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Biography
 B. 1984 - Morgantown, West Virginia
 Currently working out of Minneapolis, MN and The Highpoint Center for Printmaking

Education
2013    MFA, Printmaking - University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2007    BFA, Drawing - Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

Grants/Awards
2020/21       McKnight Foundation Printmaking Fellowship
2020             Second Best in Show, Brinton Museum of Art | Big Horn, WY
2019             Artist Initiative Grant in Visual Arts - Minnesota State Arts Board
2018             Jerome Foundation Fellowship/Emerging Printmaker-In-Residence, Highpoint Center for Printmaking - Minneapolis, MN
2015             New England Emerging Artist Grant – St. Botolph Club Foundation

2013             People’s Choice Award – Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and Paint for Preservation
2013/11       Graduate Assistantship – University of Delaware
2010             1st Place, National Program for the Arts, State of Maine
2007             Second Agnes Gund Traveling Award - Cleveland Institute of Art
2007             Otto F. Ege Memorial Scholarship for Philosophical Merit 
2007             Prizm Art Award for Two-Dimensional Work – SIE Exhibition
2006             Ralph W. Woehrman ‘66 Scholarship for Excellence in Drawing, Cleveland, Ohio
2005             Gertrude Hornung Award for Excellence in Medical Illustration, Cleveland, Ohio

Residencies

2020/21       McKnight Printmaking Fellowship, Highpoint Center for Printmaking - Minneapolis, MN
2019             Efroymson Visiting Artist-in-Residence, University of Evansville - Evansville, IN
2019             Van Zante Visiting Artist, South Dakota State University - Brookings, SD
2018             Jerome Foundation Emerging Printmaker-In-Residence, Highpoint Center for Printmaking - Minneapolis, MN

2015             Artist in Residence, Tides Institute and Museum of Art, – Eastport, ME
2015             Artist in Residence, Crooked Tree Arts Center – Petoskey, MI
2015             Visiting Artist in Printmaking, Maine College of Art  - Portland, ME
2014/13       Artist in Residence, Stone Trigger Press – Abiquiu, NM
2010             Artist in Residence – Acadia National Park, ME 


Solo Exhibitions
​2021

McKnight Printmaking Fellowship Exhibition
Highpoint Center for Printmaking | Minneapolis, MN
2020
No Trace
Form + Content Gallery | Minneapolis, MN
2019

Somewhere Behind Us 
Melvin Peterson Gallery | University of Evansville | Evansville, IN
Land Revision 
The New Gallery | Little Rock, AR
2015

Great Casing|Lost Migration  (Installation as Artist in Residence)
Tides Institute and Museum of Art | Eastport, ME
2014
The Desert Dreams Mountains
Paper Workers Local | Birmingham, AL
2013

18 Walks – Solo exhibition
Susan Maasch Fine Art | Portland, ME


Selected Exhibitions/Projects
2021
12th Annual Drawing Discourse: International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition
University of North Carolina Asheville  | Asheville, NC
Juried by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum

2020
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Printmaking In The Rockies and On The Great Plains
The Brinton Museum | Big Horn, WY
Pickwick Independent Press: Anniversary Portfolio
PPL Lewis Gallery | Portland, ME

Tilde: At The Coming Of Night w/The 181 Collective
Mission Street Arts | Jemez Springs, NM
Spring Catalogue Showcase
Burnet Fine Art Gallery | Wayzata, MN

2019
Environmental Justice
Howard Conn Gallery | Minneapolis, MN

HABITATS
Torpedo Factory/Target Gallery | Alexandria, VA
Shifting Baselines
Form+Content Gallery | Minneapolis, MN | Curated by Mark Ostapchuk​

2018
2018 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition 
University of Hawaii (Hilo) | Juried by Helen Frederick
2018 National Small Works Competition & Exhibition
Washington Printmakers Gallery | Washington DC
Me, You, And A Few Of Our Friends
Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery
Georgetown College | Georgetown , KY

9th Annual Printmaking Biennial (Bienal Do Douro)
Bienal de Arte Contemporânea | Douro, Portugal

Curated by Nuno Canelas
2017-2018 Jerome Foundation Emerging Printmakers Exhibtion
Highpoint Center for Printmaking | Minneapolis, MN

Fresh AIR
Crooked Tree Arts Center | Petoskey, MI
Prints on Ice
Winona Arts Center | Winona, MN

2017          
3rd Global Print (International Printmaking Exhibition)
Douro, Portugal
Now & Then: PPL's Collection Reconfigured
Lewis Gallery | Portland, ME
The Turbid Tides , installation/performance,
Practice Gallery | Philadelphia, PA 
2016        
Yesterday Has Not Been Born Yet
, w/The 181 Collective

