Education

2007
MFA Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2002
BFA Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2001
Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY

Professional Experience

2011 - 2024
Director of Studio Break Gallery and host of the Studio Break Podcast.

2009 
Preparatory assistant, Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX.

Curator/Juror

2019
Be. Long., Dutiot Gallery, (co-juror w/I Like Your Work Podcast), Dayton, OH.
34th Annual Riverwalk Fine Art Fair, (juror) Naperville Art League, Naperville, IL

2013
Second Nature, Group Exhibition of Studio Break artists: Amze Emmons, Gregory Euclide, Charles Kanwisher, David Linneweh, Shona Macdonald, and Amanda Smith, Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Davie, FL

2012
Tall Tales, Group exhibition of Studio Break artists: Bill Conger, Benjamin Gardner, Bob Jones, Adam Mysock, John Reddington, and Tim Roby, Aurora, IL. 
Studio Break 2012 MFA/BFA Competition: Lazaro Juan, Cora Joyce Lim, Megan Mitchell Jessica Mongeon, Carol Salisbury, Lauren Stern, Marine Tempels. 
Spring Bloom Arts Festival, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL

Exhibition History

Solo Exhibitions

2022
Open House, Studio Break Gallery, West Chicago, IL

2018
Pembroke, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
An Uncertain Nostalgia, RACA Gallery, Mankato, MN

2017
Anywhere, The Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Sinclair College, Dayton, OH

2016
Pembroke Ln, Perkinson Art Gallery, Milikin University, Decatur, IL

2015
Diminished Landscape, Blanden Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA
Temporal, Three Rivers Community College, Poplar Bluff, MO

2013
Emerge, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, IL

2012
Reconstructed, Moberly Area Community College, Moberly, MO
Scavenged Landscapes, Peoria Arts Guild, Peoria, IL

2008
Homes for America, Centraltrack, Dallas, TX
President’s Gallery, Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD

2007
Snowflake/City Stock Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Refurbished, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL

2006
Suburban Reflections, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL
Life in the Clouds, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL

2002
Suburban Delight, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL
Landscape Developments, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL

Two & Three Person Exhibitions

2021
Pathways, w/Nichole Roller/Meghan Hinds, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL

2019
Peripheries, w/Shona Macdonald, Heartbreaker Gallery, Peoria, IL

2015
Reconstructed Landscapes, w/Hans Habeger, DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Faculty Exhibition, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Glen Ellyn, IL

2023

Popped, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Chicago IL
Paintings from the Field, Studio Break Gallery, West Chicago, IL

2020
Faculty Exhibition, Cleve Carney Art Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
Faculty Exhibition, College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL

2018
National Juried Small Works Show, Main Street Arts, juried by Rick Pirozzolo, director/curator, Arnot Art Museum, Clifton Springs, NY

2017
Faculty Exhibition, Cleve Carney Art Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL

Residencies

2017
Osage Arts Community, Belle, MO

2009
Art342, Artist Residency, Fort Collins, CO

2008
Centraltrack Artist Residency, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX
Osage Arts Community, Belle, MO
The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY

Lectures

2023    
Illinois State university, Normal, 12/08, Mankato, MN.

2020    
University of Minnesota, Mankato, 11/12, Mankato, MN.

2016    
Pembroke Ln, Perkinson Art Gallery, Milikin University, 12/1, Decatur, IL. 

2015    
Diminished Landscape, Blanden Art Museum, 10/10, Fort Dodge, IA.
Temporal, Three Rivers Community College, 8/28, Poplar Bluff, MO.

2015    
Reconstructed Landscapes, w/Hans Habeger, 2/12, DeCaprio Art Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL.

2013    
Second Nature, w/Shona MacDonald, 9 /5, Broward College, Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Davie, FL.
Columbia College, 4/23, Chicago, IL.

2012    
Reconstructed, Moberly Area Community College, 9/12, Moberly, MO.

2008    
Homes for America, Centraltrak Artist Residency, Dallas, TX.
The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX.
Mclennan Community College, Waco, TX.

