Select Exhibitions

2016:

• DIPG Benefit Art Auction, July 2016Chesterton, IN.
• Art in the Library Columbia College, April 2016
  Curator: Larry Oberc Chicago, IL.
• Art in the Library Columbia College, February 2016
  Curator: Larry Oberc Chicago, IL.

2015:

• The Book as Art 3.0: No Jacket Required The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, July-September 2015
  Jurors: Margot Ecke, Arlyn Ende & Jeff Rathermel Atlanta, GA
• Art in the Library Columbia College, April 2015
  Curator: Larry Oberc Chicago, IL.
• 24/7 Voices & Visions of Wellness/Mental Health Awareness of Illinois
  MHAI Benefit Fundraiser/Art Auction and Artist Performance, April 2015 Chicago, IL.
• Art in the Library Columbia College, February 2015
  Curator: Larry Oberc Chicago, IL.

2014:

• Art in the Library Columbia College, November 2014
  Curator: Larry ObercChicago, IL.
• Open House Chicago Palette & Chisel exhibition co-sponsored with the Chicago Architecture Foundation Chicago, IL.
• Innersection/Innerchange School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gallery
  Curators: Rebecca George & Michael Barlow Chicago, IL.
• Alumni on 5: You Come and Go Columbia College
  Curator: Lisa Lindvay Chicago, IL.
• Homegrown II Dunedin Fine Art Center Douglas-Whitley Gallery
  Curator: Catherine Bergmann Dunedin, FL.
• Art in the Library Columbia College, September 2014
  Curator: Larry Oberc Chicago, IL.
• Fusion, Part II New Music School Chicago, IL.
• Contained Woman Made Gallery,
  Curator: Carolina Caycedo Chicago, IL.

2013:

• Open House Chicago Palette & Chisel exhibition co-sponsored with the Chicago Architecture Foundation Chicago, IL.
• TEXT: Louder than Words      Studio 659
  Curator: Stephanie Madison Whiting, IN.
• Artapalooza Show 11/Total Abstraction Chicago, IL.

2012:

• Columbus Gallery studio group exhibition School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL.

2004:

• Power of Pottery Dunedin Fine Art Center Dunedin, FL.Dunedin, FL.

Publications

2008

• Rattle Tribute to Visual Poetry painting: The Ten Thousand Loves poem: The Artist

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Education

• Painting Certificate School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL.
• Drawing Certificate School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL.
• M.A. Media Communications Governors State University University Park, IL.
• B.A. English/Writing Columbia College Chicago, IL.

Awards

• 2002 Glimmer Train short fiction finalist
• 2003 New Letters Literary Award poetry finalist
• 2004 Roanoke Fiction Award
• 2004 Artist Resource Fund grant recipient

Collections

• The Architect Dreams in Color IV, V private collection, Chicago, IL.
• In This Lifetime private collection, Portland, OR.
• Behind The Monastery private collection, Chicago, IL.
• That Childhood Continent Beyond Illumination private collection, Chicago, IL.
• The Steps of Summer VII private collection, Chicago, IL.