EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A., Studio Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Thesis: Rituals and Transformations
2000 B.F.A., Printmaking/Drawing, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-present Gallery Director/Lecturer, University of Kentucky, School of Art/Visual Studies
2010-2015 Curator/Exhibitions and Programs Director, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
2006-2009 Director of University Galleries, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2008 Director, Discover Korea, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
EXHIBITIONS
2021 (upcoming/postponed due to COVID) Hope Chest, solo exhibition, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
Release, two-person exhibition, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
2020 No. 142, South Issue, juried exhibition (in print), New American Paintings, Boston, Massachusetts
Narrative Healing, international juried exhibition, Great Hall, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
Ever After, virtual exhibition, international juried exhibition, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
2019 Materializing Resistance, Parachute Factory, Lexington, Kentucky
American Mortal, two-person exhibition, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire
Tending Edges, two-person exhibition, Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Art Fields, regional juried competition, Lake City, South Carolina
2018 In Their Element, invitational exhibition, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, South Carolina
In Memoriam, solo exhibition, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
48 Stunden Neukölln, international juried exhibition, Galerie im Körnerpark, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
Art Fields, regional juried competition, Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, South Carolina
Who Goes There, invitational group exhibition, Bread Box Studios, Lexington, Kentucky
2017 American Mortal, two-person exhibition, Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
One 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, semi-finalist (honored in the top 10 of 1082 entries)
XX Invitational, invitational exhibition, Fisch Haus, Wichita, Kansas
The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge, invitational print exhibition, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, Indiana
Who Goes There, invitational group exhibition, Bread Box Studios, Lexington, Kentucky
2016 American Mortal, two-person exhibition, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
Tarot, invitational group exhibition, Bread Box Studios, Lexington, Kentucky
2010 COUNT, solo exhibition, Slippery Rock University Gallery, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
2009 International Exchange Exhibition, Invitational Group Show, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Busan International Design Festival, Invitational Group Show, Busan Fine Arts Association, 2-3 Gallery, Busan, South Korea
2008 This Process Cannot Save Us, Invitational Group Show, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
International Exchange Exhibition, Group Show, Daegu University, South Korea
VSA Show, Group Show, Curris Center Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
MSU Art & Design Department Faculty Show, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2007 Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Gallery 100, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
VSA Show, Group Show, Curris Center Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2006 Among the Birds, Solo Exhibition, Arts Council of Dickinson County, Abilene, Kansas
2005 Absence Removed, Two-Person Exhibition, Farm Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Rituals and Transformations, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Kansas Art & Design Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020 Research Travel Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky
SEC Faculty Travel Grant, University of Kentucky
2019 Nominee, Painters & Sculptors Grants, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana
Artist-in-residence, Feminist Art Collective, Toronto, Canada
Research Travel Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky
Artist Enrichment Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville, Kentucky
Faculty Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky
2018 Artist Enrichment Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women
Faculty Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky
2017 Kentucky Fellowship, South Arts Prize, South Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
Research Travel Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky
2016 Community Arts Development Grant, Lexarts, Kentucky
Artist-In-Residence, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Lexington, Kentucky
2015 Community Arts Development Grant, Lexarts, Kentucky
2007 Faculty Research Travel Grant, Murray State University
2004 Artist Residency, University of Kansas, Mijas, Spain
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Rolling Knob Press, Indiana University Southeast
Virginia Commonwealth University
Southern Graphics Council
Private collections in South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio
LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2021 Visiting Artist, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
Visiting Artist, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Visiting Artist, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2020 Panelist, Power and Memory, Power and Memory, Annual Gender and Womens Studies Symposium, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Visiting artist, Students Demand Action, San Antonio, Texas
Visiting Curator Talk, soft spots, Lexarts, Lexington, Kentucky
2019 Panelist, Art/Data/Information, SECAC annual conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Visiting Artist, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire
2018 Visiting Artist, University of Indiana Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2017 Visiting Artist, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ohio
Visiting Artist/Juror, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
2016 Visiting Artist, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
2012 Arts Professional Panel Discussion, Georgetown College
Arts Professional Panel Discussion, Asbury University
Visiting Curator Lecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Juror Presentation, Claypool Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University
Curator Lecture, Lexington Art League, exhibition: Right Here Over There
Juror Gallery Discussion, Lexington Art League, exhibition: Body/Figure/Nude
2011 Moderator, Round Table Discussion on Performance Art, Lex Lak Lou (Lexington Louisville Live Arts Kongress)
Curator Lecture, Lexington Art League, exhibition: Love and Things Like Love
Visiting Curator Lecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Visiting Juror Lecture, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
2010 Visiting Artist, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Visiting Curator Lecture, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
Juror Gallery Discussion, Lexington Art League, exhibition: KY:7 Biennial
Curator Lecture, Lexington Art League, exhibition: Creatures Great and Small
2009 Panel Chair and Presenter, Thinking, Making, Talking: Fostering Visual Literacy in Foundations Teaching, CONFLUENCE 2009, Foundations in Art:Theory and
Education, Biennial Conference, Portland, Oregon
Presenter, Community College Humanities National Conference, Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Artist/Curator, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
2008 Presenter, Think Tank: Art to Broaden Perspectives, School of Visual Arts Twenty-Second Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of
Artists, Design, the Arts and the Political: images that propagate and dissent, New York, New York
Presenter, Bridges in Humanities: Spanning the Divide, Community College Humanities Association Southern Division Conference, Chattanooga,Tennessee
Presenter, International Education Week: A Bridge to Everywhere, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2004 Visiting Artist, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
