education
2004 -M.F.A., painting, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL: summa cum laude
2001 -B.A., art, Houghton College, NY: magna cum laude
2000 -Mayterm in London, London, UK
1998 -Freshmen Honors Program, London, UK

solo, two, and three-person exhibitions
2021 -Entropy, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2020 -Borrowed Time, Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, IL
2017 -Rare Earth, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2015 -Grow, Bittersweet Gallery, Quincy, IL
2013 -Pause, Quincy University, Quincy, IL
2011 -Drive, Keokuk Art Center, Keokuk, IA
-Drive, Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
-Drive 800 Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
-Glance, Epping Gallery, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
2010 -Permanent Memory, two-person exhibition, Art Gallery, Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts, Clinton, MI
2009 -Drive, Paul Heath Center Gallery, John Wood Community College, IL
2007 -Spring Showing, three-person exhibition, Gallery Outré, Quincy, IL
2006 -Capture and Release, three-person exhibition, EXP Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 -Mute, Lewis Art Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
-These things or the memory of them, three-person exhibition, Three Walls Gallery, Chicago, IL
-From another world than mine, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University
2001 -New paintings, Glass Gallery, Northern Illinois University

juried exhibitions
2020 -Rockford Midwestern Biennial 2020, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2019 -Biennial Quad-State Exhibit, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
-Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2018 -Rockford Midwestern Biennial 2018, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
-Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2017 -Biennial Quad-State Exhibit, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2016 -Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2015 -Biennial Quad-State Exhibit, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2014 -Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2013 -Biennial Quad-State Exhibit, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2012 -Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2011 -Biennial Quad-State Exhibit, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2010 -Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
-Configuration, ArtPrize, Calvin (106) Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
-Blink, Art Saint Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO
-Brave New World, Adam Lister Gallery, Fairfax, VA
-Action: Reaction, Gloria Singletary Gallery, The Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington, KY
2009 -Contemporary Painting, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, MI,
2008 -2008 Rockford Midwestern Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
-Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2007 -57th Annual Quad-State Juried Exhibition, Quincy Arts Center, Quincy, IL
-Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Arts Center, Quincy, IL
2006 -Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Arts Center, Quincy, IL
2003 -Ars Nova Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
-Americas 2000 Paper Works Competition, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND
-Eighteenth Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University
2002 -15th Annual Women’s Works Exhibit, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

group exhibitions
2016 -Faculty Exhibition, Paul Heath Center Gallery, John Wood Community College, Quincy, IL
2015 -Faculty Exhibition, The Gray Gallery, Quincy University, Quincy, IL
2014 -Faculty Exhibition, Paul Heath Center Gallery, John Wood Community College, Quincy, IL
2012 -Urban Landscapes and Holy Places, The Vino Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2011 -The Color of Time, Stacy C. Sherwood Center Rotary Gallery, Fairfax, VA
2010 -It’s All a Dream, Adam Lister Gallery, Fairfax, VA
-April Group Show, FIAA Gallery 214, Flat Iron Arts Building, Chicago, IL
-Take Art/Leave Art, The AVA Landis Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
-The Sketchbook Project, traveling exhibition to galleries in: Atlanta, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Chicago
2009 -Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Mabee Gallery, Culver-Stockton College, MO
2007 -Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Mabee Gallery, Culver-Stockton College, MO
-Faculty Mentor/Mentee Exhibition, Ortlip Gallery, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
2006 -Faculty Collects, Southeastern Louisiana Contemporary Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
-22nd Annual JWCC Art Show, Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium Gallery, John Wood Community College, Quincy, IL
2004 -Northern Illinois University School of Art MFA Exhibition, NIU Art Museum, Chicago, IL
-Houghton College Alumni Exhibition, Ortlip Gallery, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
2003 -Inaugural Exhibition, Bad Dog Gallery, Dekalb, IL


