Resume

EDUCATION:

2008 – Bowling Green State University

Master of Fine Arts in 3D Studies with concentration in sculpture.

2000 – Indiana University Bloomington

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking

Minor in Theatre and Drama

 

 

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

  • · 2010: “Objects and Spirits” – Solo exhibition, Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington University, Huntington, IN
  • 2009: “Convergence” – Solo exhibition, Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN
  • 2008: “Finding Freedom”- MFA thesis exhibition at the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
  • 2008: “A Woman’s View II” – two person show in Ohio National Financial Services Gallery, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY
  • 2004: “Two Visions: Ink and Steel” – Solo exhibition at Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington University, Huntington, IN

 

 

PUBLIC/PRIVATE INSTALLATIONS, COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS:

2012

“Fragile Seas” – a series of sculptures representing local marine life endangered by plastic pollution, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA

2011

“Confluence”- a series of four horse sculptures, Private collection, Ballabeg, Isle of Man

“Emergence” Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum, London, UK

“Plunge” Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum, San Francisco, CA

2010

“Night” – Eagle Commodities, New York, NY

“RE-Surgence” – Public art sculpture for the Huntington Center, Toledo, OH

“Eat, Drink and Celebrate” –Temporary Installation at the Designer and Agents Green Room, Los Angeles, CA

“Ambush” – Permanent installation at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN

2009

“Wayne” – a gift to the City of Takaoka, Japan for their 400th anniversary, Sister City International, Fort Wayne, IN

2008

“Plunge” – Temporary installation at the Bowling Green Community Center, Bowling Green, OH

2003

“City with Towers” – Permanent installation in Visual Arts Gallery at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN

 

 

SELECTED COMMUNITY PROJECTS:

  • March 2009: Visiting Artist for the Foundation for Art and Music in Elementary Education, Fort Wayne, IN
  • September 2008, 2009 and 2010: “Artists @ Work” –sculpture demonstration during the Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, OH

 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2012

  • “Untamed” Crafts Alliance, St. Louis, MO

2011

  • “Crossroads” Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
  • “Green Works” Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC

2010

  • “ArtPrize” – Grand Rapids, MI
  • “FUTUREFORWARD” – An International Exhibition of New Works of Art + Design by both Emerging Artists + Designers, Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art, New Orleans, LA

2009

  • “American Academy of Equine Art Fall Open Juried Exhibition” International Museum of the Horse, Lexington, KY
  • “Toledo Area Artists 2009”  – Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
  • “GREEN” – Regional juried call and invitational exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
  • “Material Afterlife” – Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI

2007

  • “Master Pieces” – Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH

2006 and before

  • “Thinking in 3D” – Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • 2009 Contemporary Arts Award (Wind) Fall Open Juried Exhibition, American Academy of Equine Art
  • Graduate Assistantship, Bowling Green State University (2006~2008)
  • Artlink Fifth Regional Exhibition Award (2005)
  • Fourth Street Festival of Arts and Crafts 2003 Best of Show Award