2005 M.F.A., Studio Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, Thesis: Rituals and Transformations
2000 B.F.A., Printmaking/Drawing, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015-present Gallery Director/Lecturer, University of Kentucky, School of Art/Visual Studies
2010-2015 Curator/Exhibitions and Programs Director, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
2006-2009 Director of University Galleries, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2008 Director, Discover Korea, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
EXHIBITIONS
2021 (upcoming/postponed due to COVID) Hope Chest, solo exhibition, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia
Release, two-person exhibition, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
2020 No. 142, South Issue, juried exhibition (in print), New American Paintings, Boston, Massachusetts
Narrative Healing, international juried exhibition, Great Hall, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
Ever After, virtual exhibition, international juried exhibition, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
2019 Materializing Resistance, Parachute Factory, Lexington, Kentucky
American Mortal, two-person exhibition, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire
Tending Edges, two-person exhibition, Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Art Fields, regional juried competition, Lake City, South Carolina
2018 In Their Element, invitational exhibition, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, South Carolina
In Memoriam, solo exhibition, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
48 Stunden Neukölln, international juried exhibition, Galerie im Körnerpark, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
Art Fields, regional juried competition, Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, South Carolina
Who Goes There, invitational group exhibition, Bread Box Studios, Lexington, Kentucky
2017 American Mortal, two-person exhibition, Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
One 7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, semi-finalist (honored in the top 10 of 1082 entries)
XX Invitational, invitational exhibition, Fisch Haus, Wichita, Kansas
The Disseminator of Useful Knowledge, invitational print exhibition, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, Indiana
Who Goes There, invitational group exhibition, Bread Box Studios, Lexington, Kentucky
2016 American Mortal, two-person exhibition, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
Tarot, invitational group exhibition, Bread Box Studios, Lexington, Kentucky
2010 COUNT, solo exhibition, Slippery Rock University Gallery, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
2009 International Exchange Exhibition, Invitational Group Show, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Busan International Design Festival, Invitational Group Show, Busan Fine Arts Association, 2-3 Gallery, Busan, South Korea
2008 This Process Cannot Save Us, Invitational Group Show, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
International Exchange Exhibition, Group Show, Daegu University, South Korea
VSA Show, Group Show, Curris Center Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
MSU Art & Design Department Faculty Show, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2007 Intercollegiate Metals Exhibition, Gallery 100, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
VSA Show, Group Show, Curris Center Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2006 Among the Birds, Solo Exhibition, Arts Council of Dickinson County, Abilene, Kansas
2005 Absence Removed, Two-Person Exhibition, Farm Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Rituals and Transformations, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Kansas Art & Design Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020 Research Travel Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky
SEC Faculty Travel Grant, University of Kentucky
2019 Nominee, Painters & Sculptors Grants, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana
Artist-in-residence, Feminist Art Collective, Toronto, Canada
Research Travel Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky
Artist Enrichment Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville, Kentucky
Faculty Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky
2018 Artist Enrichment Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women
Faculty Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky
2017 Kentucky Fellowship, South Arts Prize, South Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
Research Travel Grant, Great Meadows Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky
2016 Community Arts Development Grant, Lexarts, Kentucky
Artist-In-Residence, Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Lexington, Kentucky
2015 Community Arts Development Grant, Lexarts, Kentucky
2007 Faculty Research Travel Grant, Murray State University
2004 Artist Residency, University of Kansas, Mijas, Spain
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Rolling Knob Press, Indiana University Southeast
Virginia Commonwealth University
Southern Graphics Council
Private collections in South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio
LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2021 Visiting Artist, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
Visiting Artist, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Visiting Artist, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2020 Panelist, Power and Memory, Power and Memory, Annual Gender and Womens Studies Symposium, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon
Visiting artist, Students Demand Action, San Antonio, Texas
Visiting Curator Talk, soft spots, Lexarts, Lexington, Kentucky
2019 Panelist, Art/Data/Information, SECAC annual conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Visiting Artist, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire
2018 Visiting Artist, University of Indiana Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2017 Visiting Artist, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ohio
Visiting Artist/Juror, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky
2016 Visiting Artist, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
2012 Arts Professional Panel Discussion, Georgetown College
Arts Professional Panel Discussion, Asbury University
Visiting Curator Lecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Juror Presentation, Claypool Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University
Curator Lecture, Lexington Art League, exhibition: Right Here Over There
Juror Gallery Discussion, Lexington Art League, exhibition: Body/Figure/Nude
2011 Moderator, Round Table Discussion on Performance Art, Lex Lak Lou (Lexington Louisville Live Arts Kongress)
Curator Lecture, Lexington Art League, exhibition: Love and Things Like Love
Visiting Curator Lecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Visiting Juror Lecture, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana
2010 Visiting Artist, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Visiting Curator Lecture, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
Juror Gallery Discussion, Lexington Art League, exhibition: KY:7 Biennial
Curator Lecture, Lexington Art League, exhibition: Creatures Great and Small
2009 Panel Chair and Presenter, Thinking, Making, Talking: Fostering Visual Literacy in Foundations Teaching, CONFLUENCE 2009, Foundations in Art:Theory and
Education, Biennial Conference, Portland, Oregon
Presenter, Community College Humanities National Conference, Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Artist/Curator, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
2008 Presenter, Think Tank: Art to Broaden Perspectives, School of Visual Arts Twenty-Second Annual National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of
Artists, Design, the Arts and the Political: images that propagate and dissent, New York, New York
Presenter, Bridges in Humanities: Spanning the Divide, Community College Humanities Association Southern Division Conference, Chattanooga,Tennessee
Presenter, International Education Week: A Bridge to Everywhere, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
2004 Visiting Artist, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas