Award

2003    
            -  Annual Student Art Exhibit (juror:  Lyndel King), Minnesota State University of Moorhead Gallery
               Moorhead, MN
                    -  Honorable Mention by Juror

*solo exhibitions

Awards/Grants/Professional Experience

            -  Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant (UROP), Minnesota Hotdish:               
               The Toy Camera Project, University of Minnesota, 2006 
            -  Photographers Forum 26th Annual College Photography Contest, Finalist
            -  Tweed Museum of Art Internship: Assisted Curator in all aspects of planning, preparation
               and installation of a David Ericson retrospective exhibition.  Ericson was an early American
               painter and student of James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Publications

             - The Roaring Muse, publication of photography, University of Minnesota Duluth Literary Guild
             - Best of College Photography Annual, publication, Photographers Forum/Serbin     
               Communications/Nikon, June 2006

Collections
        
            -  Private Collection of Hank Lufler, Jr
            -  Private Collection of Ruth Tsotsis 
            -  Tweed Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Duluth, Minnesota
            -  Private Collection of Professor Uwe Stuecher, PhD, University of Minnesota Duluth
            -  Private Collection of Professor Jeanne Doty, PhD, University of Minnesota Duluth