Education
2008-10 MFA-Installation/Sculpture
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2001-02 Core Fellowship
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1991-96 BA-Design
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Teaching Experience
2011 Master Printer/Instructor-Winter Printmaking Residency,
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2009 Instructor, Printmaking-Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide
Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2007 Instructor, Printmaking-Prepare to Print
Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2006 Assistant, Blacksmithing to Marc Maiorana
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME
Awards
2009 Helen A. Thrush Scholarship, Graduate Assistantship
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2008 Helen A. Thrush Scholarship, Graduate Assistantship
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Experience
2010- Sales Associate (sewing machine and fabric sales)
Randy’s Quilt Shop, Greensboro, NC
2009-10 Woodshop Technician (Graduate assistantship)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2008-09 Gallery preparator (Graduate assistantship)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2005-08 Studio Artist (Printmaking, painting, and drawing)
MT Studio, Julian, NC
2002-05 Sales Associate (Gallery sales, art handling, packing/shipping)
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2001-03 Core Fellowship (Work/study-dining hall manager, shuttle driver)
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
-Related Skills/ ExperiencePrintmaking (intaglio, relief, etching, aquatint, Japanese
woodcut, serigraphy, lithography, collagraph, water-based inks)
-Bookmaking (various structure and exposed binding techniques, artist’s books)
-Woodworking, Blacksmithing (experience/knowledge of tools
Selected Shows
woodcut, serigraphy, lithography, collagraph, water-based inks)
-Bookmaking (various structure and exposed binding techniques, artist’s books)
-Woodworking, Blacksmithing (experience/knowledge of tools
Selected Shows
2011 Paper Planes-Group installation in 18 hours, Center for Visual Arts,
Greensboro, NC
2010 Identity,Center for Visual Arts,
Greensboro, NC
Temporary Solo Installation, Greensboro Cultural Center,
Greensboro, NC
__tension, Christina Ray Gallery
New York, NY
The Merger, Spare Room
Greensboro, NC
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum
Greensboro, NC
Graduate Student Show, Gatewood Gallery
Greensboro, NC
2009 2nd Year Graduate Show, EUC Gallery, UNCG
Greensboro, NC
Graduate Student Show, Gatewood Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2008 Grad Works on Paper, EUC Gallery, UNCG
Greensboro, NC
Pots and Prints (two person show), Pullen Arts Center
Raleigh, NC
Paradise City Arts Festival (juried retail shows)
Philadelphia, PA
Northampton, MA
2006 Growing Through Craft, Grove Arcade Arts and Heritage Gallery
Asheville, NC
2005 Schwa Show, Emerge Gallery
Greenville, NC
2002 The Liquid Language of Artist’s Books, University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
2001 Free Association: Book and Paper Show, Toe River Arts Council
Spruce Pine, NC