Education

MFA, Painting, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY, 2005
Fulbright Fellowship, Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany, 1998-1999
BFA, Painting, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1998 (summa cum laude)
BA, German, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1998 (summa cum laude)
German Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 1995-1996


   Awards

Foundation of Art Award, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, 2009
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, Fine Arts, U.S. Department of Education, 2000-2005
Fulbright Fellowship, Painting and Graphic Arts, Germany, 1998-1999
Presidential Scholarship, Pacific Lutheran University, 1994-1998


   Selected Exhibitions

Summer Selections, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2010 (group exhibition)
Build to Suit, Fulcrum Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2010 (solo exhibition)
Blueprint: Art & Urban Planning, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA, 2010 (group exhibition)
Winter Group Show, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
Referencing the Past, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2010 (group exhibition)
The Badman, Telephone Room, Tacoma, WA, 2009 (solo exhibition)
New Paintings, The Helm Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2009 (solo exhibition)
Queens International 4, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, 2009 (collaboration with
   Okamoto Studio)
Hello, Telephone Room, Tacoma, WA, 2009 (group exhibition)
Trout Paintings, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA, 2009 (solo exhibition)
The Vancouver Project, various locations in Washington and British Columbia, 2008-2009
   (traveling group residency exhibition)
Houses on Stilts, Basil Hallward Gallery, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR, 2008 (solo exhibition)
The TransHudson Project: State of the Art, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY,
    2007 (group exhibition)
Planet Hollywood, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, NY, 2006 (group exhibition)
The Trinity: A Family Relationship in Three Parts, New York Center for Art and Media
    Studies, New York, NY, 2005 (group exhibition)
Hunter College MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2005
The Four Laws, Priority Associates, New York, NY, 2004 (group exhibition)
DUMBO Works on Paper, 70 Washington Building, Brooklyn, NY, 2003 (group exhibition)
Three Artists’ Interpretations of Home, Home Experimental Space, Queens, NY, 2003
Visions of the Future, Priority Associates, New York, NY, 2003 (group exhibition)
Borders to Bridges- Fort Collins, Colorado State University, 2003 (group exhibition)
Contemporary Drawing 2003, Priority Associates, New York, NY, 2003 (group exhibition)
Borders to Bridges, King’s College, New York, NY, 2003 (group exhibition)
Roads to the East, Central Washington University, 2002 (group exhibition)
Passauer Monotypien, Stadt-Museum Neuötting, Germany, 1999 (group exhibition)
Jahresausstellung, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany, 1999 (group exhibition)


   Professional Experience

Contracted Art Handler/Preparator, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 2007-present
Principal Ice Sculptor, Okamoto Studio, New York, NY, 2003-present