Bio
Born: Crookston, Minnesota, 1976
Lives and works in the Minneapolis metro.
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
Technical Proficiency Degree in Cosmetology, May 1997
Northland Community and Technical College
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Exhibitions
Upcoming 2012
- Pictograms (working title), Phipps Center for the Arts, The Commons GalleryHudson, WI, May 11 - June 10
2011
- The Phipps Art Auction Exhibit, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2010
- Adverti$ing, Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN
- 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 (juror: Lance Esplund), 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 (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
- 50 x 50, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI
- "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
Teaching Experience
- Adjunct Professor, 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 Professor, Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN
- Elements & Principles of Art (Spring 2011 - 2 sections)
- Drawing Foundations I (Spring 2011)
Professional Experience/Publications
- 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
