Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska
Education
2005 MFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art
2003 BFA, Painting, Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Magna cum Laude
2000 Temple University Rome
Honors and Awards
2012 Vasari Classics Artists' Oil Colors Artist Grant
2007 Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville, MA
2005 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Grant, Quebec
2005 George Nick Award, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2013 Upcoming, Solo Exhibition, Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
2013 Upcoming, Solo Exhibition, Fred Simon Gallery, Omaha, NE
2012 Snapshots, Wadleigh Gallery, Chester College, Chester, NH
2011 New Work: Stephen Azevedo and Christina Renfer Vogel, RNG Gallery, Council Bluffs, IA
2011 Snapshots, Birdhouse Collectible, Omaha, NE
2010 Portraits, The Lichen, Lincoln, NE
2006 Portraits, The Colony Group, Boston, MA
2005 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Little Waves, Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2011 Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA, Juror: Tanya Augsburg (Catalog)
2011 Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, Juror: Tony Magar
2011 Intimate: Small Works, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Myself: A Survey of Contemporary Self-Portraiture, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, Curator: Marjorie Vecchio (Catalog)
2011 New Works: UNO Faculty Artists, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
2010 From Our Perspectives, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI, Juror: Gilda Snowden (Honorable Mention)
2009 About-Face, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
2008 Painting as Presence, Fine Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Juror: William Bailey
2008 Fanning the Flames, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2008 Open Painting, Providence Art Club Providence, RI, Juror: Judith Tolnick Champa
2007 Painting 2007, Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Jenelle Porter
2006 Faces of Boston, Scollay Square Gallery, City Hall, Boston, MA, Juror: Abigail Ross
2006 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Juror: Cheryl Brutvan
2005 12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 The Midway Show, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Habitations, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Revisionist History, The Optimistic, Philadelphia, PA
Bibliography
Upcoming, Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, Juror: Trevor Richardson, Spring 2012.
Featured on The Jealous Curator blog, January 26, 2012.
Krainak, Michael J., "See What's Missing", The Reader, November 23, 2011.
Deskins, Sally, Featured on Les Femmes Folles, Omaha- based blog, July 14, 2011.
Birke, Judy, “Paean to Painting”, New Haven Register, May 18, 2008.
Fletcher, Ron, “Face Time", The Boston Globe, June 25, 2006.
Teaching Experience
2010 - Present, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, Adjunct Faculty
2011, Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, Adjunct Faculty
2010, Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA, Adjunct Faculty
2008 - 2009, Chester College of New England, Chester, NH, Lecturer
2007, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Adjunct Faculty
2005 - 2006, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Instructor
Professional Experience
2010 - Present, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, Development Manager
Lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska
Education
2005 MFA, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art
2003 BFA, Painting, Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Magna cum Laude
2000 Temple University Rome
Honors and Awards
2012 Vasari Classics Artists' Oil Colors Artist Grant
2007 Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville, MA
2005 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Grant, Quebec
2005 George Nick Award, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2013 Upcoming, Solo Exhibition, Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
2013 Upcoming, Solo Exhibition, Fred Simon Gallery, Omaha, NE
2012 Snapshots, Wadleigh Gallery, Chester College, Chester, NH
2011 New Work: Stephen Azevedo and Christina Renfer Vogel, RNG Gallery, Council Bluffs, IA
2011 Snapshots, Birdhouse Collectible, Omaha, NE
2010 Portraits, The Lichen, Lincoln, NE
2006 Portraits, The Colony Group, Boston, MA
2005 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Little Waves, Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2011 Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA, Juror: Tanya Augsburg (Catalog)
2011 Third Coast National, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX, Juror: Tony Magar
2011 Intimate: Small Works, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Myself: A Survey of Contemporary Self-Portraiture, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, Curator: Marjorie Vecchio (Catalog)
2011 New Works: UNO Faculty Artists, UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
2010 From Our Perspectives, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI, Juror: Gilda Snowden (Honorable Mention)
2009 About-Face, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
2008 Painting as Presence, Fine Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Juror: William Bailey
2008 Fanning the Flames, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
2008 Open Painting, Providence Art Club Providence, RI, Juror: Judith Tolnick Champa
2007 Painting 2007, Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Jenelle Porter
2006 Faces of Boston, Scollay Square Gallery, City Hall, Boston, MA, Juror: Abigail Ross
2006 National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, Juror: Cheryl Brutvan
2005 12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 The Midway Show, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Habitations, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Revisionist History, The Optimistic, Philadelphia, PA
Bibliography
Upcoming, Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, Juror: Trevor Richardson, Spring 2012.
Featured on The Jealous Curator blog, January 26, 2012.
Krainak, Michael J., "See What's Missing", The Reader, November 23, 2011.
Deskins, Sally, Featured on Les Femmes Folles, Omaha- based blog, July 14, 2011.
Birke, Judy, “Paean to Painting”, New Haven Register, May 18, 2008.
Fletcher, Ron, “Face Time", The Boston Globe, June 25, 2006.
Teaching Experience
2010 - Present, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, Adjunct Faculty
2011, Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, Adjunct Faculty
2010, Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA, Adjunct Faculty
2008 - 2009, Chester College of New England, Chester, NH, Lecturer
2007, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, Adjunct Faculty
2005 - 2006, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Instructor
Professional Experience
2010 - Present, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, Development Manager
