Education

      2004  Fine Art (with Honors), Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

 Additional Study:

       Marylhurst University, graduate level coursework in Art Therapy Counseling (2009)

Marchutz School of Art, Aix-en-Provence, France (Fall 2002)

Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Ireland (summer 2002)

National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (summer 2003)              

 Awards and Distinctions

       Art Therapy Scholarship (Marylhurst University)

Myra Levick Scholarship (American Art Therapy Association)

Eleanor Layfield Davis Art Scholar (Wake Forest University)

Richter Grant Recipient

Solo Exhibitions

2010 Zoom In: Mount Hood (upcoming), The Vestibule Gallery, Portland, OR

2005  Mindstates, Portland Commissioner Sam Adams’ office; Portland, OR

2004  Solving for X, Charlotte and Philip Hanes Gallery; Winston-Salem, NC

2003  Impressions, Urban Artware; Winston-Salem, NC

Group Exhibitions

2009   Wish You Were Here, ConfluxCity, New York, NY

2009   The Grid, MP53, curated by TJ Norris, Portland, OR

2009   ReUnion: Self, Re:Vision Gallery, Portland, OR

2009   Chronicle Exhibition, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR

2008   PULSE, Staver Locomotive, Portland, OR

2007   PDX Panels, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2007   Off They Flew, Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006   InClover, Mt. Scott Park, Portland, OR (curated by Scott Wayne Indiana)

2006   PULSE, Staver Locomotive, Portland, OR

2006   Boredom: I Learned it by Watching You, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2005   18 Independent Artists, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2005   PULSE, Staver Locomotive, Portland, OR

2005   Juried Exhibition, Local 14, Portland, OR

2005   Expressions West, Coos Art Museum; Coos Bay, OR (curated by Norman Lundin, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington)

2005   The Inn at Northrup Station, First Thursday Exhibition, Portland, OR

2005   Hands On: Artists and Chefs for NW Medical Teams, Portland, OR

2005   And at That Moment I Knew I was Addicted, FIX Gallery, Portland, OR

Curatorial

2010  I Want to Feel at Home Here (upcoming), Milepost 5, Portland, OR

Bibliography

“Brush with discovery,” Window on Wake Forest, November 2003

Three to Four Ounces, Spring 2004 (work selected for cover)

Residencies

Artist-in-Residence: Burren College of Art, Co. Clare, Ireland 2003 

Collections

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC