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Curriculum vitae
Education
2002 Miami University, MA, Art Education
1997 Miami University, MFA, Sculpture
1995 Miami University, BFA, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics
Awards
2024 Whitewater Valley Art Competition, Honorable Mention, I.U. Richmond, IN
2023 Best of Show, Whitewater Regional Art Exhibit, Connersville, IN
First Place, HWD 2023, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Award of Distinction, Untitled 3, Athens Gallery, Crawfordsville, IN
2020 Lilly Endowment
2019 Best of Show, "Untitled" National Exhibition, Athens Art Gallery, Crawfordsville, IN
Best of Show, Evendale Art Exhibition, Evendale Arts Center, Evendale, OH
First Place, Whitewater Valley Regional Art Exhibition, Connersville, IN
Best of Show, Hamilton Current, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
Honorable Mention, HWD, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
People's Choice Aware, HWD, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Directors Choice Award, ViewPoint 51, ADC, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Solid Fitness Award, State of the Art: Art of the State, Rensselaer, IN
2017 Best of Show, WWVA Regional Exhibition, Connersville, Indiana
2016 Bicentennial Award, Indiana Now 2016, The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, Indiana
Best of Show 3D, Teachers As Artists, Creative Arts and Events Center, Greenfield, Indiana
2015 Best of Show, 47th Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio
2nd Place, Body and Soul, Kreft Gallery Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2014 Honorable Mention, 21st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, Indiana
2012 Lilly Endowment for Teacher Creativity
2005 Best of Show, Interpretations of the Figure, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana.
2001 Juror award, The May Show, Zahorec-Hughes Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2001 Best 3 dimensional work, 37th Annual Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio.
2000 Best of Show, 36th Annual Greater Hamilton Art Show, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio
1999 Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Art Education, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
1998 Honorable Mention, Feed the Body, Feed the Soul II, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio
1995 Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Fine Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Down the Rabbit Hole, Oxford, Community Arts Center, Oxford, OH
Memory Keepers, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2023 I am, We are, Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN
2022 Siblings and Other Such Oddities, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
2021 I am We are, Twenty North Gallery, Greenfield, IN
Siblings and Other Such Oddities, Oxford Community Arts Center,
Oxford, OH
2019 I am, We are, Oxford Community Art Center, Oxford, Ohio
2018 I am, We are, Arts Place, Portland, IN
I am, We are, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN
I am, We are, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2011 Stand, solo installation, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Sacrifice, solo installation, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
2002 Nesting Instinct, installation, The Carnegie Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Covington, KY
2000 Emerging Forces, MA Thesis, Hiestand Gallery, Oxford, Ohio
1997 Phylotipic Convergence, MFA Thesis, Hiestand Gallery, Oxford, Ohio
Juried and Group Exhibitions
2024 Member show, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
Explorations in Fiber, Art Association of Henry County, New Castle, IN
Whitewater Valley Art Competition, I.U. Richmond, IN
2023 Miami Made, Miami University Hiestand Gallery, Oxford, OH
Whitewater Regional Art Exhibit, Connersville, IN
Teacher Exhibition, University of Saint Francis, Ft. Wayne, IN
2023 Evendale Cultural Arts Exhibit, Cincinnati, OH
Untitled 3, Athens Gallery, Crawfordsville, IN
2022 76th Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
Members Show, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, O
2021 Miami University Faculty Alumni Exhibition, Oxford , OH
WACC 128th Exhibition of Women's Art, Cincinnati, OH
Hamilton Current, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio
2020 Evendale Fine Arts Exhibit, juried, Evendale Cultural Arts Center, Evendale, Ohio
2019 "Untitled" National Juried Exhibition, Athens Art Gallery, Crawfordsville, IN
Evendale Art Exhibition, Juried, Evendale Arts Center, Evendale, OH
Whitewater Valley Regional Art Exhibition, Juried, Connersville, IN
Hamilton Current, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Juried, Hamilton, OH
HWD Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, OH
ViewPoint 51, Juried, Cincinnati Art Club, ADC, Cincinnati, OH
Art as Advocacy, Juried, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Clay Cubed 3, Juried, Clayspace Gallery, Lisle, IL
2018 Members Show 2018, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
Spotlight Gallery, Roland Art Center, Fort Wayne, IN
Craft: The Real Stuff, Friendship Gallery, Dillsboro, IN
The 25, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH
State of the Art: Art of the State, Rensselaer, IN
2017 Real People, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Traversing, Dual Exhibition, Dearborn Highland Arts Council, Lawrenceburg, IN
45th International Juried Art Show, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
Spotlight Gallery, Roland Art Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Guest Artist, Pop Revolution Gallery, Hamilton, Ohio
Into the Woods, Group exhibition, Pop Revolution Gallery, Mason, Ohio
Whitewater Valley Regional Exhibition, Connersville, Indiana
2016 Parallel Visions, San Guiseppe Gallery , Cincinnati, OH (group)
64 Arts National Juried Exhibition, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL (juried)
HWD 2016, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH (juried)
23rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, IN (juried)
Indiana Now 2016, The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, Lafayette, IN (juried)
Re/Collections 2016, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH (group)
Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Members Showcase, Hamilton, OH (group)
Teachers As Artists, Creative Arts and Event Center, Greenfield, IN (juried)
Dogwood Regional Art Exhibition, Emporium Center, Knoxville, TN (juried)
2015 47th Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio (juried)
Body and Soul, Kreft Gallery Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan (juried)
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan (juried)
Biennial Quad-State Exhibit, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois (juried)
Primary Colours Installation Nation Outdoor Exhibit, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana (juried)
HWD, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio (juried)
ViewPoint 47, Eisele Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio (juried)
2014 21st Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Krempp Gallery, Jasper, Indiana (juried)
Parallel Visions X, San Giuseppe Gallery, College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio (group)
2012 Teaching Art Exhibition, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana (group)
2005 Interpretations of the Figure, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana. (juried)
2003 Splendid Art in the Grass, Ohio River Grass, Cincinnati, Ohio (group invitational)
2001 The May Show, Zahorec-Hughes Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. (juried)
37th Annual Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio. (juried)
From the Earth, Grailville Arts, Loveland, Ohio (group invitational)
2000 Feed the Body, Feed the Soul III, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio (juried)
State Juried Art Competition, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio (juried)
Recycled, Reborn, Grailville Arts, Loveland, Ohio (group invitational)
36th Annual Greater Hamilton Art Show, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio. (juried)
1999 35th Annual Greater Hamilton Art Show, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio (juried)
1998 Feed the Body, Feed the Soul II, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio. (juried)
1997 Whitewater Valley Art Show, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana (juried)
The Harvest, Base Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio (group show)
33rd Annual Greater Hamilton Art Show, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Ohio (juried)
1995 Mud People, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California (group show)
The Graduate Show, Ester Allen Greer Museum Gallery, Rio Grande, Ohio (group show)
Viola Peacock, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, Ohio. Best of Show (juried)
Collections
Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
Shared Harvest Food Bank, Fairfield, Ohio
Private Law office Collection, Indianapolis, Indiana
Private Law office Collection, Greenville, South Carolina
Numerous private collections throughout U.S., Canada, and Europe
