education
Master of Fine Art, Concentration in Sculpture 1997
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Fine Art, Metalsmithing 1995
The University of Akron Akron, Ohio

exhibitions
2007

        White Flag Projects St. Louis, Missouri
        Truck: A Kansas City/ St. Louis Exchange

        Gallery 181 Lawrence, Massachusetts
        Landscapes / Mindscapes

        Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Kansas City, Missouri,
        Arts for the C.U.R.E

2006

        Greenlease Gallery Rockhurst University Kansas City, Missouri
        Landescape 

        Spaces Gallery Cleveland,
        Ohio Myth America

        Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Kansas City, Missouri,
        Arts for the C.U.R.E.

        Kansas City, Missouri
        Raw Mechanics          

2005

        Jenkins Urban Culture Project Kansas City, Missouri
        I played a ruse to untie my tongue; a performative installation

        Avenue of the Arts, Public Art Project Kansas City, Missouri
        Quem Quartis (whom you seek)

        The Emily David Gallery, The University of Akron, Ohio

2004

H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, Missouri
New, Two: Kansas City Art Institute Faculty

beth allison gallery Kansas City, Missouri
Limerence

2003

Leedy-Voulkos Art Center Kansas City, Missouri
the elevated, the elegant, the plain, the forcible; a performative installation

Telephonebooth Contemporary Art Kansas City, Missouri
Amuse-Bouche

2002

Period Gallery Omaha, Nebraska

2001

Inclusion Arts Gallery Chicago, Illinois

Period Gallery Omaha, Nebraska
Realism III

New Visions Gallery Marshfield, Wisconsin
The Mighty Midwest Biennial

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York

2000

Northeastern Illinois University Student Union Chicago, Illinois
The Outlaw

Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York
Faculty Exhibition

1999

Artemisia Gallery Chicago, Illinois
Untitled (stand)

Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, Illinois
Tribute: Art Faculty Past and Present

1998

Beret International Gallery Chicago, Illinois
Posted @ Beret

Gallery 2 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
You’re out of the Woods; Collaboration with Paul M. Hopkin

1997

YBAKATU Espaco de Arte Prana, Brazil

Gallery 2 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
MFA Thesis Exhibition

The Lineage Gallery Chicago, Illinois
Cuttings

1995

Projects Gallery The University of Akron, Ohio
Blush

Woman Made Chicago, Illinois
Woman and Surrealism

Three Rivers Arts Festival Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Emily Davis Gallery The University of Akron, Ohio
Senior Exhibition

1994

Spaces Gallery Space Lab Cleveland, Ohio
Hwaethwugu

The Sculpture Center Cleveland, Ohio
Fourth Annual Sculpture Show

Ohio Designer Craftsman Museum Columbus, Ohio
The Best of 1994

lectures
2006 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Missouri Panel Discussion
2005 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Kansas City, Missouri Artist Lecture
The University of Akron, Ohio Artist Lecture; Idea Development
2004 H&R Block Art Space Kansas City, Missouri Artist Lecture
 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2003 Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, Missouri Artist Lecture

teaching
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Foundations Coordinator/Research Associate, 2006 to present
Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Art Institute, Assistant Professor 2002 to 2005
Kansas City, Missouri
Full time faculty member in The School of the Foundation Year.
Florence, Italy. Bernini to Fellini Italian Culture Study Abroad Program

Studio 150, Lead Artist Summer 2002
Kansas City, Missouri
(Directed program that created small scale functional objects based on personal narrative.)

Rochester Institute of Technology, Assistant Visiting Professor 2000 to 2002
Rochester, New York
Full time faculty member in Foundations, Three Dimensional Design
Florence, Italy Foundation in Form Study Abroad Program

Northeastern Illinois University, Instructor 1998 to 2000
Chicago, Illinois
(Multi level sculpture instructor and shop manager.)

DePaul University, Adjunct Professor 1998 to 2000
Chicago, Illinois
(Taught two dimensional design, three dimensional design and art for non-art majors.)

The College of DuPage, Adjunct Professor 1997 to 2000
Glen Ellen, Illinois
(Multi level Jewelry, Metalsmithing and Art Appreciation.)

Gallery 37, Lead Artist 1997 to 2001
Chicago, Illinois
(Developed metalsmithing workshop creating small scale functional objects.)

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2007 Creative Capitol Professional Development Workshop Grant Kansas City, Missouri

2006 and 2007 Nominee: Charlotte Street Award, Kansas City, Missouri

2004 Faculty Development Grant Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri

2001 Nominee: Award for Teaching Excellence Rochester, New York

1999 The Linda Kramer Fund Artemesia Gallery Chicago, Illinois

1996 Study Abroad Parnham College Dorset, England

1995-97 Graduate Award The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

1994 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris, and Mrs. Harold Folk Award Akron, Ohio

1993 Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina

1993 The Ann and Folk Award Akron, Ohio

1991-1992 Kent State University Art Scholarship, Ohio

1990 Cleveland State University Art Scholarship, Ohio

residencies
Jentel Foundation
    Banner, Wyoming June/July 2004

US/UK Cast Iron Residency
    Franconia Sculpture Park Shafer, Minnesota June 2000

US/UK Cast Iron Residency
    Suffolk, England June 1999

Parnham College of Furniture Design
    Dorset, England June/July 1996

press
The Sixth Surface; Steven Holl lights the Nelson-Atkins Museum (June 2007)

Rachel Telehany, Trucker’s News (October 2005)

Bob Barrett, “UA art grad comes home to talk gold.” The Buchtelite (August 2005)

April Watson, “Into the Great Wide Open.” Kansas City Art Vol. 5, No2 (June 2005)

Eric June Mater, “Avenue of the Arts” 89.3 KCUR Public Radio <http://publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/arts.artsmain?action=viewArticle&id=777016&sid=11>

Janet May Simpson, “Art on the Avenue.” KC Luxury Living and Fine Home Design

professional service and memberships
Panelist, Municipal Art Commission Kansas City, Missouri One Percent for the Arts 2006
Zoo Competition Judge, Kansas City, MO 2006
Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, Missouri 2006
Kansas City Art Institute Educational Policy Committee, Chair 2004-05
KCAI Academic Policy Committee
KCAI Committee on Community Partnership and Development
National Portfolio Review (KCAI Kansas City, MO and Miami, FL)
Animation Search, Chair 2004
Educational Policy Committee
National Portfolio Review (KCAI Kansas City, MO  and Pratt, NY, NY)
Foundation Director Search 2003
Faculty Affairs Committee
National Portfolio Review 2001 (Corcoran, Washington, D.C. and Cleveland, OH)
College Art Association
FATE, Foundation Administrators

theater
Properties Manager 1999
        Victory Garden Chicago, Illinois
        Productions: Door to Door, Knock Me a Kiss, Cahoots

        Roadworks Productions Chicago, Illinois
        Production: Stupid Kids

Set Designer 1999
        Wing and Groove Theater Chicago, Illinois
        Production: Sexual Pervisity in Chicago, The Lover

Carpenter 1997 to 1999
        Victory Garden Theater Chicago, Illnois
        Northlight Theater Skokie, Illinois
        The Court Chicago, Illinois
        Power Tap Productions Chicago, Illinois

collections
The University of Akron Ohio Metalsmithing Collection

Akron Children’s Hospital, Ohio

The University of Akron, Metals Collaborative Installation

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