Taiga Art Space | St. Petersburg, Russia
Prints on Ice
Highpoint Center for Printmaking | Minneapolis, MN

The Division Mound Exploration, installation/performance with the 181 Collective
Vicki Projects | Newburgh, NY

Space Studios Summer Show II (juried)
SPACE Gallery | Portland, ME

Instructor Exhibition 
Haystack Mountain School of Craft/MCA | Deer Isle, ME

MAPS (travel edition)
SPACE Gallery | Portland, ME

2015  
15 Performances, part of the Carnegie Mellon School of Art series Services 
w/The 181 Collective
Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center | Pittsburgh, PA

MAPS 
Munakata Shiko Memorial Art Museum | Aomori, Japan
There Is Hope But Not For Us, installation/performance with The 181 Collective
The Unity Gallery, Maharishi University | Fairfield, IA

New England Emerging Artists
St. Botolph Club Foundation | Boston, MA 
Book Arts Bazaar
Kate Cheney Chappell 83 Center for Book Arts, 
University of Southern Maine | Portland, ME
3 in 1: Take Two (A Collection of Prints) 
Reinberger Project Space | Cleveland, OH
​2014        
E.A.S.T.
L.P.M. Gallery (featured show of Austin Studio Tour) |  Austin, TX

Caring for the Commons
California College of Arts | 
Oakland, CA
Featured Group Portfolio, Caring for the Commons – SGC | San Francisco, CA
2013        
Everybody Wins - MFA Thesis Show
Crane Arts Building | Philadelphia, PA

Graphically Sneering 
Creative Vision Factory | Wilmington, DE

2012
Circles of Commotion and Moving Pauses –
with the 181 Collective 
Space Gallery |  Pittsburgh, PA

Swing Song Centripetal,  w/the 181 Collective
Cose Cosmische #3, Galleria Artra | Milan, Italy.
Painting
Pierre. S. DuPont Gallery | Wilmington, DE

2011        
New Blood 
Crane Arts Building | Philadelphia, PA

2007 - 2009         
Under Pressure (group show of Northeast Ohio printmakers)

Chagrin Valley Art Center | Chagrin Falls, OH
Ataraxia 
E. 72nd Building | Cleveland, OH
      
First Annual Emerging Artist Series 
Gallery West | Parma, OH
     
BFA Thesis Show 
Joseph McCullough Center | Cleveland, OH


Collections/Commissions
-Minneapolis Institute of Art, Permanent Collection | Minneapolis, MN
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Douro Museum (Museo do Douro) Permanent Collection | Douro, Portugal 
-Georgetown College - Georgetown, KY
-Thos. Moser Furniture: commissioned a series of winter themed drawings 

-Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum of Art – Aomori, Japan
-Maine College of Art, Printmaking Teaching Archive – Portland, ME
-Morris Library, University of Delaware: Artstor Shared Shelf Commons:
Archived Sound Installation/Performance with the 181 Collective, 
-Zuckerman Museum of Art, Permanent Collection/Printmaking Archives – Kennesaw, GA
-California College of Arts (CCA), Permanent Collection/Printmaking Archives – Oakland, CA
-Acadia National Park, Permanent Collection – Bar Harbor, ME
-Maine Home & Design Magazine and Maine Magazine, Permanent Collection 
-Cleveland Institute of Art, Permanent Collection     
-North River Retreat, Delray, WV

Teaching History
2014           Adjunct Professor, Printmaking and Drawing - Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
2013           Instructor of Record: Intro to Printmaking- University of Delaware
2012           Instructor of Record: Expanded Print Media - University of Delaware 


Workshop Teaching History
2019           
Highpoint Center for Printmaking (MN) - Carborundum and Collograph Printing
2018           Breck School (MN) - Journal As Journey (artist books, drawing, polyester plate lithography), grades 9-11
2017           Paper Workers Local (AL) - 
Carborundum and Collograph Printing
2017           Highpoint Center for Printmaking (MN) - Carborundum and Collograph Printing
2017           Breck School (MN)- Drypoint and Collograph 
2016           Haystack Mountain School of Craft (ME) - Carborundum Collograph Printing 
2015           Tides Institute and Museum of Art (ME) - Polyester-plate Lithography and Drawing
2o15           Crooked Tree Arts Center (MI) - Monoprint and Relief Printing
2015           Maine College of Art (ME) - Color Intaglio Techniques
2015           Maine College of Art (ME) - Picture Framing 101 (Continuing Ed.)
2014           Pickwick Independent Press (ME) - Extended Techniques for Intaglio
2014           Paper Workers Local (AL) - Chine-collé and Copper
2010           Acadia National Park (ME) - National Junior Ranger Day: Naturalist's Sketchbook


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