Based on my personal narratives about how I perceive society, the ideas and symbols I have worked out in these creative explorations are then realized in the form of woodblock prints.
New forms of communication and the internet are important motifs for my work because they prompt a nostalgia for pre-surveillance, pre-internet life, and document the ever-growing and dominating digital and mechanical world.
Passive consumption of images through new media devices has disrupted active engagement with physical works such as prints; as a visual artist, this idea is terrifying and worth exploring.
CV
B. 1990
Education
2013 BA in Art, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse
La Crosse, WI
Exhibitions | Performances
2016
Southern Blues: Volume Two (group exhibition) VALET, Richmond, VA
Handmade for the Holidays (art market) Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Prints Gone Wild! (print fair) Littlefield NYC, Brooklyn, NY
Out of Print (group exhibition) B Square Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
‘MURICA! A Patriotic Art Show (group exhibition) PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA
It Came From the Bayou! (print fair) St. Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX
Weiner Welcome & Poster Show (group exhibition) Burning Bones Press, Houston, TX
Ancient Artifacts from the Past (solo exhibition) The Random Tea Room, Philadelphia, PA
Year of the Monkey (group exhibition) The Lion’s Nest, Austin, TX
2015
Punk Rock Flea Market (art market) R5 Productions, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (group exhibition) Sharktown Studios, Philadelphia, PA
The World is Yours (performance participant) under the direction of Julia Curran, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, TX
Steamrolled V (group exhibition) Williams Tower, Houston, TX
It Came From the Bayou! (print fair) St. Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX
2014
The Montrose Print Market (print fair) The Printing Museum, Houston, TX
Steamrolled IV (group exhibition) Gallery M Squared, Houston, TX
Art From the Big City (solo exhibition) New Moon Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
2013
Liars & Nomas (two-person exhibition) The Root Note, La Crosse, WI
UWL Senior Exhibition (group exhibition) UWL University Gallery, La Crosse, WI
UWL All Student Juried Art Exhibition (juried exhibition) UWL University Gallery, La Crosse, WI
National Conference on Undergraduate Research Visual Arts Exhibits (group exhibition) UWL University Gallery, La Crosse, WI
Printmaking and Fine Art Experience
2015-Pres. Key-holding Member, BYO Printshop, Philadelphia, PA
2014-2015 Studio Assistant, Wolfbat Studios, Houston, TX
2014-2015 Flatstock Printmaker, Night Owls Print Shop, Houston, TX
2012-2013 Printmaking Studio Assistant, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse, La Crosse, WI
Internships | Awards
2014 Burning Bones Press printmaking internship
2012 Undergraduate Research Grant: The Evolution of Woodcut Printmaking
Print Exchange Portfolios | Collections
2016 Cannonball Press Archive
2016 Year of the Monkey, Johanna Mueller, The Lion’s Nest
2014 River Rat, Jeremiah Kremer, University of Wisconsin- Stout
2014 Go Nuts For Donuts, ISAB ART, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee