Education
2009 M.F.A. California State University, Long Beach, CA
1999 B.F.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Select Exhibitions
2010 Recent Paintings, Peters & Bach, Long Beach, CA
2009 Outer Place, Inner Space, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gatov Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2008 Paintings from the Parkland College Permanent Collection, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
2008 Approaching Memory, The Loft, San Pedro, CA
2008 CSULB Department of Art Graduate Student Exhibition, Long Beach, CA (selected by faculty)
2008 Insights, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2006 Recent Paintings, High Cross Art Studios, Urbana, IL
2004-05 Art Hoo-Ha, Urbana, IL
2003-05 Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign-Urbana, IL
2003 Recent Paintings, High Cross Art Studios, Urbana, IL
2002 Launch Celebration for the Champaign County Arts Council (two-person show), Champaign, IL
1999 The Scratch-n-Sniff Show, Grand Rapids, MI
1999 Growing up Post Modern, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL(curated by Barry Blinderman, Gallery Director) Exhibiting Artists: Donald Baechler, Mike Cockrill, Francesca Fuchs, Jack Hallberg, George Horner, Larry Mantello, Paula McCarty, Karl Rademacher, James Rielly, Christian Schumann, Kathryn Spence and Thomas Wrede
1999 12th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI (juried by artist Christopher Brown)
1999 ARC Regional VI Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Illini Union Art Gallery, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Awards
2008 Marilyn Werby Memorial Thesis Exhibition Grant, CSULB
2008 Beverly G. Alpay Memorial Education Fund for the Visual Arts
1999 Juror’s Award, 12th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI (Juried by artist Christopher Brown)
Collections
Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Bibliography
GLAMFA MFA Open Studios Catalog 2008, Fine Arts Roundtable
GLAMFA MFA Open Studios Catalog 2007, Fine Arts Roundtable
The Octopus, October, 2000 (alternative newspaper, Champaign, IL)
Professional Experience
2009-present Creative Fine Arts, Irvine, CA: Instructor Drawing and Painting
2008 California State University Long Beach: Graduate Teaching Internship, 2-D Design
2008 California State University Long Beach: Graduate Teaching Internship, Foundation Color
2008 Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA: Studio Assistant, Painting II and Painting III
2007 Idyllwild Arts Academy (Summer Program), Idyllwild, CA: Assistant to Gallery Director, Parks Exhibition Center
2007 California State University Long Beach, CA: Graduate Teaching Internship, Foundation Painting
2005-06 Parkland College, Champaign, IL: Assistant to Gallery Director
2000 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Krannert Art Museum: Temporary Administrative Assistant to the Director
