Education
Master of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of Art & Design, Alfred University, Divisional Honors, 2001
Awards
Fulbright Fellow, Greece, 2009-2010
Institute of Museum and Library Sciences Grant, Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL, 2008
Student Leadership Recognition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008
Hilgos Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007
Emerging Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, 2005
Betty Bowen Memorial Award, PONCHO Special Recognition, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, 2003
Bishop & Merritt Scholarship, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 2002,2003, & 2005
GAP (Grants for Artists Projects) Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA, 2002
Apprenticeship, Benjamin Moore Inc., Seattle, WA, 2001-2002
Solo Exhibitions & Projects
From Beauty to Burden, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 2009
E Pluribus Unum, Chicago, IL 2009
• A collaboration working with the public to collect fabric scraps and sew them into quilts for the Chicago homeless
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2/Project Space, Chicago, IL, 2008 solo
Conserve-A-Story, Visiting Artist & Curator, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Chicago, IL, 2007-2008
• A collaborative community exhibition celebrating a neighborhood’s unwritten history as part of the Garfield Park Conservatory’s centennial celebration
Into the Blue, Viscosity Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2006 two person
Between Fragility & Vitality, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2006 solo
Momentary Presence, Bubba-Mavis Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2004 solo
Group Exhibitions
Clear Your Mind: Contemporary Glass Invitational, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IO, 2008
Now – Glass On the Cutting Edge, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA, 2007-2008
Do Not Disconnect, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL, 2007
EAiR Exhibition, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2006
Recovery Café, Juried Print Exhibition, Seattle, WA, 2005
Women’s Work: No Boundaries, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT, 2005
Artists of my Area/Era, Bubba-Mavis Gallery, Seattle Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2003
Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, 2001
Driving Prints, Touring Exhibition (Providence, RI; Alfred, NY; Boston, MA; Ithaca, NY), 2001
SiO2x5, 2B Named Gallery, Ohio State Univerisity, Columbus, OH, 2001
Del fuego a la FORMA, Pamil Fine Art Gallery, San Juan, PR, 2001
Bibliography
Moore, Rachel, ed. Conserve A Story, Original Smith Printing: Chicago, IL, 2009.
Furnari, Rachel. "Spoke." New City 12 March 2009: 13
Robinson, Michelle, ed. Clear Your Mind: Contemporary Glass Invitational, Figge Art Museum: Davenport, IO, 2008.
Carter, Bruce. "Pleasing Contradictions." River Cities‘ Reader 20 February 2008.
New Glass Review 27, The Corning Museum of Glass, 2006, p. 42
Forsythe, Jamie. "New Exhibit at Traver Gallery fits like a glove." Tacoma Weekly 16 February 2006.
Clayton, Alec. "Ahhs vs. Eews." Weekly Volcano, 2-8 March 2006.
Monty, Lynn. "Beyond the Traditional, Into the Limitless." Vermont Women June 2005: 19,29,30
Awodey, Marc. "Ladies‘ Rooms." Seven Days 22-29 June 2005: 55A
Galloway, Anne. "Redifining the Art of Women’s Work." Times Argus 10 June 2005.
Gisquet, Marina. "Women’s Work." Stowe Reporter 16 June 2005: 15
Oland, Dana. "Pilchuck Glass School Works Come to the Stewart Gallery." Idaho Statesman 30 Nov. 2004.
"Bringing Down A Betty.“ Seattle Post-Intelligencer 7 November 2003.
"Life and Arts." Seattle Post-Intelligencer 12 November 2003.
"Gallery." American Craft August/September 2001: 102
Lectures
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, "Public Art," presentation to a delegation of Korean curators and journalists, Chicago, IL 2008
Changing Worlds, "Community Based Art Practice," Columbia College, Chicago, IL 2008
Figge Art Museum, Artist Lecture, Davenport, IO, 2008
Midwest Art History Society’s ?Annual Conference, “Local Public Art in Chicago: The Pedagogy of Practice,” Chicago, IL, 2008
Cornish College of the Arts, Artist Lecture, Seattle, WA, 2005
Related Professional Experience
Co-founder & Director, Spoke, an exhibition and event space, Chicago, IL 2008-2009
Exhibition Manager, Department (Store), Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL 2008
• (Store) Manager for J.Morgan Puett’s exhibition at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Special Collections Assistant, Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Chicago, IL, 2007
Visiting Artist, Hilltop Artists in Residence/Wilson High School, Tacoma, WA, 2004
Artistic Program Advisory Committee Member, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA, 2005-2006
Artist Assistant, Benjamin Moore, Inc., Seattle, WA, 2002-2006
• Professional assistant to various glass artists including: Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Diane Hanson, Dante Marioni, Benjamin Moore, Debora Moore, Richard Royal, Preston Singletary, Boyd Sugiki
Printmaking Assistant & Intern, Chas Davis, Rochester, NY, 2000
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Glass Blowing, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA, 2005-2006
Instructor, Glass Blowing, More Fire Glass, Rochester, NY, 2000
Instructor, Ceramics, Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY, 2000
Teaching Assistant, Surabhi Ghosh, Screenprinting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2008
Teaching Assistant, Fraser Taylor, Screenprinting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007
Teaching Assistant, Early College Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007
Teaching Assistant, Lisa Hecht, Digital Printmaking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007
Teaching Assistant, Kait Rhoads, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 2005
Teaching Assistant, Debora Moore, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, 2004
Teaching Assistant, Benjamin Edols, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA 2004
Teaching Assistant, Kiki Smith & Dante Marioni, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, 2003
Teaching Assistant, Boyd Sugiki, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 2003
Teaching Assistant, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA, 2002-2005
