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Solo Exhibitions

Tyler School of Art, Elkins Hall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

“Selected Works”, 2008

Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY

“American Stills”, 2004

The Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

“American Stills”, Emerging Artist Series, 2004

AvroKO/PUBLIC Gallery, New York, NY

Photo installation in project space, 2004

Central Lakes College Gallery, Brainerd, MN

“Seven Scenes”, 2004

Minnesota Center for Photography at The Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Un. of MN, Minneapolis, MN

“Heart Land”, 2004

Minnesota Center for Photography at Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

“Dog Show”, 2004

 

Group Exhibitions

 Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY

*“The Girl’s Room: By The Drier Project”, 2006
* “Meditations in an Emergency”, 2006
* “Best Midwestern: Photography from the Heartland”, 2004
* “The Pin-up Show”, 2004
* “Home (for the Holidays)”, 2003
* “8.5 x 11: Perspectives on the Everyday”, 2003
* “Inaugural exhibition”, 2003

Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY

HIV Law Project Benefit Exhibition, 2007 and 2008

The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

"You're in My Space", 2007

Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA

“The Art of Photography Show”, 2007

The School of the International Center of Photography, New York, NY

Faculty Exhibition: "About This", 2007
Faculty Exhibition, 2006

Gallery at 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY

“Strange Instrument”, 2006

David Allen Gallery, New York, NY

“Nymphoto: Filtered”, 2004

Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

“A Great Midwestern”, 2004

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

“Exhibition of American Art: People In Motion”, 2004

Icebox Gallery Minneapolis, MN

“SKIN 2003/Part 2”, 2003

Warren St. Loft, New York, NY

“Nymphoto: Women’s Collective Art Show”, 2002

Cowles Conservatory, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Collaboration of digital photographic imagery, drawing and sound with visual artist, David Hamlow, and minimalist music ensemble, Smattering, 2003  

Midwest Warehouse, Minneapolis, MN

“Warehouse: A Decade of work/Work”, 2002

Chicago-Ashland Space, Chicago, IL

“Curious Terrors”, 2002

Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

“You Are Here: Chicago in the year 2000” (City 2000), 2001

Joymore Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Heavy Petting”, 2000

The Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, IL

“On the Prowl”, 2000

Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

“Homegrown”, 1999 - 2007

Musee Departemental d’ Art Contemporain de Rouchechoart, France

“Propositions II”, 1998

Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL

“1998: New Artists in Chicago”, 1998

Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

MFA Thesis Exhibition, 1998

Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

“Kalamazoo Area Show”, 1995

Adrian College, Adrian, MI

“Current Michigan Photography”, 1994

 

Grants, Awards, and Collections

Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

Midwest Photographers Project, fifteen images selected for project in 2005

KLM Paul Huf Award

Nominee, 2008

McKnight Photography Fellowship

Finalist, 2005

The Comer Archive of Chicago in the Year 2000, Chicago, IL

Documentary photographer for photographic archive of Chicago in the year 2000 – photographed scenes from ride-alongs with Chicago police officers, 2000

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Honorable Mention, “Exhibition of American Art: People in Motion”, 2004

Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL

CAAP grants for Dog Show Photography Project, 1999 and 2000

The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

The Robert Stiegler Award – annual scholarship given to a graduate student in photography, 1998

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

Second Prize Winner of the national 1997 Visions of Excellence Photography Contest

Battle Creek Art Museum, Battle Creek, MI

People's Choice Award, "Focus '94" - juried statewide photography exhibition, 1994

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Master of Fine Arts in Photography, May 1998

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Bachelor of Arts, May 1995

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Color photography, film and advanced independent study in photography, winter semester, 1994

Teaching Experience

The International Center for Photography, New York, NY

Instructor, Photography courses in continuing studies program, 2006 - 2008

3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY

Instructor, Low-light Photography, spring and summer sessions 2007

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

Teaching Assistant, Introductory B&W Photography and Introductory Color Photography, summer and fall sessions 2004

Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

Teaching Artist, Photography courses, September 1998 – December 2000

Richard J. Daley College of the City Colleges of Chicago

Instructor, Introductory Photography, spring and fall 2000

Wilbur Wright College of the City Colleges of Chicago

Instructor, Introductory Photography, fall 1998 and spring 1999

Department of Art, University of Illinois at Chicago

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introductory Photography, fall 1997 and spring 1998

Artist Lectures

3rd Ward, "Women in Art Photography", panel discussion, New York, NY - 2008
Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY - 2007
The Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota, MN - 2004
Central Lakes College, Brainerd, Minnesota, MN - 2004
The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL - 1999
Waubonsee Community College, Aurora, Illinois, IL - 1998

Published Photographs

A Field Guide to the North American Family, an interactive novel by Garth Risk Hallberg, 2007
Humble Arts Foundation, 2006-2007, “Group Show” on-line, no.1 & no.14
The Morning News, 2006, on-line portfolio, “Picturing New Orleans”
The Village Voice, 2006, New York, NY
New York Metro, 2006, New York, NY
W Magazine, 2005, New York, NY
The Rake Magazine, 2005, Minneapolis, MN
The City Pages, 2003 - 2005, Minneapolis, MN
Lavender Magazine, 2003, Minneapolis, MN
The Reader, November 1995, Chicago, IL
Art in America, August 1993, New York, NY