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Still lifes allow us to see our world in the light of metaphor. Everyday objects become symbol and signifier. As the connotations developed in the context of the still life expand upon those meanings - formal, functional or historical - inherent to the objects themselves, ideas are evoked that extend beyond the namable subject.

Situations are developed in my images that trigger contemplation on some of the questions of humanity: the nature of being, inner worth versus outer surface, the real versus the artificial. Issues of contemporary American society are addressed by using modern objects arranged with the language of conventional still life in mind. The rotting fruit, plastic plates and fruit stickers are meant to point to ideas about decadence and consumerism. Imagery of nature, with rock formations, flowers and foliage, is used to address contemporary issues of the individual and society. There are many parallels between the plant world and our own in terms of how we assign worth to groups found within those worlds. For instance flowers are more desirable than dead grass just as the affluent are viewed as being more worthy than the poor. Life is used to speak about life.

The artist's hand acts as a filter of reality and delivers these created images through the marriage of intense looking, focused thought, and labor. The detail and subtle nuances, the heightened contrast, the careful construction, all of these decisions point towards the possibility of revelation, not giving the answers but posing the questions. The art objects become the silent artifacts. They record the existence of this alternate reality and become the bridge between our world and the world of possibility.


Education	Indiana University, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington, IN Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking May 2007 Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD), Columbus, OH Bachelor of Fine Arts May 2003, Valedictorian, Summa Cum Laude
Employment	Stephen F. Austin State University, Assistant Professor of Art
Group Exhibitions	upcoming 2008 2008 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, Hawai'i upcoming 2008 SFA Faculty Exhibition, The Art Center at the Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, TX 2008 Dollar Menu, Satellite Gallery, La Grande, OR 2008 Magnitude Seven, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH 2008 Maniere Noire: Mezzotinto, Atelier Les Mille Feuilles, Rouyn-Noranda, (Québec) Canada 2008 Petal Pushers, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worchester, MA 2007 SFA Faculty Exhibition, The Art Center at the Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, TX 2007 Garden Variety, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN 2007 MFA Printmaking Area Show, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN 2007 National Drawing Annual, Exhibition in Print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH 2006 of Textural Memories..., three person show with Anne Holman and David Mihaly, Qten Art Gallery, Columbus, OH 2006 National Drawing Annual, Exhibition in Print, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH 2006 NSAL 2006 Visual Arts Competition, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN 2006 19th National Small Print Exhibition, juror Rudy Pozzatti, University of Wisconsin-Parkside Communication Arts Gallery, Kenosha, WI 2006 Printmaking Area Show, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN 2005 School of Fine Arts Abroad: Overseas Study, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN 2005 Powerful Impressions: Italian and American Printmaking, Italian Cultural Institute, Washington, DC 2005 Editions through Pixel and Print, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Columbus, OH 2005 Life Observed, two person show with Anne Holman, The Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, OH 2005 MFA Printmaking Area Show, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN 2004 One Night a Go Go, The Vault, Columbus, OH 2003 Here’s Summ Our Work, Charles Herndon Galleries and Sculpture Garden, Kelley’s Island, OH 2003 The 150th Ohio State Fair’s Fine Arts Exhibition, Columbus, OH 2000-2003 CCAD Annual Student Art Exhibition, Columbus, OH 2003 Best of Thesis, CCAD Acock Gallery, Columbus, OH 2003 Ohio Art League’s 92nd Annual Spring Juried Exhibition, Acock Architect Building, Columbus, OH 2003 Small Works, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Solo Exhibitions	2005 The Nature of Becoming, The Worthington Community Center, Columbus, OH 2003 Between the Shadow and the Light, Re-Art Gallery, Columbus, OH 2003 Senior Thesis Exhibition, CCAD Kinney Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
Awards	2006 Nur Premo Merit Award , NSAL 2006 Visual Arts Competition 2006 Purchase Award, 19th National Small Print Exhibition 2005-2006 I.U. Assistant Instructor award for Printmaking, full tuition remission and stipend 2005 I.U. Doctoral Student Grant-in-Aid of Research 2004-2005 I.U. Graduate Assistantship for Printmaking, full tuition remission and stipend 2003 Ohio Arts Council Award, professional division of The 150th Ohio State Fair’s Fine Arts Exhibition 2003 Associate Award, Ohio Art League’s 92nd Annual Spring Juried Exhibition CCAD: 2003 Featured artist, CCAD 124th Annual Student Art Exhibition 2003 Purchase Award, CCAD 124th Annual Student Art Exhibition 1999-2003 Full tuition scholarship 2001 & 2002 Scholastic Achievement Scholarship Award for Fine Arts 2000 Scholastic Achievement Scholarship Award for Liberal Arts 2000 Work printed on the cover of Botticelli, a CCAD literary publication
Activities	2006 Attended a 5 week summer program through I.U. in Printmaking and Bookmaking at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy 2004 Donated work to "Art Through the Grapevine 2004", a silent auction sponsored by Choices, Columbus, OH 2003 Artist at the Via Colori Short North Business Association's street painting festival, Columbus, OH 2002 Volunteer at the Columbus Museum of Art under Joe Parsons, Chief Preparator 2002-2005 Member of the Ohio Art League 2001-2002 Assisted with 3 printing editions for Jonathan Hammer of Matthew Marks Gallery, NYC 1999-2000 Member of the CCAD Botticelli staff