RESUME

SELECT SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024   Fem-utility Closet, IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC

           Fem-utility Closet, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA), Lubbock, TX

2021   Dear Ruth, The Everyday Feminist, Saint Kate, Milwaukee, WI

           Pulling at Strands: History, Feminism & the Everyday, Arts@Large, Milwaukee, WI

2019   Mobile Home, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

           The Everyday Feminist, Ploch Art Gallery, Brookfield, WI

2018    The Everyday Feminist, UW-Madison Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI

            Mopping Up: New Works, Frank Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

            Mopping Up, Yardstick, Algoma, WI

2016    New Works, Clair E. Smith Gallery, Barrington, IL

2015    Serial Influences, Gallerie M, Intercontinental, Milwaukee, WI

2014    New Works, Leenhouts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2013    Moving Mountains, Frank Juarez Gallery, Sheboygan, WI

            Up, Down!, River Edge, Thiensville, WI

            Coal Piles, Mercy Hill Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2011    Draw, Paint, Carve, EFFJAY PROJEKTS, Sheboygan, WI

2009    Impromptu, Cedar Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

2006    New Works, Reuss Federal Building, Milwaukee, WI

2003    Outline, Konohana, Milwaukee, WI

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025    more waiting - just a little bit closer, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL

            Fem-Utility Closet: Cohabitate, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO

2024    Soft Structures Exhibition, Tooth + Nail Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

            Indiana Green Invitational, Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI

2023    Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

            Absurdity: In Dada We Trust, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

            Layers-Material and Meaning, SITE:Brooklyn Gallery, Online Curated by Bridget Donlon

            Down Low, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

            Here & Now: Work From MIAD Faculty, Brooks Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

            Sculpture: Motley Cruise, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

            From This Point Forward: An Exhibition of MIAD Alumni, Gallery at the Ave, Milwaukee, WI

2022    Soft Power, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Concourse Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

            Roe v. Wade: A Conversation Through Art, newARTspace, De Pere, WI

            3 Faces of Eve, 5 Points Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

            TMA Contemporary, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI

2021    Flat Files 2021, Collar Works, Troy, NY

            46 Artists for America's First Ladies, Art + Literature Lab, Madison, WI

            Constant Practice, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

2020    Made in Paint, The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, NY

            Existing in Thought, Scout Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

            Tension in the Ordinary, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI

2019    Infauxstructure, Opalka Gallery, Sage College, Albany, NY

            Indiana Green, Cedarburg Cultural Center, Cedarburg, WI

            (un)Told Stories, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD

            Body of Work, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

            39th Annual Secura Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI

            MKE Influencers, VarWest Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

            Place of the Artist, The Milwaukee Jewish Artists’ Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI

2018    The Everyday Feminist: Doing the Dishes, Main Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

            The Book Club: What Would We Do with Lynne Tillman?, Frank Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

            Bricks, Books, & Other Things, Wauwatosa Public Library, Wauwatosa, WI

            Recall, Remake, Reduce, West Bend Library, West Bend, WI

2017    The Jump Off, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI

             Inside Job, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

             MARN Mentor/Mentee Exhibition, Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

             FJG Inaugural Exhibition, Frank Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

             Eruption, Madison Public Library, Madison, WI

2016     Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI

             Detroit Biennale, Museum of New Art, Armada, MI

             94th Annual All Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

             Indiana Green: Then/Now, UW-Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI

             CultureJam MKE, Redline, Milwaukee, WI

2015     Error As Architecture: A Study of Play and Happenstance, Jazz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

             Eruption, Racine Arts Council, Racine, WI

             Preservatif, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN

2014     Forward 2014, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI

             Kinetic Hues, The David Adler Music and Art Center, Libertyville, IL

             Branding Creativity, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

2013     Salt, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI

2012     Schemata, UW-Sheboygan, Sheboygan, WI

             SRAM pART Project, Cedar Lake Theatre, New York, NY

             The Abstract Show, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL

             Indiana Green, EFFJAY PROJEKTS Gallery, Sheboygan, WI

             Abstraction: The Language of Art, Cedarburg Cultural Center, WI

2011     Things on Strings, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN), Milwaukee, WI

             Indiana Green, Juarez Invitational, Sheboygan, WI

             Best of Open Canvas, Pritzlaff Building, Milwaukee, WI

2010     Indiana Green, Juarez Invitational, Sheboygan, WI

             Milwaukee Artist Marketplace, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

2008     Around the Coyote Festival, Chicago, IL

             Hidden River Art Festival, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI

2007     Aqua Miami, Hotcakes Gallery, Miami, FL 

             Artist Marketplace, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

             Paradise Remixed, Cream City Collectives, Milwaukee, WI

2006     Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

             Hidden River Art Festival, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, WI

             Around the Coyote Fall and Winter Festival, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL 

             Curator’s Choice Exhibition ATC Winter Festival, Chicago, IL

             Artist Marketplace, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

             ArtWalk, Riverwest Artists Association, Milwaukee, WI

2005     Eight Counties, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

            Company Man, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Milwaukee, WI

            Artist Marketplace, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI

            ArtSplash, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

            ArtWalk, Riverwest Artists Association, Milwaukee, WI

2004    Around the Coyote Festival, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL

            ArtWalk, Riverwest Artists Association, Milwaukee, WI

2003    Hide House Gallery Night, Milwaukee, WI

            Members Exhibition, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI

PROJECTS 

The Everyday Feminist — November 2017 - PRESENT  

Collaborative that labors to ensure all genders' political, social, and economic equality. 

Recent activations include: 

The Everyday Feminist: Dear Eva, Art Institute of Chicago

The Everyday Feminist: Inhabit Gratitude, Winter Carnival, Lynden Sculpture Garden

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS AND PUBLIC ART ACQUISITIONS

Arts@Large

Littler Mendelson

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Northwestern Mutual

Mandel Group

Tax-Air

Marcus Corporation’s Saint Kate Arts Hotel

Milwaukee Area Technical College

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2022    Finalist Mary L. Nohl Established Artist Fellowship, jurors: Jadine Collingwood, Thomas James, Kimi Kitada

            Conversations in Practice Residency, Oxbow School of Art & Artists’ Residency

            Artist in Residence, Elmwood Elementary, New Berlin, WI

2021    Artist in Residence, Arts@Large, Milwaukee, WI             

2019    Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Residency, jurors: Susan Hapgood, Creighton Michael, Karen Wilkin

2017    Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Fund Award

2016    Finalist Mary L. Nohl Established Artist Fellowship, jurors: JoAnne Northrup, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Julie Rodrigues Widholm

2014    Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2013    Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Fund Award

2012    Artist in Residence, Mandel Group Creative Studio, Milwaukee, WI

2007   Jurors’ Choice Award, Hidden River Festival, Brookfield, WI

2006   Curator’s Choice Exhibition, Around the Coyote Winter Festival, Milwaukee

2003   Wisconsin Arts Board Community Collaboration Grant

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023    A New Vision: A Review of Milwaukee’s Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum, New City Art

            Spotlight on Women at Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum, Shepherd Express

2020    Made In Paint, Color Catalog, The Sam & Adele Golden Gallery

2018    Praxis Interview Magazine, Yale Radio

            Artful Investigation, M Magazine, January

            Mopping Up, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tap, January 14

            Mopping Up, Color Catalog, Frank Juarez Gallery

2016    Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Color Catalog, Wisconsin Visual Artists

             Indiana Green: Then/Now, Color Catalog, Frank Juarez Gallery

2015     Volume 29, Studio Visit Magazine V. 29, pp. 144-145

2014     Featured on Structure and Imagery, A Contemporary Art Blog by Paul Benke

             Indiana Green 5th Year Anniversary, Color Catalog, Frank Juarez Gallery

2013     Up and Close – Their Art. Their Stories. Directed by Kidder Films

             Book Cover, Masquerades & Misdemeanors, Hartford Avenue Poets

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee  — Adjunct Faculty, First-Year Experience 

August 2018 - PRESENT

Design and enhance the Fabrication and Research, Process, and Connection curriculum to be inclusive and serve the needs of the students. Acted as Fabrication Team Lead fostering collaboration between faculty, August 2021-December 2022.

Arts@Large, Milwaukee — Artist Educator 

January 2016 - PRESENT

Design and teach accessible and equitable arts curriculum for K4-12th Grade, collaborate with Milwaukee Public Schools classroom teachers and principals to meet the needs and desires of students and schools. Mentor and team teach with emerging artist educators.

BOARD SERVICE

Artworks for Milwaukee  2015-2017

Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Advisory Board Co-Chair 2013-2016

Milwaukee Artist Resource Network  2008-2012

Arts@Large 2006-2013

Riverwest Artists Association 1996-2002

EDUCATION

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI — Bachelor of Fine Arts

August 1993 - December 1996