BORN: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007
- "The Seed," Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
- "I'm So Scared/It's All So Hard," SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA
This work funded in part by an Artist Trust GAP Grant and a 4Culture Special Projects Grant - "We Are Nature," Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood WA
- "Constructed Narratives," SOIL Backspace Gallery, Seattle WA
This work funded in part by a Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs CityArtists Projects Grant - "In Focus: SOIL," Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
- Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL (Corresponding with Art Basel Miami Beach)
- "Facade," SOIL Art Gallery, Seattle WA; curated by Chris Engman
- "Bugs, Beer & Art," Vanderbrink Room, Tashiro Kaplan, Seattle WA
- "Art XS: Works in Miniature," Artist Trust Auction, Seattle, WA
2005
- CoCA Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA; juror: Ernesto Pujol
- Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach, FL (Corresponding with Art Basel Miami Beach)
- 7th Annual Art Port Townsend Juried Art Show, Northwest Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA; juror: Esther Luttikhuizen
- SOIL Art Auction, 10th Anniversary party and book release, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
- "Girls Growing," Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; curated by Jess Van Nostrand
- "Bashville," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- KUOW Presents: "The Persistence of Frankenstein: Art, Science, and Creation"
- Reading, "The Sound and the Fury," Cranky Literary Journal, Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA.
- "Selected Works," Bill Fellows Landscape and Design, Los Angeles, CA
- Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
- "Seeing Green," Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA; curated by Tracey Fugami and Randy Wood
2004
- Pull & Sway (collaboration with Dan Dean), "Presence," Fidalgo Room, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, WA; curated by Juniper Shuey
- "School of Art Open," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA; Juror's 2nd Award; Juror: Michael Sweney, Director of Charles Cowles Gallery
- "Flashpoint," Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- ArtWorks First Annual Spring Benefit Auction, Seattle, WA
- The Act of Looking (collaboration with Dan Dean), "Recent Acquisitions: Soil New Member's Show," Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
- "Contra Naturum," Secluded Alley Works, Seattle, WA; curated by Mandy Greer and Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley
2003
- "Works on Paper + Small 3-D," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA; Juror: Greg Kucera
- "The Art of Control," Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA; curated by Pate Gonzalez
- A Humble Attempt to Take Over the World, Senior Thesis Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Pull & Sway (collaboration with Dan Dean), Senior Thesis Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence?allery, Seattle, WA
- "School of Art Open," Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA; juror, Esther Luttikhuizen of Esther Claypool Gallery
- SOIL Annual Art Auction, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA
- Tacoma Contemporary "Cakewalk," Tacoma, WA
2002
- Continue: An Interactive Video Installation (collaboration with Dan Dean and Chen-je Huang),
"Responsive Environments – Towards the Deviant Use of Technology," Fisher Gallery, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA - "Site Specific," University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
2001
- MoNA Art Auction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, Washington
EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Fine Arts — Photography, University of Washington
- 1.5 years study, Photography, University of New Mexico
AWARDS
- 2007 Artist Trust GAP Grant
- 2007 4Culture Arts Special Projects Grant
- 2006 City Artist Projects Grant
- 2005 Merit Award, 7th Annual Art Port Townsend Juried Art Show; juror: Esther Luttikhuizen
- 2004 Juror's 2nd Award, "School of Art Open"; juror: Michael Sweney
COLLECTIONS
- King County 4Culture Portable Arts Collection
- Billy Howard Collection
- Skagit Valley Medical Center Permanent Collection
PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
- 2008 - Visiting lecturer, "Working Artist: Career Advice for Students in the Visual Arts," University of Washington
- 2007 - Visiting lecturer, focus on personal work, Photography 400, University of Washington
- 2007 - Visiting lecturer, focus on grant applications, Photography 400, University of Washington
- 2006 - Video / Installation Art Juror: 2006 Seattle Erotic Art Festival
- 2005 - Discussion Panelist, "The Persistence of Frankenstein: Art, Science, and Creation," hosted by
PRI/Studio 360's Kurt Andersen, Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle Public Library Downtown Branch - 2004-2006 - Juror, Richard Hugo House Curatorial Committee
- 2003-present - Member, Soil Arts Cooperative (ongoing)
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