EDUCATION 2002 Rhode Island School of Design
Master of Fine Arts in Painting + Printmaking
1999 The Art Institute of Chicago
Bachelor of Fine Arts
TEACHING 2003-09 Texas State University, Department of Art and Design
Lecturer
Color Theory
Upper-level Painting (2 weeks)
2000-02 Rhode Island School of Design
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Painting IV, Spring 2002 (Dennis Congdon)
Painting II, Spring 2001 (Holly Hughes)
Contemporary Art & Its Critics, Fall 2001 (Dike Blair)
Drawing I, Fall 2000 (Marina Adams)
EXHIBITIONS 2016 Better Left Unsaid
Gallery Black Lagoon, Austin, TX
2016 East Austin Studio Tour
Big Medium, Austin, TX
2012 The People’s Gallery (juried)
Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2009 The People’s Gallery (juried)
Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2008 Faculty Exhibition
Gallery I & II, School of Art & Design, San Marcos, TX
2008 Transitions (national juried)
Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX
Curator: Leona Scull-Hons
2007 Texas Biennial (juried)
Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
Curators: Ursula Davila, Fairfax Dorn, Kate Green, Valerie Cassel Oliver, John Pomara
2007 The Drawing Show
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 A Way with Words (juried)
Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
2007 Faculty Exhibition
Gallery I & II, School of Art & Design, San Marcos, TX
2006 New American Talent: The Twenty-First Exhibition (juried)
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Curator: Aimee Chang
2006 Five x Seven
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2006 Faculty Exhibition
Gallery I & II, School of Art & Design, San Marcos, TX
2005 Red Hot Red Dot (fundraiser)
Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2004 Drawings and/or Works on Paper
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004 Faculty Exhibition
Gallery I & II, School of Art & Design, San Marcos, TX
2003 Love Connection (juried)
2040 Gallery, Austin, TX
2002 Also: Decent Paintings (solo exhibition)
Market House Gallery, Providence, RI
2002 MFA Thesis Show
The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
2001 New: Peddling Painting
Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2000 Small Paintings
Market House Gallery, Providence, RI
COMMISSION 2014 Thea (portrait), 18”x 15”, oil on canvas, Austin, TX (private)
Michael (portrait), 25”x 23”, oil on canvas, Brunswick, GA (private)
Michael II (portrait), 25”x 23”, oil on canvas, Brunswick, GA (private)
2004 Lollypop 2, 72”x 84”, oil on canvas, Austin, TX (private)
Lollypop 8, 72”x 84” oil on canvas, Austin, TX (private)
AWARDS 2010 Texas Prize (nominee)
Arthouse at the Jones Center
1998 Odyssey Traveling Fellowship
The Art Institute of Chicago
PUBLICATIONS 2016 2016 East (catalogue)
Big Medium: Austin, TX
2008 Transitions (catalogue)
Cantanker: Issue 6
2007 Texas Biennial (catalogue)
American Printers: Austin, TX
2006 New American Paintings: Volume 66 -West (juried exhibition-in-print)
The Open Studios Press: Boston, MA
2006 New American Talent: The Twenty-First Exhibition (catalogue)
Arthouse at the Jones Center
DESIGN 2018–2008 Desert Meditations (2018) by Barbara Wiedemann (cover art)
The Death of a Pope… and Other Poems (2013)
Sometime in October (2010)
Half Life of Love (2008)
Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY
REVIEWS 2016 “Conceptual Art Tour,” East Austin Studio Tour, (featured artist) November 12–13 & 19–20
2006 “Arts: Diverse Show of New American Talent,” Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, Austin-American Statesman, June 29, 2006.
2002 “RISD Grad Students Get to the Art of the Matter,” Bill Van Siclen,
The Providence Journal, May 30, 2002.