Curriculum Vitae

San Francisco, CA
Areas of Specialization: Painting and Drawing

EDUCATION

2005M.F.A. University of New Mexico, Painting
1995B.F.A. University of South Carolina, Studio Art

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*solo shows marked by asterisk)

2010
3rd Art Interview Biennale, Berlin, Germany
Ink and Clay 36, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
2009
Dispersal/Return, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Hypnagogia, Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA
Works of Art on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
Ink and Clay 35, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA (purchase award, catalog)
2008
Invoking Spirit, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2007
Surfacings, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ
2006
Out of Paint, Kuhn Gallery, Ohio State University, Marion campus, OH
*Surface Tension, Rutgers University, Camden campus, NJ
2005
From Generation to Generation, Markheim Gallery, Haddonfield, NJ
Bloc-Busta, multiple venues, Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, NM
Motion: Photographing Performance, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
*Natural Painting, [AC]2 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Pulse: Performance Art, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004
Albuquerque Contemporary 2004: Fifteenth Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum, NM, Juror: Gronk
Contemporary Arts in the Public Realm, Magnifico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Fecund, Trevor Lucero Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
The Litho Show, Fort 508, Albuquerque, NM
Tenth Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico
Pixels and Grain, The Walls Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2003
Unsalted, Trevor Lucero Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Ninth Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico (Friends of Art Prize, catalog cover)
Land Arts of the American West, Creative Research Laboratory Gallery, Austin, TX
2002
Land Arts of the American West, Colomos Art Center, Marfa, TX
Land Arts of the American West, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico
Grey, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
2001
Hangar 18, Magnifico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Incoming Graduate Student Exhibition, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico
2000
Configure, Paradigm Artspace, Atlanta, GA
1998
Climax, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta College of Art, GA
1995
*In the Bathroom, Russell House University Union, University of South Carolina

PERFORMANCES & SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS

2005
"Yarnyard," collaborative outdoor installation, Walt Whitman Center, Rutgers University, Camden campus, NJM
"Interior Painting," indoor installation, [AC]2 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
"Painting Complex," indoor performance and installation, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004
"Tree of Burden," outdoor performance and installation, Art Annex, University of New Mexico
"Piñon Painting," outdoor installation, Cedar Mesa, UT
"Contiguous Painting," indoor/outdoor performances and transforming installation, Magnifico Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2003
"Events in Nature and Painting," indoor performance and installation, Art Annex, University of New Mexico
2002
Dig In," outdoor performance, Bosque del Apache, NM
"Mudquilt," outdoor installation, Bosque del Apache, NM
"Filler," outdoor performance and installation, North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ
"Cliffhanger," outdoor performance, Cedar Mesa, UT
1995
"The Congaree Will Never Freeze," outdoor installation, Carolina Vista, Columbia, SC

AWARDS & HONORS

2009
Purchase Award, Ink & Clay 35, California State Polytechnic University
2005-2006
Artist Residency and Honorarium, Rutgers University, Camden campus
2005
Graduate Research and Development Grant, University of New Mexico
Student Research Allocations Committee Grant, University of New Mexico
2004
Collaborative Lithography Program Selected Artist, Tamarind Institute
Graduate Research and Development Grant, University of New Mexico
Raymond Jonson Prize, "Outstanding Graduate Painter," University of New Mexico
2003
Student Research Allocations Committee Grant, University of New Mexico
Raymond Jonson Prize, "Outstanding Graduate Painter," University of New Mexico
Friends of Art Prize, Ninth Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition, University of New Mexico
2002
Land Arts of the American West Program Selected Artist, University of New Mexico
1998
Artist Mentoring Program Apprenticeship, Atlanta College of Art
1994
Ed Yaghjian Award, "Most Creative Undergraduate Artist," University of South Carolina
National Liquitex Excellence in Art Award
Phoenix Graphix Scholarship, University of South Carolina
1993
National Liquitex Excellence in Art Award
Phoenix Graphix Scholarship, University of South Carolina

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Land Arts of the American West, 2002

"Land Arts is an interdisciplinary, studio-based, field study program that investigates the overlay of land arts practices from pre-contact times to the contemporary era" (Bill Gilbert and Chris Taylor.) Land Arts is funded in part by the Lannan Foundation. Websites: http://landarts.org/ and http://landarts.arch.ttu.edu/

Pueblo of Isleta Rainwater Harvesting Project, 2002

Outdoor sculpture and community water-harvesting project, Pueblo of Isleta Recreation Center, Pueblo of Isleta, NM. Sponsored by Professor Basia Irland (Art and Art History) and Dr. Beverly Singer (Anthropology) from the University of New Mexico with a grant from the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship.

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