Starting with a blank piece of paper, I break ground and lay an array of reclaimed materials to inhabit a rising landscape- a lost and found process, of sorts. I disappear into this imaginary world, imposing an atmospheric collection of embedded, sutured, burned, threaded, and cut throwaways between 2 ½ dimensions. Unloved plastics, discarded fabrics and ordinary scraps intimately collide with darkness and light, expanding the quiet tension that takes captive my daily experiences of chaos and rest.
Education:
M.F.A. 2002 Painting and Drawing
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
B.A. 1993 Studio Arts, De Paul University, Chicago, IL
Scholarships:
2002 Friend’s Scholarship
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
1998-99 Smith Scholarship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1992-93 Smith Scholarship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Teaching:
2002-03 Instructor of Record
The International Academy of Design and Technology
Color Theory, Fundamentals of Design
2002 - Instructor of Record
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Multi-Level Figure Drawing
2001 - Teaching Assistant
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Multi- Level Painting
2001 - Teaching Assistant
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Advanced Painting
2001 - Substitute Instructor, roving
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lectures:
2014 - The Museum of Motherhood
New York, New York
2001 - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Advanced Painting Class
2001 - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Multi-Level Painting Class
2001 - (Venice Biennale)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Extra Activities:
2002-(present) The Drawing Center
New York, New York
Collections:
Numerous Private Collections
Work Donated For Fund Raising
Numerous charities/fundraisers
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Memberships:
2004 - (Today) The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002 - The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Residencies:
2019 - Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN
2011 - Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2002 - Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Reviews:
2015 – April, The Elmhurst Independence
2012 - (mention), November, Time Out Chicago
2012 - CS Interiors Magazine, Chicago, IL
2012 - F-News Magazine- Chaicgo, IL
2012 - Art Letter, Paul Klein, Chicago, IL
2012 - Chicago Gallery Guide, Chicago, IL
2007 - Chicago Magazine, Chicago, IL
2003 - The Roundtable-Evanston
2002 - New City Review-Chicago
Shows:
2022 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2020 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2018 - Ware Studio, Evanston, IL
2018 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2017 - Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2016 - Lewis University, Romeoville, IL (Solo)
2016 - Evanston Art Center (Showing & Lecture), Evanston, IL
2016 - Saw Room, Evanston, IL (Solo)
2016 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2016 - Artificial Turf, Evanston, IL
2015 - Elmhurst Art Museum (Guild), Elmhurst, IL (Solo)
2013 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2013 - Fountain Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2013 - Elmhurst Art Museum (Guild), Elmhurst, IL
2012 - Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL (Solo)
2012 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2011 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2009 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2007 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2007 - Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 - Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 - Jodie Richter, Evanston, IL
2005 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2005 - Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
2005 - Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2005 - Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL
2004 - Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL (Solo)
2003 - The Arts Club, Chicago, IL
2003 - Roosevelt University Gage Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 - Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, IL
2002 - Evanston Art Center Biennial, Evanston, IL
2002 - Gallery 2 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2002 - Gallery 312, Ordinary Icons, Chicago, IL
2002 - Carl Hammer, Pasted On, Chicago, IL
2002 - Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
2001 - Red Car, Chicago, IL
2001 - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Windows, Chicago, IL
2000 - Krivoy, Chicago, IL
2000 - The Three Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1999 - Heather Gentile Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 - Maude Kerns Art Center, Abstract Concepts, Eugene, OR
1995 - The Mayors Art Show, Eugene, OR
1993 - Norris Gallery, Saint Charles, IL