Curriculum Vitae

ACADEMIC FACULTY APPOINTMENT

Stephens College / Columbia, Missouri

Program Chair + Assistant Professor of Communication Design

EDUCATION

2019 PhD: Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum / Art Education / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2018 Graduate Certificate: College Teaching / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2018 Graduate Certificate: Online Educator / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2014 MFA: Visual Studies / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2010 BFA: Art / University of South Dakota / Vermillion, South Dakota

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Intermediate Graphic Design Publication Design

Digital Art                                                     Digital Illustration

Animation                       Fundamentals of Graphic Design

Studio Practices                               Packaging Design

Typography   Introduction to Adobe Creative Cloud

Professional Development Introduction to Art Therapy

Real World Graphic Design                        Methods in Art Therapy

Advanced Projects - Illustration Printmaking                                        

Painting                                                 Drawing I-II

2D Design                                                    3D Foundations

Introduction to Art                                Art Appreciation (Online + In Seat)

Senior Practicum Western Art History II   

Design, Media, and Society                        Innovation and Design Studio

Design Technology Creative Ink / Student-run Marketing Agency

Creative Process Stephens Life / Student-run Magazine

Principles of Comm Design Website Design

Graphic Design History Copywriting

PUBLICATIONS

2022 A Physical Book Which Compiles Conceptual Books by Various Artists / Partial Press

2018 Friend of the Artist / Volume #6

2017 A5 Magazine / Volume #4

2015 Paint Pulse Magazine / Volume #3

2013 New American Paintings / Volume #105 / Juror’s Pick

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Vanitas / Stephens College / Columbia, Missouri

2021 In Place / Clear Lake Art Center / Clear Lake, Iowa

2021 Bethanie Irons / Central Bank of Boone County / Columbia, Missouri

2020 Vanitas: A Life in Pause / Morris Gallery of Contemporary Art / Marshall, Missouri

2018 Now That’s Livin’! / G-CADD / Granite City, Illinois

2016 SCHEME / Shortwave / Columbia, Missouri

2015 ONE TRICK PONY / Project Project / Omaha, Nebraska

2014 VORFREUDE / George Caleb Bingham Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2012 SPECTRUM PERCEPTION [shift] / Craft Studio / Columbia, Missouri

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Sketchbook Show / Columbia Art League / Columbia, Missouri

2024 Concentricity / Montminy Art Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2023 Virtue / Art Saint Louis / St. Louis, Missouri

2023 Close to Home / stop-gap projects / Columbia, Missouri

2023 Synthesis / Daum Art Museum / Sedalia, Missouri

2023 Works on Paper / Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts / Loveladies, New Jersey

2023 Members’ Show / Columbia Art League / Columbia, Missouri

2021 Artists Draw Their Studios / Kleinert James Center for the Arts / Woodstock, New York

2021 Missouri Art Now

The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri / Cape Girardeau, Missouri

The State Historical Society of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

Post Art Library and Spiva Center for the Arts / Joplin, Missouri

Hannibal Arts Council / Hannibal, Missouri

The Albrecht-Kemper Museum / Saint Joseph, Missouri

2021 Faculty Exhibition / Mildred M. Cox Gallery / Fulton, Missouri

2020 Autumn Exhibition / Visual Space / London

2020 Life Still / Curated by Krista Scenna / Ground Floor Gallery / Brooklyn, New York

2020 Works on Paper / Curated by Sarah Suzuki / Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts / Loveladies, New Jersey

2020 Hot Paper / Got It For Cheap / Oslo, Norway

2020 Until We Meet Again / Treat Gallery / New York, New York

2020 Collective Endeavor / Columbia College / Columbia, Missouri

2020 Faculty Exhibition / Mildred M. Cox Gallery / Fulton, Missouri

2019 Be Long / Curated by Mychaelyn Michalec, David Linneweh, and Erika b Hess / Dutoit Gallery / Dayton, Ohio

2019 Repeat / Two-person exhibition with Shayna Miller / GHOST Online Gallery / Omaha, Nebraska

2019 Priority Mail / Ground Floor Gallery / Brooklyn, New York

2018 Fiction (with only daylight between us) v. 2 / Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones / Art Academy of Cincinnati / Cincinnati, Ohio

2018 Spirit of ‘76 / Two-person exhibition with Tony Irons / Missouri Valley College / Marshall, Missouri

2018 Paper in Particular / Juried by Tamryn McDermott / Columbia College / Columbia, Missouri

2018 What Does Art Do? / The Montminy Art Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2018 Contemporary Prints / Curated by Jessica Mannisi / Houska Gallery / St. Louis, Missouri

2018 Boone County Art Show / Central Bank of Boone County / Columbia, Missouri

2017 Fiction (with only daylight between us) v. 2 / Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones

Raygun Projects / Toowoomba, Australia

Class Room / Coventry, United Kingdom

Apothecary / Chattanooga, Tennessee

University of California / Berkeley, California

Ox-Bow School of Art / Saugatuck, Michigan

2017 NAEA Member Exhibition / NAEA Studio & Gallery / Alexandria, Virginia

2017 12 x 12 / Juried by Hong Chun Zhang / Lawrence Art Center / Lawrence, Kansas

