Education
2008
Indiana University School of Fine Arts, Bloomington, Indiana
MFA, Painting
2005
Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
BFA Drawing/Painting, Minor in Art History
Teaching Experience
2018–Current
Assistant Professor of Art, Gallery Coordinator
Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota
Courses: Beginning Painting, Advanced Painting, Beginning Drawing, Advanced Drawing, 2-D Design, Senior Exhibition Capstone, Printmaking, 3-D Design, Contemporary Art History, Art History 1, Art History 2, Illustration
2016–2018
Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting
Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, Alabama
Courses: Beginning Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, 2-D Design, Oil Painting, Art Appreciation, Fashion Illustration, Figure Drawing
2015–2016
Instructor of Art, Campus Program Coordinator
Oakland Community College, Detroit Michigan
Courses: Beginning, Drawing, 2-D Design, Acrylic Painting, Oil Painting
2011–2015
Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting
University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, Alaska
Courses: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Drawing; Senior Drawing; Large-scale Drawing; Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Painting; World Art History 1 & 2; Modern Art History, 2-D Design
2009–2011
Assistant Professor of Drawing/Painting
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama
Courses: Drawing 1, 2, 3, and 4; Painting 1, 2, 3, and 4; 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Color Theory
2008 Fall
Adjunct Instructor
Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Courses: Drawing 1 and 3; Painting 1
2007–2008
Associate Instructor of Record
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Course: Drawing 1
Solo/Small Group Exhibitions
2022
Group Dynamic, solo exhibition, Downing Museum and Arboretum, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Group Dynamic, solo exhibition, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2021
Group Dynamic, solo exhibition, Whipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University,Marshall, Minnesota
Cyanotypes, solo exhibition, Southwest Minnesota Art Council Gallery, Marshall, Minnesota
2020
Group Dynamic, solo exhibition, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Group Dynamic, solo exhibition, Marshall Area Fine Arts Gallery, Marshall, Minnesota
Group Dynamic, solo exhibition, Lyric Center for the Arts, Virginia, Minnesota
The Longest Winter, solo exhibition, Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota
2018
Short Stories, solo exhibition, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, Alaska
Recent Works, solo exhibition, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York
Packer Planner, solo exhibition, Union Grove Gallery, University of Alabama Huntsville
2017
Things We Left Behind, solo exhibition, Lowe Mill Arts Center, Huntsville, Alabama
Short Stories, solo exhibition, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
Introductions, solo exhibition, Morison Hall Gallery, Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, Alabama
2016
Things We Left Behind, solo exhibition, Lowe Mill Arts Center, Huntsville, Alabama
2015
Away from Home, solo exhibition, Student exhibition center, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
Infamous Elopers and Other Stories, solo exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
Warm & Cool, solo exhibition, Juneau Arts and Culture Center, Juneau, Alaska
2014
Visual Narrative, co-curated exhibition, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri
2012
New to Town, two-person exhibition, Juneau Arts and Culture Center, Juneau, Alaska
2010
Narratives of the South, solo exhibition, Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, Alabama
2009
Current, solo exhibition at Walnut Gallery, Gadsden, Alabama
EquiLOBErium, two-person exhibition, Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville, Alabama
2008
Imaginary Friends: MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2005
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Keys Gallery, Springfield, Missouri
Large Group/Juried Exhibitions
2021
Online Alumni Exhibition, The Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2020
Art of the Hartland, regional juried exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Foot in the Door 5, open invitational regional exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019
2019 National Juried Painting Exhibition,, Juror Bill Scott, Gallery of Art and Design, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Juried Winter Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, New York
Sense of Place: There, juried exhibition, Galaudet Gallery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Internal/External, national juried exhibition, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
2018
Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Competition, Statewide juried exhibition, Minnesota State Fair Grounds, St. Paul, Minnesota
Drawing From Perception VIII, National juried exhibition, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Fairborn, Ohio
2017
Mystery Enigma 2017 Kreft Juried Exhibition, Statewide juried exhibition, Minnesota State Fair Grounds, St. Paul, Minnesota
54th Annual Juried Exhibition, national juried exhibition, Masur Museum, Monroe, Louisiana
2016
Detroit Biennale, national juried exhibition, Reviewed by Jerry Saltz, Museum of New Art, Detroit, Michigan
Michigan Fine Arts Competition,, state wide juried exhibition, Birmingham Bloomfield Arts Center, Birmingham, Michigan
Drawing Never Dies, national juried exhibition, Redline Art Center, Denver, Colorado
Annual Juried Exhibitio, national juried exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Michigan
2015
The Next Big Thing, national juried exhibition, Museum of New Art, Detroit, Michigan
Texas National, national juried exhibition, Stephen F Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas
Reimagining Femmage, national juried exhibition, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
2014
Painting Now, juried exhibition, Florence Quater Gallery, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, Arizona
Red, curated exhibition supporting the 4As, Emporium Building, Juneau, Alaska
Viewpoints, national juried exhibition, Studio Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey
Narrative Endeavors, curated exhibition, 116 Seward Street, Juneau, Alaska
2013
A Fine line: Contemporary Drawing, juried exhibition, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
Csókolom Budapest, curate exhibition of artists in residence at FKSE, Budapest, Hungary
Blind Date, juried exhibition, Anderson Creative Gallery, Canton, Ohio
12x12, local exhibition, Juneau Douglas city Museum, Juneau, Alaska
International residency exhibition, invitational exhibition, Babas Villa Gallery, Budapest, Hungry
In the Flesh, international juried exhibition, Target gallery, Torpedo Factory, Arlington, Virginia
64 Arts National Juried Exhibition, National juried exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois
2012
