curriculum vitae
Education
2010
MFA, Jewelry & Metal Arts with a minor in Sculpture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
MA, Jewelry & Metal Arts with a minor in 3D Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
College Teaching Certificate, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1991
BFA, Textile Design & Fiber Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Professional Experience
2007-Present
Professional Artist, Iowa City, IA
2001-Present
Designer, Daisy Spider Art & Design, Iowa City, IA
2009-2010
University of Iowa School of Art and Art History Teaching Assistantship,
Iowa City, IA
2001-2007
Professional Artist, Montfort, France
1991-2001
Professional Artist, Cambridge, UK
1991-1994
Private Art Teacher, Cambridge, UK
1991
Curatorial Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art,
Dept. of Costume & Textiles
1990
Curatorial Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art,
Dept. of Education
1990
Curatorial Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art,
Dept. of Prints and Drawings
Awards and Honors
2014 Crafthaus Scholarship to Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft
2013 Artist Residency at The Lakeside Laboratory, Okoboji, Iowa
2012 Founder’s Award, Thirty Sixth Rock Island Fine Arts exhibition
2011 Selected for 1st Iowa City CSA program, PS1 Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2010 2nd Place, 10th Annual S&AM Smithing and Art Materials Awards, University of Iowa
2010 Honorable Mention, Lois Jecklin Annual Metals Competition
2010 Teaching Assistantship in Metal Arts, University of Iowa School of Art and Art History
2009-2010 Lucinda Mendenhall Wilde Scholarship
2009 University of Iowa School of Art and Art History Graduate Fellowship
2009 Teaching Assistantship in Metal Arts, University of Iowa School of Art and Art History
2009 Best Presentation Award, Jakobsen Conference, University of Iowa
2009 Performance and Display, 2nd Place, Jakobsen Conference, University of Iowa
Museum Acquisitions
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo MAC, Santiago, Chile
Grassi Museum for Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany
University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
Other Public Collections
Coralville Performing Arts Center, Coralville, IA
Coralville River Landing Sculpture Park
Iowa Print group, University of Iowa, IA
Selected Exhibitions - Exhibited in the US, UK, Portugal and Poland:
2016
Fiberart International, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Extreme Fibers, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI, USA
2015
Extreme Fibers, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, USA
Fiber Fusion, West End Art Depot Gallery, Las Cruces, NM, USA
2014
Local Threads, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA, USA
Lakeside Residency Show, Pearson Art Center, Okoboji, IA, USA
Whimsy, ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA, USA
Zencic Press Show, Iowa State Library, Des Moines, IA, USA
2013
Diatomite – Out of Sight, and Other Things…, Solo Exhibition, McNutt Gallery, Iowa City, IA, USA
Good Enough to Eat: Food as Medium, Craft in America Study Center, LA, CA, USA
THE ARTISTS Grand Opening, McNutt Gallery, Iowa City, IA, USA
37th Rock Island Fine Arts exhibition, Augustana College Art Museum, Rock Island, IL, USA
2012
Contextile 2012 - Contemporary Textile Art Triennial, Guimarães Portugal
Propagation by Layering , etc., Solo exhibition, US Bank , Iowa City, IA, USA
Thirty Sixth Rock Island Fine Arts exhibition, Augustana College Art Museum, Rock Island, IL, USA
Propagation by Layering, Solo exhibition, The Douglas and Linda Paul Gallery, Iowa City, IA, USA
1st ICCSA Program Show, PS1 Gallery, Iowa City, IA, USA
2011
The 3rd Iowa Metals Guild Exhibition: Raising Expectations, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln,
NE and Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
2010
Venus Envy Quad Cities, Bucktown Art Center, Davenport, IA, USA
34th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College Art Museum, Rock Island, IL, USA
2009
Plural, Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Polytechnique Inst. de Leiria, Caldes de Rainhna,
Portugal
The 2nd Iowa Metals Guild Exhibition: A Riveting Experience, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA,
USA
Displacement, Quad City Arts Moline International Airport Gallery, Moline IL and
Figge Art Museum, Davenport IA, USA
Present/Represent, Digital Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference,
Philadelphia, PA, USA
R&D Design Exhibition, Icon Gallery, Fairfield, IA, USA
2008
Small Works Show, The Chait Galleries Downtown, Iowa City IA, USA
1993
Riviera Textile Exhibition, Riviera Gallery, Hastings, UK
International Fiber Art Show, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
Cambridge Arts Forum Annual Exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Cambridge. UK
Exhibition of Unique Textile Miniatures, White Frigate Gallery, Gdynia, Poland
Spring Show, Wysing Arts Gallery, Bourn, Cambridge, UK
6th International Fiber Art Symposium, Lodz, Poland