Education

2009    MFA, Painting Emphasis, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

2004    BFA, Painting Emphasis, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN

Professional Experience

2019    Assistant Professor of Practice, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.  Advanced Figure Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration,

Foundations Drawing, Motion Graphics, Studio Tech, Baccalaureate Student Advisor

2018    Assistant Professor of Practice, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.  Advanced Figure Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration,

Foundations Drawing, Motion Graphics, Studio Tech, Baccalaureate Student Advisor

            Instructor, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. Intro to Acrylic Painting and Color Theory, Intro to Mixed Media, Intro to Drawing

            Visual Arts Coordinator, North Dakota Governor School, NDSU

2017    Lecturer, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. 2-Dimensional Design, Advanced Figure Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration,

Foundations, Baccalaureate Student Advisor

            Juror, Hawley Art Show, Hawley, MN.

            Instructor, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. Intro to Acrylic Painting and Color Theory, Intro to Mixed Media

            Visual Arts Coordinator, North Dakota Governor School, NDSU

2016    Lecturer, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. 2-Dimensional Design, Advanced Figure Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration,

ArtBank Coordinator, Flakoll Gallery Coordinator, Baccalaureate Student Advisor

            Visual Arts Coordinator, North Dakota Governor School, NDSU

            Juror, Scholastic Art Awards, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND.

            Instructor, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. Intro to Acrylic Painting and Color Theory

2015    Lecturer, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. Intro to Art History, Foundations Basic Drawing II, Advanced Drawing Studio,

Art Bank Coordinator, Flakoll Gallery Coordinator

            Instructor, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND.  Intro to Acrylic Painting and Color Theory

2014    North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. Foundations Basic Drawing I (2 sections)

Adjunct Faculty, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN, Figure Drawing II (2 sections), Visiting Artist Colloquium

Coordinator

Juror, Davies High School Art Awards, Fargo, ND.

2013    Adjunct Faculty, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN, Basic Drawing II(2 sections), Intro to Life Drawing,

Colloquium Coordinator

2012    Adjunct Faculty, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN, Basic Drawing I(2 sections), Introduction to Foundation

2D Design(2 sections)

2011    Adjunct Faculty, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN, Introduction to Foundation 2D Design (2 sections)

2010    Introduction to Cartooning, Trollwood Performing Arts School, Moorhead, MN

2009    University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, Graduate Student Instructor of Record, Drawing

II, Basic Drawing and Color Materials (2 sections)

2008    University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, Graduate Student Instructor of Record, Basic

Drawing and Color Materials (4 sections)

2003    Teaching Assistant, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN

Exhibitions

2020 Human Rights Arts Festival, Group Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, Taube Museum of Art, Minot, ND, Bismarck Downtown

Arts Co-Op, Bismarck, ND

Solo Exhibition, North Dakota State Capital Building, Bismarck, ND

2019    Postcard Perspectives, Group Exhibition, Artspace at Untitled, Oklahoma City, OK

            Art Ghoullery, Juried Exhibition, Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN

            New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Face to Face, Solo Exhibition, Dakota Fine Art, Fargo, ND

Human Rights Arts Festival, Group Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND      

2018    Huddle Number 2, Group Exhibition, Brewery Art Lofts Shoebox Projects,

            Los Angeles, CA

            New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Faculty Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Memorial Union Gallery, NDSU, Fargo, ND

2017    New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Newvember Group Show, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Look, Group Exhibition, Fargo, ND

2016    Plains Art Museum, Instructor Exhibition, Fargo, ND

New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

2015    New Paintings, Solo Exhibitions, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Newvember, Group Exhibiton, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

Cave Paintings, Solo Exhibitions, Macrostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN

2014    TMI Hospitality Mural, West Fargo, ND

            New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Newvember, Group Exhibiton, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

2013    Figurative Mementos, Solo Exhibition,  Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Newvember Group Show, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Three Artists, Group Exhibition, Hotel Donaldson, Fargo, ND

