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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
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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