2007    
Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD.
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY.
Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

2006    
Midwest Living, McLean Count Arts Center, Bloomington, IL.

2003    
University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL.

Collections

Bill Conger (Peoria Art Guild), Peoria, IL.
Brian Redban, director, Deathsquad Podcast Network, Los Angeles, CA.
Doane College, university collection, Crete, NE
Jan Brandt, gallery director, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, IL.
KHN Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE.
Millikin University, collection, Decatur, IL.
Morris Library, Special Collections, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
Normal Editions Workshop, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.
Osage Arts Community, Belle, MO.
Richard Holland, director, Bad At Sports Podcast, Chicago, IL 
Steven T. Zevitas (President/Publisher, New American Paintings), Boston, MA.
Tom Burtonwood, What It Is Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Tracy Hickman (Hickman Design Associates Ltd.), Chicago, IL.  
UK Healthcare Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, Lexington, KY.

Awards

2012    
Award of Excellence, 25th Annual Northern National Art Competition, juried by Sarah McKenzie, Rhinelander, WI

2008      
Patron Award, 20th Annual Northern National Art Competition: Juried by Terry Suhre, Rhinelander, WI.
Full Fellowship, the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.

2003    
1st Place in Painting, 76th McLean County Art Show, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL.

2002    
1st Place in Painting, 75th McLean County Art Show, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, IL.

Publications

2022
10th International Painting Annual, A Juried Annual Publication of Works of Recent Contemporary Painting, Manifest, Cincinnati, OH.

2019    
I Like Your Work, #26: Interviewed for the Contemporary Art Podcast by Erika B. Hess, 3/18, Columbus, OH.
Ahtcast, Art Podcast, interviewed by Phillip J. Mellen, 4/19, Weir Village, MA. 
Studio Visit Magazine: Juried by Michael Lash, Former Director of Public Arts for the City of Chicago, Boston, MA. 

2018    
Create Magazine IX: Juried exhibition in print.  Juror: Danielle Krysa, The Jealous Curator, 4/18.

2017    
Camoupedia, Compositional Camouflage by Roy r. Behrens, 2/16

2014    
Bad At Sports #479: Interviewed for the Contemporary Art Podcast by Richard Holland, 11/3, Chicago, IL.
Guernica Magazine, Featured Image, 11/17.
Ahtcast, Art Podcast, interviewed by Phillip J. Mellen, 2/13, Weir Village MA.

2013    
Rural American Contemporary Art (Online), Reframing Architecture by RACA Creator Brian Frink, 9/2, Mankato, MN.
Bad At Sports #414, Interviewed for the Contemporary Art Podcast by Richard Holland, 8/4, Chicago, IL.

2011    
New American Paintings (Midwest Edition): Juried Exhibition in Print No. 95. Juror:  Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Pamela Alper Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.

2010    
Studio Visit Magazine (Spring 2010): Juried by Steven Zevitas, Publisher, New American Paintings, Boston, MA.
New American Landscape: Juried by David Paul Downs, Chicago, IL.

2008    
Locus Art Magazine (#5), Baltimore MD.
Studio Visit Magazine: Juried by Carl Belz, Curator Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

2007    
New American Paintings, (MFA Edition):  Juried Exhibition in Print 2005/2006 Juror: Linda Norden, Associate Curator, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art museum, Cambridge, MA.
Arts Desire, Invitational Art & Wine Auction, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.

2005    
New American Paintings (Midwest Edition): Juried Exhibition in Print No. 59. Juror:  Dominic Molon, Pamela Alper
Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.

2003    
New American Paintings (Midwest Edition): Juried Exhibition in Print No. 47. Juror: Staci Boris, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.

Bibliography

2012    
Peoria Journal Star, Scavenged Landscapes Exhibition Review, Gary Panetta, 7/8, Peoria, IL

2008    
Washington Post, Modern or Retro? Let’s Call it a Draw, Michael O’ Sullivan, 8/22, Washington, DC.

2006    
River Front Times, Exhibition Review, David Lean, 2/2, St. Louis, MO.

2005    
New American Paintings 59, Editor’s Letter, Jessica Lee, The Open Studio Press, Wellesley, MA.