ARTIST

EDUCATION:

2002-present               M.F.A, Printmaking, University of Kentucky

2002                           B.F.A, Drawing, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2000                           Associates in Arts, Paducah Community College

GROUP EXHIBITS:

2004      “The Red Show,”  Factory 15, Lexington, Ky

SOLO EXHIBITS:

2005       “Works on Paper”, MetroLex gallery, Lexington, Ky

2005        Thesis Show scheduled in the Tuska Gallery, University of Kentucky, April

2004        “Recent Prints,”  Tom Clark Art and Antiques, Lexington, KY. March 26-April 10

2001        “Works Completed Since 2000,”  Paducah Community College Art Gallery  

EXHIBITS:

2004        Brad Cooper Gallery, “2004 Biennial Juried Exhibition,”  Tampa, Fl.  July 24- September 25

2004        South Arkansas Arts Center, “2004 Annual Juried Art Competition,” El Dorado, AR. Jun 18-Jul 29

2004        Mable House Cultural Center, “17th National Juried Art Exhibition,” South Cobb Arts Alliance, 
               Juror:  Gregor Turk.  Mableton, GA.  July 9- August 15

2004        Schoharie County Arts Council, “2004 National Small Works Exhibition Twenty Second Annual,”
               Juror:Katharina Rich Perlow, Cobleskill, NY. June 4- July 2

2004        Studio 107, “Watermark 2004-Works on Paper International Juried Exhibition,”  Juror:  Soni
               Martin,  Southeastern Community College,  Whiteville, NC. May 24-July 2

2004       Germantown Performing Arts Center, “10th National Fine Arts Exhibition,”   Juror: Greg Cartmell,
              Memphis, Germantown Art League, Germantown, TN.  May 8- 28

2004       Claypool-Young Art Gallery, “The Bluegrass Biennial,” Juror: John Begley,
              Morehead State University, June 3-July 30

2004       New Arts Program, “15th Annual Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works,” Kutztown, PA

2004       Creative Spirit Art Center, “1st Annual International Juried Exhibition,”  Juror: Sondra Freckelton
              and Jack Beal. Potsdam, NY.  March 24-April 30

2004       Abercrombie Gallery, “17th Annual Mcneese National Works on Paper Exhibition,”  Juror:  Matthew
              Drutt, Mcneese State University, March 25-April 15

2004       Gormley Gallery, “Fifteenth National Drawing and Print Competitive  Exhibition,” College of
              Notre Dame. Juror:  Julie Ann Cavnor, Executive  Director of the Maryland Art  Place,
              Baltimore Maryland, March 24- May 7

2004       Circle Gallery, “27th Annual Art on Paper,” Juror: Linda Simmons,  Maryland  Federation of Art,
              Annapolis, Maryland. April 2-May 9

2004       Lankershim Art Gallery, “It’s a small world II,” Juror: Dover Abrams. North Hollywood, Ca.  Feb 27-
              March 31

2004       Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, “War and Peace,”  Richmond, KY. Feb. 9-March 13

2004       Museum of Outdoor Arts, “Englewood National Arts Show,”  Englewood, CO Feb 28-Mar 31

2004       The Art Center at Fuller Lodge, “The Atomic Art Show,”  Los Alamos, NM. Feb 27-April 3

2004       Northwest Art Center, “Americas 2000,” Minot State University, Minot, ND

2004       Java N Jazz, “Politically Engaged Art,”  New York, NY. Feb-April

2003       State Theater Gallery, “Graduate Student Show,” Lexington, Ky.  Dec 20-Jan 20

2003       Barnhart Gallery.  University of Kentucky  “Purchase Awards,” Juror Tim Clark.December 5-9

2003       Kentucky Mud Works, “Gallery Hop,”  Lexington, Ky.  Nov. 15-25

2003       Manhattan Arts International, “Small Works,” Juror, Jill L. Conner, Renee Phillips, New York, NY
              Dec 17-Jan 17 2004

2003       Union Street Gallery, “Art and Industry, From Nostalgia to New Horizons,”  Juror, Alain Gavan
              Professor at Chicago State University, Chicago Hights, Il. Oct. 10-Nov. 7

