Education
2005 - 2008 Masters of Fine Arts degree, emphasis in painting and drawing.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, Alaska.
1999 - 2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, emphasis in painting and drawing.
The University of Montana (UM), Missoula, MT
Grants/Awards
2021 Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival: Artist of the Year
2020 Community Arts Development Grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts with fiscal sponsorship from The Folk School of Fairbanks
Rasmuson Foundation 2020 Individual Artist Award
The Alaska Chapter of the Awesome Foundation Grant
2019 “Art in the Garden” grant funding from Our Two Cents and Fairbanks Community Garden
2017 Northern Alaska Environmental Center: Artist of the Year
2007-2008 Graduate Fellowship, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
2005 - 2007 Teaching Assistantship, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
2005 Presidential Student of the Year Award, Department of Art,
The University of Montana, Missoula
2004 Marie Wallace Art Scholarship (UM)
1999 Lutheran Student Fellowship (UM)
Exhibitions
2021 From Fairbanks With Love, The Lemonade Stand, Anchorage Ak
F.A.M. Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, Ak
The Pink Show, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Ak
2020 All Alaska Biennial Exhibition, Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage, Ak
Members Exhibition, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Ak
13+ Group Exhibition, The Lemonade Stand, Fairbanks, AK
The Painted Quilt, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, Ak
2019 10 x 10, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, AK
64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
Art from the North: An Invitational Exhibition of New Works, Trax, Fairbanks, AK
Annual Membership Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2018 Limited Edition: Group Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
10 x 10 Membership Exhibition, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, AK
64th Parallel Juried Art Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
One Two Tree: A Group Collective Exhibition, curated by The Folk School of Fairbanks, Trax, Fairbanks AK
2015 FLOCK, Keller Allied Architect + Arts, Fairbanks, AK
2014 Limited Edition: Group Exhibition, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
Silver Salmon, Public Art Installation, Downtown Fairbanks, Tanana Valley Watershed Project, Fairbanks, AK
2012 Birds of Paradise: Solo Exhibition, Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, Ak
2011 A Birds Eye View Well Street Art Company, Fairbanks, AK
2010 Patterns of Influence: Elements of Change Juried Exhibition, The Bear Gallery- Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, AK
2009 New Artists: New Works Invitational Exhibition, Well St. Art Company, Fairbanks, AK
2008 Loop Dreams, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Annex Art Space, Ester, AK
2007 Open Invitational Exhibit, Annex Art Space, Ester, AK
Push and Pull: Annual MFA Exhibition, UAF Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
2006 The Hunt, Annex Art Space, Ester, AK
Annual MFA Exhibition, UAF Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
Faculty Exhibition, UAF Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
2005 Annual MFA Exhibition, UAF Art Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
Group Invitational Exhibition, Annex Art Space, Ester, AK
Sink or Swim: Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition,
The Gallery of Visual Arts (UM), Missoula, MT
Pinche Caliente, Solo Exhibition, Jeff Woods Gallery
Missoula, MT
Artist Collective Juried Exhibition, The Loft, Missoula, MT
10th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Gallery of Visual Arts (UM), Missoula, MT (Juror: George Gogas)
2004 SSCS Ceramic and Sculpture Juried Exhibition, Art Annex Gallery (UM),
Missoula, MT (juror: Lela Autio)
Gray Skies, Solo Exhibition, Crystal Limit Gallery, Missoula, MT
9th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Gallery of Visual Arts (UM),
Missoula, Mt (juror: Mary Farrell)
Performances, Residences and Collaborations
2020 Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge Artist in Residence
2017-2019 FLOW: Fairbanks Ladies of Wrestling An intersectional feminist performance art collaborative
2017 Alone in the Dark, original puppet creator for a Seward’s Follies Production, Dance Studio Fairbanks, AK
2007 The Sound of a Voice: a production of the Arctic Super Computing Center and the College of Liberal Arts, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Interplay: Nel Temp Di Sogno, Another Language Performing Arts Company, National Collaboration via Internet and ArtGrid and UAF
Employment
2019 Founder/Director of the Far North Quilt Trail Project, Fairbanks AK
2018-present Exhibition Technician, Bear Gallery, Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, AK
2017- present Instructor of Drawing and Painting, The Folk School Fairbanks, AK
2007 Instructor of Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Painting, Summer Visual Arts Academy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
2006-2007 Gallery Coordinator, UAF Art Gallery, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
2005-2007 Instructor of Beginning Painting and Beginning Drawing, Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
2005- 2015 Gallery Assistant, Well St. Art Company, Fairbanks, AK
2004-2005 Gallery Internship, Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Volunteer Experience
2018-Present Visual Arts Committee Member, Fairbanks Arts Association
2018- Present Aurora Borealis Cooperative Preschool Board Member
2010-2015 Fairbanks Arts Association Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, K
2009 Museum of the North, UAF, Fine Arts Collections Volunteer, under the directorship of Mareca Guthrie, Fine Arts Collections Manager
2008 Studio Assistant, Bread and Puppet Theatre Company, Glover, Vermont
2007 Summer Docent Tour Guide, Rose Berry Art Gallery, Museum of the North, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
2006 National PTA Reflections Program Juror, Wood River Elementary, Fairbanks, AK
Guest Artistic Coordinator for International Students, Denali Elementary School, Fairbanks, AK
Bibliography
David James, A Quilt Trail Comes to Fairbanks, The Daily News Miner, December 2019
Gary Black, First Friday Features, The Daily News Miner, April 4 2015
Micheal Kern, First Friday Show’s Feature UAF Master’s Candidates, The Sun Star, April 21, 2008
Kay Koerner, Art Piece of the Week, The Sun Star, September 12, 2006