Education:
MFA, Painting, 2005
Northern Illinois University

BFA, Visual Communication Design, 2001
Concentration in Illustration
University of Dayton


Selected Exhibitions:
2011
Island - 22 artists on Iceland: Cave Gallery, Detroit, MI and University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI.
Hreyfanlegir Hlutir, Kyrrstæðir Hlutir / Things That Move, Things That Stay Still: SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland.
US (collaborative drawing with the Co-Prosperity School): Ben Russell Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Immaculate Conglomeration (four-person show): Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL.
Mar(t)ch Madness: Benefit exhibition for Howard Brown Health Center, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL.

2010
What A Famine Plenty Can Disguise: The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Faculty Show 2010: Gallery 350, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago.
Seeing The Land: juried exhibition, DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, IN.
Solo Exhibition: Morton College art gallery, Cicero, IL.
S.O.S.: Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL.
Within the Body: Homenaje a mi dios - a love story from Diva to Mundane. Group show.
Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL.

2009
Recomposition: Antena (solo show in project space), Chicago, IL.
Regional Art Faculty Invitational: Visual Arts Gallery, Governors State U, IL.
Perspectives - Illinois Institute of Art Chicago faculty exhibition, Gallery 350, Chicago, IL.

2007
101 Paintings: Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL.
Chicago Underground: EXP Gallery, Chicago, IL
Big Art Show: South Union Arts, Chicago, IL.
Polvo Gallery Benefit: Silent Art Auction. Chicago, IL.
EMU Collects: Ford Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI.

2006
Made In Pilsen: Prospectus Gallery group show, Chicago, IL.
Fall In ... : Three person show. EXP Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Alumni Art Exhibition: Art Street, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
Inaugural Group Show: EXP Gallery, Chicago, IL.

2005
‘But Ships Are Fallible I Say’: Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
MFA Exhibition, Northern Illinois University Art Museum Gallery, Chicago, IL.
The Show: a group show at The House. DeKalb, IL.
Banking On Reincarnation (solo show): Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
Graduate Group Exhibition: Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.

2004
Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators Group Show: Myth, Legend & Folklore (traveling): Art Institute
of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; Associated Artists of Butler County, Butler PA;
Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA.
Ars Nova Annual Juried Exhibition: Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
Cold!: Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, IL.
Graduate Group Exhibition: Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.

2003
Bad Dog Gallery: DeKalb, IL; inaugural exhibition.
13th Annual Juried Exhibition - Juror’s Award: Cranberry Council For The Arts, Cranberry, PA.
Westmoreland Art Nationals Juried Exhibition: Latrobe, PA
Ars Nova Juried Student Exhibition: Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL.
Graduate Group Exhibition: Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL.

2002
Three Rivers Arts Festival 43rd National Juried Exhibition: Pittsburgh, PA.
Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators Group Show: World West Gallery, Washington, PA

2001
Barbie Blast: Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
KYLIX: Commissioned painting to accompany annual music recital of Pierrot Lunaire by Indiana University
graduate students, Cincinnati, OH


Teaching Experience:
Part-Time Instructor: Illinois Institute of Art (2008 - present)
Adjunct Instructor: Westwood College (2005-2008)
Graduate Teaching Assistant: NIU - Instructor of record (2004-2005)


Honors and Awards:
Invited to SIM artist residency (The Assosiation of Icelandic Visual Artists), Reykjavik, Iceland (2011)
Merit Award, Seeing The Land, DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, IN. (2010)
Audio work curated into Reverie: Radio show played on Neighborhood Public Radio as part of 2008
Whitney Biennial, New York, NY (2008)
Honorable Mention, MFA Group Exhibition, NIU Art Museum Gallery, Chicago, IL (2005)
Artist in Residence at Burren College of Art: Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare Ireland (2004)