EDUCATION

2012                Master of Fine Arts, Photography         

                        New Mexico State University

 

2008                Associate of Applied Science, Commercial Photography               

                        Metropolitan Community College

 

2002                Bachelor of Arts, English

                        University of Nebraska-Lincoln

                        Minors: Fine Art and Political Science

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2012/13           Teaching Fellow—Photographic Arts

                        Northland College, Ashland, WI

 

2007/13           Adjunct Photography Instructor

                        Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE

                       

2010/12           Instructor of Record, Graduate Teaching Assistant

                        New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2013                Vanity/Vanitas, Dexter Library, Northland College, Ashland, WI

                        Agscapes, Dexter Library, Northland College, Ashland, WI (Solo)

 

2012                Spinning Yarns: Narrative Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (Juror: Cris Moss)

                        2012 Hot New Pics Show, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS (Juried)

                        MFA Thesis Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

 

2011                Dialogue, Wells Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

SPESW 2011 Juried Member’s Exhibition, Marion Center for Photographic Arts, Santa Fe, NM (Jurors: Steve Fitch, Tony O’Brien, David Scheinbaum)

Where in the World? People Places and Events, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN (Juror: Toby Kamp)

Instant • Eternal, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China

Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ (Jurors: Mary Ann Lynch and Dr. Deborah Willis)

            ASU Intercollegiate Exchange, The Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ

            2011 Student Exhibition, NMSU Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM (Jurors: David Chickey and Darius Himes)

            Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image, Trois Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Jurors: Mary Ann Lynch and Dr. Deborah Willis)

            Arrangement, Vermont Photo Space Gallery, Essex Junction, VT (Juror: Paula Tognarelli)

 

2010                The Mythical State of Jefferson, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR (Juried)

            Pin-up Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

            We Cannot Paint, Barnhart Gallery, Lexington, KY

            Miss Fortune, The Actors Guild, Lexington, KY (Solo)

 

2009                Black Friday, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA (Juried)

            Potluck Art for Food, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE

 

2008                I.NT.ER.VALS. (2.0), Gallery of Art and Design, Elkhorn, NE

            I.NT.ER.VALS., Gallery of Art and Design, Elkhorn, NE

Pictures of Things: Contemporary Still Life Photography, Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA (Juried)

Photismos: Visions of Light, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE

Estrogenre: Representations of the Feminine Self, Meadowlark Coffee and Espresso, Lincoln, NE

 

COLLABORATIONS

2011/12           heARTlines: A campus/community yarn-bombing event, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Filter Through, multi-media installation with Aubrey du Cheubell, Wells Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

 

PUBLICATIONS

2013                F-Stop Magazine, April 2013

 

2009                Huffington Post, September 13, 2009

 

MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

2013/14           Volunteer, Chequamegon Humane Association, Ashland, WI

 

2006/14           Member, Society for Photographic Education

 

2011/14           Member, College Art Association

 

2010/12           Member, NMSU Photo Club, Las Cruces, NM

 

2011                Art Donor, 18th Hunger Benefit, Casa de Peregrinos, Las Cruces, NM

 

2010/11           Volunteered with Prof. Barry Thatcher and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Documented health outreach in West Texas colonias

 

 

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Curriculum Vitae (condensed)