2003       Beaux Arts Gallery, “Annual Small Works,”  Woodbury, CT.  Nov. 15-Jan.  15

2003       Da Vinci Art Alliance, “Under Pressure: an all-print exhibition,” Philadelphia, PA. Sept. 2-Sept 27

2003       MassArt, “Revolutions,” MassArt Print  Shop, Boston, MA.  April 2-5, 2003

2003       Clark Art and Antiques,  Several Pieces,  Gallery Hop,  Lexington, Ky. January  10- Present

2002       Barnhart Gallery.  University of Kentucky  “Purchase Awards,” December 3-8 2002

2002       Yeizer Art Center, “Way of the World II,”  Gallantly Streaming Show. Paducah Kentucky.  June 14-
              July 20 2002

2002       Good Luck Glove Factory of Carbondale, “Untitled Installation Piece,”  Installations at the Glove, 
              Southern Illinois University.  April 27- May 1, 2002

2002        Paducah City Hall,  “Assembly Line Series,”  (3 prints), 67th Annual Woman’s Club of Paducah 
               Art Show.  Paducah, Kentucky.  April 14- April 26 2002

2002        Murray Art Guild.  “Shadow Self Portrait,”  Murray Art Guild Annual Show,  Juror:  Dana Heath,
               Director Mayfield Art Guild.  Murray, Kentucky.  March 17- April 17

2002        Allyn Building, Southern Illinois University Carbondale “Assembly Line Series,”  (10 prints), Rickert
               Ziebold Trust Award, Juror:  SIUC Art and Design staff.  Carbondale, Illinois.  March 30-April 1

2001        Paducah City Hall. “Untitled Prints,” 66th annual Amateur Art Show,  2001.   Juror: Dan Carver,
               Director,  Yeizer Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky. Catalog

2000        University of Tennessee, Martin Art Gallery,  “Untitled Drawings,” Artist of the 21st Century,  Juror:
               Dan Carver, Director, Yeizer Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky

2000        Paducah Community College Art Gallery “Untitled Works,” .  Curated: Susan Dawson, Professor,
               Paducah Community College, Paducah, Kentucky

1999        Paducah Community College Art Gallery “Untitled Works,”  .  Curated: Susan Dawson, Professor,
               Paducah Community College, Paducah, Kentucky

AWARDS:

2004        Jurors Purchase Award,  “Fifteenth National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition,”  Gormley
               Gallery,  College of Notre Dame. Juror:  Julie Ann Cavnor, Executive Director of the Maryland Art
               Place, Baltimore Maryland

2004        2nd Place, “It’s a small world II,” Lankershim Art Gallery, Juror: Dover Abrams. N. Hollywood, Ca

2004        Artistic Excellence 1st Place, “Englewood National Arts Juries Art Show,” Museum of Outdoor Arts,
               Englewood, CO

2004        Jurors Award, “27th Annual Art  of Paper,” MFA Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art,
               Annapolis, Ma

               Purchase Award, “Fifteenth National Drawing and Print Competitive Exhibition”, Gormley Gallery,
               College of Notre Dame, Maryland, Ma

2003        Participation Award, “Art and Industry,” Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Il

2001        Viewers Choice Award, “66th annual Amateur Art Show,” Paducah City Hall, Paducah Ky

PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

            “Hopped To It,  The Lafayette Times. April 23, 2004

            “Southern Illinois University, Rickert Ziebold Trust Award Competition,” SIUC Art  and Design Poster
             for 2002

            “Four art students share $20,000 Richert-Ziebold Trust Award,”  The Southern Illinoisan,  April 2,
             2002, p.1B

            “School of Art and Design gets ready to present annual awards,”  Daily Egyptian, Mar 27, 2002, p. 9.

            Southern Illinois University Art and Design pamphlet, Volume 8, winter 2002, p. 7.

            “Benton artist wins top prize at Women’s Club Show,” The Paducah Sun, April 28, 2001, p. A14.

NATIONAL EXPOSURE:

2004   “Arts Across America,”  12 minute interview and documentary part of program for Kentucky
           Educational Television.

2004   “Is the Visual Arts Studio/Classroom a “Hostile Environment”?” slides of work part of a lecture given
           by Ors Zirkle, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA. Feb 20, 2007.

2003   “Strategies for Teaching and Critiquing Print Media,” slides of work part of a lecture given by Ors
           Zirkle, Boston University, Boston Ma.  April 3, 2003.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: 

2004   College of Notre Dame, MA.

          Mason Gross School of the Arts, Newark, NJ

          Southern Graphics Council, Chattanooga, TN.

2003   Boston University, Boston, MA.

          Southern Graphics Council, Chattanooga, TN.

          Sun Chemicals,  Nashville, TN.