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Education:
Cranbrook Academy of Art , Bloomfield Hills , MI . 2006-2008
-Master of Fine Arts 2008, Painting
Pacific Northwest College of Art , Portland , OR . 1999-2002
-Bachelor of Fine Arts 2002, General Fine Arts
Yale University School of Art , Norfolk Summer Program, Norfolk , CT. 2000
-Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography
University of Vermont , Burlington , VT. 1993-1995
-English, Anthropology, Creative Writing
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts , Old Lyme , CT. 1992-1993
-Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Anatomy
St. Johnsbury Academy , St. Johnsbury , VT. 1988-1992
-High School
Awards/Fellowships:
Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2007-2008
DaimlerChrysler Loan Collection, Farmington Hills, MI 2007-08
Full Fellowship, Painting Residency, Vermont Studio Center , Johnson, VT 2004
Finalist , Official State Commissioned Portrait of Governor John Kitzhaber,
Oregon Arts Commission, Salem , OR 2003
First Prize , "Beyond Borders" International Art Competition,
Western Washington University , Bellingham , WA 2002
Michael Folden Merit Scholarship , Pacific NW College of Art , Portland , OR 2001
Ellen Battell-Stoeckel Fellowship , Yale University , New Haven , CT 2000
Lorraine Shaw Merit Scholarship , Pacific NW College of Art , Portland , OR 2000
Solo Exhibitions:
-SuperZero!, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2007
-supersize , VU Gallery, Western Washington University , Bellingham, WA 2003
-still life , BFA Feldman Gallery, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland , OR 2001
-Nine Observations , Higgins Gallery, Pacific NW College of Art , Portland , OR 2001
Group Exhibitions:
-Album—Artist Portraits of Artists The Art Gym 30th Anniversary Exhibition,Marylhurst University, Portland, OR
-Maverick Mechanisms, Paper City Studios, Holyoke, MA 2010
-Vivid Wonders of a Startled Imagination, Mass. College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA 2009
-Here and Now, 2008 Cranbrook Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 2008
-College Art Association Annual Exhibition, Points of Convergence: Masters of Fine Arts, The Gallery,University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington TX 2008
-Works on Paper, Detroit Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI 2008
-Architecture in the Age of Immaturity, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook, MI 2008
-Summer Group Show, Fresh , Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI 2007
-Art Execution, Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI 2007
-Pinewood Derby, Alley Culture, Detroit, MI 2007
-Exchange, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 2006
-Flatfile: Recent Acquisitions, Artspace, New Haven, CT 2006
-Invitational, John Slade Ely House, Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT 2006
-All Consuming, Yale School of Art, Green Gallery, New Haven , CT 2005
-Boys Life, Traveling: Evos Arts, Lowell , MA / SPACE, Portland , ME 2005
-Simulacra, Arts + Literature Laboratory, New Haven , CT 2005
-City Wide Open Studios , New Haven , CT 2004-2005
-Artist Resource Association , Vermont State House, Montpelier , VT 2004
- Group Show , Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland , OR 2002
- Recent Graduates , Blackfish Gallery, Portland , OR 2002
-Thesis Exhibition , Pacific NW College of Art , Portland , OR 2002
- Beyond Borders, International Art Competition Exhibition
Western Washington University , Bellingham , WA 2002
- PNCA at OHSU , Oregon Health Sciences University , Portland , OR 2002
- All Nude Revue-recent drawings , Ogle Gallery, Portland , OR 2002
- Artists Among Us , Trinity Arts Commission, Portland , OR 2001
- Student Show , Pacific NW College of Art , Portland , OR 2000-2001
- Norfolk 2000 , Yale at Norfolk , Norfolk , CT 2000
- Domestic Interrogations , Robert Canaga Gallery, Eugene , OR 2000
- Studenti , Accademia Didaskalia, Perugia , Italy 1998
- Annual Cheap Art Show , Green Mountain Cooperative, Burlington , VT 1994-1997
- Holiday Show , Lyme Academy of Fine Arts , Old Lyme , CT 1993
- Congressional Art Awards Exhibition , Montpelier , VT 1992
- Student Show , Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury , VT 1992
Professional Experience:
Instructor, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA 2009
Visiting Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA 2009
Instructor, IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, Stockbridge, MA 2009
Instructor of Drawing, Governor's Institute on the Arts, Castleton State College, VT 2005-Present
Instructor of Drawing, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI 2007
Visual Arts Teacher, Amistad Academy , New Haven , CT 2004-2006
Youth Programs Coordinator, Artspace, New Haven , CT 2004-2006
Visual Arts Instructor, Onion River Arts Council, Montpelier , VT 2004
Substitute Teacher , Montpelier Public Schools , Montpelier , VT 2003-2004
Adjunct Instructor, Continuing Education, Pacific NW College of Art , Portland , OR 2001-2003
Visiting Lecturer, Interlochen Arts Academy , Interlochen , MI 2003
Instructor, Young Artist Project, Roosevelt High School , Portland , OR 2002-2003
Teaching Assistant, Anatomy for Artists, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Assistant Instructor 1999-2002
Young Artist Project, Jefferson High School/Whittaker Middle School, Portland , OR
High School Summer Institute, Pacific Northwest College of Art , Portland , OR
Assistant Curator 2000-2002
Philip Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art , Portland , OR
Art Handler, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland , OR 2002
Site Director, Boys & Girls Club, Burlington , VT 1997-1999
Head Counselor, Greater Burlington YMCA, Burlington , VT 1995-1997
Collections:
- Steve Shane, New York, NY
- Kinkead Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
- Burlington Community Land Trust, Burlington , VT
- Gardener's Rest, Waterford , VT
- Lawton Gallagher Group, Traverse City , MI
- NANCO, Portland , OR
- Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland , OR
- Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland , OR
Community Service /Memberships:
-College Art Association
-Studio Council, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
-Art and Ideas, New Haven, CT
-City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven, CT
-Trout Unlimited
-Artist Resource Association Member, Montpelier , VT 2004
-Haven Project, Scenic Painter, Portland , OR 2000-2003
-Student Representative to the Board of Governors, Pacific NW College of Art 2000-2002
-Student Art Promotion Group, Pacific NW College of Art 2000-2002
-Student Council Secretary, Pacific NW College of Art 2000-2001
-Curator: PNCA Student Show at Oregon Health Sciences University 2001
-Assistant, Pearl Arts Foundation, Portland, OR 2001
-Coordinator: Annual Student Art Sale, PNCA 2000
Born : Leicester, England
Currently : Massachusetts, USA