University of Miami Young Painters Competition, prestigious national juried exhibition, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
National juried exhibition, national juried exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York, New York
The Sketchbook project Volume 5, international collaborative art project, Art House CoOp, Brooklyn New York
2011
Contemporary Narrative, national juried exhibition, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, Missouri
22 Annual Juried Exhibition, national juried exhibition, Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Louisiana Purchase: National Biennial Juried Exhibition, national juried exhibition, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
12x9 Budapest, international juried exhibition, Ferencvarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungry
2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, national juried exhibition, Fayetteville Technical Community College, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Being Human, national juried exhibition, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Annual Spring Show, national juried exhibition, Space 237, Toledo, Ohio
Figurative Works, national juried exhibition, Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Missouri State fair, state juried exhibition, Sedalia, Missouri
Blind Date, national juried exhibition, Anderson Creative, Canton, Ohio
2010
Figuratively Speaking, Emerging Young Artists: Anita P. Folmar Gallery, national juried exhibition, Montgomery, Alabama
Annual Faculty Exhibition, faculty invitational exhibition, Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2010, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
64 Arts National Juried Exhibition, national juried exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, Illinois
30 Small Works, national juried exhibition, Gallery Up, Rock Hill, North Carolina
Self, national juried exhibition, Croft Gallery, Waco, Texas
National Juried Competition, national juried exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York, New York
Shifts In Perspective, national juried exhibition, Artist Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
Faculty Exchange:Montevallo University, curated faculty invitational exhibition Montevallo, Alabama
2009
Drawing From Perception 5, national juried exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Dayton, Ohio
The Sketchbook Project Volume 3, international collaborative art project, Art House CoOp, Atlanta, Georgia
Annual Faculty Exhibition, faculty invitational exhibition, Hammond Hall Gallery Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama
Peopled Paintings, invitational exhibition curated by Chris Lawrence, Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri
2008
Missouri 50, Missouri state juried exhibition, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Missouri
The Kinsey Institute 2008 Juried Art Show, national juried exhibition, Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana
National Society of Arts & Letters Visual Arts Competition, regional juried exhibition, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana
MFA Painting, Group show of work by MFA painting candidates, School Of Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
2007
Missouri 50, state juried exhibition- First place, Sedalia, Missouri
National Society of Arts & Letters Visual Arts Competition, regional juried exhibition, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, Indiana
MFA Painting, Group show of work by MFA painting candidates, School Of Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
2006
M.O.A.K., Four State juried exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Missouri 50, state juried exhibition, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, Missouri
Through the Looking Glass, regional juried exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Paper in Particular, national juried exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri
Awards
2021
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, Minnesota
2020
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council Individual Artist Grant, Minnesota
2015
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Alaska, Southeast, Juneau, Alaska
2011
Faculty Research Award, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama
2008
Elizabeth Greenshield's Foundation Grant, international artist grant, Quebec, Canada
Designated alternate U.S. Fulbright, Germany
2007
Indiana University Travel Fellowship, Florence, Italy
2006
Elizabeth Greenshield's Foundation Grant, international artist grant, Quebec, Canada
2005
SBC Foundation Scholarship
2005
James L. Richardson Memorial Scholarship Spring
2003–2004
Missouri State Art and Design Departmental Scholarship
Publications
2011–2014
Art Editor of Tidal Echoes, Literary/Art Publication of Southeast Alaska, Juneau, Alaska
2014
Columbia College Literary Review, art and literary publication, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri
Winter Tangerine Review, juried Art and Literary publication, New York, New York
2011
International Painting Annual 2, exhibition in print, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008
Canvas Magazine Spring Issue, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
Collections
2020
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska
2015
Juneau Douglas City Museum, Juneau, Alaska
2010
Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, Alabama
2008
Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana
Residencies
2013
International artist residency, Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungry
2010–2011
Artist in residence, Little River Canyon National Park, Alabama
Visiting Artist Lectures
2021
Visiting art talk, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota
2020
Visiting art talk, Watkins Gallery, Winona, Minnesota
Artist talk, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska
2017
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska
2015
Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri
2014
University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri
2013
Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts
Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungry
Exhibitions Curated
2022
Telling Women's Stories, Regional invitational exhibition, Whipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota
Type Change, Posters promoting social justice, Juried student exhibition, Whipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota
2021
Annual Foundations Exhibition, curated student exhibition, Whipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota
Color Tells the Story Illustration and Cartooning, Whipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota
Gold College Alumni Exhibition, Whipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University,Marshall, Minnesota
2020
Annual Foundations Exhibition, curated student exhibition, Whipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota
Arte Factum Works by Advanced Art Students at SMSU, curated student exhibition Whipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota