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Education

Master of Fine Arts, Photography
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Digital Art, (cum laude)
Bowling Green State University, 2004

Teaching History

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2006-2008)
Introduction to Photography Instructor (Instructor of Record)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, (2006)
Teacher’s Assistant, Photography

Professional Experience

Professional Black & White Print Technician, (2008-2009)
V-Lab, Evanston, Illinois

Freelance/Event Photographer, (2007-present)
Previous clients include: Jambase.com, SmilePolitley.com, OverUC.com, VenusZine.com & Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation and Trust

Computer Lab and Photographic Darkroom Technician, (2005-2007)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Art Gallery Assistant/Intern, (2009)
Tamarind Art Gallery, New York, NY

Art Gallery Assistant, (2008-2009)
I Space Gallery, Chicago, IL

Exhibitions

2008

Pulse of a Perfect Heart, I Space, Chicago, Illinois (July-August) Melissa Porkony and Jason Foumberg (curators)

Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois

2007

20 Feet, 200 Fingers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (performance)

Independent Media Center Fest, Independent Media Center, Urbana, Illinois

22nd Biennial Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition, Cedarhurst Art Center, Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Juried by Andrew J. Walker, Assistant Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of American Art, St. Louis Art Museum (catalogue)

The Coalition of Photographic Arts 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Juried by Brian Ulrich (catalogue)

Forgotten and Altered, Opensource Art, Champaign, Illinois

Publications

Wassenaar Magazine. (We Can’t Paint Network) Premiere issue, October 2008
http://wecantpaint.com/wassenaar/index.html

Grants/Fellowships

IMC Fest Artists Preview Their Exhibits, featured on the217.com, November 10, 2007

Snap Judgments, review of Coalition of Photographic Arts 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 17, 2007

Professional Service

Juror, Illini Union Board Art Gallery Photo Competition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April, 2007

Juror, Illini Union Board Art Gallery Photo Competition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January, 2006