EDUCATION
Boston University: College of Fine Arts
MFA, Painting, May 2004
Advisors: John Walker, Richard Ryan, Graham Campbell, Alfredo Gisholt
Notable courses: Memory I: Faith and Heresy in Ancient and Modern Literature. Professor Elie Wiesel (recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize)
Independent Study: Mesoamerican Writing Systems(Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology; Harvard University).
University of Cincinnati: College of D.A.A.P.
BFA, Painting, Cum Laude, June 2000
Advisor, Frank Hermmann
FINE ARTS & EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College Summer 2008 - Present
Adjunct Faculty/Lecturer, Design and Humanities and Science Departments Classes: Design Principles, Drawing I, II, Introduction to Art, Ancient Art History, Medieval to Renaissance Art, Art History: 1880 to Present, Modern and Contemporary Art History
Artworks, Inc. 2006-2008; 2017-2019
Lead Teaching Artist/Mural: Connected through the Ages (2019)
Lead Teaching Artist, 5 murals (2017)
Lead Artist / Mural: Natural Migration ( 2008)
Lead Artist / Mural: The Scribe, Fish, and the Sea (2007)
Lead Artist / Mural: Welcome to Pleasant Ridge (2006)
Art Academy of Cincinnati Fall 2008 - Spring 2011
Adjunct Faculty, Foundations and Fine Arts Departments Classes: Drawing II, III, IV, V, Introduction to Painting Community Education: College Portfolio Prep, Mixed Media Collage, Oil Painting as Narrative, Drawing from the Very Beginning
Miami University (Oxford, Oh) Fall 2006 - Spring 2008
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art
Classes: Drawing III, IV
Milton Art Museum (Milton, Massachusetts)Summer 2004 -Spring 2006
Instructor, Painting, Drawing, Collage and Mixed Media Adult and Children Classes
Boston University Fall 2002 - Spring 2004
Teaching Assistant
Classes: Visual Arts: Drawing I:Drawing as a Visual Language, Anatomy Drawing
Painting for Non-Majors;
Gallery Assistant, 808 Gallery
Administrative Assistant to Graduate Painting Department Chair
Baker-Hunt Foundation (Covington, Kentucky) Fall 2000- Summer 2002
Art Instructor
Classes: Adult Drawing I & II; Youth Studio: Maya Glyphic writing; Mixed Media, Painting
Abstractly
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Semantics Gallery (Cincinnati, Ohio)June 2010
Milton Art Museum (Milton, Massachusetts)January 2010
Huntington Theatre Gallery (Boston, Massachusetts)September 2003
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Pearlman Gallery, Faculty Exhibition (Cincinnati, Ohio)January 2010
Cincinnati Museum Center, Decent to Xibabalba. (Cincinnati, Ohio)November 2009
Duke Energy Gallery, Siete Artistas (Cincinnati, Ohio)September 2011
Festival Hispano, Bajomundo (Cincinnati, Ohio)August 2010
Miami University Art Museum, Bicentennial Exhibition(Oxford, Ohio)November 2008
Pearlman Gallery, Faculty Exhibition (Cincinnati, Ohio)June 2008
Madisonville Art Center, Mural Inauguration Exhibition(Cincinnati, Ohio)August 2007
Miami University, Heistand Galleries, Faculty Exhibition(Oxford, Ohio)October 2006
Milton Art Museum, Selected Paintings (Milton, Massachusetts)January 2005
NAS Gallery, New England Artists (Brooklyn, New York)July 2004
808 Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition (Boston, Massachusetts)April 2004
Commonwealth Gallery (Boston Massachusetts)November 2003
SSNOVA, Mockbee Gallery, Pyramids and Railroads(Cincinnati, Ohio)June 2002
Base Art Gallery, Summer Abstractions (Cincinnati, Ohio)July 2001
Carnegie Art Center, 15 Emerging Artists of Cincinnati(Covington, KY)July 2000
DAAPWORKS, BFA Thesis Exhibition (Cincinnati, Ohio)June 2000
Cincinnati Woman’s Art Club, Exhibition: Three Arts(Cincinnati, OH)April 2000
840 Gallery, Two Painters. (University of Cincinnati,Cincinnati, Ohio)November 1999
ARTIST LECTURES
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College -multiple lectures
Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, Vermont)March 2006
Rolling Meadows School (Chicago, Illinois)May 2006
GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
Vermont Studio Center (artist residency; partial artist scholarship)March 2006
Constantine Alajalov Scholarship, Boston UniversityMarch 2002 - 2004
Visual Arts Scholarship, Boston UniversityMarch 2002 -2004
H.I.R.E. Presidential Scholarship AwardAugust 2002
City of Cincinnati 2001-2002 Individual Artist Grant Recipient May 2001
Jean Tatgenhorst-Conrad Artist Travel FellowshipApril 2000
Three Arts ScholarshipMarch 2000