CURRICULUM VITAE
Born Little Rock, Arkansas
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education
M.A., European History, University of California, Los Angeles (2003)
B.A., Studio Art, Wheaton College (1994)
Summer Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1991)
Awards
Fulbright Scholar, The Netherlands (2002-2003)
University Fellowship, UCLA (1999-2002)
Finalist, Pew Trusts Graduate Fellowship (1999)
James G. Jameson Essay Award, First Prize (1994)
Liquitex Excellence in Art Student Grant (1994)
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2008 | |
| Habeas Lounge | CUNY Graduate Center Gallery New York, NY |
| Intersection | Outpost for Contemporary Art/Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock Los Angeles, CA |
| Home Front/Get Out of Jail Free | Marin Community Foundation Novato, CA |
| Patriot Acts | 18th Street Arts Center Santa Monica |
| 2007 | |
| Make Me a Beast Half as Brave | Two-person show, Napoliello Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA (opens June 2007) |
| Whisper Down the Lane | Swallow Artspace, Los Angeles |
| ANA 35 | Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana |
| Get Out of Jail Free | Visual Aid, San Francisco |
| ArtFutura 2007 | Chicago Cultural Center |
| 2006 | |
| Saturation and Surface | Gallery 825, Los Angeles |
| Art of the Animal | Griffith University, Queensland, Australia (online exhibition) |
| Little Joy | Swallow Artspace, Los Angeles |
| 2005 | |
| The Human Figure | Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA |
| Petite Works | Gallery 825/Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA |
| Small Wonders | Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1998 | |
| Four Emerging Artists | Gordon College gallery |
| 1994 | |
| Senior Thesis Show | Wheaton College Adams Hall gallery |
Bibliography
“Art Exhibit 'Acts' Out First Amendment Issues: Transcending Partisan Politics in 18th Street Art Center's 'Patriot Acts.'” Palisades Post, January 31, 2008
“Pajaros Profesores” [“Bird Teachers”] [artist profile] La Revista Mensual del Siglo XXI (Madrid), July-August edition 2007
Teaching/Lecture/Panels
Teaching Fellow, European History, UCLA (2000-2002)
Panel Moderator, Museum Curators Roundtable, Gallery 825 Los Angeles (2006)
Author and presenter, “Searching for a Lever: Jan Verkade and the French Symbolists” at
The Low Countries: Crossroads of Cultures, International Consortium of Netherlandic Studies Conference,
June 2002
Visual Arts Instructor, Whitinsville School (MA) (1994-1996)
Curatorial
Working the Rescue [paintings by Bradford Johnson] Gordon College (1998)
Research Background
Population Research Systems (education policy studies)
Field Interviewer (part-time, contract) • October 2004–April 2005
The J. Paul Getty Trust, Arts Education Policy
Researcher (contract) • September 2003–January 2004
“Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West,”
a study funded by the National Science Foundation
Researcher, National Archives in The Hague, Netherlands • June–August 2000
Harvard Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant •1996–1999
Community/Activism
Computer Lab Assistant, Tierra del Sol [day school for developmentally disabled adults] (August 2007–present)
Programming Liaison, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (September 2007–present)
Chair, Program Committee, Los Angeles Art Association (May 2006–April 2007)
Volunteer Arts Instructor, My Friend's Place (youth shelter), Los Angeles (2002)