GRANTS AWARDED
Illinois Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship, Visual Art, 2002
Illinois Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship, Visual Art, 2000
Arts Midwest /National Endowment for the Arts Regional Artist’s Fellowship, Works on Paper, 1994
NAP Grant, City of Chicago Dept. Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL, 1994. 1993, 1992
CAAP Grant, City of Chicago Dept. Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL, 1992, 1991
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Currently: Practicing Artist
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2000-2002
Adjunct Faculty positions held in Printmaking at:
Columbia College, Chicago IL 1990-1995
Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL 1994-5
Triton College, River Grove IL 1992-3
Barat College, Lake Forest, IL 1995
Assistant Director & Printmaking Instructor, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, 1992-1999
Jury Panel, C A A P Grants-Visual Arts, Chicago Dept.Cultural Affairs, 1994, 95
Visiting Artist, Concordia College, Moorhead MN, 1996
Resident Artist, Centrum voor grafiek Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium, 1994
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
ArtXposium, West Chicago, IL, September 2008
“Chicago Looks,” Public Art Project, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Riverwalk between Clark and Dearborn, 2008-2011
Massive Markets, Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, TN, two-person show, July 2008
eBay Painting Series, Substation No 9, Hammond, IN, April-June 2008
The Artist Project, Merchandise Mart/Artropolis Chicago, April 2008
Works on (and of) Paper, Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL, September 2007
EBay Painting Series, Open Studio at 179 N State, Chicago IL, January 2007, Public Art Program of the
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
South Shore Arts Center Salon Show, Munster, IN, award of distinction, 2006
“On the Mark: Chicago Printmakers Collaborative 1989-2005,” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Il, 2005
12 × 12, A Record Bin Art Show,” ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2005
“Le Papier,” group exhibition, Gescheidle Gallery, Chicago Il, 2005
“Sanctuary,” invitational exhibition for the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 2003
“CPC: a Decade of Printmaking,” Belloc-Lowndes Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2000, group exhibiton
“100 Proof,” Workshop Print Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1999, group exhibition
“Unlimited Editions,” Riverside Arts Center, Riverside, IL, 1998
“Small Packages,” Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1998, group exhibition
“Dwelling,” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL, 1997, group exhibition
Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL, 1997, Jeanine Ryding, curator, four-person exhibition
Cyrus M Running Gallery, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, 1996, solo exhibition
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 1996, juried group exhibition
Flora 96, Chicago Botanic Garden, Lake Forest, IL, 1996, juried group exhibition
InsideArt Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1996, two-person exhibition
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1996, juried national print biennial
“Printmaking in Chicago” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL, 1996, group exhibition
Morton College, Cicero, IL, 1996, solo exhibition
Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI, 1995, two-person exhibition
“Six from Chicago,” Cotman Gallery, King’s College, Wimbledon, England 1995
Prints Using Photographic Processes, Workshop Print Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1994, two-person exhibition
Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1994, CPC group exhibiton
Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO, 1992, juried group exhibition
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA, 1991, The Boston Printmakers Exhibition
“The Printed Image,” St. Bonaventure University, Allegheny, NY, 1989, three-person exhibition
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, 1989, group exhibition
Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA, 1989, two-person exhibition
Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA, regional juried exhibition, 1989, purchase award
Main Public Library Gallery, Columbus, OH, 1988, two-person exhibition
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, regional juried exhibtions in 1988, 1989
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, 1987, regional juried exhibition
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 1987, Columbus area artists juried exhibition
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Royal Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium, Centrum voor grafiek Frans Masereel Archives
The Howard Memorial Drawing Collection, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
Traveling Collection of the Greater Harrisburg Arts Council
Print Collection of the Patee Arts Library, University Park, PA
SELECTED REVIEWS
Johnathan Marx, “The Showroom Brings New Art, New Images to Downtown Gallery District,” The Tennessean, July 6, 2008
Tim Shellberg, “A Play on Imagery,” Northwest Indiana Times, May 2, 2008
Yolanda Perdomo, “Artists at Work,” Chicago Journal, January 2007
Roger Green, “Artworks Share a Shift in Perception,” The Grand Rapids Press, November 30, 1995
Jeanine Ryding, “Prints Using Photographic Processes,” Journal of the Mid-America Print Council, October 1994
Robin McCloskey, “Computer Imaging and Woodcuts,” The California Printmaker: The Quarterly Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, December, 1993
Margaret Hawkins, “Near West Gallery Draws Viewers into Artists’ World,” July 17, 1992
EDUCATION
MFA: Printmaking, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
BA: French, Luther College, Decorah, IA
Year Abroad - University of Nottingham, England