>> bio

A sixth-generation Iowan, I was born in Cedar Rapids in 1978 and raised in Iowa City. After studying journalism and environmental science at the University of Kansas, I moved to the Los Angeles area in 2002. I went back to school to study art, and earned my MFA from UCLA in 2010.

>> cv

2010 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles
2005–06 Special studies in art, California State University Long Beach
2003–05 Continuing education in art, Pasadena City College
2002 BS in journalism, BA in environmental science, The University of Kansas

>> solo exhibitions and projects

2010
Devils Tower-LA, Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles
Fine Art 626-394-3963, 18th Street Arts Center Project Room, Santa Monica, CA

>> group exhibitions

2010
Wet Paint II, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles
Keramik, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
UCLA MFA Thesis Show #1, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles

2009
UCLA MFA 2010 Group Show, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles
Greater LA MFA Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach
College Art Association Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, USC Roski Gallery, Los Angeles

2008
Greater LA MFA Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach

2006
Insights 2006: The Annual Student Art Exhibition, University Art Museum,
   California State University, Long Beach

2005
September Show, The Hear Gallery, Los Angeles
Scholarship Show, Pasadena City College Gallery, Pasadena, CA

2004
kilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA

>> curatorial

2008
Group Effort: Collaboration as Form and Process, Wight Biennial 2008,
   Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles

>> awards

2009 Elaine Krown Klein Award, University of California, Los Angeles
    Matthias Denny Award, University of California, Los Angeles
    Hoyt Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles
2008 Hyman Eugene Oxman Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles
2007 Laura Andreson Ceramics Scholarship, University of California, Los Angeles
2006 Fine Arts Affiliates Scholarship, California State University, Long Beach
2005 Art Department Scholarship, Pasadena City College