publications/reviews
2021 -Exhibition review by Emily Burkhart for ArtsHelp, https://www.artshelp.net/exploring-space-place-and-the-passage-of-time/
2017 -Exhibition review by Dillon Raborn for Pelican Bomb, http://pelicanbomb.com/art-review/2017/alchemy-and-art-rare-earth-at-the-front
-Featured artist for Issue 90 of Quarterly West, literary journal, University of Utah
2012 -RiverLit No. 7, volume 2, issue 3, online and print version published by Clymer Gallery in Spokane, WA
2011 -freq.uenci.es: a collaborative genealogy of spirituality, online publication by Kathryn Lofton and John Lardas Modern
2010 -You Have to Step Forward in Dark Blue, Chapter 8 of Anemone Sidecar, by Ravenna Press, Spokane, WA
2007 -Istanbul Literature Review, online publication (www.ilrmagazine.net), Summer 2007
2006 -Be Which Magazine, Spring 2006, Which Press, San Jose, CA
-Cover art for La Visite suivi de La Méprise et de Passions, a nest book in French by Denis Emorine
-Cover art for Side by Side, a chapbook of poetry by Denis Emorine, FootHills Publishing, Kanona, NY
-Cover art for Au chevet des mots, a book of poetry by Denis Emorine, published byPoiêtês, Luxembourg, Europe

residencies
2021 -Stay Home Residency, Paris, TN
2011 -Ragdale Foundation Center, Lake Forest, IL
2010 -Ox-Bow, School of the Arts and Artists’ Residencies, Saugatuck, MI
2005 -Wildacres Residency, Little Switzerland, NC
2003 -Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

grants & awards
2018 -Best of Show, Rockford Midwestern Biennial 2018, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL,
-Best of Show, Mary S. Oakley & Lee Lindsay Showcase, Quincy Art Center, IL
2016 -Best of Show, Mary S. Oakley & Lee Lindsay Showcase, Quincy Art Center, IL
2014 -Best of Show, Mary S. Oakley & Lee Lindsay Showcase, Quincy Art Center, IL
-Midsummer Arts Exhibition, Best of Show, Quincy IL
2013 -Individual Artist Grant, Illinois Arts Council
2012 -Best of Show, Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, IL
-Pat Surface Founders Award, Midsummer Arts Exhibition, Quincy, IL
2011 -Honorable Mention, Quad-State Biennial, Quincy Art Center, IL
2010 -Ox-Bow Partial Scholarship, artist residency, Saugatuck, MI
-Second Place, Mary S. Oakley Area Artists Showcase, Quincy Art Center, IL
-Award of Excellence, Blink, Art Saint Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2008 -Midsummer Arts Exhibition, Achievement in Art Award, Quincy, IL
2004 -Full scholarship, graduate studies, Northern Illinois University (2001-2004)
2003 -Vermont Studio Center Partial Fellowship, one month residency, Johnson, VT

teaching experience
2016 -Associate Faculty, JWCC, Quincy, IL (2013-2016)
2015 -Adjunct Faculty, Quincy University (2013-2015)
2012 -Instructor, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2011 -Part-time Instructor of Art, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO (2010-2011)
2009 -Adjunct Faculty, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO (2006-2009)
2005 -Adjunct Faculty, Judson College, Elgin, IL
2004 -Visiting Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
-Platform Learning Center, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL
-Instructor of Record, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL (2002-2004)

related experience
2015 -Interim Gallery Director, Gray Gallery, Quincy University, Quincy, IL
2012 -Graphic Designer, MSP Designs, Lisle, IL
2011 -Gallery Director, Mabee Gallery, Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO (2008-2011)

professional experience
2016 -Public art project, Blessing Hospital, Quincy, IL
2013 -Public art project, City of Quincy downtown mural, Quincy, IL
2012 -Public art project, The Quincy Public Library, Quincy, IL
2011 -Public art project, The Ray & Joan Kroc Center, Quincy, IL
2010 -Artist Lecture, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, Saugatuck, MI
-Judge, Keokuk Art Center, 55th Annual Art Exhibition, Keokuk, IA
2009 -Judge, 12” x 12”, JWCC, Quincy, IL