Education
2012 MFA Candidate, Sculpture University of Maryland-College Park
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Minnesota-Duluth
Exhibitions
2011
En Route 34 video Transformer Storefront Video
Iron Maidens US and UK women cast iron sculptors group exhibition University of Saint Catherine, Saint Paul, Minnesota
En Route 34 Salem2Salem International Artists Salem Art Works, Salem, New York
Iron Maidens Denbigh Library Wales, United Kindom
Intersections group print exhibition DC Artworks, Hyattsville, Maryland
Midpoint second year MFA exhibition Stamp Gallery University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
2010
Immersion Solo sound installation Herman Maril Gallery University of Maryland College Park, Maryland
Best Works Plus Gallery Artists Marion Royael Beacon, New York
Best Works Gallery Artists Marion Royael Beacon, New York
Salem2Salem Neues Mesuem Salem, Germany
Iron Maidens International Conference of Contemporary Cast Iron Art Kidwelly, Wales, United Kingdom
Greyson’s View ArtDC. Hyattsville, Maryland
Remember your First Time Herman Maril Gallery College Park, Maryland
Made of Dreams Marion Royael Gallery Beacon, New York
Structural Esprit Marion Royael Gallery Beacon, New York
2009
Screen Burns JCIA Video Brooklyn, New York
Sculpture: 301 ArtDC Gallery Hyattsville, Maryland
Head / Spin solo exhibition Bockley Gallery Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ped Pex Power Pod Art Shanty Projects Medicine Lake, Minnesota
Immagillaboration Florida Community College Jacksonville, Florida
Immagillaboration Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia
Iron Maidens ˆLlantarnam Grange Arts Centre Cwmbran,Wales, United Kingdom
2008
Franconia, 12 years of Casting, Stillwater Public Library, Stillwater, Minnesota
FERROSCITY Salem Art Works Salem, New York
Contemporary Cast Iron Exhibition Butley Mills Studios, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Standard Issue Iron Pour Showcase Cornocopia Art Center, Lanesboro, Minnesota
Potluck Show Bockley Gallery Minneapolis, Minnesota
Open Studio Artist Franconia Sculpture Park Franconia, Minnesota
Pop up Show, Art A Whirl, Gallery 13 Minneapolis, Minnesota
2007
Cary Hill Sculpture Park Salem Art Works, Salem, New York
Ferrous Aurora Lizzards Art Gallery, Duluth, Minnesota
Art Shanty/ mnatists.org ice shanty group exhibition Medicine Lake, Minnesota
2006
Iron Artist Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minnesota
Jamie’s Gallery Exhibition Fulton Arts Walk Chicago Sculpture Works, Chicago, Illinois
Columbus Invitational Iron Exhibition: Brand’s Inc. Columbus, Indiana
Iron Exhibition: Common Language 5th Annual Iron Pour, Poplar, Wisconsin
2005
POHOShow Shoebox Gallery Minneapolis, Minnesota
Molten Metal: Chicago Artist Month Chicago Sculpture Works, Chicago, Illinois
Iron Artist Franconia Sculpture Park Shaefer, Minnesota
Aurora Pours Contemporary Cast Iron Exhibition Superior, Wisconsin
Snowbird Contemporary Cast Iron Exhibition New Orleans Sculpture Lab, New Orleans, Louisiana
2004
Element/ Balance MAC Music and Arts Collective Duluth, Minnesota
Golau: Expressions of Light J Pepper Inn Art Gallery, Knife River, Minnesota
2003
US/UK Cast Iron Exhibition Berllanderi South Wales, United Kingdom
Turn Up the Heat 2500 degrees J Pepper Inn Art Gallery, Knife River, Minnesota
Performance / Choreography
2011
Kunstlabor interactive sound creation with dance Kluftern Art Castle, Klufterner Figuren-Festivals, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2010
Half Bronze/ Half Flesh Solo Improvisation Neues Museum, Salem, Germany
2005
[ ] Body Cartography Project Walker Art Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
Seed Solo Improvisation, New Orleans Sculpture Lab, New Orleans, Louisiana
2003
Element / Balance Duluth Music and Arts Collective Solo Improvisation
Solo Improvisation US/UK Cast Iron Residency Wales United Kingdom
Choreographers Evening Out of the Blue Dance Duluth, Minnesota
2002
Choreographers Evening Out of the Blue Dance Cooperative, Duluth, Minnesota
2001
Dances on the Lakewalk Blue Water Dance Duluth, Minnesota
1992-2001
Annual Dance Concert Blue Water Dance Duluth, Minnesota
Professional Experience / Residencies
2011
Guest Critic Senior Sculpture and Installation Seminar Maryland College Institute of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Instructor of Record Introduction to Three Dimensions Fall and Spring semesters University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Instructor Introduction to Drawing, Introduction to Painting Art & Learning Center, Fall and Spring semesters, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Artist in Residence Salem2Salem Salem Art Works, Salem, New York
