Lives and works in Eugene, Oregon
Education
2023
M.F.A. in Studio, Interdisciplinary, School of Art the Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019-2021
Structured mentorship with artist Lenka Clayton
1993
M.A. in English Education, emphasis in creative writing, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
1988
B.A. in Art, English, Secondary Education, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI
Solo | Small Group Exhibitions
2025
Be Right Back, Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR (solo, upcoming)
Midwife a Life, Hallie Brown Ford Gallery, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR (solo, upcoming)
2024
Tell Me Who You Are, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
Trace Extractions, with Stefani Byrd and Stephanie Serpick, Cascade Paragon Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2023
Epilogue for a Life, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2022
Ways of Being, SITE 280 Gallery, School of Art Institute of Chicago
Trace Extractions: Interior Awareness of Pandemic Spaces, with Stefani Byrd and Stephanie Serpick, Leonor R. Fuller Gallery, Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA
2021
Work/Life, Gallery at Rhodes Arts Center, Northfield Mount Hermon, Mount Hermon, MA
Xylem, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Selected Exhibitions
2024
Material Acts: Experimentation in Art and Design; Material Library, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles
Material Flux, Surface Design Association Fall 2024 Selections, Albuquerque, NM
Mama Needs a Raise! Towards a "Utopian" Care Economy, Old Stonehouse & Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY
Cuts Across, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Tryst, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2023
We've Come a Long Way...? The Art Center Highland Park, Highland Park, IL
Growing Up Now, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Scope Art Fair, Nickerson Projects, Miami FL
This is How I See It (activation), SAIC Galleries, School of Art Institute of Chicago
Procreate Project Archive, Manchester Craft and Design Centre, Manchester, UK
My Private Property, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
Care and Collaboration, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
(RE)PRODUCTION, Air Gallery, Altrincham, Manchester, UK
2022
(RE)PRODUCTION: PARENTHOOD AND THE ART WORLD, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Who's Story Is It? Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
errant roots (activation), School of Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Center
Apocalypse, Maybe, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2021
Acting/Balance(d), Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Maternochronics: Maternal Exhaustion in the Time of Pandemic (online)
Ritual | Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MS
Spectrum, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
ConTEXT, Art Fluent (online)
Home, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Text and Visual Language, St. Louis Arts Guild, St. Louis, MO
Artist-Parent Pandemic Video and New Genres, College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference
Womyn’s Werq, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NY
“You Are Not Wonderful Just Because You Are a Mother”- Ishiuchi Miyako, Paris, TN
2020
TSA_PDF x SVA, Tiger Strikes Asteroid and The School of Visual Arts, Fall 2020 Exhibition
Home and Revolution, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
42nd Annual, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NY
North x Northwest: Women’s Work, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Home-works, Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2019
Small Works 2019 Exhibition, Main Street Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY
re: birth, Spilt Milk Gallery, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
2016
Invisible Cities, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
Published Work | Media
2025
"Ode to the Mundane" and other poems, Gone Feral, Demeter Press, Toronto, Canada (forthcoming)
2024
Acts of Creation Competition: North America Edition, Longlist Day 28, curated by Hettie Judah
Friends with Fiber, Surface Design Association Winter 2024 Journal
Kinhouse, exhibition catalog, Kinhouse Gallery and Residency, Fort Wayne, IN
2023
“Finding Equilibrium, Releasing Pressure: Exhibitions in Lubbock Address Women’s Labor and Care", Glasstire, Texas Visual Art
2021
Variation on “Extol", Grayscale, Torpor House
2020
Day 12: Light, Love, and Toilet Paper Rolls, Social Distancing: A Global Community Publication, Mar /Apr, Design Arts Utah ‘20 exhibition
“Mother/Daughter" and "Claire Margaret's Liminal Move", Home-works, Spilt-Milk Gallery
2012
“Adirondack Visits", Literary Life Center Chapbook, Grand Rapids, MI, Volume 3
Residencies | Artist Presentations | Grants
