CV
Work Experience
Lecturer, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2018-2022
Metal Artist in Residence, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2013-2022
Technical Instructor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2013-2018
Teaching Assistant, (Courses: Advanced Projects in Printmaking, Hand-Drawn Animation, and Visual Studies: Time and Space), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2012-2013
Exhibition Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
Guest Reviewer, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 2011
Advanced Jewelry and Metalsmithing Instructor and Consultant, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2010-2011
Beginning and Advanced Jewelry and Metalsmithing Instructor, River East Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2009-2010
Art Director, Goleta Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara County, Goleta, CA, 2002-2008
Education
M.F.A. Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
B.F.A. Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2001
Semester Abroad, Maori Art History, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2000
Supplementary Study
Vermont Studio Center, Fellow, Johnson, VT, 2012
Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Washington Island, WI, 2011
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2010
River East Art Center, Project 465, Resident Artist, Chicago, IL, 2008-2009
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA, 2002-2008
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2000
Solo Projects
Three Layers, sculpture, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2015-2022
In Earnest, installation, back room projects, Chicago, IL, 2011
Cyclic, installation, Gordon Center for Integrative Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2011
Take and Give, installation, HYPA Art Here Art Now, Chicago, IL, 2010
Divulgence, multi-media installation, Pop-Up Art Loop, Chicago, IL, 2010
Exposed, multi-media, interactive installation, River East Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2009
Community Tree, Goleta Boys and Girls Club, Goleta, CA, 2008
Bulwark, Community Environmental Council's Second Annual Steelhead Festival, Commissioned Artist, Santa Barbara, CA, 2007
Awards
MIT Alumni Funds Grant, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 2018-2019
Andrew W. Mellon Graduate Research Fellowship, Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2012-2013
Vermont Studio Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
PennDesign Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2011, 2012
Illinois Arts Council Professional Development Grant, Chicago, IL, 2011
Webpage Featured Artist (January, 2011), Women’s Caucus For Art, New York, NY, 2010
City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Individual Artist Grant, Chicago, IL, 2009
Individual Artist Grant, William T. Colville Memorial Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA, 2007
First Place Award, Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA, 2004
Friends of the Library Purchase Award, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS, 2002
University of Kansas Crafts Area Scholarship, Lawrence, KS, 2000
Sherrin Higdon Summer Enrichment in Crafts Scholarship, Lawrence, KS, 2000
University of Kansas Basic Studies Scholarship, Lawrence, KS, 1998
Selected Group Shows
Object Permanence, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
WomenCinemakers 2018 Biennial, Berlin, Germany, 2018
Red, White + Blue, Brookline Art Center, Brookline, MA, 2018
#PERSIST, Catalyst Ranch, Chicago, IL, 2017
Banned Bites, MIT Day of Engagement, Cambridge, MA, 2017
TXL/LAX, University of Pennsylvania Thesis Exhibition, Forum Factory. Berlin, Germany, 2013
Things Change, Physical Lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
I Don’t Question the Things You Do Anymore, Charles Addams Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Safeword, Meyerson Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
After Siddartha, Physical Lab, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2011
Urban Pulse, Tom Robinson Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2010
S.O.S. ...---..., Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2010 Artists of EastBank Present, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2010
From the Center: NOW!, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2010
Derivatives, REpose Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2009
The Exchange Project, REpose Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2009
Women/Mujeres, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago, IL, 2009
Paper Works, REpose Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2009
eARTh: Global Consciousness, REpose Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2009
Project 465, REpose Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008
SCORE VI, Valley Institute of Visual Art, Sherman Oaks, CA, 2007
Festival of Arts, Santa Barbara, CA, 2007
Synergy, Red Brick Gallery, Ventura, CA, 2007
SBAA, Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, CA, 2007
On Site at the Gate, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, 2007
Metal Art, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO, 2007
A Dialogue in 3-D, Santa Barbara, CA, 2007
Santa Barbara Sculptors Guild Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003-06
La Arcada SCAPES Show, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003
St. Vincent’s Festival of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, 2003
Topeka Competition 24, Topeka, KS, 2002
Baker Arts Center 5th National Juried Art Exhibition, Liberal, KS, 2002
The Road Show, Kansas City Artists Coalition, St. Louis, MO, 2001
Collections
Department of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Gordon Center for Integrative Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The Hutton Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
Goleta Boys and Girls Club, Goleta, CA
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka, KS