EDUCATION

 

Indiana University                                     MFA, Photography (2005)

Bloomington, Indiana

           

University of Minnesota                           MA, English (2000)

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Carleton College                                         BA, Philosophy (1995)

Northfield, Minnesota                               cum laude

 

Lancaster University                                 Studied Philosophy and German (1994)

Lancaster, England

 

Centro Mexicano Internacional               Studied Mexican Literature, in Spanish (1993)

Morelia, México

 

 

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS

 

Center for Emerging Visual Artists       Career Development Fellowship (2008-2010)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Schuylkill Center                                        $5600 Grant for Photo Installation (2008)

(William Penn Foundation)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

 

TEACHING POSITIONS

 

Visual, Performing, and Media Arts     Adjunct Faculty (2008-2009)

Middlesex County College                        History of Photography

 

School of Fine Arts                                     Associate Instructor (2000-2002)

Indiana University                                     Fundamentals of B/W Photography

 

Department of English                              Instructor (1999-2000)

University of Minnesota                           Freshman Composition

 

Department of English                              Teaching Assistant (1998-1999)

University of Minnesota                           Linguistics, Poetry

 

 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts                CfEVA at PCA (2010)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius                         Treasures (2009)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Cira Centre                                                  CfEVA Custom Exhibit (2009)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Center for Fine Art Photography            Works of Man (2009)

Fort Collins, Colorado                               juror: Chris Jordan

 

Middlesex County College                        Dead of Winter (2009)

Edison, New Jersey

 

Icebox Project Space                                   Perspectives (2008)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania        

 

Schuylkill Center                                        Ghosts and Shadows (2008)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts                Pittsburgh Biennial (2008)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

 

Moore College of Art and Design                        Introduction '08 (2008)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Center for Fine Art Photography            Positive-Negative (2006)

Fort Collins, Colorado                               juror: Ellen Fleurov

 

Hope School of Fine Arts Gallery            MFA Thesis Exhibition (2005)

Bloomington, Indiana

 

Phoenix Gallery                                           International Juried Exhibition (2001)

New York, New York                                  juror: Feresheteh Daftari, MoMA

 

pARTS Gallery                                            International Juried Exhibition (1999)

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

 

MEDIA COVERAGE

 

Vincent Romanielo, "The Making of Ghosts and Shadows." Video Documentary. Television Broadcast Dates: October 14-19, 2008. DUTV, Philadelphia.       

 

Eric Herr, "Ghosts and Shadows Exhibition Teases the Imagination with a Complete Sensory Experience," The Star [Philadelphia], September 25, 2008

 

 

COLLECTIONS

 

The Center for Fine Art Photography

Fort Collins, Colorado

 

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Private Collections