Resume
Education
2011 University of the Arts: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Masters of Fine Arts
1998 Towson University: Towson, Maryland Art Education Certification Program
1991 Maryland Institute College of Art: Baltimore, Maryland Bachelor of Fine Arts
1989 Derbyshire College of Higher Education: Derby, England MICA mobility program fall semester
Selected Exhibitions
2023 True Inspiration, Midl Gallery, Newton, IA
2020 Stories of Abstraction: Contemporary Latin American Art In the Global Context
Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Portrait Studies of Utopian High Society and Other Down to Earth Individuals,
Iowas State Law Library, Des Moines, IA
2018 The Space Between, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2016 Sioux City Art Center Selects, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2016 Artists’ Process/Sketchbook, Kirschman Art Space NOCCA, New Orleans, LA
2016 Built ft2 , Iowa Center for Architecture, Des Moines, IA
2014 Work on Paper Group Show, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2014 Hording Amassing Excess, NIU Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
2013 Fuller & Grand, Quad City Art Center Gallery, Rock Island, IL
2013 Fuller & Grand, Prairie Meadows Gallery, Grand View University Des Moines, IA
2013 Beyond Nature, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2013 Encountering Nature, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University
2012 Big and Little, Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Miniatures and More: Elements Ltd., ArtStop 2012, Des Moines, IA
2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Masters of the Visual Universe: MFA Biennial Exhibition 2011,DCCA
2011 29th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Emirates Fine Arts Society: Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, U.A.E.
2010 Future Excavations, Gallery 224, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Graduate MFA WIP Show: Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Graduate MFA WIP Show: Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 First Annual Juried Iowa Metals Guild Show: Russian State Pedagogical University, College of Art
2008 Two Person Juried Show: Quad City Arts @ the Airport, Quad City International Airport, Moline, IL
2006 New New 3: Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines IA
2001 AL2O3-SiO2-2H2O Ceramic Invitational: Dundalk Gallery CCBC Dundalk; Baltimore, MD
1998 Views of Paris, Solo Exhibition: Zanzibar Café Des Moines, IA
1998 Views of Paris, Solo Echibition: The Tuttle Gallery, Mc Donogh School; Mc Donogh, MD
1997 Sculptors’ Inc. Juried Group Exhibition: The Liriodendron Mansion, Bel Air, MD
1997 Metaphors of the Tower of Babel: Norman and Sarah Brown Art Gallery JCC, Baltimore, MD
1997 Undergraduate Juried Group Exhibition: Towson University, Towson, MD
1997 Views of Paris, Solo Exhibition: Ze Mean Bean Café; Baltimore, MD
1991 Senior Thesis Photography Group Exhibition: Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, MD
1991 Senior Group Exhibition: Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1991 Two Person Show: Student Space Gallery; Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, MD
Bibliography
2012 Gary Soulsman, “Masters of the Visual Universe: Show gives exposure to new talents in conceptual art,” The News Journal, Jan. 27, 2012 http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012201280302
2011 The DCCA Art Blog, “Masters of the Visual Universe Following the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts 2011 Biennial,” Archives for posts with tag: Gretchen Hupfel Prize for Contemporary Art http://thedccaorg.wordpress.com/tag/gretchen-hupfel-prize-for-contemporary-art/
2011 Maiza Hixson, “Masters of the Visual Universe MFA Biennial,” The DCCA Art Blog, 2011 http://www.thedcca.org/MFAartists
2011 Joe Girandola, “Still Melting…,” Still Melting Blogspot, 2011 http://stillmelting.blogspot.com/2011/01/still-melting.html
2006 Jim Duncan, “Thou Art: The Best of 2006,” Iowa Artist Blogspot, 2006 http://iowaartists.blogspot.com/2009/07/art-in-des-moines-2006.html
Professional
2003-2012 Ankeny Community School District, Ankeny, IA
1998-2003 Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District, Grimes, IA
1992-1996 The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American Art,
Honors
2011 Gretchen Hupfel Prize for Contemporary Art; The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 2011 MFA Biennial
2011 MFA Sculpture Faculty Award; University of the Arts
2011 Nominee: International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
2003 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar; Sponsored and administered by the Japanese Gov.
1997 Baltimore Woodworker’s Guild Award for Sculpture; Towson University