Education
Master of Fine Arts 2003 Sculpture University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Fine Arts 1996 Studio Art Iowa State University
Teaching
2005 – present
Professor of Art, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Full-time faculty member in Dept. of Art and Design
2003 - 2005
Adjunct Faculty, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Little Animals, Ashville, NC. "Organic / Geometric", (two person, James Darr)
2016 Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City TN. “Imprint”
2014 Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. “Indivisible”
2013 Conard Art Gallery, Ohio State University Mansfield, Mansfield, OH. “Some Kind of Nature”
2013 Lied Art Gallery, Creighton University, Omaha NE. “Paper Forest” catalog
2012 Red Rocket Gallery, Online Gallery, “Roots and Branches”, redrocketgallery.com
2012 Giles Gallery, East Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. “Some Small Wonder”
2011 United Art Gallery, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA. “Paper Forest” catalog
(collaborative installation with artist Jackson Martin)
2011 VSU Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. “Some Kind of Nature”
2010 Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC. “I Am 2 With Nature” (two person show)
2010 Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. “My Nature / Your Nature”
2010 In Space Gallery, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI. “Time & Disregard”
(collaborative installation with artist Jackson Martin)
2009 Brunswick St Gallery, Fitzroy, Australia. “When Enough is Enough”
2009 The 1912 Gallery, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA. “Tied to Cycles”
2008 Target Gallery, The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA. “Finding Equilibrium”
2008 The Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greenville, TN. “Power On”
2006 Slocomb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. “Before the Fall”
Group Exhibitions
2024 Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, "From These Hills", exhibition exchange
2023 William King Museum, Abingdon, VA, “From These Hills Biennial”
Bunzi Gallery, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC. “Emergence”
Emporium Arts Center, Knoxville, TN. “Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit” 2nd Place Award
Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN. “Conditional Surroundings”
2022 Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. “Wilderness”
The Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI. “Body Parts”
Emporium Arts Center, Knoxville, TN. “Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit”, 1st Place Award
International Sculpture Center, online exhibit / artsy.net “Professional Member Exhibition”
2021 Virgie Fleenor Art Gallery, Bristol Public Library, Bristol, VA, “Tennessee Daze Inn II”
Reece Museum, ETSU, Johnson City, TN. ”FLEX”, Faculty Exhibition
Tipton Gallery, ETSU, Johnson City, TN. “Daze Inn II”
The In Art Gallery, Online Exhibition, “Non-Traditional”
2020 The Bascom, Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC. “100 Miles”
The Wedge at Foundation, Asheville, NC. “Daze Inn II”
Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI. ““Ossuary”
2018 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. “Nature and Neon”
2017 Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. “From These Woods” catalog
Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC. “2017 Juried Art Show”
Tipton Gallery / Slocumb Galleries, ETSU, Johnson City, TN, “Our Appalachia”
2016 McKinney Center, Jonesborough, TN. “Annual Juried Exhibition”
Juror: Mark Scala, Chief Curator, Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Emporium Arts Center, Knoxville, TN, “Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit”2016
2015 William King Museum, Abingdon, VA, “From These Hills Biennial”
Emporium Arts Center Knoxville, TN. “Further East”
The 1912 Gallery, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA, “Made in Tennessee”
2014 Herron Gallery of IUPUI, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN, “Ossuary
2013 UT Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, “Ossuary”
Emporium Arts Center, Knoxville, TN, “Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit”
The Miami Downtown Gallery, Hamilton, OH, “the Art of Paper”
University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN, “NEXUS”
The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY, “Pulp Art”
The Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN, “Humor; Analog Humor”
2012 Gallery of the International Pavilion, Ulsan University, Ulsan, South Korea, “New APP”
The Foundry Arts Center, St. Charles, MO, “The Third Dimension”
2011 William King Museum, Abingdon, VA. “From These Hills Biennial”
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN. “Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit”
City Jail, Charleston, SC. "RecieverFest" (citywide festival of multi media art),
Giles Gallery, East Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. “Nature’s Human”
Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO. “32nd Paper in Particular”
2010 Viridian Artists, NY, NY, “Art from Detritus”
The West Michigan Center for Arts & Technology, Grand Rapids, MI, “Art Prize”
Pure Light Gallery, Turners Falls, MA, “Art from Detritus”
Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, “Mountain Views”
McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN, “Arts in the Airport ”, catalog
2009 William King Museum, Abingdon, VA, “From These Hills Biennial”, catalog
Root Division, San Francisco, CA, “Three-Minute Film Festival”
One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY, “Spectacular Views”
Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI, “Material Afterlife”
Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, “Magnitude SEVEN” catalog
The Foundry Arts Center, St. Charles, MO, “Of the Earth”
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, “30 and Beyond” online exhibit
2008 Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, “Tri-State Sculptors”
Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN, “Look Out Below”
SACI Gallery, Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy, “International Exchange Biennial”
FivePoints Arthouse, San Francisco, CA, “64 Down”
MK Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR, “Static/Flux”
Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, “Space Place Life”, catalog
2007 Emporium Center, Arts & Culture Alliance, Knoxville, TN, “National Juried Exhibition"
Gray Gallery, East Carolina State University, Greenville, NC, “Tri-State Sculptors”
2006 Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE, “The Substitution of One Piece for Another ”
Slocomb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, “Faculty Exhibition"
2005 Red Rocket Gallery, Madison, WI, “In Transit”, online gallery
Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, “Faculty Exhibition”
Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, WI, “Out of the Suit Case”
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN, “Gigantic”, catalog
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI, “48th Annual Exhibition”, Best of Show
