My artwork explores the biology of living beings, bringing awareness to what goes on inside a living being and what makes life possible. I use painting, drawing, and photography to create surreal narratives for the viewer to contemplate. My motivation as an artist comes from my deep seeded curiosity of the human body, how it can develop from a microscopic size to a fully functioning organism. The best way I can think to describe my interest in human and animal anatomy is with a beehive. A beehive in itself is a natural marvel, but the humming that comes from within is far more interesting. Inside, where you cannot see are activities, functions, architecture, and behaviors that are very complex yet all you can hear from the outside is a light buzz. As an artist I would like to create works that act as a bee hive, they are appealing and intriguing on the surface, but the more time you spend with them you can realize a further deeper connection to biology and life itself.
EDUCATION
2013 University of Wisconsin-Stout I Menomonie, Wisconsin
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree I Cum Laude
Fine Art I Concentration in Painting
Minor I Applied Photography
2012 California State University San Bernardino I San Bernardino, California
- National Student Exchange Program
2011 Studied Fine Art and Photography
EXHIBITIONS I HONORS
2019 Collecting Roots, solo exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2017 Inner Architecture, Showroom , Minneapolis, MN
Locavore, group exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2016 Exposed, group exhibition, The New Bohemian Gallery, Brainerd, MN
Solo Exhibition, Forager, Rochester, MN
Traveling Exhibition, Minneapolis Art Lending Library, Minneapolis, MN
Group Exhibition, Gallery 24, Rochester, MN
2015 Luminous Bodies, Artscape, Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON
15th Annual Poet-Artist Collaboration, Zumbrota, MN
2014 Diverse Perspectives Salon, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN
Skin Deep, Solo Show, Salon Ori, St. Paul, MN
2013 Academic Honor Society Recipient, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
Altered Perceptions, Gallery 209, University of Wisconsin- Stout, Menomonie, WI
The Venue, Creative Salon, Rochester, MN
Exposing Our Underdraws Gallery 209, University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI
Prometheus I Second Place Award, Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
Exhibition, Cottage Winery and Vineyard Gallery, Menomonie, WI
2012 Printmaking Show, Gallery 106, San Bernardino, CA
42nd Annual Student Exhibition, Robert Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA
Be Here Now, Gallery 106, San Bernardino, CA
Dot Photozine Group Show, Lifework Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Exhibition, Menomonie Zombie Craw, Raw Deal Gallery, Menomonie, WI
Ink and Paper, Volume One Gallery, Eau Claire, WI
2009 Water is Life I Juried Scholarship Program, Southeast Minnesota Regional Competition, Rochester, MN
PUBLIC WORK
2018 Make A Wish, Artist Collaboration
2017 Make A Wish, Artist Collaboration
2013 Color Downtown I Transformer Box Project, Rochester, MN
2009 School Spirit Mural, Stewartville High School, Stewartville, MN
RESIDENCIES AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION
2016 Artist Residency at La Macina Di San Cresci, Greve in Chianti, Italy
2015 Luminous Bodies Artist Residency, Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, Toronto, ON
Painting ceramics at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN
