Education

2006 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2004 Bachelor of Arts

Loyola University Chicago

Solo Exhibitions

2006 “Tensions and Remnants” Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Fragments Reframed” Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

2007 “55^th Premio Faenza” Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy

“Bridge Art Fair” Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Ceramic Abstraction” juried by Paula Winokur, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

2006 “SOFA Chicago” Dubhe Carreño Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Structured Growth” Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL

“SAIC Graduate Exhibition” G2, Chicago. IL

“Skin Deep” juried by Val Cushing, Hyman Fine Arts Center, Florence, SC (Received Honorable Mention)

“Artists Showcase” American Legion Civic Center, Morton Grove, IL

2005 “Chicago Art Open” G2, Chicago, IL

“Works in Clay” juried by Ron Kovatch, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO

Awarded 1^st Place Edmund Wuerpel Prize

“Celebration” K.D. Moore Gallery, Evergreen, CO

“Earth, Wheel and Fire” The Smithsonian International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX

2004 “Bachelor of Art Thesis Exhibition” Crown Center, Loyola University; Chicago, IL

Winner of Mellon Award

2002 “ Summer Undergraduate Exhibition” Crown Center, Loyola University; Chicago, IL

Public Collections

The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art; Sedalia, MO

Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche; Faenza, Italy

Professional Experience

2004-present Studio Assistant to artist Ruth Duckworth

2006-present Artist in Residence, Chicago Park District Ceramics

2007 Studio Assistant to artist Charles Jahn

2006 Instructor, Ceramics Department, Loyola University Chicago

2006 Instructor, Chicago Park District Ceramics

2006 Installation Assistant to artist Katherine Ross

2000-2004 Production Assistant to artist Brian Fiorentino

Lectures

2007 Visiting Artist, Multiples Course, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL

Visiting Artist, Introductory Ceramics Course, Northeastern Illinois University; Chicago, IL

2006 Visiting Artist, Advanced Ceramics Course, Loyola University Chicago; Chicago, IL

Selected Bibliography

Featured as an “Emerging Artist” in Ceramics Monthly, May 2007.

Sherman Hall editor, “Upfront Section” Ceramics Monthly, February 2007.

Deborah Donovan, “A Sense of Discovery” The Daily Herald, November 5^th, 2006.

Fred Camper, “Cracks and Feedback” The Chicago Reader, October 20^th, 2006.

Tara Foster, “Structured Growth” Urbanpollution.com, June 10^th, 2006.

“Blueblood” featured in The Loyola Phoenix, November 2004.

“Conflicting Space” featured in Cadence, Loyola University’s annual art review, 2003.

“Impermanence” featured in Diminuendo, Loyola University’s Art Periodical, 2003.

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