CV

Education

• MFA in Printmaking, Illinois State University, 2016.

• Summer Workshop intensive in Plate Lithography, Tamarind Institute, 2013 and Stone Lithography 2023.

• BFA in Digital Art & Photography, University of Minnesota Duluth, 2010.
  Minor: Printmaking; Art & Design Departmental Honors

Grants & Research

• International Specialised Skills Institute (Australia) George Alexander Foundation Fellowship 2023
  ”Fine Art Hand Lithography Enrichment, Accessibility, and Sustainability” (View on GHP Site)

• Fred and Lois Mills Grant; Illinois State University; 2014
  "International Professional Practice"

• Friends of the Arts; Illinois State University; 2014
  "Touching the Work: MFA Thesis Exhibition Support"

• School of Fine Arts and College of Visual Arts; Illinois State University; 2014
  Career development grants toward Skopelos Foundation for the Arts Residency

• Friends of the Arts; Illinois State University; 2013
  "Historic & Contemporary Stone Photolithography"

• Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP); University of Minnesota Duluth; Spring 2010
  “Visual and Tactile Voices in Material and Mark-Making”

Collections

• Print Council of Australia; Fitzroy, VIC Australia

• Rockhampton Museum of Art, QLD Australia

• State Library of Victoria; Melbourne, VIC Australia

• Manly Library Artist Book Collection; Manly, NSW Australia

• Queensland College of Art; Brisbane, QLD Australia

• City of Yarra; Fitzroy, VIC Australia

• El Minia University; El Minia, Egypt

• Skopelos Foundation for the Arts; Skopelos, Greece

• Limerick School of Art & Design; Limerick, Ireland

• Illinois State University; Normal, IL

• Kendall College of Art & Design; Grand Rapids, MI

• University of Minnesota Duluth; Duluth, MN

Solo Exhibitions

• Woeful Bowlful - Seljak Brand - Highgate Hill, QLD Australia; 2023
  Brisbane Art & Design Festival 2023

• Glimpsework Studies - The Scratch - Milton, QLD Australia; 2023

• Marked Resemblances - ArtWorld Studio Gallery - Norman Park, QLD Australia; 2017

• We Could Linger - Illinois State University Transpace Gallery - Normal, IL; April 2015

• Featured Visual Artist - Twin Ports Gallery Progressive, Venue 2104 - Duluth, MN; April 2012

• Thereof & Thereby - Tweed Museum of Art - Duluth, MN; April 2010
  Printmaking, Photography, Installation

• Mixed Confus’dly - Tweed Museum of Art - Duluth, MN; 2009.
  Video installation [collaborative]: “reality television” culture critique.

Two-Person & Collaborative Exhibitions

• Speaking with Bees - Ipswich Community Gallery - Ipswich, QLD Australia 2024
  With Lillian Whittaker and Peter Breen

• While Here - Impress Printmakers' Co-op & Gallery - Brisbane, QLD Australia; 2014.
  With Claudia Husband

Group Exhibitions

• Confluence of Art Annual 2023 - Pablo Center at the Confluence - Eau Claire, WI; 2023.

• Commune - Museum of Brisbane - Brisbane, QLD; 2023.

• Confluence of Art Annual 2022 - Pablo Center at the Confluence - Eau Claire, WI; 2022.

• Burnie Print Prize 2021 - Burnie Regional Art Gallery - Burnie, TAS Australia; 2021.

• Tie, Tether, Tangle - Impress Printmakers Co-op & Gallery - Kedron, QLD Australia; 2020.

• 44th Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Awards - Gladstone Regional Art Gallery - Gladstone, QLD Australia; 2019.

• Burnie Print Prize 2019 - Burnie Regional Art Gallery - Burnie, TAS Australia; 2019.

• Rivers of Gold International Print Portfolio & Exchange 2017-2020
  - The Post Office Gallery; Ballarat, VIC AUS; 2020.
  - La Trobe University; VIC AUS; 2020.
  - Lakes District Museum and Gallery; Arrowtown, NZ; 2019.
  - Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Wales, UK; 2019.
  - Queensland College of Art, Project Gallery; Brisbane, QLD AUS; 2018.
  - IMPACT10 – ENCUENTRO; Santander, Spain; 2018.
  - Art at Wharepuke; Kerikeri, NZ; 2018.
  - Gympie Regional Gallery; Gympie, QLD AUS

• A Practice in Permanence - McLean County Arts Center - Bloomington, IL; 2018.

• 2017 Manly Library Artist’s Book Award - Manly Library - Manly, NSW Australia; 2017.
  Artwork "Latent Library — Manly Branch" acquired for the permanent collection.

• Inflection - Center for Fine Print Research, UWE Bristol - Bristol, UK; 2016
  Curated by Dr. Tim Mosely, Queensland College of Art - Griffith Center for Creative Arts Research

• Impressions 9; Impress Printmakers' Co-op & Gallery - Brisbane, QLD Australia; 2015

• Drawn on Stone; Northern Prints Gallery - Duluth, MN 2015

• Nine-Zero-One; Front Room Gallery - Williamsburg, NY, 2015

• MFA Biennial; Illinois State University Galleries - Normal, IL 2015

• Envisioning Poetry; Milner Library - Normal, IL 2015

• Student Annual; Illinois State University Galleries - Normal, IL 2014

• The Un-Miniature Show; Northern Prints Gallery - Duluth, MN 2013

• Compassion Art Festival; Cometogether Space - Bloomington, IL 2013

• Student Annual; Illinois State University Galleries - Normal, IL 2013
  Normal Editions Workshop Best Graduate Print Award

