Education
1999-1996 Master’s of Fine Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1997 Japanese Language Certificate, Senshu Daigaku, Japan
1993-1990 Bachelor’s of Fine Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Experience
2009- Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2007- Adjunct Faculty, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
2007-09 Teaching Artist, Snow City Arts, Chicago, IL
2008 Guest Lecturer, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2008 Teaching Artist, After School Matters at La Casa Norte, Chicago IL
2007-2008 Guest Lecturer, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2006-2007 Adjunct Faculty, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL
2004 Teaching Artist, Cook County Juvenile Correctional Facility, Chicago, IL
2003-2006 Teaching Artist, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL
2003-2006 Manager of Outreach, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL
2002-1999 Adjunct Faculty, Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ
1997-1999 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1995-1997 Production Weaver, Auxier Custom Textiles, Phoenix, AZ
Exhibitions
2010 Studio Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
2010 More Than Fiber, Goggleworks Art Center, Reading, PA. Warren Seelig, Juror.
2010 From the Center, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Lucy Lippard, juror. Catalog.
2009 Never Think Small, Climate Gallery, Long Island, NY.
2009 Synesthetic Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
2009 Artivention Workshop, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL.
2008 Text/ile, The Present Group, Oakland, CA. Solo exhibit.
2008 AAOS E-Motion, San Francisco, CA and Chicago Cultural Center.
2007 Under the Looking Glass, Museum of Surgical Sciences, Chicago, IL.
2007 Order vs. Chaos, Light Box Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
2006 Synoptic Systems, St. Xavier Univ., Chicago, IL.
2006 Supervision, Univ. of Wisconsin, Eau Clare, WI.
2006 Communications Arts Gallery, Univ. of WI, Parkside, WI.
2006 Wound Up, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL.
2005 Obsessive Penetrations, Viking Gallery, Western WA University, Bellingham, WA.
2005 Keeping In—Keeping Out, North Grand Studio, Phoenix, AZ.
2004 Illinois Women Artists 2004, IL Chapter National Museum for Women Honoree,
Roosevelt University Gage Gallery, Chicago IL.
2001 International Exhibition of Women Artists, Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY.
2000 Cleaning House, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2000 Women in Visual Arts, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT.
1999 Maintaining Sanity, Solo Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ.
1998 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.
1994 Crafts National, Philadelphia, PA. Catalog.
Publications
2008 Fiber Arts, Vol. 35, No. 3, pg. 11
2007 New York Times, Chicago Life Magazine, November, pg. 12
2007 Surface Design Newsletter, Vol. 30. No. 2. Cover.
2005 American Craft, September 2005.
2002 “In Review”, Surface Design Journal, Vol. 26, No.4, pp. 42-6.
2001 “Exposure”, Surface Design Journal, Vol. 25 No. 3, pp.54-5.
1999 “Artist’s Routine Becomes Art”, A.S.U. Insight, October 8.
1999 “Art for Sanity’s Sake”, The Arizona Republic, October 11.
1999 “Biennial Filled with Unique Character”, Tucson Citizen, May 27.
1999 “Arizona Avant-Garde”, Tucson Weekly, May 27-June 2.
1999 “Spotlight on Education”, Surface Design Journal, Vol. 23 No. 3, pp. 50-1.
Awards
2008 Special Project Assistance Grant, IL Arts Council
2008 Present Group Recipient
2005 City of Phoenix Public Art Initiative Award
2004 National Museum of Women and the Arts, IL Chapter Honoree
2000 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
1997 Artist’s Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
Conferences/Workshops
2008 The Art of the Political, School of Visual Art, New York, NY
Presenter of research project investigating politically engaged activist fiber art.
2008 The Jacquard Center, Hendersonsville, NC
Attend workshop to develop imagery for the Jacquard industrial looms using
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and JaqCad.
2008 International Fiber Symposium, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, MO
Coordinated and co-led open studio project during conference
2005 Surface Design Conference, Kansas City, MO
Coordinated and led open studio project during conference.