Education
2015 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2008 BA, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Teaching Experience
2021-2023 Visiting Assistant Professor in Studio Art, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2016 - 2022 Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH
2017 - 2021 Adjunct Faculty, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH
2016 Adjunct Faculty, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2015 - 2016 Lecturer, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2015 Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Selected Exhibitions ( ∞ solo show)
2023 Upcoming: “Women in the Arts: A New World”, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
2022 “Sculptural Imprints" Kink Contemporary, Cleveland, OH
“Queer Printmaking and Futurity” Backspace Gallery, SGCI 2022, Madison, WI
2021 ∞ “Desiring Space” Richard D. Baron ’64 Art Gallery, Oberlin, OH
2020 ∞ “Expected to Dance” Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
“Strange Angles” Ipso Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
2019 Faculty Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
“White Ribbon” Ipso Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD - Award of Distinction
Morgan Conservatory Juried Exhibition, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2018 “Songs to Get In Trouble Too”, Dance Party Performance, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
“Roll Out”, Gordon Square Art Space, Cleveland, OH
“Uncommon Senses II : Art, Technology, Education, Law, Society - and Sensory Diversity”, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Faculty Exhibition, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH
Monster Drawing Rally, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2017 “Moreland”, Simone DeSousa Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Ka-Chuck”, Ipso Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
Faculty Exhibition, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH
2016 ∞“Belly Rub”, The Muted Horn Gallery, Cleveland, OH
∞“School Yard Bets”, Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
“Cities of Restless Objects”, Simone DeSousa Gallery, Ferndale, MI
+“Them”, Butter Projects, Royal Oak, MI
“Experiencing Perspectives”, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015 “Detroit Design Festival”, Talking Dolls, Detroit, MI
“2015 Graduate Degree Exhibition”, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Pooping Dog”, Cranbrook Art Museum - Vaults installation, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2014 “Past, Present, Future”, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Interior Spaces”, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
MidAmerican Print Conference at Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2013 “Artomatic 419”, Toledo, OH
“Airborne”, Ipso Gallery, Sioux Falls, SD
“[Untitled Group]”, Sanzenbacher Gallery, Toledo, OH
Residencies | Awards
2019 Spaces Gallery
Faculty Development Award - Cleveland Institute of Art
2018 Gordon Square Artist Residency, Cleveland, OH
2015-2016 Talking Dolls, Detroit, MI
2015 Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award Finalist
CAA Merit Scholarship
2014 Flint Family Merit Scholarship
2013 Common Spaces, Toledo, OH
2008 Gunderson Estate Award
2008 Palmer Eide Art Scholarship
2007 Helen L. DeRoy Scholarship
Community | Collaboration
2018-Present Zygote Press, inc. , Board Of Trustees, Cleveland, OH
2017-2022 Wondershop Studio, Founder, Cleveland, OH
2018 Non//Sense Collective, Member, Cleveland, OH
2013 - 15 Gaybrook, Co-founder, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2012 DrawnTown, Organizer, Sioux Falls, SD
La Fuerza Silenciosa, InsideOut | Honduras, El Progreso, Honduras
2010 -12 Graphic Content - Regional Art and Design Blog, Editor & Writer, Sioux Falls, SD
Noted Lectures | Artist Talks
2022 “Cleveland: From Site to Community.” Cleveland Museum of Art, Panalist
2020 “Holding Ground”, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2019 “A Matter of Hapticstance: One Queer’s Feelings on Feeling(s)” Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
“Mechanical Misuse”, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio
2016 “School Yard Bets and Other Arbitrary Proving Grounds” , Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD
2015 Visiting Critic, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
Second Year Graduate Degree Talk, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2014 Visiting Critic, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2014 Artist Lecture and Critic, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2013 Artist Lecture, Dakota State University, Madison, South Dakota