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solo shows / large installations

2012 installation TBA - Renton Arts commission. Renton, WA
  installation TBA - Storefronts Auburn. Auburn, WA
  Fe Fi Fo Fum - Sound Transit Broadway wall. Seattle, WA
  The Firebird - Storefronts Seattle. Seattle, WA
2011 Tales of Two Sisters - The VERA Project. Seattle, WA
2009 Serenata / Skirmish - Bambi Project. Philadelphia, PA
  Zooid Vamoose - FLUXspace. Philadelphia, PA
2007 MFA Exhibition - Mason Gross Gallery. New Brunswick, NJ
2006 Façade Retro-fit - Mc Caw Hall, Seattle Opera House. Seattle, WA
  Façade - Gallery 4Culture. Seattle, WA
2004 Sketches for Fleet of the SS Marie Antoinette - Bluebottle Art Gallery. Seattle, WA
2002 Gameroom - Commencement Art Gallery. Tacoma, WA
2001 Fidget / Stasis - Patricia Cameron Fine Art. Seattle, WA
  Toe Tapping Tedium - Black Lab Gallery. Seattle, WA
2000 BFA Exhibition - Cornish Westlake Studios. Seattle, WA

selected group shows

2012 Handbound - SOIL. Seattle, WA
  Diversity in Screen Printing - The VERA Project. Seattle, WA
  Published by the Artist - International Print Center New York. NYC
  Cat Faces - FICTILIS. Seattle, WA
2011 Short Run - Fantagraphics. Seattle, WA
2010 Artscapes - Spaceworks Windows. Tacoma, WA
  Pedal Pop - Warehouse Theater. Greenville, SC
2008 Once Upon A Time - ISE Foundation. SOHO, NYC
  Dualities - Cornish College of the Arts Gallery. Seattle, WA
  Bollywood Invitational - COCA. Seattle, WA
  There Will Be Animals - Bambi Project. Philadelphia, PA
  Bambi Biennial - Bambi Project. Philadelphia, PA
  Petri Dishes - White Box / HiArt. Chelsea, NYC
2007 If I See You Around Here Again - Texas Firehouse. Queens, NY
  ART MINI - Tastes Like Chicken. Brooklyn, NY
  CAA New York Area MFA Exhibition - Hunter College Times Square Gallery. NYC
2006 Inherent Nature - Cornish College of the Arts Gallery. Seattle, WA
  Welcome Back Show - Mason Gross Gallery. New Brunswick, NJ
2005 1st Year Graduate Exhibition - Mason Gross Gallery. New Brunswick, NJ
  Suitcase 2 - Glas Moog Gallery. Köln, Germany
  Land Use Action - Viking Union Gallery. Bellingham, WA
  Zoo Project - Sand Point Naval Base. Seattle, WA
2004 Lucky Strike Art Pack Exhibition - COCA. Seattle, WA
  Carry On - SEA/TAC International Airport. Seattle, WA
2003 Cornish Alumni Invitational - Washington State Convention Center. Seattle, WA
  Speak and Spell - SOIL and POUND. Seattle, WA
  Works on Paper - Crawl Space. Seattle, WA
  A Visit to Stephen’s House - SAW. Seattle, WA
  Girlie Fun Show - Ladyfest Seattle, Consolidated Works. Seattle, WA
2002 Super Figurative Approximations - Old Dominion University. Norfolk, VA
  Freaks - Aftermath Gallery. Seattle, WA
  Three behind Sublevelthree - Black Lab Gallery. Seattle, WA
  SEED - SOIL. Seattle, WA
2001 Force Mass Volume - ArtDrill, Sandpoint Naval Base. Seattle, WA
  Entertainments - Commencement Art Gallery. Tacoma, WA
  Rampant Individuality - Whatcom Museum. Bellingham, WA
1999 Faculty Selects - Fisher Gallery, Cornish. Seattle, WA

awards and recognitions

2012 Artist Trust GAP grant - Seattle, WA
  4Culture Site-Specific grant - Seattle, WA
2004 Lucky Strike Tobacco Art Pack Award. Seattle, WA
2003 EDGE professional Development Pilot Program - Artist Trust. Seattle, WA

professional experience

2010 - present Drawing Studio Supervisor - Cornish College of the Arts. Seattle, WA
2007 - 2010 Sign Maker - Sign a Rama Center City. Philadelphia, PA
2007 Ballet Set Internship, working with Trenton Doyle Hancock- The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Philadelphia, PA
2007 Print and Paper making Internship, working with Ghada Amer - Singapore Tyler Print Institute. Singapore
2006 Paper Making Internship - Dieu Donne Papermill. NYC
2003 - 2005 Founder - venue and printing press SS Marie Antoinette. Seattle, WA
2001 - 2003 Screen Printer - IVEY imaging. Seattle, WA
200 - 2005 Founder - curatorial collective Sublevelthree. Seattle, WA

education

2005 - 2007 MFA Studio Art concentration in print and paper installation. Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ
1995- 2000 BFA 5 Year Program concentration in photography and drawing. Cornish College of the Arts. Seattle, WA

teaching

2012 Screen Printing - Summer Program. Cornish College of the Arts. Seattle, WA
  Graphic Design Studio - Pacific Science Center Summer Camp. Seattle, WA
2013, 2011 Figurative Fundamentals - Summer Program. Cornish College of the Arts. Seattle, WA
2006, 2007 Drawing Fundamentals - Mason Gross. New Brunswick, NJ
2006 Figure Drawing - Mason Gross. New Brunswick, NJ
2003 - present Silk Screen 101 - The VERA Project. Seattle, WA
2001 - present Substitute Drawing Instructor - Cornish College of the Arts. Seattle, WA

bibliography

Spaceworks project puts temporary art in vacant Tacoma spaces. Rosemary Ponnekanti. The News Tribune. Tacoma, WA. July 11, 2010.
Variety of creatures featuring light, sound, humor. Edith Newhall. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, PA. August 30, 2009.
Art to Make You Laugh (and Cry). Randy Kennedy. The New York Times. New York, NY. August 27, 2009.
Cornish and SAM team up, and the result is more than meets the eye. Adriana Grant. Seattle PI. Seattle, WA. November 13, 2008.
Unzipped. Deni Kasrel. City Paper. Philadelphia, PA. September 24, 2008.
Local artists explore how cohabitation affects art. Kristina Gillis. The Daily of the University of Washington. Seattle, WA. March 7, 2005.