Education

2007
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA, Masters of Fine Arts
2003
Washington University in St. Louis, MO, Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a major in sculpture, Suma Cum Laude

Solo exhibitions

2007
The usefulness of forgetting, Gallery D300, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2006
“Conversation Pieces,” A collaboration with Adam Overton, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA
2003
Elk Grave-Sight, Washington University, Tyson Research Center, Eureka, MO

Group exhibitions

2008
The Audacity of Desperation, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA
Just how does a patriot act: A response to US policy at home and abroad, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA (catalog)
Stay Bite, Curated by the Artists for Social Justice Coalition, Lime Gallery, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
From A to B: A Field Guide to the Urban Commute, Curated by Donna Conwell, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Desire, The Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA
The Girly Show, Curated by Denise Johnson, The Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (catalog)
The Collective Body, Curated by Kristen Raizada Galerie Califia, The Czech Republic
For Ever, 915 Mateo, Curated by Eungie Joo and Clara Kim, Los Angeles, CA
A not so simple case for torture, Gallery D300, CalArts, Valencia, CA
The Powder Room, Curated by Christine Wertheim and Georgeanne Dean, Track 16, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Abre-Alas, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2006
Mid-Residency Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA
It was the blurst of times, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX
GLAMFA, The Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2005
Hello my name is:, CalArts, Valencia, CA

Performances and screenings

2008
alt_cph, Alternative Art Fair, Koh I Noor Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Come Out & Play; Supermasochist, Apex Art, New York, NY
Maulwerker Performing Music, SITUATIONS: Art. Life. Transitions. Interpenetrations, Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, Germany
My footnote to David Askevold, Curated by Julie Lequin, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Publicity, A reinvention of Allan Kaprow’s performance, in partnership with Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Vasquez Rocks, CA
2007
The Other Project, Organized by Evelyn Serrano, Valencia, CA
Drip Event, The Pawn Shop, Los Angeles, CA
2006
The river is our parade, organized by Fritz Haeg, Santa Clarita, CA
Video Nightmare, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Sounding Out Festival, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2005
Sounding Out Festival, CalArts, Valencia, CA
The door show, CalArts, Valencia, CA

Awards/Grants/Residencies

2005
Willamette Week “Best Group show of 2005” for the TROCA: Brasil exhibit, Portland, OR
2004
Franconia Sculpture Park intern artist fellowship, Shafer, MN
2003
John T. Milliken Traveling Scholarship, St. Louis, MO
Commencement Marshall, Valedictorian of the School of Art, St. Louis, MO
Secor Sculpture Award, St. Louis, MO
Crescent Hills Research Grant, Tyson Research Center, Eureka, MO
2002
University City Public Sculpture Commission, St. Louis, MO

Curatorial projects

2008
Exchange Rate: 2008, an international performance exchange
2007
Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions: 2007 CalArts Feminist Art Symposium and Exhibition, collaboration with the “WACK!” exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
TROCA:USA, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005
The Door Show, CalArts, Valencia, CA
TROCA: Brasil, The Feldman Gallery + Project Space, The Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

Lectures + Workshops

2008
CalArts, Visiting Artist Lecturer, Intermedia Department, lecturing on Exchange Rate: 2008
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Visiting Artist, Family Day workshop on the Allan Kaprow Exhibit
CalArts, Visiting Artist Lecturer, Graduate Performance Analysis class, a class offered in the theater school for MFA students
2007
The Other Project, “How to build an event that matters," with Theresa Masangkay, Valencia, CA
Exquisite Acts and Everyday Rebellions: 2007 CalArts Feminist Art Symposium and Exhibition, Valencia, CA, Panel Moderator for “Strategies in Contemporary Feminism,” with Catherine Lord, Andrea Fraser and Mary Kelly
NAAO conference, Los Angeles, CA, Led workshop entitled: “Feminism for Fathers”

Teaching Experience

2008-9
Scripps College, Visiting Professor, teaching “Art Fundamentals,” spring and fall semester ’08, a required class for all art majors focusing on an introduction to contemporary art as well as 2-D theory and practice, will teach “Advanced Drawing,” spring ’09, a theory and critique class
2008
CalArts, Visiting Professor, teaching a practicum entitled “Allan Kaprow: words, actions, events,” which will culminate with a performance in partnership with the Allan Kaprow retrospective exhibition at LA MOCA
2007
Art Institute of California-Los Angeles, taught a class entitled “Contemporary Art” a survey of ideas and themes in present-day art practices, June-Sept.

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