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Education

Master of Fine Arts from Illinois State University 2007 With Honors
 
Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University 2003

 

Professional Experience


2008 Instructional Assistant Professor 3-D Fundamentals, Illinois State  
         University, Normal, IL

         Co Director, Twin Cities Artists Collective, Bloomington/Normal, Il

2007 Studio Assistant, Dan Nardi Sculptor, Normal, IL
         
         Graduate Research Symposium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL    

2007 to Present Instructor Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL

2006 to Present Instructor: McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

2006-2007 Teaching Assistant: Visiting Artist Seminar, Illinois State
         University, Normal, IL
        
2006 Graduate Research Symposium, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2004-2007 Teaching Assistant:  in Jewelry/Metals, Illinois State University,
         Normal, IL

Professional Service


2009 Artist Lecture, Bloomington Junior High, Bloomington, IL. For IMSA students

         Juror Spring Bloom Art Festival: Bloomington, IL
        
         Open Studio: I-Park Artist Residency, East Haddam, CT

         Artist Lecture:  2+2=5, Nam Clark and Chris Wille, Murray center for the Arts, Peoria, IL

2008 Scholarship & Recruitment Committee, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
       
          National Portfolio Review, St. Louis, MO

         National Portfolio Review, Chicago, IL
        
         Juror 46th Annual Peoria Art Guild Fine Art Fair: Peoria, IL
         
         Juror Spring Bloom Art Festival: Bloomington, IL
        
2007 Juror Sugar Creek Arts Festival: Normal, IL

2006-2007 Visiting Artist Committee, Illinois State University, Normal, IL


Professional Development

2008 Artbotics Summer Instructors Workshop: UMass Lowell and Revolving   
         Museum, Lowell, MA


Awards and Honors

 

2010 Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SÍM) at Seljavegur, Reykjavík,Iceland. Artist Residency. 

2009 I-Park Artist Enclave, East Haddam, CT.  Artist Residency. 

2007 Merit Award- Emerging Illinois Artist, McLean County Arts Center,
         Bloomington, IL.

2005 Honorable Mention-The 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition,  
         Cheongju, South Korea

2004 Outstanding Senior Award-Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL


2003 Talented Student Award-Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

         Irene Couchman Buzzard Scholarship-Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
        
         Merit Award Jewelry/Metal- Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
         
         Project Grant- Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL


Selected Exhibitions

Solo, Two Person, Performance

2010 Guerrilla Performance of pirate radio work, Various locations Reykjavík, Iceland. 

2009 2+2=5, Nam Clark and Chris Wille, Murray center for the Arts, Peoria, IL

2007 domiNATION, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Invitational

2010 Sex Mínútur, Center for Icelandic Art, Reykjavík, Iceland. 

2007 and I am blue…, Artist invitational McLean County Arts Center,
         Bloomington, IL Curated by Alison Hatcher

2005 Dorothy’s Red Shoes, McLean County Arts Center Artist Invitational,
           Bloomington, IL Curated by Alison Hatcher


Group Exhibitions


2009 A Vernacular of Dissent: American Expression and the America of
         George W. Bush, Champaign-Urbana Independent Media Center,
         Champaign, IL

         From the Street: A Community Art Assemblage, McLean County Arts 
         Center, Bloomington, IL

         Social Fabrics: Wearable + Media + Interconnectivity, Leonardo Online
         Gallery. URL: http://leonardo.info/gallery/index.html

2008 Social Fabrics: Wearable + Media + Interconnectivity, A Leonardo
         event, CAA Conference, Dallas, TX

         Anonymous Drawings N°9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin,
         Germany

         9X12, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX

         Collabow Show/ Love Kamikaze, ComeTogetherStudios, Bloomington, IL

         Uhual Show, Twin Cities Artists Collective Artist Cooperative, Various      
         Locations Bloomington Normal Area, IL

         Public Service Announcement, Twin Cities Artists Collective Artist
         Cooperative, Broadview Mansion, Normal, IL

         5X7, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

2007 Exploring Boundaries: Evolutionary Metal, Rochester Institute of        
         Technology, Rochester, New York
        
         Emerging Illinois Artist, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

         Metal Mania: a glimpse at contemporary alchemy, Transpace Gallery, 
         Normal, IL
        
         14th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Jasper Arts Center, Jasper, IN

2006 Toys Designed by Artists, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
         MFA Biennial, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2005 The 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition, Cheongju, South
         Korea
        
         House/Hearth/Home, Post Picasso, URL: http://www.postpicasso.com
        
         All Student Show, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2004 Amateur Artist Competition, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
        
         MFA Biennial, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
        
         Jewelry With Purpose, Post Picasso, URL: http://www.postpicasso.com

2003 5th Biennial Regional Crafts Exhibition, John A. Logan College Museum,
         Carterville, IL
        
         All Student Show, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

2002 All Student Show, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

Publications


2009 Leonardo, Vol. 42, No. 2, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

         Artists respond to the Bush administration, Mary Russell. The Buzz, May 7.
         Champaign, IL

2008 Social Fabrics: Wearable + Media + Interconnectivity Catalog, A
         Leonardo event, CAA Conference, Dallas, TX.


2005 The 4th Cheongju International Craft Competition Catalog, Cheongju,
         South Korea
        
         Dorothy’s Red Shoes, Invitational Exhibition “One of These Days, Bang
         Zoom Straight to the Moon” reviewed on NPR Radio Segment. Audio   
         posted at:
         http://www.mcac.org/Exhibitions/Dorothy/WGLT051125redshoes.mp3

Collections

I-Park Artist Enclave, East Haddam, CT. 

 

Professional Affiliations


Society of North American Goldsmiths (member since 2004)

Peoria Art Guild (member 2008)

New Media Caucus (member since 2008)

Twin Cities Artists Collective Artist Cooperative (member since 2008)

Mclean County Arts Center Artist Member (member 2008)

College Arts Association (Member since 2008)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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