Education
2006 MFA – 2-D Studies
Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Bowling Green, OH
2004-05 Studio Art College International (SACI), Florence, Italy
1998 BA – Painting & Drawing
University of Northern Colorado (UNC), Greeley, CO
1987-88 Sterling College, Sterling, KS
Teaching/Professional Experience
2016- present Assistant Professor - Drawing and Painting, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY
2010-2016 Lecturer - Foundations, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
2007-2013 Gallery Director, Janet Carson Gallery at the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center (ECRAC), Eau Claire, WI
2008-2009 Lecturer - Foundations, University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie, WI
2005-2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
1999-2001 Assistant Language Teacher, Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, Shingu High School, Shingu-machi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Arts Experience
2020 Juror, Confluence of Art Annual, Pablo Center for the Arts, Eau Claire, WI
2017 Juror, Art for Art's Sake Juried Exhibit, AVA Art Center, GilIette, WY
2016 Curator, Migration, LE Phillips Memorial Library Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2014 Curator, Illuminative: The Art of Academia, LE Phillips Memorial Library Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2013 Juror, apexart, Unsolicited Proposal Program, New York, NY
2008-2013 Curator, liveART events, State Theatre, Eau Claire, WI
2008-2016 Art Committee, L E Phillips Memorial Library, Eau Claire, WI
2002-2005 Visual Art Committee, ECRAC, Eau Claire, WI
2003 Juror, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Show, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2002-2004 Installations Supervisor, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
1997-1998 Installations Supervisor, Mariani Gallery, UNC, Greeley, CO
Exhibitions (*solo shows marked with an asterisk)
2024 Confluence, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Montana State University-Billings, MT
2023 The Welcoming Committee, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY
*Places, Foust Gallery, Pablo Center for the Arts, Eau Claire, WI
*From place to place I go, SAGE Gallery, Sheridan, WY
Yellowstone 55 (juried), Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2022 Wyoming Waters, SAGE Gallery, Sheridan, WY
Salutations 2, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY
Landscapes (juried), Las Laguna Art Gallery, Las Laguna, CA
2021 Confluence of Art (juried), JW Hansen Gallery, Pablo Center at the Confluence, Eau Claire, WI
Salutations, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY
Yellowstone 53 (juried), Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Art Matters (juried), AVA Art Center, Gillette, WY
2020 *Looking Around, Art Gallery at Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY
Hey, Hi, Hello, Neltje Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY
2019 Midwest Seasons (juried), Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2018 Confluence of Art (juried), JW Hansen Gallery, Pablo Center at the Confluence, Eau Claire, WI
State of the Arts, Janet Carson Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2016 ArtsWest 37 (juried), LE Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI
2015 Eggs-actly, LE Phillips Memorial Public Library Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
*Simulacra: New Drawings, Volume One Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
Midwest Seasons (juried), Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2014 Faculty Exhibit, Foster Gallery, UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
Culture and Agriculture (juried), New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
28th Annual Spring Show, Caradori Pottery, Eau Claire, WI
ArtsWest 35 (juried), LE Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI
2013 We’ll Show You Ours, LE Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI
A Gathering, Heyde Center for the Arts, Chippewa Falls, WI
Faculty Exhibit, Foster Gallery, UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
via the Great Black Swamp, with Mike Tarr and Kari Tarr, Janet Carson Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2012 Faculty Exhibit, Foster Gallery, UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
2011 Faculty Exhibit, Foster Gallery, UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
The Good Life, Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, WI
Shoe Box Show, LE Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI
2010 Faculty Exhibit, Foster Gallery, UW-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
Vision and the Word– with poet Jeannie Roberts, L E Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI
SE Minnesota Regional Juried Exhibition, Paul Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN
Last Minute Exhibit, Eau Claire Regional Arts Center Gallery (ECRAC), Eau Claire, WI
2009 NINESprize, The Nines Gallery, Holland, MI
*Here… and There, LE Phillips Memorial Library, Eau Claire, WI
SE Minnesota Regional Juried Exhibition, Paul Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN
Forté, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
