currently lives and works in Seattle, WA
Education
California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA
MFA, Studio Art / Photography & Media, 2008
The Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
Post Graduate Program, 2004
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
B.A., Comparative Sociology and Art, 2003
School for International Training, India, Nepal and Tibet
Tibetan Studies, 2002
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Found Scarf, Foxriver, Singapore
i n a u t o n o m y, Knipsu Gallery, Bergen, Norway
The past..., National Center for Contemporary Art - St. Petersburg, Russia
2008
Strangerly Connection, Open Gallery (curator Claudia Bohn-Spector), Los Angeles, CA
Strangerly Connection, D300, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2007
Between, L Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA
Impression Management, OCC Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
2005
In Paradox, By-Water Space, Rockport, ME
Group Exhibitions
2011
Salon Video Prize, Matt Roberts Arts, London, England
Flexfest, Gainsville, Florida
2010
VideoChannel Cologne, Family Affair 2
Local Sightings Film Festival, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA
Voxpopuli Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Panoptic, Asymmetrick Arts, Rockland, ME
700IS Reindeerland Film Festival, Eastern Iceland
Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival, Seattle, WA
2009
Portland Experimental Film Festival (PDX), Peripheral Produce, Portland, OR
Screening with Judy Fiskin, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
2008
Greater LA MFA, CSULB Gallery, Long Beach, CA
We Want a New Object, Kontainer Gallery (curator Christine Y Kim), Los Angeles, CA
The Graduation, Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, CA
Salty Dog Bites the Hand, Angels Gate Cultural Center (curator Allan Sekula), San Pedro, CA
2007
All-In, Torrance Art Museum (curator Lorraine Molina), Torrance, CA
29025 Eveningside Drive, Val Verde, CA
Sound Walk, FLOOD, Long Beach, CA
Actions, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (curator Natalie Bookchin), Los Angeles, CA
7th Biennial, A.I.R. Gallery (curator Connie Butler), New York, NY
Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions, Main Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2006
Annual National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Assoc., Cambridge, MA
2005
Staff & Faculty Exhibition, Union Hall Gallery, Rockport ME
2004
Maine, Lincoln Street Art Center, Rockland, ME
Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport ME
Opus, University of Maine, Augusta, ME
Final Exhibition, Union Hall Gallery, Rockport, ME
Residencies, Awards, Publications
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany, 2012
Jan Van Eyck Academie, Finalist, Netherlands, 2011
HISK Studio Program, Ghent, Belgium, 2011
Slope Issue 47, 2010
Cyland Media Art Laboratory, Kronstadt, Russia, 2010
Flaggfabrikken, Bergen, Norway, 2010
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, 2009 (awarded)
Whitney Independent Study Program Finalist, New York, NY, 2008
Art Farm, Marquette Nebraska, 2007 (awarded)
International Photography Awards Recipient, IPA, New York, NY, 2005
Annual Photography Award, Photo District News, New York, NY, 2005
Crosscurrents, 2004
Teaching Experience
2008
B&W Photography Instructor, Community Arts Partnership, Valencia CA
[design curriculum, B&W printmaking skills, lead seminar, critique and vision development for high school students]
2007- 2008
Digital Photography Instructor, Venice Arts, St Francis Project, Los Angeles, CA
[design curriculum, lead seminar, critique, and mentor under-resourced students (12-18 yrs old)]
2007- 2008
Graduate Assistant for Foundation Photography, CalArts, Valencia, CA
[facilitate in critique and seminar]
2007- 2008
CAP Photography Student Instructor, Community Arts Partnership, Valencia, CA
2005-present
Summer B&W/Digital Photography Instructor, Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, ME [taught: Seven-week Workstudy, Young Digital Photographers, Photo II, and Adv. Young Photographers]
2005
Photo II B&W Photography Instructor, Rockport College, Rockport, ME [design curriculum, lecture, teach traditional B&W printmaking, vision, genre, conception, critique, portfolio and curation for first-year BFA's.]
2004
Teaching Assistant, Rockport College, Rockport, ME
[assist three faculty in Adv. B&W craft, Project, Digital Craft, Vision & Themes Crit, and Photo I Foundation; curate & hang student shows, assist students during lab hours, graphic design]
2003-2004
Course Manager, Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
[assist 9 workshop instructors in master, B&W lab, vision and digital photography classes; care for students needs and conduct administrative duties (instructors include: Eugene Richards, Andrea Modica, Debbie Fleming Caffrey and Stan Grossfield)]
Related Experience
2009-current Activities Assistant, Aegis Memory Care Unit, Northgate, WA
2008-2009 Artist Assistant, Natalie Bookchin, Los Angeles, CA
2008-2009 Advertising Representative, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly
2006-2007 Audio Visual Equipment Facilitator, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2003 Artist Assistant, Shaun Wright, Seattle, WA
2002 Newspaper Internship, Zionsville Times Sentinel, Zionsville, IN
[photograph, report, write obituaries]
2001-2003 Student Admissions Counselor, University of Puget Sound
1997-1999 Peer-Facilitator, Zionsville Community High School, Zionsville, IN
[mentor 3rd-5th graders during lunch thrice weekly]
1996-1999 Photography Lab Assistant, Village Photo, Zionsville, IN