EDUCATION

2007	Masters of Fine Arts	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville           Edwardsville, Illinois
2004	Master of Arts	Eastern Illinois University           Charleston, Illinois
2003	Bachelor of Arts	Eastern Illinois University          Charleston, Illinois
2001	Associate of Arts	Springfield College of Illinois           Springfield, Illinois

EMPLOYMENT

2017 - Present	Assistant Professor of Art, Painting and Drawing                             Midwestern State University                                                Wichita Falls, Texas
2009 - 2017	Full Time Instructor - 2D Design, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Painting, Senior Seminar                             Southern Illinois University Edwardsville                                                Edwardsville, Illinois
2009 - 2017	Instructor - Basic Design I, Figure Drawing                             Lewis and Clark Community College                                                Godfrey, Illinois
2009	Instructor - Drawing, American Art History                             Blackburn College                                                Carlinville, Illinois
2008	Instructor - Drawing I                             Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,                                                Edwardsville, Illinois
2007 - 2009	Instructor - Painting I, Painting II, Art Appreciation,                             Springfield College in Illinois                                                Springfield, Illinois
2007 - 2008	Instructor - Figure Drawing                             Southern Illinois University Edwardsville                                                Edwardsville, Illinois
2005 - 2007	Graduate Instructor                             Southern Illinois University Edwardsville                                                Edwardsville, Illinois
2004 - 2005	Graduate Assistant                             Southern Illinois University Edwardsville                                               Edwardsville, Illinois
2003 - 2004	Graduate Instructor                             Eastern Illinois University                                               Charleston, Illinois

SELECT SOLO AND JURIED SHOWS

2018	Heat Wave, Cindy Lisica Gallery, Houston, TX  Sin Eaters, Mildred M. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2017	A Place Kinder Than Home, Strawn Gallery, Jacksonville, IL Two Brothers: Points of Origin, two person show, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO Tell Me a Story, Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO Game On!, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2016	Retro / Future, solo show, Lincoln Land Community College Gallery, Springfield, IL Level - Up, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL The Art of Craft, Regional Arts Commission Gallery, St Louis, MO
2014	New Works, solo show, Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis, MO Miami Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL Art in the Post-Digital Landscape, Art and Design Gallery, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL NY Select Art Fair, New York, NY Liar Liar, Fontbonne University Gallery, St Louis, MO
2013	It’s About Time: Past, Present, and Future, St Charles Community College, St Charles, MO Graphic Content, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL Misperception, Art St Louis, St Louis, MO
2012	Intersecting Narratives, Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis, MO Awards of Excellence, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
2011	7th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL Source and Destination, solo show, St Louis Community College, St Louis, MO
2010	Either/Or, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL EAC No 1. All Media Art Exhibition, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL
2009	Communiqué, solo show, RMD Gallery, Springfield, IL Source Interlingua Target, solo show, Springfield College of Illinois, Springfield, IL
2008	Pixels and Pages, Exhibit One Gallery, Stillwater, OK Pattern and Pixels, Art Saint Louis, St Louis, MO
2007	Pulp and Pigment Project, Fort Gondo, St Louis, MO MFA Thesis Exhibition, solo show, New Wagner Gallery, Edwardsville, IL

SERVICE

2018	Project Head, "Martin Luther King Jr Mural", MLK Center, Wichita Falls, Tx
2013 - 2017	Board Member - Exhibitions Director, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL
2017	Curator, "Void - Places without People, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL Juror, "Tell Me a Story", Foundry Arts Centre, St Charles, MO
2016	Curator, "Level - Up", Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL
2015	Co-Curator, "In Black and White", Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL Visiting Artist / Lecturer, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND Visiting Artist / Lecturer, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2014	Curator, "Spark and Flame", Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL Curator, "Literally Figurative", Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, IL
2011	Juror, “Midwest Salute to the Arts”, Fairview Heights, IL Guest Speaker, Rembrandt Society Convention, lecture and demonstration, Collinsville, IL
2006	Designer and Lead Artist, "Laurie's Place mural", Edwardsville, IL

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