Education
2000 Florida State University – Master of Fine Arts -Installation and Sculpture
1997 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville – Bachelor of Fine Arts –Ceramics/Weaving *Magna Cum Laude
1992 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale – Bachelor of Science -Interior Design/Art
1988 Belleville Area College – Associate of Arts
Selected Exhibitions of Creative Work
2018
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words, Laura Bush Community Library, Austin, TX
2017
Commune (verb), Georgetown Art Center, Georgetown, TX *Solo Exhibition
Due East, East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
East Austin Studio Tour, Canopy, Austin, TX
Profusion in the Void, Texas Sculpture Group, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, TX
Shared View, Austin's Pizza-Cuernavaca, Austin, TX
2016
People's Gallery 2016, City Hall, Austin, TX
Nourish, Abilene Christian University Downtown Gallery, Abilene, TX *Solo Exhibition
Feed Me, Kerby Lane Cafe-Westlake, Austin, TX
2015
Penumbra, Austin’s Pizza, Blue Dalhia Cafe 6th Street, Austin, TX
Slices of Life II (Collaboration), Studio L., Spicewood, TX
Topo, Blue Dalhia Cafe Westlake, Austin, TX
Black to White, Austin's Pizza-Cuernavaca, Austin, TX *Solo Exhibition
Art in the Park, Bee Caves Sculpture Park, Bee Caves, TX
Slices of Life (Collaboration and Permanent Installation), Laura Bush Community Library, Austin, TX
Of Water and Earth 2, Laura Bush Community Library, Austin, TX
Of Water and Earth, Laura Bush Community Library, Austin, TX
2014
Hello Show, Austin’s Pizza, Lake Hills Fitness, Austin, TX
Local Color, Bee Cave Coffee, Austin, TX
Art and Wine Walk: Five of CAC's Finest, Bee Cave Coffee, Austin, TX
Cuernavaca Arts Cooperative, Austin’s Pizza, Austin, TX
2012
Reinterpreting the Decorative Arts, University of Mary Washington- Ridderhof Martin Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA
Birds of a Feather, Lala Gallery, Lafayette, IN
Dinner Party, Lala Gallery, Lafayette, IN
Current Inventiveness, Lala Gallery, Lafayette, IN
2011
Domestic Meditations 2, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
Creative Scholarship Competition for Visual Arts, 48th Annual Interior Design Educators Council International Conference, Denver, CO
Conversation Pieces, Purdue University, Rueff Gallery, West Lafayette, IN
2010
Forms In Motion, Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
Urban Pulse, Tom Robinson Gallery, Chicago, IL
White Show, Hausmann Millworks, San Antonio, TX
Off Center, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Heaventree of Stars, Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA
2009
White Show, Signs of Life Gallery, Lawerance, KS
Common Threads; All Things Connected, St. Paul Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2008
Chicago Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL *Solo Exhibition
Bon Appétit, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Environment, Textiles and Design Gallery, Madison, WI
WCA Midwest Regional Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Creative Scholarship Competition for Visual Arts, 45th Annual Interior Design Educators Council International Conference, Montreal, Quebec Canada
2007
Creative Scholarship Competition for Visual Arts, 44th Annual Interior Design Educators Council International Conference, Austin, TX
Corporate Climbers, Division of Art and Design Faculty Exhibit, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2006
Passion & Persistence, Focus on Studio Furniture, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Lafayette’s Women Artists, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN
2005
The Heaventree of Stars, Eric Dean Gallery, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN *Solo Exhibition
The Way We Saw The World, Munce Art Center, Zionsville, IN
Renoir’s Lunch, Forum Financial, Indianapolis, IN (commission)
55th Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition, Ouincy Art Center, Quincy, IN
IAC Grant Show, Wells Center, April 22, Lafayette, IN
The Creative Impulse, Minnetrista Center, Muncie, IN
Indiana Now!, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN
2004
Holiday One Peace Show, Dean Johnson Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
11th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Jasper Arts Center, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA
DisPlace, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2003
Lafayette Art Walk, Studio Opening, Lafayette, IN
2002
Faculty Annual, Florida State University Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL
Veil, Tallahassee Community College Gallery, Tallahassee, FL *Solo Exhibition
2001
Faculty Art Exhibit, Tallahassee Community College, Tallahassee, FL
Faculty Annual, Florida State University Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL
2000
MFA Graduate Exhibition, Florida State University Museum of Art, Tallahassee, FL
MFA Exhibition, Claude Pepper Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
MFA Exhibition, LeMoyne Education Complex, Studio A, Tallahassee, FL
Crave, Warehouse Gallery, Tallahassee, FL (performance)
Stray Legs, LeMoyne Education Complex, Studio A Tallahassee, FL
Bird Room Exhibit, Museum of Natural History, Tallahassee, FL
Campus Mural Project, Sodexho Marriott, Tallahassee, FL (commission)
1999
Collective Memories, Oglesby Gallery, Tallahassee, FL *Solo Exhibition
The Jean Bordeaux Florida Sculpture Competition, LeMoyne Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Cycles, Cedar Key Arts Center, Cedar Key, FL
Fee-mail, Windows on Gaines, Tallahassee, FL
7 Ceramists & An Abstract Painter, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Sink (w)hole, Leon Sinks State Park, Tallahassee, FL
Erotica, MFA Warehouse, Tallahassee, FL
Visual Healing, Oglesby Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Faculty Show, Oglesby Union Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Art Crawl, Warehouse Billiards, Tallahassee, FL
Unfair, Club Downunder, Tallahassee, FL