Professional Experience
2019 – Present Instructional Assistant Professor – Illinois State University
2019 – Present Gallery Curator – Illinois Central College
2019 Adjunct Faculty – Eureka College
2018 – Present Adjunct Faculty – Illinois Central College
2017-2018 Instructor Beginning Sculpture, 203D
2016-2018 Art Foundry Technician
2015-2017 Visiting Artist Program, Graduate Assistant
2015-2017 Registered Student Organization, Critical Forum, President
2016 Wood Shop Technician
2015 Graphic Designer, Graduate Assistant
2014-2015 Office Coordinator, Graduate Assistant
2015 Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Art (ART 3681), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2014 Teaching Assistant, Art Appreciation (ART 2330G), Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Education
2015-2018 Master of Fine Arts degree – Sculpture, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2014-2015 Master of Arts degree, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2010-2014 Bachelor of Science degree – Painting, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2012 ISU International Studies Program – Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy
Committees
2019 & 2021 Mold Masters sub committee, National Conference on Cast Iron Art and Practices Steering Committee, Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, AL
2015-2017 Student Representative for Art and Design, Fine Arts Activity Fee Committee
2015-2018 Representative for Art and Design, Graduate and Professional Student Council
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Hitting Every Green Light on the Late Drive Home, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
2019 Wish You Were There, Terrain Biennial, Project 1612, Peoria, IL
2018 While We Are Here, Carbondale, IL
2018 Returning What I Borrowed, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Carbondale, IL
2015 The Human Endeavor, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, Urbana, IL
2014 The Sunbeam Building and Studios, Peoria, IL
Curated Exhibitions
2019 Fierce: Women in Iron, Co-Curated with Kristen Tordella Williams, Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL
2019 Becca Howe, Polaroids, PAC
2019 Veronica Bruce Woodward, Just Above the Surface, Performing Arts Center
2019 Megan Kathol Bersett, In Between, Gallery 336B
2019 Noah Otten, Soft Spot, Performing Arts Center
2018 Cyndi Merrill, Making Friends, Gallery 336B
2016 Critical Forum Members Exhibition
Group Exhibitions
2019 First Iron Pour run by FEmale Identified Artists in Peoria, IL History
2019 Big Picture Peoria, Peoria’s First Artistic Iron Pour
2019 Fierce: Women in Iron, Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL
2019 Exhibition with Danny Rohr, Cape Girardeau, MO
2019 Steering Committee Exhibition, Birmingham, AL
2019 40 Under 40: 40 Up and Coming American Metal Artists Under 40, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2019 Iron Tribe, Las Vegas, NM
2018 CIAO V, Sunbeam Building, Studios on Sheridan, Peoria, IL
2017 18th Graders at Recess, Surplus Gallery, Carbondale, IL
2016 Critical Forum 10th Annual Juried Show, Carbondale, IL curated by Mel Watkin
2015 Fiber Focus 2015, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO juried by Marci Rae McDade
2015 Real People 2015, Woodstock, IL
2015 Indigo Gallery, Champaign, IL curated by Ann Coddington and Alan Pocaro
2015 Master of Arts Thesis Show, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL curated by Mike Schuetz and Chris Kahler
2015 BFA/MA Student Show, Charleston, IL
2014 Student Exhibition, University Museum, Normal, IL juried by Jim Lutes
2014 RAW Artist, Chicago, IL
Residencies
2018 Sculpture Trails Outdoor Museum, IN
2017 Resident at Art Farm, Marquette, NE
Awards
2018 The Awesome Foundation, November Grant Recipient
2018 2nd Place – CIAO V, Peoria, IL
2018 1st Place – If You’re Sew Inclined, Sarah Ditmars, Carbondale, IL
2015-2018 Graduate Assistantships and Tuition Waiver, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2017 Windgate Charitable Foundation Scholarship
2016 Sponsorship from School of Art and Design for Critical Forum
2016 Deb Morrow Scholarship
2016 Windgate Charitable Foundation Scholarship
Media/Publications
2019 Black Dog Metal Arts, WMBD News
2019 New sculpture foundry will bring cast iron art to Peoria, Peoria Journal Star
2019 The Fine Art of Pouring Iron, Peoria Magazines, April 2019
2018 Studio Break Podcast, Episode 208
2017 Studio Visit Magazine, Summer 2017 edition
2017 Guest Artist, Expressions episode 609, PBS WSIU TV, http://www.pbs.org/video/3001356191/
2017 Expose Art Magazine, Next Generation Artist, April 2017 edition
2017 Iron Sculptors to Craft Metal Valentines, Daily Egyptian http://dailyegyptian.com/65809/news/iron-sculptors-to-craft-metal-valentines-daily-egyptian/
2015 Expo Chicago, Expose Art Magazine, http://exposeartmagazine.com/expo-chicago/
2015 Graduates Discuss In Progress Work for Upcoming Thesis Show, Eastern Illinois University Art Department https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usQM-Oz9I24
2015 Blue Room Magazine
Lectures Given
2020 Frail but Never Weak, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2020 Leaning Into the Fire, The Business of Art, Peoria, IL
2018 The International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art- Panel: Materiality and Iron (Panelist members, Gina Miccinilli (moderator), Jam Rohr, Cristin Millett, and Jenny Hager-Vickery, Scranton, PA
2016 Artist Guest Lecturer Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
2014 Lecture on Psychopathology and Addiction, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2014 Art History Guest Lecturer, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Attended Conferences
2019 & 2021 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron and Practices, Sloss, Birmingham, AL
2019 The Business of Art, Peoria, IL
2018 International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Scranton, PA
2017 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron and Practices, Sloss, Birmingham, AL
2017 Open Engagement, Justice, University of Illinois Chicago, IL
2017, 2018, 2019 Foundry Invitational and River Exhibition, Metals Museum, Memphis, TN