Education
Master of Fine Arts from Illinois State University 2007 With Honors
Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Illinois University (emphasis 2D) 2003
Professional Experience
2010 Instructional Assistant Professor Jewelry/Metals, Illinois State
University, Normal, IL
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 2008 Instructor: Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
2006 to 2008 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
2011 Juror Sugar Creek Arts Festival: MCAC Bloomington, IL
2010 Visiting Artist, Kipling Fine Arts School, Chicago, IL.
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
2012 Arteles, Hämeenkyrö, Finland. Artist Residency.
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
2011 (x, y, z), Coffee House Normal, IL. Exhibition and Performance.
Circles Mediated Performance, Cometogetherspace, Bloomington, IL.
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
2011 12 Days of Christmas Uptown Art Walk, Waiting Room Records, Uptown Normal, IL.
ComeTogetherStudios Group Show, The Unicorn, Evanston, IL.
The Traveling Blo-No Sound and Picture Show, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI.
Curated Matt Ericsson, ComeTogetherStudios.
2010 Sex Mínútur, Center for Icelandic Art, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Bloomington artists, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI. Curated Matt Ericsson
ComeTogetherStudios.
All New and Exciting, Artist invitational McLean County Arts Center,
Bloomington, IL Curated by Alison Hatcher
2010 Alumni Spectacular, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
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
2011 The Big Show, Cometogetherspace, Bloomington, IL.
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
2012 Protective Ornament, Suzanne Ramljak, Schiffer Publishing,Atglen, PA.
2011 HESA Inprint, Man vs Machine - Ihmiset vs Koneet, Issue # 11 December 2011(Cover Image)
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.mcaart.org/mcac/html/images/archives/2005/dorothy_red_shoes/WGLT051125redshoes.mp3
Collections
I-Park Artist Enclave, East Haddam, CT.
Professional Affiliations
Society of North American Goldsmiths (2004- 2008)
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)
