CV

Education:
​Master of Fine Arts (Jewelry Design and Metals): Miami University Oxford, OH Jun '11
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Crafts: Jewelry, Metals, and Enameling): Kent State University Kent, OH Dec '06

Exhibitions:
2023:

• The Drift, Rountree Gallery, Platteville, Wisconsin

2022:

• Geometric Variation, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, virtual exhibition
• Looks Good on Paper, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, Maryland
  
• Art from the Heartland Biennial, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
  
• Juried Art Show 2022, Maria V. Howard Art Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
• A Tribute to Small Works, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

2021:

• A Year in Review 2021, The Art Garage, Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Holiday Small Works, Kansas City Stockyards Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
• Teeny, Tiny, BOLD, Rountree Gallery, Platteville, Wisconsin
• Art on Lockdown, Quad City Arts, Rock Island, Illinois
• Small Wonders, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois
  
• Threaded III: A Contemporary Collective, virtual exhibition, Envision Arts
• DuMA Biennial, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa
  
• Abstract - 2, digital exhibition, Art Show International
• Upcycle Theme Group Show, Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque, Iowa

2020:

• Virtual MPAartfest 2020, digital art festival, McLean Project for the Arts
• Pint-Sized: A Virtual Mini Art Show, digital exhibition, River Arts Inc.
• Driftless Area Art Festival, digital art festival, Driftless Area Art Festival
• Art in Isolation: A Contemporary Collective, digital exhibition, Envision Arts
• 41st Rock Island Art Guild Fine Arts Exhibition, Figge Museum, Davenport, Iowa
  

2018:

• The Fine Art of Fiber, Galena, Illinois
• WRAP State Exhibition, Madison, Wisconsin

2017:

• WRAP, Nohr Gallery, Platteville, Wisconsin
• The Thread That Binds: Recent Work, Public Library, Platteville, Wisconsin
• The Thread That Binds: Recent Work, Nohr Gallery, Platteville, Wisconsin
  
• Faces of the Gallery, Rountree Gallery, Platteville, Wisconsin

2016:

• Art All Night, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2015:

• Akron Art Prize, Akron, Ohio

2014:

• Earthly Delights: Metalsmiths Inspired by Nature, Chicago, Illinois
• Best of 2014, traveling exhibition, Columbus, Ohio

2013:

• Coalescence: revisited, solo show, Hudson, Ohio
• COATED Innovative Jewelry and Nail Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
• Best of 2013, traveling exhibition, Columbus, Ohio

2012:

• Works in 3-D, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
• 9th Annual Fiber Arts Show, Peninsula, Ohio
• Natural Systems, two person show, Columbus, Ohio

2011:

• Alchemy, Enamelist Society traveling exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN
• Coalescence: crochet and wire works, MFA exhibition, Oxford, Ohio
• Plastic+Metal, Crafthaus online exhibition
• Best of 2011, traveling exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
• Centennial Alumni Exhibition II: Nexts, Kent, Ohio

2010:

•  First Bagues Masriera International Enamel Award, Barcelona, Spain 
•  Reassembled (KSU Jewelry/Metals/Enameling Alumni Exhibition), Kent, Ohio
•  Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio 
•  Emerging Artists, Columbus, Ohio
•  Best of 2010, traveling exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
•  Crocheted Cavalcade, solo exhibition, Los Angeles, California

2009:

•  Intro: Art and Fashion Competition, semi-finalist, Los Angeles, California
•  3-D Invitational, Richmond, Indiana
•  L'art de la Joaillerie (Art of Jewelry), Crestview Hills, Kentucky
•  Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
•  Open Forum, Oxford, Ohio

2008:

•  Undecided, Oxford, Ohio

2007:

•  Fusion, Enamelist Society exhibition, Columbus, Ohio

2006:

•  The Artists Within Show, Kirtland, Ohio
•  Home Away from Home, BFA exhibition, Kent, Ohio

Public Art:

• 2022: Recursive, large scale crocheted manila rope sculpture, Spring Green, Wisconsin
• 2021: Stain 36, mural, Rountree Gallery Building, Platteville, Wisconsin
• 2009: St. Leo's Church Mural, designer and director, Cincinnati, Ohio

Publications:

• 2023 Envision Arts Magazine, Vol. 9, color images of Memory IV, VI, VII, and XII
• 2020 artsyshark.com, Artist Showcase Late Winter 2020, color image of Stain 27
• 2020 Mastering Contemporary Jewelry Design, color photo of Sabellida Motif Collar
• 2017 The Artist Catalogue, summer, a selection of work from Stains included in article
• 2017 52 Weeks 52 Works Calendar, color image of the first version of Memory III
• 2014 Present Tense: Contemporary Art in Ohio, A Juried Exhibition in Print, color photo of Cluster Necklace
• 2013 Textiel Plus, included in Signalment, a section dedicated to showcasing artists’ websites
• 2013 Showcase 500 Art Necklaces, color photo of Sabellida Motif Collar
• 2012 The Columbus Dispatch, exhibit review of Natural Systems
• 2012 Showcase 500 Rings, color photos of Blue Ring and White Ring
• 2010 antennamag.com, solo exhibition mentioned in article
• 2009 The Columbus Dispatch, Pineapple Vessel mentioned in State Fair article
• 2006 "The Business of Body Adornment," essay, Authors of Tomorrow, published