Resume
Indigenous Transience, 2011. Spyrogyra algae. Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee Wisconsin
EDUCATION
2006-2007 | Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2004-2006 | Master of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1972-1976 | Bachelor of Science-Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012| Wisconsin Visual Art 2012, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Gallery, Kenosha, Wisconsin, September 5-October 13
2012| Continuum 2012, Art & Design Alumni Exhibition, UWM Union Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 27-September 14
2012| Our Gardens Inside and Out, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. July-October 8
2012| Passionibus Mulierum Curandorum, James Watrous Gallery, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Madison, Wisconsin
2012 | Back to the Future, Texas A&M International University Art Gallery, Laredo, Texas
2011 | Food for Thought, Gallery 224, Port Washington, Wisconsin
2011 | The Winter Chapel, Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2011 | Formed, Villa Terrace Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2010| Art of the Table, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2010| Annual Members Show, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2010| Inside/Outside, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Inside/Outside was the inaugural showfor a series in which artists are to create work for both the inside gallery space and the sculpture garden.
2010|Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin
2010| Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee,Wisconsin. A juried exhibition of Wisconsin artists
2010| Eight Counties Regional Exhibition at John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2009| 2009 Manifestations, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2009| 2009 Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Rahr-West Art Museum, An exhibition of Wisconsin artists juried by Mark Pascale of the Art Institute of Chicago
2008| All Fired Up: Contemporary Wisconsin Ceramics, Museum of Wisconsin Art,West Bend, Wisconsin. A juried exhibition of Wisconsin ceramic artists
2008| China Unfolded, Special Collections of the University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeGolda Meir Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008| Beyond Titillation, Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin
2007| Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Visual Arts (INOVA), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2007| China Cuts, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China
2007| One From Wisconsin, Solo exhibition, May 2007. Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, Wisconsin
2006| Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition, Institute of Visual Arts (INOVA), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2006| Second Skin, Inova/Arts Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2006| Continuum 5(0), Inova/Arts Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2006| Clay Bodies for Student Bodies, Juried ceramic exhibition, Gustavus Aldolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota
2005| Woodfire Milwaukee, Gallery Paradiso, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
2012 | Currently teaching ceramics at Murray Hill Pottery Works, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2011 | January – March 2011. Selected for Arts/Industry residency program at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
2010-present | WPCA (Walker’s Point Center for The Arts)
2010 | June 23, 2010, (Lecture at Discovery World Museum in conjunction with the 2010 Wisconsin Triennial.)
2010 | July 25, 2010, Artist talk at the Lynden Sculpture Garden
2010 | Spring 2010, Volunteer for AWE (Artists Working in Education)
2008-present | WVA (Wisconsin Visual Artists)
2006-present | ISC (International Sculpture Center)
2004-present | NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)
AWARDS
2010 | Friends of the Charles Allis Grand Prize Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2010 | John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 12th Eight Counties Exhibition Award, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2009 |2009 Wisconsin Visual Artists Biennial Award
2005 | Layton Professional Development Award from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
2005 | John Michael Kohler Art Center, Eight Counties: Exhibition Award, Sheboygan, Wisconsin