curriculum vitae
San Francisco, CA
Areas of Specialization: Painting and Drawing
EDUCATION
- 2005 : M.F.A. University of New Mexico, painting
- 1995 : B.F.A. University of South Carolina, studio art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
| 2009 | Dispersal/Return, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM |
|---|---|
| Hypnagogia, Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA | |
| Works of Art on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ | |
| Ink and Clay 35, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA (Purchase Award) |
2008
Invoking Spirit, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA2007
Surfacings, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ2006
Out of Paint, Kuhn Gallery, Ohio State University, Marion campus, OH *Surface Tension, Rutgers University, Camden campus, NJ2005
From Generation to Generation, Markheim Gallery, Haddonfield, NJ Bloc-Busta, multiple venues, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, NM Motion: Photographing Performance, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM *Natural Painting, [AC]2 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Pulse: Performance Art, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM2004
Albuquerque Contemporary 2004: Fifteenth Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, NM, Juror: Gronk Contemporary Arts in the Public Realm, Magnifico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Fecund, Trevor Lucero Gallery, Albuquerque, NM The Litho Show, Fort 508, Albuquerque, NM Tenth Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Pixels and Grain, The Walls Gallery, Albuquerque, NM2003
Unsalted, Trevor Lucero Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Ninth Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico (Friends of Art Prize, catalog cover) Land Arts of the American West, Creative Research Laboratory Gallery, Austin, TX2002
Land Arts of the American West, Colomos Art Center, Marfa, TX Land Arts of the American West, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico Grey, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM2001
Hangar 18, Magnifico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Incoming Graduate Student Exhibition, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico2000
Configure, Paradigm Artspace, Atlanta, GA1998
Climax, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta College of Art, GA1995
*In the Bathroom, Russell House University Union, University of South CarolinaPERFORMANCES & SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS
2005"Yarnyard," collaborative outdoor installation, Walt Whitman Center, Rutgers University, Camden campus, NJ "Interior Painting," indoor installation, [AC]2 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM "Painting Complex," indoor performance and installation, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2004 "Tree of Burden," outdoor performance and installation, Art Annex, University of New Mexico "Piñon Painting," outdoor installation, Cedar Mesa, UT "Contiguous Painting," indoor/outdoor performances and transforming installation, Magnifico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2003"Events in Nature and Painting," indoor performance and installation, Art Annex, University of New Mexico 2002"Dig In," outdoor performance, Bosque del Apache, NM "Mudquilt," outdoor installation, Bosque del Apache, NM "Filler," outdoor performance and installation, North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ "Cliffhanger," outdoor performance, Cedar Mesa, UT 1995"The Congaree Will Never Freeze," outdoor installation, Carolina Vista, Columbia, SCAWARDS & HONORS
- 2009 Purchase Award, Ink & Clay 35, California State Polytechnic University
- 2005-2006 Artist Residency and Honorarium, Rutgers University, Camden campus
- 2005 Graduate Research and Development Grant, University of New Mexico
- 2005 Student Research Allocations Committee Grant, University of New Mexico
- 2004 Collaborative Lithography Program Selected Artist, Tamarind Institute
- 2004 Graduate Research and Development Grant, University of New Mexico
- 2004 Raymond Jonson Prize, "Outstanding Graduate Painter," University of New Mexico
- 2003 Student Research Allocations Committee Grant, University of New Mexico
- 2003 Raymond Jonson Prize, "Outstanding Graduate Painter," University of New Mexico
- 2003 Friends of Art Prize, Ninth Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition, University of New Mexico
- 2002 Land Arts of the American West Program Selected Artist, University of New Mexico
- 1998 Artist Mentoring Program Apprenticeship, Atlanta College of Art
- 1994 Ed Yaghjian Award, "Most Creative Undergraduate Artist," University of South Carolina
- 1994 National Liquitex Excellence in Art Award
- 1994 Phoenix Graphix Scholarship, University of South Carolina
- 1993 National Liquitex Excellence in Art Award
- 1993 Phoenix Graphix Scholarship, University of South Carolina
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Land Arts of the American West, 2002
"Land Arts is an interdisciplinary, studio-based, field study program that investigates the overlay of land arts practices from pre-contact times to the contemporary era" (Bill Gilbert and Chris Taylor.) Land Arts is funded in part by the Lannan Foundation. Websites: http://landarts.org/ and http://landarts.arch.ttu.edu/
Pueblo of Isleta Rainwater Harvesting Project, 2002
Outdoor sculpture and community water-harvesting project, Pueblo of Isleta Recreation Center, Pueblo of Isleta, NM. Sponsored by Professor Basia Irland (Art and Art History) and Dr. Beverly Singer (Anthropology) from the University of New Mexico with a grant from the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.