Awards and Honors
2022 First Place Award: “Dogwood Regional Fine Art Exhibit”, Emporium Arts Center, Knoxville, TN.
2016 Individual Artist Fellowship - Visual Arts: Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN.
One of two recipients state-wide
2016 Honorable Mention, Jonesborough Juried Art Exhibit", McKinney Center, Jonesborough, TN
2015 Sabbatical Recipient, ETSU, College of Arts and Sciences
2013 Mace Bearer for Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 ETSU Commencement Ceremony
2013 Guest Commencement Speaker, ETSU Fall Semester Commencement Ceremony
2013 ETSU Distinguished Faculty Award in Teaching, University wide award
2013 ETSU, College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Award in Teaching, internal college wide award
2011 3D Award, “Nature’s Human”, Giles Gallery, East Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2010 Third Place Award, Mountain Views: Reece Museum, ETSU, Johnson City, TN
2005 Best of Show Award, 48th Annual Exhibit, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI
2003 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award:
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ. Juried by art Tom Otterness
Grants
2016 Small Research and Development Committee Grant for Faculty, ETSU
2013 Summer Faculty Research Grant, Dept of Art and Design, ETSU
2011 Small Research and Development Committee Grant for Faculty, ETSU
2009 Small Research and Development Committee Grant for Faculty, ETSU
2006 Major Research and Development Committee Grant for Faculty, ETSU
2004 Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Grant Fund, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2002 Kemper-Knapp Committee Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2002 CitiArts Individual Grant, Madison, Wisconsin
Related Activities
Pentaculum 2017, One week Artist Residency, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
Panel Discussion, anel member during the public screening of sculpture Patrick
Dougherty’s Film “Bending Sticks” at the ESTU Culp Center.
Gallery Talk, Conard Art Gallery, Ohio State University Mansfield, Mansfield, OH.
Informal artist talk, solo exhibit reception. Sept. 2013
Public Lecture, Lied Art Gallery, Creighton University, Omaha NE. Feb. 8, 2013
Formal public artist lecture, solo exhibit reception
Gallery Talk, Giles Gallery, East Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. Sept. 2013
Informal artist talk, solo exhibit reception
Exhibition Juror, Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN. Oct. 2011
Public Lecture, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA. Sept. 15, 2011
Formal public artist lecture, solo exhibit reception.
Gallery Talk, Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA. Aug. 6, 2011
Informal public gallery talk in conjunction with solo exhibit.
Public Lecture, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC. Aug. 6, 2010
Formal public artist lecture, solo exhibit reception
Gallery Talk, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. July 31, 2010
Informal artist talk, solo exhibit reception
Gallery Talk, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI. Feb. 6, 2010
Informal artist talk, solo exhibit reception
Public Lecture, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA Jan. 26, 2009
Formal public artist lecture to Art Department.
Gallery Talk, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA. Nov. 13, 2008
Informal artist talk, solo exhibit reception
Visiting Artist, Emporia State University, Emporia KS. March 2008
Formal public artist lecture, conduct student critiques, and informal lectures to students on site-specific
and installation art practices over a two day period.
Visiting Artist, Tusculum College, Greenville Tennessee, April 2006
In-class artist lecture and conducted student critiques.
Visiting Artist, Hastings College, Hastings Nebraska, Jan. 2006
Formal public artist lecture, conducted a demo on carving, and participated in a group exhibit.