Resume
Born
Wisconsin, 1977
Lives
Carbondale, CO
Education
Illinois Wesleyan University May, 2000
BFA
Sculpture concentration
Philosophy minor
Exhibition Honors
Work Experience
Artist in Residence
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts
Nebraska City, NE
Oct '05
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Winter Residency
ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Oct '04 - Apr '05
ARAC 2004 Annual Art Auction Catalogue
published photo of donated art piece
ARAC 2003 Annual Art Auction Catalogue
published photo of donated art piece
ARAC 2002 Annual Art Auction Catalogue
published photo of donated art piece
Juried Participant in Snow Sculpture Contest at the Aspen Winterskol Festival Jan '02
ARAC Winter Residency
ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Jan - Mar '02
ARAC 2001 Annual Art Auction Catalogue
published photo of donated art piece
Solo Shows
"Under Surveillance" at KDNK, Community Radio Station, Carbondale, CO
Nov. 08 - Jan. 09
Group Exhibitions
Winter Salon, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY
Jan - Feb ’08
The Color of Rhythm, Beaver Dam Area Arts Association, Beaver Dam, WI
June - Aug ’07
2006 Annual Art Auction; Preview Exhibition and catalogue of donated art pieces, Anderson Ranch Arts Center (ARAC), Snowmass Village, CO
Aug ’06
Holiday Show Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center (ARAC), Snowmass Village, CO
Dec ’05
2005 Annual Art Auction; Preview Exhibition and catalogue inclusion of donated art piece, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Aug ’05
Staff and Assistants’ Exhibition, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
July - Nov ’05
Holiday Show Exhibition, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Dec ’04
2004 Annual Art Auction; Preview Exhibition and catalogue inclusion of donated art piece, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Aug ’04
2003 Roaring Fork Open, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Oct - Nov ’03
2003 Annual Art Auction; Catalogue photo and Preview Exhibition of donated art piece, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Aug ’03
Staff and Assistants’ Exhibition, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
June - Nov ’03
2002 Annual Art Auction; Catalogue photo and Preview Exhibition of donated art piece, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Aug ’02
Summer Assistants’ Exhibition, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
June ’02
Holiday Show Exhibition, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Dec ‘01
2001 Annual Art Auction; Catalogue photo and Preview Exhibition of donated art piece, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Aug ’01
Summer Assistants’ Exhibition, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
June ’01
Holiday Show Exhibition, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
June ’00 Summer Assistants’ Exhibition, ARAC, Snowmass Village, CO
Dec ’00
BFA Senior Exhibition, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington IL Exhibition Honors received for IWU, BFA Senior Exhibition
April ‘00
Local Juried Exhibition, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
March ’00
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, IWU, Bloomington, IL
Jan ’00
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, IWU, Bloomington, IL
Jan ’99
BFA Candidate Exhibition, IWU Bloomington IL
April ’98
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, IWU Bloomington IL
Jan ’98
Awards
Statement
Art has a power rivaled only by language. Intellectually, I am engaged in exploring the connections between art and language. Artistically, I am invested in cultivating the elasticity of meaning ; a concept in language philosophy referring to the fact that a limited set of symbols can exhibit unlimited, virtually ceaseless possibilities of meaning. Many of the images I use are repeated and many are silhouettes, both as studies of how meaning is affected by the symbol attached to it. With these ideas as the underlying tone of my work, I use cultural references as backdrop and setting for the theatre of personal thoughts/feeling that inspire each piece. My intent is to make art objects that exist as catalysts for people to identify with poetic or philosophical (or other sociological) references that coincide with their own sense of being/living. I paint from memory, and snapshot photographs (a variation on memory)as well as using stencils and collage. In the process of painting, I respond to the inherent aesthetics of the materials and forms that are suggested through contingency. Visually, my work ranges from very crisp, clean and bright to more visceral, process and material oriented surface qualities. I see my work as both shifting and finding balance between a smart expressive symbolism and a meditative perceptual space. Ultimately, the pieces I create are products of my attempt to understand the power possessed by the visual arts.