• PrintED: HERE; Portfolio Exchange; Limerick School of Art & Design - Limerick, Ireland 2013

• Black & White Expo; Juried International; Infinity Art Gallery - Online Exhibition 2013

• Printmaking Graduates: Recent Work; ISU Gallery 129 - Normal, IL 2013

• MFA Biennial; ISU University Galleries; Normal, IL 2013

• Bound Together; ISU Transpace Gallery; Normal, IL 2012

• Swimtime Gallery Show; Cometogetherspace; Bloomington, IL 2012

• Incoming Graduate Show; ISU Transpace Gallery; Normal, IL 2012

• Living Crucibles: Essay in Heat; Prøve Gallery; Duluth, MN 2012

• Strange Objects; Prøve Gallery; Duluth, MN 2012

• Tiny Art; Prøve Gallery; Duluth, MN 2012

• Stand Out Prints 2012; Highpoint Center for Printmaking; Minneapolis, MN 2012
  Juried National

• Selections from “Twenty: Highpoint’s 20th Co-op Exhibition”; Winona Art Center; Winona, MN 2012

• Inaugural 40 Under 40; Orville J. Hanchey Gallery – Northwestern State University; Natchitoches, LA January 2012
  Curator Invitational

• Monster Drawing Rally 4: Live Drawing Annual Fundraiser
  Midway Contemporary Art – Minneapolis, MN December 2011

• Twenty: Highpoint’s 20th Cooperative Exhibition
  Highpoint Center for Printmaking – Minneapolis, MN December 2011

• Hot off the Press: 19th Cooperative Exhibition
  Highpoint Center for Printmaking – Minneapolis, MN; July 2011

• North of the 45th; DeVos Art Museum – Marquette, MI; June 2010
  North Midwest Regional Annual

• Fresh, New, and True; Duluth Art Institute; March 17 – May 14, 2010
  Emerging Artist Biennial

• American Print 2009: Influence Someone; Foothills Art Center – Golden, CO; 2009.
  Political prints: satire, statement, and social commentary.

• Turkish/American Projects; Tweed Museum of Art – Duluth, MN; 2007

• UMD Annual Student Exhibition; Tweed Museum of Art – Duluth, MN; 2007 & 2010.

Direction & Curation

• I make circles You make circles; curated with Sam Buchanan; Illinois State University Transpace Gallery – Normal, Il; 2015

• Force of the North; Tweed Museum of Art (Advanced Internship) – Duluth, MN; 2009
  Directed first-session interns in developing & presenting an exhibition.

Publications

• Fine Art Hand Lithography Enrichment, Accessibility, and Sustainability (ISSI/GAF)

• Portfolio Catalogue "Rivers of Gold: An Art-Science Collaborative Project" (PDF)

• Portfolio Catalogue “A Community of Printmakers – A Gift Portfolio Honoring James D. Butler” 2012 (Lithograph “For Every Treadle its Rest”)

• Photographer’s Forum Best of College Photography: 2006 F, 2007 S&F, 2008 S.

• UMD Literary Guild Roaring Muse: 2009 (Etching “City of Sleep”).

Bibliography

• “UMD Printmakers make their mark in Colorado”
  UMD Statesman; 2/18/09 by Jami Reinhart

Distinctions

• Full Graduate Assistantship & Tuition Waiver; Illinois State University

• Departmental Honors; UMD Department of Art & Design

• Elizabeth Stein Scholarship in Printmaking; Illinois State University; 2013

• Normal Editions Workshop Outstanding Graduate Scholarship; 2013, 2014

• Work-Study Scholarship; Penland School of Fine Craft; Summer 2011

• Mortar Board National College Honor Society

• Isaac and Rose Gershgol Scholarship; 2008–2009, 2009–2010 (received twice).
  UMD Fine Arts Merit Award

• Raymond C. Darland Art Scholarship; 2008–2009, 2009–2010 (received twice).
  UMD Faculty-Nominated Merit Award

• Skomars Family Photography Scholarship; 2009–2010.
  UMD Photography Department Merit Award

Relevant Positions

• Brisbane Institute of Art; Instructor (Contemporary Printmaking); June 2016–Present

• Queensland College of Art (Griffith University); Printmaking Tutor; March 2016–Present

• Illinois State University; MFA Graduate Assistant (with tuition waiver); August 2012–May 2015

• Highpoint Center for Printmaking; Studio Intern; January 2012–June 2012

• Highpoint Center for Printmaking; Working Co-op Member; February 2011–January 2012

• Litwin Books, LLC; Book Design/Layout; February 2011–Present

• Tweed Museum of Art; Documentation/Event Photographer; November 2009–February 2011

• Duluth Art Institute; Artist Nexus Critique Facilitator; November 2009–Present

• University of Minnesota Duluth Printmaking Studio; Shop Technician; 2008–May 2010

• Art & Design Department; Peer Advisor; Fall 2009–Spring 2010

• Arrowhead Regional Arts Council; Student Term Board Member; Fall 2009–June 2011

• Tweed Museum of Art; Internship; Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 (TA)

• The Potter’s Shed; Glazing & Kiln Attendant; 2006 – 2008

Services

Professional Hand Printing (Litho, Intaglio, Relief, Experimental)
Artwork Documentation Photography
Artwork Installation & Mountmaking
Education