Currently living and working in Chicago
Education
Columbia College, Post-Bachelor Certificate of Major, Graphic Design, 2009
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Master of Fine Arts, Painting/Sculpture, 2003
Skidmore College, Bachelor of Science, Fine Arts major, minor in Art History, 2000
Studio Art Centers International, Study Abroad Program, Florence, Italy, 1998
Web Design
New! Ben Clark Poetry, CMS, HTML/CSS, and illustrations, Click here to view, 2010
Faxon Design, CMS, HTML/CSS, Click here to view, 2010
Lowitz and Company, HTML/CSS, Click here to view, 2009
Foundry Art Fine Bronze Tiles, HTML/CSS, Click here to view, 2009
Stephanie Adams Art, CMS, CSS, Click here to view, 2009
Sticky Worldwide, internship, web site design, 2009
One Month Web Site, design, and HTML/CSS, Click here to view, 2008
Aahhhh, Flash animation, Click here to view, 2009
Print Design
Amy Reichert Architecture + Design with UIC, Exhibition wall design for the Chicago Mayor’s Conference, 2010
Kids Project, logo design, 2009
Sticky Worldwide, internship, logo design, illustration, 2009
Organa Photography, business card, logo, sticker packaging, 2009
Jo Minaxe Photography, book layout of After the Flood, business card, logo, gallery signage, 2009
Simpson Academy For Young Women, poster and pamphlet layout for school play, 2009
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, flyer for The Price of Sex; a Film About the Sex Trade, layout of Media Action Toolkit, layout of Demand Deterrence Strategies, 2008
Teaching
Columbia College, Adjunct Faculty, Two Dimensional Design 2007-date, and Design Lab 2009-date, and Part-Tim Faculty Advisor
Hastings College, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, and College Art Gallery Director, Two Dimensional Design, various levels of Painting, Color and Composition, Art History, Modernism Through Now, Renaissance Art, Human Figure in Contemporary Art, various committee, curriculum, and advising work, 2003-2007
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Teacher Assistant, Instructor of Record, Two Dimensional Design, Drawing Level II, 2001-2003
Selected Grants/Honors
Hastings College Polished Apple Award, 2006
Internet Publication and Promotions Award, Backstreet Gallery Santa Monica, CA, 2004
Albert K. Murray Fine Arts Educational Grant, 2002 and 2003
Selected Art and Design Exhibitions/Publications
New! Bestiary Magazine, illustrations, Click here to view and/or buy, 2010
Project 31, co-creator, Click here to view, 2008 and 2009
Gimme Baby Robots, various locations including Chicago, IL and San Francisco, CA, Click here for their site, 2008 and 2009
Illustrated Anthology of Short Stories, Vespine Gallery, Chicago, IL, Click here for a review, 2008
New American Paintings, No. 72, Open Studios Press, 2007
Open, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Miniatures and Multiples, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2006
NOVA Young Art Fair, Chicago, IL, 2005
The Stray Show, Chicago, IL, 2004
think small, Illinois State Museum, Chicago, Lockport, Rend Lake, Springfield, IL, 2004
Techie Skills
Adobe Suite, XHTML, CSS, Flash CS4,
Memberships
AIGA
National Education Association
College Art Association