Professional Experience
2010-present
Shasta College
Art & Art History Instructor
2009-2010
Northern Michigan University
Assistant Professor- Photography
Sabbatical Replacement
2007-2009
California State University, Chico
Teaching Assistant, Art Department- Photography & Figure Drawing
Lecturer, Communication Design Department- Digital Photography
2005-2006
St. Louis Community College at Meramec
Instructor, Art Department- Photography
2005
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Development Department
Education
2006-2009
California State University- Chico, MFA with Distinction-Photography
2003-2006
University of Missouri- St. Louis, BFA, Magna Cum Laude-Studio Art- Photography Minor in Art History
2001-2004
St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Studio Art- Photography, Ceramics
Internships/Projects
2008
Museum of Anthropology- Exhibition, Research, Design and Installation Internship
2004
Internship- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Special Study Project- The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, Visitor Response Web Catalogue www.thepulitzer.org
Exhibitions
2011
*Works on Paper Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton OH
2010
Magic Silver 2010, Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
2010 Faculty Exhibition, Shasta College Art Gallery,Shasta College Redding, CA
2009
Art in Nature, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Alumni Showcase I, Meramec Fine Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Photography Re-imagined, Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Digital Print Media, Laxon Art Gallery, Chico, CA
*The temporal nature of things, MFA Culminating Exhibition, University Art Gallery, California State University- Chico
2008
Greendance Film Festival, Urban Roost Gallery, Chico, CA
7th Annual MFA Exhibition, Bell Memorial Union Gallery, California State University- Chico
13th Annual Student Printmakers' Invitational, Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
Photography Re-imagined, Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Bounty, Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA
Small Favors, B-SO Gallery, California State University- Chico
Art of the Natural World, This Way to Sustainability IV, California State University-Chico
2007
6th Annual MFA Student Exhibition, Bell Memorial Union Gallery, California State University- Chico
Through the Camera's Eye; Photography of the Department of Art & Art History Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
Part One, Works on Paper, Bell Memorial Union Gallery, California State University- Chico
2006
St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Faculty Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
Three J's, California State University- Chico
2005
* BFA Thesis Exhibition- Letting Go, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Photo Faculty Exhibition, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, Ferguson, MO
2004
* Looking Inward, Gallery Visio, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
St. Louis Annual Juried Student Art Show, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Kirkwood, MO
2003
The Art of Photography, St. Louis Artist's Guild, Clayton, MO
Annual Juried Student Art Show, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Faculty Choice Award, Honorable Mention
2002
Annual Juried Student Art Show, St. Louis Community College at Meramec, Honorable Mention
Presentations
2008
College of Humanities and Fine Arts Research Symposium- "Anthotypes- Green Art Process"
Society for Photographic Education West Regional Conference- "Finding My Way to Sustainability"
2007
California State University Graduate Conference for the Northern Campuses- "Solarplate Prints from the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve"
This Way to Sustainability II Conference California State University, Chico "Nature- Source and Inspiration for Art and Activism"
Workshops
2007
Janet Turner Print Museum Art Academy- Pinhole Cameras
Curatorial
2008
Through the Camera's Eye; Second Annual CSU Chico Student Photography Exhibition Bell Memorial Union Gallery, California State University, Chico
2007
Ho for Landscapes: The Photography of R.E. Wood from the Meriam Library Special Collection University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico
Juror
2008
American Visions; 24th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition Museum of Anthropology, California State University, Chico
Awards
2004-2005
Internship Scholarship- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2004
The Art and Art History Travel Study Award, University of Missouri- St. Louis
2002
League for Innovation in the Community College 16th Annual Student Art Competition, Honorable Mention, Juror's Purchase Award
Associations
College Art Association
Society for Photographic Education
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Collections
St. Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, MO
Simply Thick LLC, Clayton, MO
Collaborative Response to Violence Project, Chico, CA