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EDUCATION
May 2008 Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
MFA Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts
May 1999 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
BFA Sculpture
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist in the Field, Bookbinding Demonstrator,The Field Museum, 2007
Community Class Instructor,
Center for Book and Paper Arts, 2006-2007
Panel Presenter, The Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc., 2006
Parents Weekend Demonstrator,
Center for Book and Paper Arts, 2006
Summer Arts Institute Instructor,
Women’s Studio Workshop, 2004
Papermaker, Women’s Studio Workshop, 2002-2003
Studio Intern, Women’s Studio Workshop, 2001
Exhibition Tour Staff/ Staff Artist, Artrain USA, 2000-2001
AWARDS
Weisman Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago, 2008
Getz Graduate Award, Columbia College Chicago, 2007, 2008
Paper and Book Intensive Nell Meldahl Work Study Scholarship, 2007
Graduate Bookbinding Assistant, 2007
Graduate Papermaking Assistant, 2006
Scholarship Recipient – The Friends of Dard Hunter, Inc., 2006
Aiko Fellowship Recipient, 2006
Penland School of Craft Assistant Award, 2002, 2003, 2006
EXHIBITIONS
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, 2008
“Because There Is The Briefest Moment”, Vespine Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008
“Breaking Away”, Gallery 37, Chicago, IL, 2008
“Refabrication”, Carlson Gallery, 3-person show; Nnenna Okore, Linda Gordon and Kirstin Demer, North Park University, Chicago, IL, 2008
“The Paper Runway”, Galeria La Sala, Santiago,Chile, 2008; Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, 2008-2009; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Sanitago, Chile TBA
“Alabama Book X Change”, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2007
“Works on Paper: Sheets, Planes and Pulp”, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, 2007. Juror Margaret Hawkins. Awarded Best in Show.
“A Few Things You Should Know”, Vespine Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2007
“East – Midwest”, University of the Arts, Gallery 633, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
“Visualogue”, Columbia College Chicago, C33 Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005
“Small Works”, Nina Liu and Friends, Charleston, SC, 2005
“Crafts National 39”, The Pennsylvania State University, Zoller Gallery, PA, 2005
“Hands-On-Art”, Backstage Studio Productions, Kingston, NY, 2004
“Seed to Sheet”, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY; Atlanta Papermaking Museum, Atlanta, GA, 2004
“Crafts National”, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, 2003
“Paper Relations”, solo show, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, 2003
“Color Me Wild”, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, 2002
Represented by Vamp & Tramp, Booksellers, LLC
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