Education
2010 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, MFA
2006-07 University of South Dakota, Graduate Study
2004 University of North Dakota, BFA (Magna cum Laude)
Selected Installations, Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2010
Tugboat Gallery, Intangible Boundaries (Two-Person Exhb), Lincoln, NE
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lost Channels, Lincoln, NE
2009
Doane College, Dark Matter, Crete, NE
Third Street Gallery, Barriers & Passages, Grand Forks, ND
Nuance Gallery, Obscure Traditions (Two-Person Exhb), Beresford, SD
2008
Washington Pavilion Visual Art Center, Ideal Forms, Sioux Falls, SD
2007
University of South Dakota, Pretest (Instl), Vermillion, SD
2005
University of Oradea, Magnificent Bastards (Two-Person Instl), Oradea, Romania
2004
University of North Dakota, Mechanics of Discord, Grand Forks, ND
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Far Flung: UNL MFA Sculpture Alumni Exhibition
*Curators: Santiago Cal and Mo Neal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Sculpture Faculty
Manifest Gallery, Master Pieces 4, Cincinnati, OH
Viridian Artists, 21st International Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
*Juror: Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Rourke Art Museum, Birthright & Legacy, Moorhead, MN
Washington Pavilion Visual Art Center, Arts Night, Sioux Falls, SD
*Juror: Mary Maxon, Curator, Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Offhand, Lincoln, NE
Del Mar College, National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, Corpus Christi, TX
*Juror: Ron Koehler, Professor of Art, Delta State University, Cleveland MS
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Textural Patios: Texture as a Visual Language
*Juror: Susie Ganch, Assistant Professor of Art, Virginia Common Wealth University,
Richmond, VA
Third Street Gallery, THAW, Grand Forks, ND
East Tennessee State University, Positive/Negative 25, Johnson City, TN
*Juror: Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Peru State College, Red Dot, Peru, NE
2009
Washington Pavilion Visual Art Center, Ten-Year Celebration: Solo Exhibition Artists Retrospective (1999-2009), Sioux Falls, SD
Manifest Gallery, Master Pieces 3, Cincinnati, OH
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Small Multitudes, Lincoln, NE
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, North American Graduate Art Survey
*Juror: Christopher Atkins, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program Coordinator,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Haydon Art Center, Introspection, Lincoln, NE
*Curator: Teliza Rodriguez, Curator, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
2008
University of Alabama, Obstructed View, Tuscaloosa, AL
Peru State College, CODERED2, Peru, NE
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Some Pink in the Middle, Lincoln, NE
2007
Haydon Art Center, Objects of Desire, Lincoln, NE
*Juror: Martha Horvay, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Textile and Clothing Design,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Presentation College, Small Works Exhibition, Aberdeen, SD
Collections
Amity Arts Foundation Inc, Woodbridge, CT
Art-o-Mat, Artists in Cellophane, Winston-Salem, NC
IPSO Gallery at Fresh Produce, Sioux Falls, SD
University of North Dakota
University of Oradea, Romania
University of South Dakota
Washington Pavilion Visual Art Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Artist Statement
My current body of work derives from notions of an inward nature. Things that are difficult to put your finger on for very long are my focus. Sensations as obscure as the lump in the pit of your stomach or the itch in the back of your mind that turns sleep into a game, conditions that both stifle and propel an individual.
Coating themselves with the residue of memories, concerns, desires and other intangible features of the body; these unnamed sensations reveal themselves through the process and repetition of working, influencing my formal considerations and impacting the psychological tone of my sculptures. In most instances, I reference forms of the natural world and ordinary objects, but then blur their identities causing them to flicker between something recognizable and something alien. This approach enables me to work with the essential qualities of that which is faceless and abstract residing within myself.
Coupled with this direction is the motivation to employ conventional materials in an unconventional fashion. Materials that in their usual context are hidden from sight or intended to be ignored, are made visible and prominent. In this case, I am working exclusively with pink polystyrene, expanding foam, and white glue.
Together these materials, which are typically relegated to the darkness of interior spaces, are utilized for their inherent aesthetic and structural qualities while establishing a metaphor. Just as these materials are most often found within something, so too is the situation of the content. The resulting objects become manifestations of a twofold honesty, being true to materials and to myself.
