E D U C A T I O N

MFA    AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Azusa, California, Visual Arts, 2007-2010

MA      CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Ceramic Art, 2005-2006

BFA     NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF CERAMICS AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY, Alfred, New York, Ceramic Art, 1994-1998

 

S O L O   E X H I B I T I O N S

2010    Hem Me In, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Darling Hall, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

2008    Digging Through The Wall, Xnihilo Gallery, Houston, TX

2006    As Comfortable As I Can Be: Graduate Thesis Exhibit, The West Gallery, Mount Pleasant, MI

2006    The Irrational Season, Neptune Gallery, Utica, NY

2005    The Irrational Season, Xnihilo Gallery, Houston, TX

 

S E L E C T E D   E X H I B I T I O N S

2010   Kilnopening.edu, invitational and juried, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
            Better Days Art Auction, invitational, Kingwood, TX

2009   Medical Kitsch, installation in Duke Hall, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
             Better Days Art Auction, invitational, Kingwood, TX

2008   1, 2, 3, Graduate Student Exhibition, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

2007    Offerings, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
              Mesa Contemporary Arts: Physical Presence, Mesa Arts Center, juried by Ann Wolfe, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections
              at Nevada Museum of Art, Mesa, AZ
              Stations of The Cross, Xnihilo Gallery, Houston, TX

2006   World AIDS Day Benefit Show, Neptune Gallery, Utica, NY
             Michigan Clay Artists: Invitational, Greater Flint Arts Council, Flint, MI
             Earth In Balance 2006: A Regional Clay Competition, Rosewood Arts Center, juried by Chris Garcia, Kettering, OH
             Think Small, Lawrence Street Gallery, juried by Jud Coveyou, Ferndale, MI
             From Our Perspective: A National Women’s Art Exhibition, Smith Theatre Gallery, The Women Center
             at Oakland Community College, juried by Leslie Masters and Nora Chapa Mendoza, Farmington Hills, MI
             Central Michigan University Faculty Exhibit, University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, MI
             Mia Kat Empire Indie-Band Concert: Performance Painter, Houston, TX
             Central Michigan Student Exhibition, juried by Amy Gilman, Ph.D. the Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
             at the Toledo Museum of Art, Mount Pleasant, MI
             Grounded: A Ceramics Exhibition, CMU Graduate Students, West Gallery, Mount Pleasant, MI

2005    Michigan Mud Ceramic Conference Student Exhibit, juried by Linda Christianson, Albion, MI
             Central Michigan University Faculty Exhibit, University Art Gallery, Mount Pleasant, MI
             The Well Awards: Performance Painter, The Well, Houston, TX
             Stations of The Cross, Xnihilo Gallery, Houston, TX

2004   Benson Galleries, Kingwood Gallery Showroom, Kingwood, TX
             Taft Street Coffee Fund Raiser: Performance Painter, Taft Street Coffee, Houston, TX
             Kingwood Art School Gallery, Kingwood Art School, Kingwood, TX
             Walking on Water, Xnihilo Gallery Fotofest exhibit, city wide exhibit whose participants include Houston Museum of Fine Arts,
             and The Menil Collection, Houston, TX

2001-   Texas Children’s Cancer Center Chairs For Children, Juried by Flo Crady and Laura Walls, fund-raiser to benefit Texas Children's
2003    Cancer Center, Chelsea on the Kitchen Table displayed at Paul Carter Jewels in Uptown Park, Houston, TX
             Emergent Conference: Performance Painter, Hosted by Emergent Village of Minneapolis MN, Conference in San Diego, CA,
             Painted for 3,000 attendees
             ArtFX Exhibition, Houston, TX
             Kirkland Art Center Central NY Annual Regional Art Show, Kirkland Art Center, juried by Phil Young, Professor of Art
             at Hartwick College, Clinton, NY
             Kirkland Art Center Members Show, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
             Utica Art Association Sixteenth Annual Tri-County Show, The Utica Art Association, Gannett Gallery, SUNY Institute of
             Technology, juried by Mary Gaylord Loy, Utica, NY
             Rome Art and Community Center Annual Regional Fine Art Exhibition, Rome Art and Community Center, juried by
             Sandra De Visser, Instructor of Art at SUNY Institute of Technology, Rome, NY

1992 -  New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University BFA Exhibition, Alfred, NY
1998    New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University Summer Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Harder Hall,
             invitational, Alfred, NY
             Munson Williams Proctor Institute Arts Festival, juried, Utica, NY Munson Williams Proctor Institute School of Art
             Student Exhibition, Utica, NY
             Central Adirondack Art Show, The Arts Guild of Old Forge, Old Forge Art Center, Old Forge, NY, 1992, 1993

 

C O N F E R E N C E S,  V I S I T I N G   A R T I S T  L E C T U R E S,   &   A W A R D S

2009   Otto Hieno Scholarship, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA

2008   Xnihilo Gallery, Artist Lecture, Houston, TX

2007   Interlochen Arts Boarding High School, Visiting Artist, Interlochen, MI

2006   Earth In Balance 2006: A Regional Clay Competition, Award of Merit, Kettering, OH

2003   Association of Christian Schools International: Western Region Conference, Seminar Speaker: Christianity and the Arts,
            Galveston, TX

2002   Precious Stones For Beauty: Spirituality and the Arts, Speaker, Waterbury Presbyterian Church, Utica, NY

1999    MCOS Southeast Asia Conference, Fine Arts Session Facilitator: Art Education Topics, Seoul Foreign School, Seoul, South Korea

1993    Central Adirondack Art Show, Second Place Mixed Media, Old Forge, NY

 

B I B L I O G R A P H Y

2009    Better Days Art Auction Flyer, image in promotional advertising, 2/2009

2006    The Irrational Season, by Alice Valentine, The College Crier, 4/2006

2006    Upcoming Art Show to Feature Ceramics, by Justin Vacca, Central Michigan Life, 2/2006

2005    Next Generation Leader, Creating Culture: Andrea Rosselle, Catalyst Groupzine, 10/2005

2005    Local Artists Illustrate Stations of the Cross, by Tara Dooley, Houston Chronicle, 3/25/2005

2005    Living Art on KPFT 90.1fm, Interview on exhibition: The Irrational Season, Houston, TX

2005    Neon Fish on KKHT 100.7 fm, Interview on exhibition: The Stations of the Cross, Houston, TX

2002    Back Country, image of work featured in Kirkland Art Center Review, 1-2/2002

 

Resume is also available in the following formats: PDF | Word 2007