Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Photography, Art Education, University of South Dakota

 

Master of Arts: Art Education, Boston University

 

Master of Fine Arts: Candidate in Photography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 

Experience:

Graduate Photography Instructor

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, August 2018-present

 

Documentation Lab

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, August 2017-August 2018

 

Art Teacher-Photography and Sculpture (Long term substitute)

Harrison High School, West Lafayette, IN, August 2016-May 2017

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant-Photography

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, August 2016-December 2016

 

Adjunct Art Instructor: Drawing and Art Appreciation

Western Iowa Tech Community College, Sioux City, IA, January 2016-May 2016

 

Adjunct Art Instructor-Art Appreciation

Wayne State College, Wayne, NE, August 2015-May 2016

 

Art Teacher-K-12

Centerville Public School, Centerville, SD, August 2014-August 2015

 

Art Teacher-AmeriCorps

Academy Prep, St. Petersburg, FL, June 2013-June 2014

 

Workshops/Performances

2018

8th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron, Scranton, PA

UW-Milwaukee Chromoskedasic Workshop, Milwaukee, WI

9th Annual Pour’n Yer Heart Out, Madison, WI

2017

UW-Platteville Iron Pour, Platteville, WI

UW-Whitewater Iron Pour, Whitewater, WI

13th Annual Hot Iron Days, Lamberton, MN

14th Annual Down on the Farm Pour, Decorah, IA

2nd Annual Fire Festival, Cambridge, WI

Equinox Iron Pour, Chicago, IL

8th Annual Pour’n Yer Heart Out, Madison, WI

2016

5th Annual Type on the Cob, Mt. Pleasant, IA

12th Annual Hot Iron Days, Lamberton, MN

13th Annual Down on the Farm Pour, Decorah, IA

1st Annual Fire Festival, cambridge, WI


 

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

2018 Frederick R. Layton Graduate Fellowship

2017 Frederick R. Layton Graduate Fellowship

2016 South Dakota Arts Council Project Grant

2014 Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Grant

Jan Chase Rutz Grant

Excellence in Education, Sioux Falls Area Foundation

3rd Place Nude Category, 6th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards

Finalist, 6th Pollux Awards

Finalist, 6th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards

2013 CURCA Grant

Silver Light Award, Wilber Stillwell Exhibition

Dean of Students Award, Wilber Stillwell Exhibition


 

2012 Honorable Mention, All of US Exhibition

Honorable Mention, The Hand Made Photograph

Silver Light Award, Wilber Stillwell Exhibition

CFA Dean’s Award, Wilber Stillwell Exhibition


 

2011 Distinguished Scholar Award, University of South Dakota

Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence

2010 Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic

Summit League Commissioner List

 

Residencies

2017 Haleakala National Park Finalist, Maui, HI

Shows

2018 Woman Made gallery-21st International Open, Chicago, IL

Works on Paper 2018, Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ

Small Works, International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Headquarters, Scranton, PA

RedLine 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, RedLine, Denver, CO

The Built Environment, Orr Street Studios, Columbia, MO

MidSummer Arts Festival, Wailoa Center, Hilo, HI

2018 Midwest Photo Emerge, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS

4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery M, Milwaukee, WI

Sculpture + Metals Show, 4th floor, UWM, Milwaukee, WI

Var Gallery 30x30x30 Show, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

Union 45th Annual Juried Show, Union Gallery, UWM, Milwaukee, WI

 

2017 Object Show, INOVA Gallery, UWM, Milwaukee, WI

Palate to Palette, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, MI

 

2016 Artists as Thinker, Maker, Feeler, Cade Gallery, Arnold, MD

Haunted, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct., VT

Westwood Exhibition, President’s House, West Lafayette, IN

 

2015 The Local Artist, Exposure Gallery, Sioux Falls

University of South Dakota and University of North Dakota Traveling Exhibition, variable locations, SD and ND

 

2014 3rd Int’l Biennial of Photography, Municipal Museum, Malaga, Spain

Wondrous Indeed, Center for Fine Art Photography, Denver, CO

The Kallitype Process, Beede Gallery, SD

 

2013 Art Kudos International Competition, Online Gallery

Defined By Nature, Washington Pavillion, Sioux Falls, SD

Strange Rangers-BFA Exhibition, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD

Stillwell Student Juried Show, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD

Krappy Camera International Competition, SOHO Gallery, New York, NY

 

2012 The Handmade Photograph, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY

All of Us Juried Exhibition, Vermillion Area Art Council, Vermillion, SD

Amalagam-A Collaborative Collection, Vermillion Area Art Council, Vermilion, SD

South Dakota Universities Invitational Exhibition, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD

Painting and Photography Showcase, Vermillion Area Art Council, Vermillion, SD

 

2010 Wilber Stillwell Student Juried Show, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD

University of South Dakota Photography Show, Yankton, SD

 

Publications

2015 The Local Artist, Sioux Falls, SD

 

Speaking Engagements and Visiting Artist

2019 Visiting Artist at the University of South Dakota

2018 Society for Photographic Education Northwest

Society for Photographic Education South Central