Education
2009 The Australian National University, Masters of Art, Visual Arts, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
2001 Illinois State University, B.S. in Studio Arts, NORMAL, IL
2000 University of Wolverhampton, Student Exchange Program, WOLVERHAMPTON, UK
1995 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, painting and life drawing, CHAMPAIGN, IL
Workshops and Residencies
2015-2018 Penland School of Crafts, Resident Artist, PENLAND, NC
2014 Bullseye Educators Workshop, PORTLAND, OR
2013 Neusole Glass, Visiting Artist Residency, CINNCINATI, OH
2012 Penland School of Crafts, PENLAND, NC
2006 The Studio @ The Corning Museum of Glass, CORNING NY
2006 The Studio @ The Corning Museum of Glass CORNING, NY
2005 Pilchuck Glass School, STANWOOD, WA
2005 Pittsburgh Glass Center, PITTSBURGH, PA
2003 Penland School of Crafts, PENLAND, NC
Work / Teaching Experience
2016 Ohio State University, Visiting Artist, Columbus OH
2016 School of Art, Visiting Artist, Winston-Salem NC
2010-2015 Penland School of Crafts, Glass coordinator, PENLAND, NC
2015 Glass Art Society, Conference demonstrator, SAN JOSE, CA
2015 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Instructor in cast glass, PITTSBURGH, PA
2015 Penland School of Crafts, Instructor in cast glass, PENLAND, NC
2014 University of North Carolina, Asheville, Visiting instructor, ASHEVILLE, NC
2014 The Glass Furnace, Instructor in cast glass, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
2014 Goggleworks, Instructor in blown glass, READING, PA
2014 New Trier Township, glass department, Visiting instructor, WINNETKA, IL
2013 Neusole Glass, Visiting Artist Residency/ Instructor, CINCINATTI, OH
2008-2009 The Canberra Glassworks, Instructor & gaffer, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
2008 Richard Whiteley Studios, Assistant to artist, QUENBEYAN, AUSTRALIA
2007 Northlands Creative Glass, Studio technician, LYBSTER, SCOTLAND
2007 Pilchuck Glass School, Casting coordinator, STANWOOD, WA
2006-2007 Blasart, Sand blast resists and cold work, CHICAGO, IL
2004-2007 Chicago Hot Glass, Hot glass instructor / studio manager, CHICAGO, IL
2007 The Studio @ The Corning Museum of Glass, Teaching assistant to Bill Gudenrath, CORNING, NY
2006 Northlands Creative Glass Center, Teaching assistant to Dante Marioni, LYBSTER, SCOTLAND
2004 Ritter Glass, Assistant to artist, BAKERSVILLE, NC
2003 Crucible Glassworks, Production glassblowing, ASHEVILLE, NC
Selected Exhibition Record
2018 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2017 Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2016 Hinson Art Museum, Wingate University, Charlotte, NC
2016 Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC
2016 Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Outwin Boochever Finalist, Washington, D.C.
2016 Commentaries, "Stories told in glass" Habatat Galleries, Sarasota, FL
2016 Art Palm Beach, Habatat Galleries, Palm Beach, FL
2015 Scope Miami, Habatat Galleries, Miami Beach, FL
2015 SOFA Chicago, Habatat Galleries, Chicago IL
2015 Barns 2015, Penland Gallery, Penland NC
2015 Echt Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
2015 Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Gallery, Royal Oak MI
2015 Self-Portraits by NC Artists, Greenhill Gallery, GREENSBORO, NC
2015 Art Palm Beach, Riley Galleries, PALM BEACH, FL
2014 Winter Show, Greenhill Gallery, GREENSBORO, NC
2014 SOFA Chicago, Riley Galleries, CHICAGO, IL
2014 Ways of Making: An Exploration in Glass, Cohen Gallery, READING, PA
2014 Art Palm Beach, Riley Galleries, PALM BEACH, FL
2014 Figurative Association: The Human Form, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts National Symposium, GATLINBURG, TN
2013 Igneous Expressions, David McCune Art Gallery, FAYETTEVILLE, NC
2013 Portraits and Abstracts, Neusole Glass, CINNCINATI, OH
2013 Shattered, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, GRAND RAPIDS, MI
2013 Bookworms, Flame Run, LOUISVILLE, KY
2013 Glass Weekend: Wheaton Village, MILLVILLE, NJ
2013 Expose: Habatat Galleries, ROYAL OAK, MI
2012 The Center of Craft, Creativity and Design, ASHEVILLE, NC
2012 50 by 50, Muskegon Museum of Art, MUSKEGON, MI
2012 Glass in the Mountains, TRAC Gallery, SPRUCE PINE, NC
2012 Neusole Glass, CINNCINATI, OH
2012 Fire Nation, TOLEDO, OH
2011 Green Plum Gallery, SPRUCE PINE, NC
2011 Bender Gallery, ASHEVILLE, NC
2010 National Self Portrait Show, 33 Collective Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
2009 Beauty Born of Fire, The Kavanagh Gallery, ST. CHARLES, IL
2009 Sculpture on The Edge, BERMAGUI, AUSTRALIA
2008 Aus Glass, HOBART, TASMANIA
2008 Dean Allison New Work, Moka Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
2007 Pilchuck Glass Auction 29th Annual, SEATTLE, WA
2006 Moka Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
2006 Kraft Lieberman Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
2006 Morpho Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
2006 Chicago Hot Glass Gallery, CHICAGO, IL
Grants
Special Projects Award, Bullseye Glass and Lani McGregor
Public Collections
Muskegon Museum of Art
Organizations
Glass Art Society