Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska
Education
2005 MFA, 2D, Massachusetts College of Art
2003 BFA, Painting, Tyler School of Art of Temple University (Magna cum Laude)
2000 Temple University Rome
Honors and Awards
2007 Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville,MA
2005 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Grant, Quebec
2005 George Nick Award, Massachusetts College of Art
2003 Edith Weil Hecht Memorial Award in Painting, Tyler School of Art
2003 Jane D. Bonelli Art Education Award, Tyler School of Art
2001 Dean’s Alumni Scholarship for Artistic and Academic Achievement, Tyler School of Art
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Portraits (solo), the lichen, Lincoln, NE
2009
About- Face, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
Annual Juried Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
2008
Painting as Presence, Juror William Bailey, Fine Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Fanning the Flames, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
Open Painting, Juror Judith Tolnick Champa, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Faculty Exhibition, Wadleigh Gallery, Chester College of New England, Chester, NH
2007
Fort Point Open Studios, Boston, MA
Tyler Alumni Exhibition Series: Painting 2007, Juror Jenelle Porter, Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Post-Postcard, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Faces of Boston, Juror Abigail Ross, Scollay Square Gallery, City Hall, Boston, MA
National Prize Show, Juror Cheryl Brutvan, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Portraits (solo), The Colony Group, Boston, MA
2005
12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Open Studios, Waltham Mills, Waltham, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibition (solo), Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
The Midway Show, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Boston, MA
Habitations, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
Revisionist History, The Optimistic, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2010, Development Coordinator
Chester College of New England, Chester, NH
2008- 2009, Lecturer 1,
Primary Studios: Color, Drawing I, Drawing II,
Painting I, Advanced Drawing and Painting
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2007 Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Drawing
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2006 Instructor, Self Portraiture (Drawing)
2005 Instructor, Portrait Painting
2005 Co-Instructor, Junior/Senior Painting Major Studio
2004 Co-Instructor, Introduction to Painting
2004 Instructor, 2D/3D Foundations
2004 Teaching Assistant, Sophomore Painting
2003 Teaching Assistant, Visual Language
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA
2006, 2008 Artist Lecture
Publications
Birke, Judy, “Paean to Painting”, New Haven Register, May 18, 2008.
Ron Fletcher, “Face Time", The Boston Globe, June 25, 2006.
Professional Organizations
Member of the College Art Association
Lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska
Education
2005 MFA, 2D, Massachusetts College of Art
2003 BFA, Painting, Tyler School of Art of Temple University (Magna cum Laude)
2000 Temple University Rome
Honors and Awards
2007 Somerville Arts Council Artist Fellowship Grant, Somerville,MA
2005 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Grant, Quebec
2005 George Nick Award, Massachusetts College of Art
2003 Edith Weil Hecht Memorial Award in Painting, Tyler School of Art
2003 Jane D. Bonelli Art Education Award, Tyler School of Art
2001 Dean’s Alumni Scholarship for Artistic and Academic Achievement, Tyler School of Art
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Portraits (solo), the lichen, Lincoln, NE
2009
About- Face, Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
Annual Juried Art Auction, Massachusetts College of Art, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
2008
Painting as Presence, Juror William Bailey, Fine Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Fanning the Flames, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
Open Painting, Juror Judith Tolnick Champa, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Faculty Exhibition, Wadleigh Gallery, Chester College of New England, Chester, NH
2007
Fort Point Open Studios, Boston, MA
Tyler Alumni Exhibition Series: Painting 2007, Juror Jenelle Porter, Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Post-Postcard, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Faces of Boston, Juror Abigail Ross, Scollay Square Gallery, City Hall, Boston, MA
National Prize Show, Juror Cheryl Brutvan, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Portraits (solo), The Colony Group, Boston, MA
2005
12 x 12, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Open Studios, Waltham Mills, Waltham, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibition (solo), Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
The Midway Show, Stephen D. Paine Gallery, Boston, MA
Habitations, Patricia Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
Revisionist History, The Optimistic, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2010, Development Coordinator
Chester College of New England, Chester, NH
2008- 2009, Lecturer 1,
Primary Studios: Color, Drawing I, Drawing II,
Painting I, Advanced Drawing and Painting
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2007 Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Drawing
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2006 Instructor, Self Portraiture (Drawing)
2005 Instructor, Portrait Painting
2005 Co-Instructor, Junior/Senior Painting Major Studio
2004 Co-Instructor, Introduction to Painting
2004 Instructor, 2D/3D Foundations
2004 Teaching Assistant, Sophomore Painting
2003 Teaching Assistant, Visual Language
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA
2006, 2008 Artist Lecture
Publications
Birke, Judy, “Paean to Painting”, New Haven Register, May 18, 2008.
Ron Fletcher, “Face Time", The Boston Globe, June 25, 2006.
Professional Organizations
Member of the College Art Association
