EDUCATION

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MFA Candidate in Fiber & Material Studies
Expected Graduation: May 2012

Maryland Institute College of Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibers
Deans List 2000 to 2004, Cum Laude

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Heirloom Commodity, The Wall, School of the Art Institute of Chicago


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 New Wave Ladies Night, Carousel Space Project
2011 New Blood V Performance Festival, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
         Shapeshifters, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
         Roger's Grocery, Mess Hall, Chicago IL
         6th Annual Juried Art Show, Kinsey Institute SoFA Gallery, Indiana University

         Retracing, Murdertown Gallery, Chicago IL

2010 Threadbare, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton MA
         Text Off the Page, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

         Sensational Remix, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse NY

         Connective Thread, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, New York NY

2009 Giant Sale, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton MA
2004 Commencement Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 MICA Fashion Show, Maryland Institute College of Art Falvey Hall, Baltimore, MD

AWARDS & GRANTS

2010 Lenore Tawney Foundation Scholarship

2009 Northampton Arts Council Grant 

2004 Janet & Walter Sondheim Award Semi-Finalist

         Grainger Marburg Traveling Scholarship

         Francis B. Harvey Scholarship

2000-4 Trustee Award, Maryland Institute College of Art

2000-4 National Art Honor Society Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art

LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS

2012 Emergency INDEX, Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012
2011 "Wanting" Fiber & Material Studies Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2011 "Toe the Line" Fiber & Material Studies Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

FEILD EXPERIENCE

2011 Visiting Artist Selection Committee, Department of Fiber & Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2010 - 2011 Teaching Assistant for Stitch I, Woven Shibori and Collective Weaving at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2006 - Present Sole Proprietor, It Knits, Chicago IL

2007 Founding Member and show juror for the Charm City Craft Mafia, Baltimore MD
2009 Juror for Baltimore Women's Film Festival, Baltimore MD
2009 - 2010 Instructor, The Hill Institute, Florence MA
2005 Director, Baltimore Mayor's Office of Public Art Restoration, Baltimore MD
2004 Assistant to Sarah Morris, Falls Church VA
2004 Independent Research Project, Salpetriere Hospital, Paris France