2010
Artist in Residence Salem2Salem Invitational Multidisciplinary Artist Residence, Schloss Salem, Salem, Germany
Instructor Introduction to Drawing summer and fall semesters, Art & Learning Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Art Theory 150 Spring and Fall semesters Department of Art, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Teaching Assistant, Elements of Sculpture, Steel, Advanced Sculpture Studio Department of Art, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
2009
Teaching Assistant, Elements of Drawing 110,Department of Art, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Teaching Assistant Elements of Metal Casting, Advanced Sculpture Studio:Department of Art, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Outreach and Education Coordinator,Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia Minnesota
Visiting Artist. St Cloud State University Aluminum Pour, St Cloud, Minnesota
2008
Outreach and Education Coordinator Franconia Sculpture Park,Franconia, Minnesota
Visiting Artist Lecture College of Saint Catherine Saint Paul, Minnesota
Cast Aluminum Workshop Instructor Lake Superior College, Duluth, Minnesota
Workshop Director A Movable Feast Iron Pour, Salem Art Works,Salem, New York
Artist in Residence Community+ Collaboration Hot Metal Pour, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, Minnesota
Director, Furnace Operator Common Language VII North Shore Pour Lakeside, Wisconsin
Instructor, Furnace Operator Cast Metal Workshops 314 Studios, Aluminum, Bronze, Copper, St Paul. Minnesota
2007
Guest Artist, furnace crew Pele Iron Pour University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Artist, furnace crew Standard Issue Iron Pour Lanesboro, Minnesota
Guest Artist Lecture: Professional Practice University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Artist in Residence Community + Collaboration Hot Metal Pour Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, Minnesota
Artist in Residence Salem Art Works Iron Pour + Symposium Salem, New York
Project Director, Artist Common Language VI Cast Iron Residency Poplar, Wisconsin
Artist in Residence US/UK Contemporary Cast Iron Sculpture Residency Salem Art Works, Salem, New York
2006
Artist Artist Month Fulton Arts Walk public bronze pour Chicago Sculpture Works Chicago, Illinois
Artist, mold captain, Hot Metal Pour Franconia Sculpture Park Shafer, Minnesota
Co-Director Common Language V Cast Iron Residency Poplar, Wisconsin
Curator, Artist in Residence Columbus Sculpture Invitational Community iron pour and exhibition Columbus, Indiana
2005
Artist Molten Metal: 1 Building 6 Artists Chicago Sculpture Works, Illinois
Project Director Elemental IV Common Language Iron Residency Poplar, Wisconsin
Artist in Residence Community + Collaboration Hot Metal Pour Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, Minnesota
Curator National Invitational Aurora Pours Northern Arts Superior, Wisconsin
Artist in Residence Make it Hot Iron Pour New Orleans Sculpture Works New Orleans, Louisiana
Artist in Residence Iron Snowbird Iron Pour & Exhibition New Orleans Sculpture Lab, New Orleans, Louisiana
2004
Studio assistant Chicago Sculpture Works: two public art projects
Project Director Elemental Pour 2004 Cast Iron Residency Poplar, Wisconsin
2003
Artist in Residence US/UK 7 Cast Iron Sculpture Residency Berllanderi Sculpture Wales, United Kingdom
2000-2004
Owner, Curator J Pepper Inn B&B and Gallery Knife River, Minnesota
1992 – 2007
Owner, Restoration Specialist, Painter, Color Consultant Minoan Painting Duluth and St Paul, Minnesota
Publications
Field Museum; Seed Magazine January 2009
Art is Weeds. Secrets of the City December 2008
Landscape for Art: Contemporary Parks University of Washington Press 2008
A Nomadic Iron Tribe Duluth News Tribune June 2008, Duluth, Minnesota
Elemental Pour 2004 Venture North WDSE PBS October 2004 Aired Statewide, Minnesota
Collections
Brooklyn Art Library
Columbus Area Arts Council Columbus, Indiana
Kunst- u. Kultur-Stiftung Bodenseekreis, Salem, Germany
Tweed Museum of Art
Numerous Private Collections
Organizations
Common Language: Board Member 1992-present Duluth, Minnesota
Out of the Blue Dance Cooperative 2000-2004 Duluth, Minnesota
Blue Water Dance Institute 1992-2000 Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth Art Institute: Board Member 1993-1996 Duluth, Minnesota
