Education

B.A.               University of Minnesota, Morris                1992          (Studio Art, Art History and Cultural Anthropology)

M.F.A., Sculpture           University of Colorado, Boulder                 1995

 

         Exhibitions, Solo

2014    Woman Troubles, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN.

2011    Look and Learn, Little Girl, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO

2010    Look and Learn, Little Girl, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN

2008    Dirty/Pretty, Albion College, Albion , MI

2004    Fecundity, Bethel College Art Gallery, Bethel College, Newton, KS

2003    The Lover’s Eye, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL.

2001   Undecided, Unwilling, Unwise, Harry Krug Art Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS.

2000    over, and over, and over . . .; Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN

1997    A/Lure, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL.

1995   Spoken Under the Rose; University of Colorado-Boulder Galleries, Boulder, CO. Show to fulfill thesis requirements.

     

Exhibitions, Juried

2015       Fl3thc3r Exhibit for Socially and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University, Johnson  City, TN. Curated by Joyce Ogden.

2011    Surface Design Association Members’ Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. (Jurors: SDA Members Panel, including Award Judges: Barbara Martinson and Barbara Lee Smith)

2011    Bodies of Water; SDA Fashion Show, Minneapolis, MN. (Jurors: SDA Members Panel)

2011    Fiber Directions 2011, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS. Juror: Jill Rumoshosky Werner.

2010    Women’s Works 2010 Exhibit, Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL. Juror: Cindy Nemser.

2009    A Common Thread: Embroiders Guild of America Exhibit, Stevens County Historical Museum, Morris, MN (Jurors: Organizing Committee)

2007    Art on the Plains 9, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. Juror: Christopher P. Monkhouse, Minneapolis Institute of Art

 

Exhibitions, Invitational

2015        Jokes of Nature, Redline Gallery, Denver, CO. Curated by Donald Fodness and Geoffrey Shamos; Including artists: Bill Amundson, Robert Arneson, Louise Bourgeois, Luo Brothers,  Xing Danwe, Rebecca DiDomenico, Paul McCarthy, Martha Russo, Elizabeth Faulhaber, Amber Cobb, and Xi Zhang.

2014    Artist/Teacher/Scholar, Morrison Gallery, UMM.

2013    The Velvet Lens, 308at156 Project Artspace, New York, NY. Curated by BB Contemporary Art.

2012    Binary Existence, Gene Shapiro Auction House, New York, NY. Curated by BB Contemporary Art.

2011   ArtPrize, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI.

2011    I Am Looking For A Human Being, Spirit Room Gallery, Fargo, ND. Curated by Jill Johnson.

2010    Vis-à-Vis: University of Minnesota All Campus Faculty Exhibition; Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

2010    The Other F-Word, Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris, Morris, MN.

2008    Paralleled (Part One, Amorphous Abstraction and Socially Conscious Artwork), Steele Gallery, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO. Curated by Courtney Stell, also featuring Scott Chamberlin, Homare Ikeda, John McEnroe, Richard Notkin, Yumi Roth, Scott Johnson.

2008    Past and Present, UMM Faculty Show, HFA Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris.

2005    University of Minnesota, Morris Faculty Exhibition; Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris, Morris, MN.

2002    Feminist Perspectives, Humanities Fine Arts Gallery, University of Minnesota, Morris, Morris, MN.

2001    Jerome Book Arts Fellowship VII Exhibition, Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN.