Education

2004 Fine Art (with Honors), Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Additional Study

2009 Marylhurst University, graduate level coursework in Art Therapy Counseling

2003 National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

2002 Marchutz School of Art, Aix-en-Provence, France

2002 Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Ireland

Awards and Distinctions

Art Therapy Scholarship (Marylhurst University)

Myra Levick Scholarship (American Art Therapy Association)

Eleanor Layfield Davis Art Scholar (Wake Forest University)

Richter Grant Recipient

Solo Exhibitions

2005 Mindstates, Portland Commissioner Sam Adams’ office; Portland, OR

2004 Solving for X, Charlotte and Philip Hanes Gallery; Winston-Salem, NC

2003 Impressions, Urban Artware; Winston-Salem, NC

Group Exhibitions

2011 Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR (upcoming) 

2010 Transition, Tribute Gallery, Portland, OR 

2009 Wish You Were Here, ConfluxCity, New York, NY

2009 The Grid, MP53, curated by TJ Norris, Portland, OR

2009 ReUnion: Self, Re:Vision Gallery, Portland, OR

2009 Chronicle Exhibition, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR

2007 Off They Flew, Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006 InClover, Mt. Scott Park, Portland, OR (curated by Scott Wayne Indiana)

2006 Boredom: I Learned it by Watching You, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2005 18 Independent Artists, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2005 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum; Coos Bay, OR (curated by Norman Lundin, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington)

2005 And at That Moment I Knew I was Addicted, FIX Gallery, Portland, OR

Curatorial

2010 I Want to Feel at Home Here, Milepost 5, Portland, OR

Bibliography

“Brush with discovery,” Window on Wake Forest, November 2003

Three to Four Ounces, Spring 2004 (work selected for cover)

Residencies

Artist-in-Residence: Burren College of Art, Co. Clare, Ireland 2003

Collections

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC