Education

2004 BA Fine Art (with Honors), Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

Additional Study

2009 Marylhurst University, graduate level coursework in Art Therapy Counseling

2003 National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

2002 Marchutz School of Art, Aix-en-Provence, France

2002 Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughn, Ireland

Awards and Distinctions

Art Therapy Scholarship (Marylhurst University)

Myra Levick Scholarship (American Art Therapy Association)

Eleanor Layfield Davis Art Scholar (Wake Forest University)

Richter Grant Recipient

Exhibitions

2011 Harmless Environments, Half/Dozen Gallery, Portland, OR 

2011 Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA 

2011 Spread Ego, PLACE Gallery, Portland, OR 

2011 New Views, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 

2010 Transition, Tribute Gallery, Portland, OR 

2009 Wish You Were Here, ConfluxCity, New York, NY

2009 The Grid, MP53, curated by TJ Norris, Portland, OR

2009 ReUnion: Self, Re:Vision Gallery, Portland, OR

2009 Chronicle Exhibition, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR

2007 Off They Flew, Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2006 InClover, Mt. Scott Park, Portland, OR (curated by Scott Wayne Indiana)

2006 Boredom: I Learned it by Watching You, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2005 18 Independent Artists, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2005 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum; Coos Bay, OR (curated by Norman Lundin, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington)

2005 And at That Moment I Knew I was Addicted, FIX Gallery, Portland, OR

2005 Mindstates, Portland Commissioner Sam Adams’ office; Portland, OR

2004 Solving for X, Charlotte and Philip Hanes Gallery; Winston-Salem, NC

2003 Impressions, Urban Artware; Winston-Salem, NC 

Curatorial

2010 I Want to Feel at Home Here, Milepost 5, Portland, OR

Press

PORT (portlandart.net): "Who to watch in 2012" (December 2011) 

PORT (portlandart.net): The Score III (review, December 2011) 

PORT (portlandart.net): First Friday pick (August, 2011) 

Oregon Home Magazine: "Map it Out" (May, 2011) 

Willamette Week:  "New Views" (review, January 29, 2011) 

Blanket Magazine, Issue 24: featured artist/interview (September 2010) 

Secret Still (October 2010) 

The World's Best Ever: "Paint by Map" (September 2010) 

Gizmodo: "Painter Transforms Google Maps into Works of Art" (October 2010) 

Notcot.org: featured artist (2010)

“Brush with discovery,” Window on Wake Forest, November 2003

Three to Four Ounces, Spring 2004 (work selected for cover)

Residencies

Signal Fire, Bull of the Woods Wilderness, Oregon 2011 

Artist-in-Residence: Burren College of Art, Co. Clare, Ireland 2003

Collections

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC