| Education | |
M.F.A., School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2009 Jacob K. Javits Fellow for Graduate Study, U.S. Department of Education |
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B.F.A., with Highest Distinction, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2005 |
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| Selected Exhibitions | |
2012 |
(Slated) - Solo Exhibition, Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE |
2011 |
(Slated) - KIWA #6 Exhibition, (Kyoto International Woodprint Association), Kyoto, Japan |
2010 |
Horizontal Grandeur, Stevens County Historical Museum, Morris, MN University Program Board 4th Annual Summer Juried Art Show, St. Cloud State University |
2009 |
Curator - Landscape & Memory, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan 20/20 Vision, Second Edition, The Fire House Gallery, Louisville, Georgia Terra Incognita, Five MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Wild(t) Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI |
2008 |
Curator - Place.Mark, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
2007 |
Do You Live Here?, Act Station, Hikone, Japan Waiting for Translation, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI My Private Utopia, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI |
2006 |
Remnants of Passage, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI Omaha Film Festival, Omaha, NE (Best Nebraska Short Award) Norfolk Arts Center Film Festival, Norfolk, NE |
2005 |
The Director’s Cut, New York, NY Semi-Finalist, Angelus Awards Student Film Festival, Hollywood, CA NextFrame: UFVA’s Touring Festival of International Student Film & Video, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film Festival, Tempe, AZ The Visual Short Film Festival, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium, Lincoln, NE Catherine Meier – From The Plain, Rotunda Gallery, Lincoln, NE (Solo) A Time To Speak, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE (Solo) |
2004 |
17th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA The Show 2004, Jackson Artworks, Omaha, NE (Bronze Award, AIGA – Nebraska, Student Category) |
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| Grants and Fellowships | |
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship for Graduate Study, Awarded by the United States Department of Education, 2006-09 Rackham Thesis Research Grant for travel and research in Mongolia, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2007 Southern Graphics Council Undergraduate Student Fellowship, 2005 Hixson-Lied Endowment Undergraduate Creative Research Grant, 2005 UCARE (Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences) Grant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Two-year funded program, 2002-04 |
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| Field Studies and International Programs | |
Taipei Drift, International Workshop for Art Academies, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008 Individually selected to represent the University of Michigan School of Art & Design. Workshop focused on art as community intervention in the city of Taipei. Worked collaboratively with students from Australia, Finland, Israel, and Czech Republic.
Bio-Regions Expedition, Darhad Valley, Mongolia, May – June, 2008 Joined Professor Cliff Montagne and BioRegions NGO, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. NGO conducted projects to build ecological profile of Bagh One, Darhad Valley, and sponsored annual Blue Valley artist awards program to promote and encourage traditional arts. Undertook additional individual travel for thesis research to Menengiyn Tal (flat steppe), Eastern Mongolia.
Field Study in the North Dakota Badlands and Great Plains highways, August 2008 For comparative study of Mongolian Steppe and U.S. Great Plains.
International Experience – University of Michigan School of Art & Design, May – June, 2007 Based in Hikone, Japan, with extensive travel to Tokyo, Kyoto, Naoshima, Kanazawa, and small villages. Worked with Japanese artists, interacted with residents of senior citizen’s homes, university faculty, shop owners, and rice farmers.
Study Abroad, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, June 2005
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| Invited Lectures and Presentations | |
Roundtable Discussion Panelist, Arts on Earth – Arts & the Environment, University of Michigan, Moderated by Nick Tobier and Joe Trumpey, 2008 Keynote Speaker, CASCADE Conference – Children Living in Methamphetamine-Affected Families, Norfolk, NE, 2006 Lecture, Depicting Societal Issues through Animated Drawing, National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Lexington, VA, 2006 Guest Lecturer, Visual Literacy Course, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2005
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| Service | |
Upward Bound Workshop Instructor, School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, 2007 Taught Photoshop to high school students from Detroit Public Schools. Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts Student Advisory Board - UNL, 2002-05 Worked closely with Dean Giacomo Oliva to: propose, develop criteria for and facilitate implementation of Undergraduate Creative Research Grant. Reviewed applications and selected recipients for undergraduate study abroad funding available through the college. President, 04-05. Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Student Docent, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 2004-05 UNL Teaching Council - Student Representative, 2002-04 |
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