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| CURRICULUM VITAE |
EDUCATION 2010 MFA in Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 2006 BFA in Painting and Art History, summa cum laude
2005 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS 2010-11 J. William Fulbright Post Graduate Research Grant to Finland EXHIBITIONS 2011 "Inspiration and Collaboration in Art, Design and Cultural Exchange
2011 Solo Show, Galleria Atski, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland 2010 Out of the Woods, MFA Thesis Exhibition
2010 Daimler Financial Services One Year Collection, Farmington Hills, Michigan 2009 Solo Show, Cartel Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 2009 Can I Live. Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2009 A Little Piece of Painting, Forum Gallery
2009 Electric Landscape, Forum Gallery
2008 Ephemerality & Sensuality, Forum Gallery
2007 Solo Show, Studio Clout Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 2006 Student Exhibition, Commonwealth Gallery
2006 CAA Regional BFA Juried Show, 808 Gallery
2006 Group Exhibition, Paradigm Properties Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2005 Juried Show, Stone Gallery, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 2005 Group Exhibition, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy PUBLICATIONS & SELECTED WRITINGS "Cranbrook: Not an Art School in the Ordinary Sense,"
"Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds," Art21 Blog,
"In Poor Taste: Lunch with Jani Leinonen," Art21 Blog,
"In Poor Taste," Jani Leinonen: Funeral Notice,
"All Aglow with Marimekko," United States Embassy of Finland, Beat of America,
"An Afternoon with Miina Äkkijyrkkä," Art21 Blog, Open Enrollment Column,
"Artists Are Like Rats," Art21 Blog, Open Enrollment Column,
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2010 Experiencing Perspectives, Exhibition Catalog Daimler Financial Services,
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2009 Instructor, Portfolio Building Class, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute
2009-2010 Teaching Assistant, Painting Department Cranbrook Academy of Art
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES 2011 America in Living Color Seminar, Speaker, “The Artists of Marimekko”
2011 Speaker, “The History of Cranbrook” Aalto Univeristy, Helsinki, Finland 2010 Speaker, American Voices XVIII Univeristy of Turku, Turku, Finland ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2010-11 Visiting Scholar, University of Art & Design, Helsinki Finland AWARDS 2005 Dean’s List with Special Distinction, Boston University 2004 Dean’s List, Boston University 2002 Ruth Tweed Memorial Scholarship |
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