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EDUCATION
2010 M.F.A. Candidate, Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2008 B.F.A. in Studio Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
ADDITIONAL:
2009 Performing Land Arts: The Philadelphia Experiment, workshop with Chris Taylor,
Director of Land Arts of the American West, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Body Extension Workshop, with Loren Schwerd, Sculpture Professor,
Louisiana State, Martha Brim, Dance Professor, Columbia
College, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
AWARDS
2009 NICHE AWARD STUDENT FINALIST, Fiber-Wearable, The Rosen Group
ALBERT K. MURRAY FINE ARTS EDUCATIONAL GRANT, Adamsville,OH
2008 GRAND PRIZE AWARD, VSA Arts Green Light, Washington, D.C.
LUCY MORGAN SCHOLARSHIP, Penland School of Crafts, Penland,N.C.
2007 WINDGATE FELLOWSHIP NOMINEE, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2005 LOIS G. ROBERTS SCHOLARSHIP, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 - current TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, Fibers Department, Tyler School of Art,
Philadelphia, PA
2009 - current TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, Foundations Department, Tyler School of Art,
2009 - current PROJECT ASSISTANT, Winifred Lutz, sculptor, Philadelphia, PA
2009 CO-FOUNDER/CURATOR, Recognition / alternative exhibition space,
2009 GUEST LECTURER, Body Art and Adornment, Tyler School of
Art, of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2008 GUEST INSTRUCTOR, Off-Loom Structures, Tyler School of
2008 WORK STUDY, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2007 - 2008 OUTREACH ASSISTANT, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts, Madison, WI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 Peter Crimmins, Under the Bridge, Philadelphia Weekly, 4 Feb. 2009
VSA arts and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Debut Exhibition at
Smithsonian, The Creative Spirit, Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2009: 16.
2008 Jessica Dawson, A New Crinkle in Self-Expression, Washington Post, 19
Oct. 2008: M14.
Gayle Worland, Artist Rustles Her Way Into Smithsonian. Wisconsin
State Journal, 24 Sept. 2008: A1.
EXHIBITIONS
2009 ACT ARTEFACT, viewing/performance, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
GREEN LIGHT, Visual Arts Gallery, Adirondack Community College,
Queensbury, NY
GREEN LIGHT, San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA,
UNINTENDED USES, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
IN LIMBO, The Ice Box, Philadelphia, PA, Curated by Elizabeth Agro,
Philadelphia Museum of Art
PERFORMING LAND ARTS: THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT, with the
Center for Land Use Interpretation, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
NICHE AWARDS DISPLAY, Philadelphia Buyers Market of American
Craft, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
BLUE BOX, Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2008 POST-LAURENTIA, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, of Temple University,
FIBER AREA STUDENT SHOW, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, of
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
GREEN LIGHT, Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillon Ripley Center,
Washington, D.C., Jurors: Deirdre Thayler Ehlen, D.C. Commission on the Arts
and Humanities, James W. Montford, Jr., Director, Bannister Gallery,
Rhode Island College, William A. Newman, Professor, Corcoran College of Art
and Design, Victoria Reis, Executive and Artistic Director,Transformer Gallery,
Awarded Grand Prize
GREEN LIGHT, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,Washington,D.C.
80th ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOW: A Juried Exhibition, Porter Butts
Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2007 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS 2007 EXHIBIT, Seventh Floor Gallery,University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
SEVENTY-ONE THIRTY-ONE, Seventh Floor Gallery, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2006 COLOR MATTER, Seventh Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
WHEN ART REFLECTS LIFE, Lakefront on Langdon Gallery, University of
2005 MERCURIAL, Motherfools Coffeehouse, Madison, WI