Education

Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA.

B.A., Art, 2007.

►Cumulative GPA 3.79

►Graduated ‘Cum Laude’

University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology Honors Program, 2001-2002.

Art exhibitions and gallery representation
Exhibitions: / Gallery representation:
► April 27 -- May 4, 2007
Sinclair Galleries
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA.
“Subject to Revision”
(a senior thesis exhibition of new paintings)
► June 22 – 23, 2007
The second annual Harvester juried exhibition.
Cedar Rapids, IA.
► Spring 2007, Spring 2006
Area Student Art Exhibition.
Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. / ► ZuCot Gallery
Atlanta, GA.
► Campbell Steele Gallery
Marion, IA.
► The Art Vault
Cedar Rapids, IA.
► Deck The Walls
Bloomington, MN.

Work experience

[2005 -- Present] Artist

Cedar Rapids IA & St. Paul, MN.

► I like to think of my art – paintings in oil and acrylic – as a job; the time and energy I’ve invested into my studio work over the past four years serve to support that perspective. In May of 2009 I finally ‘quit my day job’ and committed to living as a working artist, with all the extreme joys and challenges attached to such a lifestyle. Painting is now my full-time occupation in every sense of the word.

[2006 -- 2007] Gallery Intern

Legion Arts - Cedar Rapids, IA.

► Legion Arts manages a non-profit art gallery and performance venue. Duties for the part-time position included hanging and taking down gallery shows, contacting and working with artists, engaging high school students in ‘gallery talks’, and basic upkeep of the facility such as patching and painting gallery walls.

[2007-- Present] Framer

Tradewinds - St. Paul, MN.

► Tradewinds is an art supply and picture-framing store. I assisted in almost all aspects of the business, including inventory management, providing product information to shoppers, and taking and preparing complete framing orders -- from color selection and measurement to frame construction and final assembly of the piece.

[2008 -- 2009] Design Consultant

Deck The Walls - Bloomington, MN.

► Deck the Walls specializes in retail art sales and custom picture framing. As a design consultant, I helped customers find art that meets theirtastes and frame designs that offer the greatest aesthetic benefit while staying within each customer's specific budget. While working at Deck the Walls, I was able to show (and sell, on consignment) a significant quantity of my newest work, particularly my miniature studies.

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