Education: 

2014    Master of Fine Arts. University of Nevada. Reno, NV

2011    Bachelor of Fine Arts. Southern Oregon University. Ashland, OR

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2014    American Pantheon. Galleries South. Reno, NV. 

2013    Nevada Horizon Lines. Performance at Camp WeChMe. Reno, NV

2012    Normalcy, Not Nostrums. Sierra Arts Gallery. Reno, NV

2011    Positive/Negative. Retzlaff Gallery. Ashland, OR.

2010    Deconstruction. Retzlaff Gallery. Ashland, OR.

            Those are My Ideas. Boise Cascade Gallery. Ashland, OR.

 

Group Exhibitions:

2014    UNR/MFA Haldan Gallery. South Lake Tahoe, CA

2013    Flight. Galleries South. Reno, NV

            UNR Student Juried Show. Sheppard Contemporary. Reno, NV

2012    UNR Student Juried Show. Sheppard Contemporary. Reno, NV

            Cross Section. Front Door Gallery, UNR. Reno, NV

            FICTILIS Astoria. The Lab. San Francisco, CA.

2011    Don't. Retzlaff Gallery, Hannon Library. Ashland, OR.

            Artifacts. Meyer Memorial Gallery. Ashland, OR.

            Schnieder Merit Award Artists. Boise Cascade Gallery. Ashland, OR.

2010    Ice and Light. Beyond Borders. Bellingham, WA.

            Containers of Consumption 1 thru 3. Blackfish Gallery. Portland, OR.

            Don't. Art Chairs Gallery. Ashland, OR.

2009    Student Show. SU Gallery. Ashland, OR.

            Seeds and Sparks. SPENW Conference. Seattle, WA.

 

Permanent Collections:

2014    Nevada Museum of Art - American Pantheon book. Reno, NV

            University of Nevada, Reno Special Collections - American Pantheon book. Reno, NV

2009    Southern Oregon University Chemistry Dpt. - Chemical Forms. Ashland, OR.

 

Public Art:

2014    Mondrian: City Planner. City of Reno, NV

 

Articles:

2014    Russell, Terri. "UNR Art Display Designed for Masters Degree." KOLO 8 News,

                   Reno. 29 Apr. 2014

            Rogers, Griffin. "Masters Students Display Art at College." Tahoe Daily Tribune,

                   South Lake Tahoe. 16 Jan. 2014

2013    Siwajian, Allyson. "Art in a Hard Place." Desert Companion. May 2013. 66-69.

2011    Aldous, Viki. "A Light Inside Melting Ice." Mail Tribune 15 Jan. 2011 

            Aldous, Viki.  "Positive/Negative." Ashland Daily Tidings. 15 Jan. 2011

2009    Thomas, Teresa. "Art Moves Outdoors at SOU." Mail Tribune. 23 Oct. 2009

 

Published Writings:

2013     "On the Rights of the Boston Bomer." Reno Gazette Journal. 29 Apr. 2013

2012     "On Rhetoric." Reno Gazette Journal. 8 Dec. 2012

 

Awards:

2013    UNR Artist Award

2012    Letter of Appreciation from Congressman Ron Paul for Normalcy, Not Nostrums

            Reno Gazette Journal Silver Pen Award

2011    Schneider Merit Award in Art

2010    Nominated for ISC Outstanding Student Achievement Award

            Leon Mulling Award.

            SOU Representative at Blackfish Gallery

            Beyond Borders Honorable Mention

 

Guest Lectures: 

2014    Nevada Horizon Lines, Open Action Workshop with the M12 Collective

2013    Art and Politics in Modernism, UNR Art History 261 visiting lecturer.

 

Related Work Experience:

2014    Visual Foundations Instructor UNR

            CCAI Artist In Education

2013    Teaching Assistant to Art 261 - Survey of Art History II

            Visual Foundations Instructor UNR

            CCAI Artist in Education

2012    Visual Foundations Instructor UNR 

            CCAI Artist in Education

2011    Hannon Library Special Collections Photographer

2010    Assisted Mike Rathbun's Schneider Museum Installation.

2008    Foundry Worker, Precision Castparts Corporation.