Education

B.A.	Eastern Illinois University	Dec.	2007
M.A.	Eastern Illinois University	May	2009

Group Exhibitions

2010	Chicago Art Open, River East Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2009	SBMA Biennial 25, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
	Curated by William Lieberman (Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago)
	Assume Nothing, Union Street Gallery. Chicago Heights, IL
	Curated by Peter Jones
	When I grow up… Graduate Art Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2008	Caught in the Act, Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL
2007	Perspectives, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL.
	Curated by Allison Peters
	Southern Illinois Artist Competition, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
	Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition, SWOPE Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
	Five Senses, Northbrook Public Library, Northbrook, IL
	Annual Student Exhibition, Tarble Art Center, Charleston, IL
	Six Degrees of Separation, Burl Ives Studio, Charleston, IL
2006	Art on the Square, Art Fart Gallery, Charleston, IL
	Annual Student Exhibition, Tarble Art Center, Charleston, IL
	Forms, Burl Ives Studio, Charleston, IL
2005	Annual Student Exhibition, Tarble Art Center, Charleston, IL

Grants and Awards

2009	2nd Place, Assume Nothing, Union Street Gallery
	Juror’s Choice Award, SBMA Biennial 25, South Bend Museum of Art
2007	Ruth C. Cook Boyd Award for Excellence in Painting, Eastern Illinois University
	Jurors’ Choice Award; Merit Award in Painting, Annual Student Exhibition,
	Tarble Arts Center
2006	Ruth C. Cook Boyd Award for Excellence in Painting, Eastern Illinois University
	Merit Award in Painting, Annual Student Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center

Gallery Experience

2010	Gallery Administrator, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2009	Gallery Assistant, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2007	Internship, Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006	Art Fart Gallery, Charleston, IL

Reviews and Interviews

52 weekends, Southtown Star, September 10, 2009, p.2
Evan Gillespie, “Biennial 25 at SBMA” South Bend Tribune, July 5, 2009, Sec E, p.4
Charleston Times Courier, April 11, 2009, Sec D p.1
Cari Wafford, The Verge, April 10, 2009, Sec B p.4
Christopher Hanlon, “Charleston’s Art Scene on the Square” Agora, May, 2008
Charleston Times Courier, March 8, 2008