RESUME

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EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Pratt Institute, New York, Spring 2006
Pratt Tuscany Study Abroad Program, Pratt Institute, Lucca, Italy, Summer Session 2005
Post Baccalaureate Program, Photography, Bethel University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fall 2003
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, Bethel University, Saint Paul, Minnesota, December 2000
Italy Summer Session: Paint and Pedal, Bethel University, June 1999
Painting Interim, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic, January 1998


EXHIBITIONS

Bearings: the Female Figure, 2006
PS122 Gallery, New York, New York

Photography and Contemporary Tactics, 2006
Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Annex Show, 2006
curated by Kim Thompson of White Box Gallery, New York, New York

MFA Thesis Exhibition: The Duality Project, 2006
Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Generations 5, 2006
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York

Point of Departure, 2006
Graduating MFA Show, DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York

Pratt in Tuscany 2005
Steuben South Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Visible Fringe, Defining Space
www.fringefestival.org
Thorp Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2004
Theater Garage, Minneapolis, 2004

Art-a-Whirl, Thorp Building, 2004
5: A New Body of Work

Faculty Show, 2003, 2004
Foss Gallery, Edina Art Center, Edina, Minnesota

Fire and Grace, 2004
Tea Leaf Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

North East Artists Association Fall Fine Arts Show, 2003
The Bottling House, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Inspired by a Woman: Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota Member’s Exhibition,
2003
Instituto de Cultura y Educacion, Mira Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Member’s Juried Show, 2003
Foss Gallery, Edina Art Center, Edina, Minnesota

Saint Paul Art Crawl, 2003
Tilsner Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Solomon’s Porch Art Lounge Solo Exhibitions
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Unbinding Armor, 2003
Ordinary Transformations, , 2001
Professions of Decline, 2000

Raspberry Monday Juried Exhibition, 2000, 1999, and 1998
Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Senior Thesis Exhibition: Pri-marks
, 2000
Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Foot in the Door Exhibition, 2000
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


Production Intern, Creative Time, New York, New York, January 2006 – June 2006

Photography Graduate Assistant, Pratt Institute, Department of Fine Arts, Brooklyn, New York,
August 2005 – May, 2006

Student Leadership Secretary, Pratt Artists League, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, May 2005 – 2006

Development Intern
, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York, September – December 2005

Internship, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February – June 2004

Art Instructor, Edina Art Center, Edina, Minnesota, April 2002 – May 2004

Art Director/ Curator, Solomon’s Porch, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 1999 - 2000


PUBLICATIONS

Shots Magazine
, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Issue 84, June 2004.
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Friday, July 23rd, 2004.
City Pages, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 4th, 2004.
Southwest Journal, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 9th – 23rd, 2004.


GUEST LECTURES

Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, May 2, 2006
New York Center for Art & Media Studies, New York, New York, April 5, 2005
Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, December 4, 2003


AWARDS

Graduate Fine Arts Merit-based Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Fall 2004.
Art Performance Scholarship, Bethel University, Spring 2000 and Fall 2000.
Purchase Award, Raspberry Monday Exhibition, Bethel University, May 1998.


PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Solomon’s Porch, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota


TRAVEL

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, England, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Wales.




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