2025 | 2026
Conversations on Embodied Cognition and Rest with Dr. Kelley Munger, Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR (upcoming)
Be Right Back, A Call and Response Performance, Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR (upcoming)
2024
Poor Farm: Living Within the Play (residency), Little Wolf, Wisconsin
Sub-Par Residency, Morehead City, NC
SECAC 2024 Conference, Projects and Collaborations: Trace Extractions: Variant Evidence of Wayfinding, with Stefani Byrd, Atlanta, GA
Tell Me Who You Are, Helen DeVitt Jones Studio Gallery, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
Oregon Arts Commission in partnership with The Ford Family Foundation Documentation Support Grant
2022
Conversations on Attachment with Dr. Kelley Munger, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Panel Talk, Trace Extractions: Interior Awareness of Pandemic Spaces, Leonor R. Fuller Gallery, Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA
Labor Made Visible, Guest Artist Lecture, Advanced Drawing Course, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
2021
Third Place, Text and Visual Language, St. Louis Arts Guild, St. Louis, MO
Xylem Group Show Panel Artists Talk
2020
Artist Residency Project, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Integrity: Arts and Culture Association, September mini-grant
2019
Artist Residency in Motherhood, September 2019 - May 2021, Eugene, OR
2005
Grandville Education Foundation Grant
Professional Pedagogical Experience
1995-2010
Tenured Art Instructor, Grandville High School, Grandville, MI
· Developed syllabi and course structure for Honors Art, Independent Study, and Advanced Placement Art Supervision.
· Developed syllabi and course structure for thematic based, interdisciplinary art courses rotating on a three-year sequence in a variety of media to include drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, and printmaking
· Supervised approximately 150 students in three-four different course syllabi per semester within interdisciplinary structure and/or advanced student coursework. Modeled and presented problem-based creative explorations, evaluating student academic progress through weekly in-depth individual conferences and workshop critiques after extensive student feedback training
· Facilitated portfolio application assessment for students pursuing B.F.A program acceptance and Advanced Placement Art credit
1995-2006
Tenured English Instructor, Grandville High School, Grandville, MI
· Chaired development of restructured junior year curriculum into yearlong World Literature course with curricula emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
· Developed syllabi, course structure, and taught Creative Writing, College Writing, American Literature, Senior Writing, World Literature, Freshman Language Arts, and Independent Study
1995
Assistant for Anthropological fieldwork in Guyuk, Nigeria
· Provided research support, childcare for two-year-old son, food preparation based on products sourced from market availability, and maintenance all within compound of three mud huts in rural village. Lacked running water, regular electricity, and cultural representation
1991-1994
English Instructor, Williamsville East High School, Williamsville, NY
· Developed syllabi, course structure, and taught thematic based, 10-week and 20-week English courses grouped heterogeneously, based on academic classification and varied grade-levels to include instruction on 30 different novels and books of poetry over three years.
1988-1990
6th/7th Grade Blended Class Instructor, BCS, East Los Angeles, CA
· Developed syllabi, course structure, and taught sixth and seventh grade language arts, math, science, social studies, physical education, and art with students from socio-economically compromised backgrounds.
· Developed and initiated Outdoor Science Education Program to include one-week overnight camps near Big Bear Mountain
Teaching Certificates
Michigan Art and English Certificate, grades 9-12; all subjects, grades 7-9
New York State Language Arts Certificate, grades 9-12
Professional Organizations and Memberships
College Art Association
Southeastern College Art
International Sculpture Center
Surface Design Association
Community Service
Designed participant materials and artwork for Upstream Retreats
Art, language arts, math, library science enrichment and instruction | Edison Elementary
Grandville High School Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) Advisor
Successful support of students in Scholastic Arts Competitions
Grandville High School Literary Magazine Editor, le raison d'être
Grandville High School Junior Class Advisor
Williamsville East High School Amnesty International Advisor
Williamsville East High School Junior Class Advisor
Williamsville District Professional Development Presenter, Heterogeneous Whole Language Instruction
Just Buffalo Literary Center Writing Workshop Leader