ArtsWest 30 (juried), LE Phillips Memorial Library, Eau Claire, WI
Green, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2008 Faculty Exhibit, Furlong Gallery, UW-Stout, Menomonie, WI
Culture and Agriculture (juried), New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Art from Within, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
*Places to Be, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
*Worked, Hudson Hospital & Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
Gallery Night, Polderland Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Polderland = Wonderland, Polderland Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Winter Exhibition, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
*Art Harvest, The Nines Gallery, Holland, MI
Views of the Chippewa Valley, Chippewa Valley Museum,Eau Claire, WI
*Place, The Gallery @ the Library, Algona Public Library, Algona, IA
ArtsWest 28 (juried), LE Phillips Memorial Library, Eau Claire, WI
Obsessions, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
*Surface Depth, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2006 Arrowhead Biennial (juried), Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
Winter Exhibition, ECRAC Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
*Line of Sight, The Nines Gallery, Holland, MI
*Tales of the Great Black Swamp, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2005 Editions Limited, The Nines Gallery, Holland, MI
20@22, Graduate Show, SACI, Florence, Italy
Numero 7, Dolce Zucchero, Florence, Italy
Florencimiento (juried), Uffizi Center, Florence, Italy
2004 *Spiritual Refrain, Art Makers’ Market, Menomonie, WI
Figure This Out, Backdoor Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
*Personal Landscapes, Backdoor Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2003 Winter Exhibition, Backdoor Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
Sight, Sound, Song (collaboration with Playdoughsonics), State Theatre, Eau Claire, WI
*Portals, Beale Fine Arts, Boulder, CO
Landscapes, Backdoor Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
*Home, Acoustic Café, Eau Claire, WI
2002 Winter Exhibition, Backdoor Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2000-2001 Cultural Festival Art Exhibition, Shingu, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
1999 *balance/unbalance, Oak Room Gallery, UNC, Greeley, CO
1998 Jewelry & Metals Show, Oak Room Gallery, UNC, Greeley, CO
Northern Colorado Society of Artist’s Spring Show, Greeley, CO
Salon de Refuse, Oak Room Gallery, UNC, Greeley, CO
1990, 1997, 1998 Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition (juried), Mariani Gallery, UNC, Greeley, CO
Residencies/Awards/Honors
2021 Artist Residency, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
2014 First Place, ArtsWest 35, LE Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI
2011 Honorarium, Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, WI
2008 Artist Residency, Petrified Forest National Park, AZ
2005-2006 Teaching Assistantship, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2004-2005 Merit Scholarship, SACI, Florence, Italy
1998 Best of Show, Student Juried Art Exhibition, UNC, Greeley, CO
Fred Meyers Award for Excellence in Drawing & Painting, UNC, Greeley, CO
Bibliography
December 3, 2021 Open Spaces, Wyoming Public Radio, interview by Hugh Cook about Ucross Foundation residency
October 26, 2021 Sheridan Press, interview concerning Ucross Foundation residency, Sheridan, WY
March 4, 2015 Volume One, “A Minimal Mark”, interview by Hope Greene with photos concerning one-person exhibit, Simulacra, Eau Claire, WI
July 10, 2014 Volume One, cover, Eau Claire, WI
June 12, 2014 Volume One, “Everything is Illuminative”, interview by Hope Greene with photos about curated exhibit, Eau Claire, WI
December 27, 2012 Volume One, “Abstract Friends”, interview by Thom Fountain with photos, Eau Claire, WI
October 26, 2009 Spectrum West, Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), interview with Kris MacCallum on Here… and There exhibit
September 18, 2008 Spectrum West, WPR, interview with Kris MacCallum on liveART
May 8, 2008 Volume One, interview
June 19, 2007 Spectrum West, WPR, interview with Kathy Stahl
May 10, 2007 Upper Des Moines, article and photo, Algona, IA
November 9, 2006 Volume One, cover, Eau Claire, WI
March 2004 Volume One #22, interview by Eric Rasmussen and exhibition photos, Eau Claire, WI.
January 22, 2004 Leader-Telegram, interview with exhibition photos, Eau Claire, WI
January 2004 Interview, noon news, WEAU TV-13, Eau Claire, WI
Volume One #20, interview by Dale Karls with exhibition photos, Eau Claire, WI.
December 2003 Interview, noon news, WEAU TV-13, Eau Claire, WI
October 30, 2003 The Spectator, “Painting the Town”, interview by Brian Koskey with exhibition photos, UWEC, Eau Claire, WI
October 16, 2003 Leader-Telegram, interview with exhibition photos, Eau Claire, WI
Gallery Representation
The Nines Gallery, Holland, MI
The Commercial, Alma, WI
Collections
Pablo Center for the Arts
Eau Claire Regional Arts Center
Luther Midelfort
Mayo Health Systems
Sacred Heart Hospital
Holland Hospital
Macatawa Bank
Petrified Forest National Park
Yoshino Collection, Fukuoka, Japan
Private Collections in Italy, Japan and the US