Degrees

2009 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2006 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute; Kansas City, Missouri

Major Fields

Critical Theory

Drawing

Foundations

Selected Residencies/Fellowships

2011 Kresge Fellowship; Detroit, Michigan

2006-2007 Urban Culture Project Residency Program; Kansas City, Missouri

Solo Exhibitions

2011 A Stage for the Words I Hear You Say, Kingswood; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2010 Six and Art, 6; Birmingham, Michigan

2007 Music Box Braille, KCAI Alumni Gallery; Kansas City, Missouri

2006 Documenting Circumstance, Unit 5; Kansas City, Missouri

2006 Chroma, Interior Landscapes; Kansas City, Missouri

Selected Group Exhibitions (* indicates award)

2012 Abstraction, Nerman Museum; Overland Park, Kansas

Beyond Bounds: Brilliant, Nerman Museum; Overland Park, Kansas

Anarchy of the Line, Northville Art House; Northville, Michigan

2011 Michigan Annual XXXVII *: Juror Vince Carducci, Anton Art Center;

Mount Clemins, Michigan

2010 Great Lakes Drawing Biennial: Juror Hartmut Austen, Eastern Michigan University;

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Conceptual City, Shanghai University; Shanghai, China

Home Slice, MOCAD Benefit Auction; Detroit, Michigan

Art on the House, Lansing Courthouse; Lansing, Michigan

Black and White Show, Lawrence Technological University; Southfield, Michigan

2009 Faculty Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University; Ypsilanti, Michigan

Start. Stop. Repeat., Anton Art Center; Mount Clemins, Michigan

Artworks for Life, Michigan AIDS Coalition (MAC); Detroit, Michigan

New Now, Nerman Museum; Overland Park, Kansas

Beyond Bounds: Glow, Nerman Museum; Overland Park, Kansas

2008 Cave Gallery Exhibition, Russell Industrial; Detroit, Michigan

Unshelved, Forum Gallery; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2007 Locate/Navigate, La Esquina; Kansas City, Missouri

2006 Women’s Work, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center; Kansas City, Missouri

2005 Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace; Kansas City, Missouri

2003 Tensions, Destination Gallery; Kansas City, Missouri

Threads that Connect, Mattie Rhodes Art Center; Kansas City, Missouri

Up Close and Far Away, Lynn Foundation; Kansas City, Missouri

2002 Bounce-Back Ball, Uptown Theatre; Kansas City, Missouri

2001 Collage/ Montage/ Assemblage, Stage Gallery; Massapequa, New York

Selected Bibliography

2011 Travis R. Wright, Cover Story: Third Times (Still) a Charm, Metro Times (June), (http://metrotimes.com/arts/3rd-times-still-a-charm-1.1168334)

2008 Julie Yolles, Fanfare Patrons Have Arts of Gold, Crain’s Detroit Business (October)

Dana Self, The Artists in Locate/Navigate Find Their Way Everywhere,

The Pitch (February)

2007 Alice Thorson, Cover Story: Rising Stars: Star Magazines Emerging Artists,

Star Magazine (April)

Jeff Eaton, Perceptual Translation, Review Magazine (January)

Image and statement selected for website, Kansas City Art Institute (www.kcai.edu)

2006 Santiago Ramos, Dust in the Wind, The Pitch (December)

Images selected for publication, Review Magazine (November)

Images selected for publication, Review Magazine (May)

Image selected for publication, KCAI Fiber Exhibition postcard

2005 Image and statement selected for website, Surface Design Association (www.surfacedesign.org)

Image selected for Citda Organization website (www.citda.org)