2017 Unnatural Election / Curated by Andrea Arroyo

Puffin Cultural Forum / Teaneck, New Jersey

Out North Contemporary / Anchorage, Alaska

2017 Priority Mail / Ground Floor Gallery / Brooklyn, New York

2016 Fiction (with only daylight between us) v. 2 / Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones

Angelika Studios / High Wycombe, England

Elgin Community College / Chicago, Illinois

Boecker Contemporary / Heidelberg, Germany

Corridor Projects / Dayton, Ohio

2016 The Artistry of Teaching / George Caleb Bingham Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2015 Fun Dip / Juried by Nastassja E. Swift and Lizzy Servito / Mist Gallery / Richmond, Virginia

2014 Idea: Ideals / George Caleb Bingham Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2013 Women in the Arts / Juried by Dr. Jo Stealey / Craft Studio / Columbia, Missouri

2013 To What End? / George Caleb Bingham Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2012 Jeff Freeman: Collaborations in Education / Sioux Falls Visual Arts Center / Sioux Falls, South Dakota

2012 21 Feet of White Space / Lumo Studio / Vermillion, South Dakota

2012 Strength in Numbers / George Caleb Bingham Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2022 Curator / Wherever Forever / Works by Angela Zonunpari and Amy Jarding / Stop-Gap Projects / Columbia, Missouri

2021 Co-curator / ReDesign / Columbia College / Columbia, Missouri

2020 Juror / 2020 Annual CAL Member’s Exhibition / Columbia Art League / Columbia, Missouri

2015 – 2019 Curator and Gallery Director / PLEAT / instagram.com/pleatgallery

2019 Curator / The Eternal Idol: Conflict, Impossible Scenes, and the Denial of Human Value / Works by Matt Ballou / The Montminy Art Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2019 Co-Curator / The Map of the Invisible: Playing with Color and Movement / Works by Gladys Swan / The Montminy Art Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2018 Curator and Exhibition Designer / Friends with Benefits / George Caleb Bingham Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2018 Guest Juror / Friend of the Artist / Volume #8

2017 Juror / Student Show / Columbia College / Columbia, Missouri

2016 Curator and Exhibition Designer / Exhibition, 3 Ways / Resident Arts / Columbia, Missouri

2015 Juror / Student Show / Iowa Western Community College / Council Bluffs, Iowa

2014 Film Screener / The Long Now / True/False Film Festival / Columbia, Missouri

2012 Film Screener / Silent Surveillance / Serial Box Projects / Columbia, Missouri

PRESENTATIONS

2021-2024 “Vanitas and the Still Life” / Art Topics Course Lecturer / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2021 “Research, Creation, and Reflection on Instagram” / Art Education Symposium / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2020 Artist's Talk / Vanitas: A Life in Pause / Morris Gallery of Contemporary Art / Marshall, Missouri

2020 “Art in the Age of the #” / Chip Chat Lecture Series / Columbia College / Columbia, Missouri

2018 “Using Instagram to Promote Artistic Thinking and Reflection” / NAEA National Convention / Seattle, Washington

2018 “The Responsible A/r/tographer” / International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry / University of Illinois / Champaign, Illinois

2017 “Digital Galleries in Art Education” / FATE Conference / Kansas City Art Institute / Kansas City, Missouri

2016 Curator's Talk / Exhibition, 3 Ways / Resident Arts / Columbia, Missouri

2014 Resident Artists Lecture Series / Vermont Studio Center / Johnson, Vermont

2014 Resident Artist Lecture Series / Access Arts / Columbia, Missouri

2013 Tea Time Lecture Series / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

INTERVIEWS

2020 Studio Break Podcast with David Linneweh

2020 Making Art in a Vacuum Documentary with Emily Anshen and Carly Newman

2020 Missouri Life Magazine with Rebecca Smith

2019 What’s My Thesis Podcast with Javier Proenza

2018 I Like Your Work Podcast with Erika b Hess

2018 Columbia Missourian “Friends with Benefits” Interview

2018 Friend of the Artist Publication with Ty Bishop

2018 The Line Miami Online Publication with Joana Fischer

RESIDENCIES

2024 True/False Documentary Film Festival / Columbia, Missouri

2016 Facture Goods / Boonville, Missouri

2014 Vermont Studio Center / Johnson, Vermont

2014 Access Arts / Columbia, Missouri

RECOGNITIONS

2023 Stephens Star Award / Stephens College / Columbia, Missouri

2022 Michael Bowling Distinguished Advising Award / Stephens College / Columbia, Missouri

SCHOLARSHIPS

2018 Verna Wulfekammer Art Doctoral Fellowship / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2018 Carl and Emily Schutz Memorial Art Education Scholarship / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2014 Dorothy L. Rollins Memorial Scholarship / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

2013 Dorothy L. Rollins Memorial Scholarship / University of Missouri / Columbia, Missouri

GRANTS AWARDED

2019 Missouri Arts Council Grant / CARE Art Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2018 Missouri Arts Council Grant / CARE Art Gallery / Columbia, Missouri

2017 Missouri Arts Council Grant / CARE Art Gallery, Columbia / Missouri

SPECIAL ACQUISITIONS

2023 21C Museum Hotel / St. Louis, Missouri