education
MFA Sculpture/Installation, Queens College of the City University of New York, Queens, NY
BFA Painting/Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
BA Journalism, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
selected art/furniture exhibitions
2012 Working Toward Invisible, The Gallery at Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
2011 Come Out and Play!, Lafontsee Galleries, 833 Lakeside Drive, Grand Rapid, MI
Douglas Exhibition Opening, Lafontsee Galleries, 150 Center St, Douglas, MI
Shift }, Lafontsee Galleries, 820 Monroe Ave, Grand Rapids, MI
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
(a)wake, The Cornerstone Building, 89 Ionia Ave, Grand Rapids, MI
Associations, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
25th International Juried Art Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ; Juror: Joan Young, Assoc. Curator Contemporary Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
2010 Drawing in the Expanded Field, Hatton Gallery, Fort Collins, CO; Jurors: Deanna Petherbridge, Howard Riley
Governors Island Art Fair (installation), New York, NY
Michigan—Land of Riches (installation), Old Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
West Michigan Area Show (installation), Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI; Juror: Gladys Nilsson, Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009 The Sketch Book Project, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Untitled (flesh) (installation), Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
ArtPrize at Tanglefoot, Grand Rapids, MI
Art for Empty Walls, www.artforemptywalls.com
2008 All Area/All Media Statewide Exhibition, ArtCenter, Traverse City, MI; Juror: Marjorie Arnett, Assistant Dean of the College of Fine Art at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Art for Empty Walls, www.artforemptywalls.com
2007 Design Trust for Public Space Art & Design Auction, Milk Gallery, New York, NY
Brooklyn Designs, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY
2004 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
2003 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
2002 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
2001 Providence Fine Furniture Show, Providence, RI
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
1999 International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
1995 Made Especially for You, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Queens College of the City University of New York, Queens, NY
1994 The Strouse-Adler Smoothie Foundation Building, New Haven, CT
New Directions ‘94: Women 30, Men 17, Dutchess County Art Association/Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY; Guest Curator: Brooke Kamin Rapaport, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art at The Brooklyn Museum
12th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY; Juror: Jerry Saltz, Author and Art Critic
1993 Peep Show, Paul Klapper Gallery, Queens College of the City University of New York, Queens, NY
Broadway Cafe, Kansas City, MO
1992 Yako Gallery, Kansas City, MO
slide registries
The Drawing Center, Online Artist Registry, New York City, NY 2011
professional activities
Juror: Scholastic’s Art Awards Regional Exhibition, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI 2010
Member: Collage Art Association, 2009–present
Member: Curatorial Board, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI 2009–present
Presenter: “Current Work”, Northern Trust Bank’s For Art’s Sake, Grand Rapid, MI 2009
Presenter: “Slide Wars”, ArtPrize, John Widdicomb Trade Center, Grand Rapids, MI 2009
Lecture and Workshop: Paper Making, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI 2009
Lecturer: “Understanding Modern Art (1860’s-1970’s)”, Forest Hills Eastern High School, Grand Rapids, MI 2009
Lecture and Workshop: Interactive Artist Demonstration, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI 2008
Lecture and Workshop: Plaster Casting, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 2006
Studio Assistant: “Dancing Lessons” Video, Sculptor Maureen Connor, New York, NY 1995
Press Operator: Soho Letterpress, Boutique Printer, New York, NY 1994–1998.