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
Approaching Maximum: The Climate Crisis Now
VAE Raleigh | Raleigh, NC
12th Annual Drawing Discourse: International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition
University of North Carolina Asheville | Asheville, NC
Juried by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
2020
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
-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