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education
2010 MFA Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2008 BFA Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, summa cum laude
2004-06 Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
exhibition record
2011
*ARCH. Exploring Made Space, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
*Expanded Field, Salt Lake City Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
2010
*Grounds For Sculpture’s Fall/Winter Exhibition, October 2010-January 2011, Hamilton, NJ (catalogue)
*Music As Mirror: a collaborative performance piece incorporating object and sound, Kirkpatrick Chapel, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
*Off The Map, White Box, New York, NY
*MFA Thesis Show II, Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2009
*Bilateral Engagement, Washington Sculptors Group, Art Museum of the Americas,
Washington D.C., Juror/Guest Curator: Laura Roulet (catalogue)
*Window Art for Highland Park 2009, Highland Park Arts Commission, Highland Park, NJ, Jurors: Donna Gustafson, Curator, Zimmerli Museum; Barbara Madsen, Professor, Mason Gross School of the Arts
*Hit It Big, Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2008
*First Year MFA Show, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
*Experiencing Perspectives, Daimler Corporation, Fort Worth, TX (catalogue)
*Alchemy or Change, The University of Texas at Dallas (catalogue)
*The Group Show, Southern Methodist University at Fort Burgwin, Taos, NM
*Tree Carving, La Reunion TX, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
2007
*art conspiracy 3, Art Conspiracy, Dallas, TX
*SAA Juried Show, Dallas, TX, Juror: Christina Rees, Director, Road Agent Gallery
*The Photography Show, CityGallery, Dallas, TX
*The Group Show, Southern Methodist University at Fort Burgwin, Taos, NM
*SAA Juried Show, Dallas, TX, Juror: Frances Colpitt, Chair, Art History Dept., TCU
2006
*art conspiracy 2, Art Conspiracy, Dallas, TX
2005
*art conspiracy 1, Art Conspiracy, Dallas, TX
*Inaugural Show, CityGallery, Dallas, TX
2004
*Student Juried Show, Brookhaven College, Dallas, TX
grants/awards
2013 Junior Teacher of the Year Award – The Hun School of Princeton
2010
Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center
Giza Daniels Endesha Award, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
2009
Full-Time Teaching Assistantship Appointment, Rutgers University
2008
Full-Time Teaching Assistantship Appointment, Rutgers University
Meadows Exploration Award:
Research trip to study Shaker aesthetics in New York State
2007
Meadows Undergraduate Student Research/Creative Activity Fund:
Research trip to study Land Art in the Southwestern United States
2006
Honor Transfer Scholarship, Southern Methodist University
Artistic Scholarship, Southern Methodist University
2005
Joseph W. Baron Art Scholarship, Brookhaven College
bibliography
October 2010 issue of Sculpture magazine, ISC
professional experience
2010-Present: Teacher, The Hun School of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
2008-2010: Instructor of Record - Sculpture 1, Sculpture Lab Technician
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2002-2004: Director of Operations, Philips Restaurant Corporation, Plano, TX
1992-2002:General Manager, Philips Restaurant Corporation, Texas and Louisiana