MSUM Faculty Show, Group Exhibition, Hotel Donaldson, Fargo, ND

MSUM Faculty Show, Group Exhibition, Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery, MSUM,

Moorhead, MN

            Breathe In, Breathe Out, Solo Exhibition, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

2012    MSUM Faculty Show, Group Exhibition, Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery, MSUM,

Moorhead, MN

Under 40, Group Exhibition, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

Newvember, Group Exhibition, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

Transitions, Solo Show, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Under 40, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD

2011    New Drawings, Solo Show, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

2010    ArtView:Microcosm/Macrocosm, Solo Exhibition, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND

Abstract 100, Group Exhibition, Roland Dille Center for the Arts Gallery, MSUM, Moorhead,

MN

2009    New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Microcosm/Macrocosm: New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Empire Arts Center, Grand Forks, ND

Convergence, Master of Fine Arts Exhibit,  Col. Eugene E. Meyers Gallery, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Student Juried Show, Group Exhibition,University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

2008    Color and Texture, Solo Exhibition, Upfront Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Regional Collections, Group Exhibition, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

            Paintings, Solo Exhibition, North Dakota Museum of Art Café, Grand Forks, ND

2007    Student Juried Show, Group Exhibition,University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

            Juried Group Show, Group Exhibition, Upfront Gallery, Fargo, ND

            Paintings, Group Exhibition, Underbrush Gallery, Fargo, ND

2006   Group Show, Group Exhibition, Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center Juried Art Exhibit,

Moorhead, MN

            Paintings and Drawings, Solo Exhibition, Babb’s, Fargo, ND

            New Paintings, Group Exhibition, Underbrush, Fargo, ND

2005    New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Babb’s, Fargo, ND

            New Paintings, Group Exhibition, Underbrush Gallery, Fargo, ND

2004    New Paintings, Solo Exhibition Babb’s Fargo, ND

            Paintings, Group Exhibition, Underbrush Gallery, Fargo, ND

2003    BFA Exhibition, Roland Dille Center for the Arts, Minnesota State University Moorhead,

Moorhead, MN

            Solo Exhibition, Hotel Donaldson, Fargo, ND. First Recipient of Solo Student Room and

Purchase Award

MSUM Drawings, Group Traveling Exhibition, Scotland

            Group Show, Fergus Falls Invitational, Wage Center for the Arts, Fergus Falls, MN

            MSUM Student Juried Art Show, Roland Dille Center for the Arts, Minnesota State University

Moorhead, Moorhead, MN    Award: Juror’s Choice

            University of North Dakota Student Juried Show, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks,

ND,  Award: Honorable Mention

            Main Museum Mural, Cass County Historical Society, Bonanzaville, West Fargo, ND

2002    Group Show, Fergus Falls Invitational, Wage Center for the Arts, Fergus Falls, MN

Awards

2009    Distinguished Creative Exhibition, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota Student Juried Show Honorable Mention

MSUM Student Juried Show Juror’s Choice

2002    MSUM Mary Alexander Brumby Scholarship

2001    MSUM Mary Alexander Brumby Scholarship

Collections

Fargo City Hall, Fargo, ND

TMI Hospitality, West Fargo, ND

Fargo Forum, Fargo, ND

Pracs Corporation, Fargo, ND

            Blue Cross Blue Shield Corporate Office, Fargo, ND

            Vogel Law Firm, Fargo, ND

            West Acres Mall, Fargo, ND

            Hotel Donaldson, Fargo, ND

            Gate City Bank, Fargo, ND

            Dawson Insurance, Fargo, ND

            Work Featured in Over 100+ Private Collections

Publications

2009    UND Discovery Magazine, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Donations

2016    Plains Art Museum Spring Gala

2013    MSUM Alumni Foundation Founders Gala, MSUM, Moorhead, MN

2012    North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

2011    North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

Television

2012    Featured Artist Profile, Prairie Pulse, Prairie Public TV