EDUCATION
May 2008 MFA – Intermedia, Drawing Minor, University of Iowa
May 2007 MA – Intermedia, Drawing Minor, University of Iowa
May 2003 BA – Dual Major, Photography and Spanish, University of Nevada Reno, with high distinction
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Windows on First, Temporary Public Art Project, Las Vegas, NV (forthcoming)
Mapping the Territory (working title), Melhop Gallery, Zephyr Cove, NV (forthcoming)
2020 Imagined Landscapes, Spanish Springs Library, Sparks, NV
2019 Fading Light | Shifting Landscapes, Nevada Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2017 Artist in Residence Exhibition, Friends of Black Rock High Rock, Reno Art Works, Reno, NV
DRIFT, with Victoria Buck, The Holland Project Gallery, Reno, NV
Desert Notes, Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV
Desert Notes, Left of Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2016 Artist in Residence Exhibition, Friends of Black Rock High Rock, Gerlach, Winnemucca, NV
2014 Of This World, Not In It, Meinecke Gallery, St. Mary’s Art Center, Virginia City, NV
2014 Desert Garden, Reno Philharmonic Nevada Sesquicentennial Celebration, Pioneer Center, Reno, NV
2014 Surrender, St. Mary’s Art Center, Virginia City, NV
2013 The Aeolian Marsh, with Jared Stanley, as part of the Conference on Ecopoetics, UC Berkeley, Arrowhead Marsh, Oakland, CA
2012 Now & Never: The Torpedo Series, NeverEnder, Reno, NV
2011 In a Shifting Landscape, collaboration with Nat Evans, Chapel Performance Space, Seattle, WA
2010 The Explorers, collaboration with Melanie Berner, Bibo 3 Gallery, Reno, NV
2009 Umwelt, Silverland Art Gallery, Virginia City, NV
2008 The Art of Wallowing, Thiel College, Greenville, PA
2008 Woolworth Windows Exhibition, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA
2008 Down To Earth, Arts Iowa City Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2007 The View From Here: an installation for one person, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA
Shelter, Melhop Gallery, Zephyr Cove, NV
Ossuary, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Bullfrog Biennial, Goldwell Open Air Museum, Beatty, NV
Psychogeografik, RAE Space for Contemporary Art, Berlin, GERMANY
Exploring the Twisted Nature of All Things, City Hall Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Road Trip(ping), Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2018 Resident Artists Exhibition, Studio 2035, Reno, NV
2017 Wild Nevada, Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Reno, NV
Nasty Woman, Gallery 3, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Nasty Woman, Russell Fine Arts Gallery, Arkadelphia, AR
Tilting the Basin, Las Vegas, NV
2016 Tilting the Basin, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
41st Annual Faculty Show, Truckee Meadows Community College, Main Gallery, Reno, NV
Line in the Sand, Pacific Northwest College of Art Commons, SGCI, Portland, OR
Three to the Third: Whole Phantasmagoria Duality, Sierra Arts Foundation, invited by Tamara Scronce, Reno, NV
2015 Grants to Artists Exhibition, Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, NV
2014 Bathed in Sunshine, Covered in Dust, Holland Project Gallery, Reno, NV
Ossuary, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
2013 Ossuary, University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN
AZ Bill 1070, A. E. England Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
BRIC Art 4, Capital City Arts Initiative, Carson City, NV
Forage: A Roaming Gallery, Holland Project, Lost City Farm, Reno, NV
1-2-3, Collaborate!, print portfolio, as part of SGC, UWM PSOA Kenilworth Square East, Madison, WI
2012 For Your Eyes Only, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Prologue, Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV
Modern Art Makes Me Want to Rock Out, Bibo 3 Gallery, Reno, NV
2011 Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes & Lifescapes, University of Arizona Museum, Tucson, AZ
Diminutive, small works group show, curated by Jen Graham, Bibo 3 Gallery, Reno, NV
MYSELF, Sheppard Gallery, Curated by Marji Vecchio, Reno, NV
Tompkins Projects West: Works on Paper, Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Culturing Community, The Moving Crew, The Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, IA
Ideal X, The Moving Crew, Molekula, Rijeka, CROATIA
The Illustrated Accordion, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Monochromatic, Holland Headquarters, Reno, NV
2009 Plus Three Ferris Wheels, Delavski dom (DDT), Trbovlje, SLOVENIA
Echotrope New Media Festival, Bancroft Street Market, Omaha, NE
Polymer, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Plus Three Ferris Wheels, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008 Paths of Desire, Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
On Procession, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Bloom, MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
Plus 3 Ferris Wheels, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
RESIDENCIES
2018 Silver City Artist in Residency Program, Silver City, NV
2017 Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, NV
PLAYA, Summer Lake, OR
2016 BLM & Friends of Black Rock, Black Rock Desert High Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, NV
2015 The Arctic Circle, Svalbard, Norway
2015 Goldwell Open Air Museum, Rhyolite, NV
2009 Silverland, Virginia City, NV
2006 The University of Rijeka Academy of Applied Arts, Rijeka, Croatia
AWARDS
2020 Grants to Artists Recipient, Sierra Arts Foundation
Project Grant Recipient, Nevada Arts Council
2017 Professional Development Grant, Nevada Arts Council
2016 Jackpot Grant Recipient, Nevada Arts Council
2015 Grants to Artists Recipient, Sierra Arts Foundation
2015 Professional Development Grant, Nevada Arts Council
2013 Jackpot Grant Recipient, Nevada Arts Council
2012 Professional Development Grant, Nevada Arts Council
2011 Jackpot Grant Recipient, Nevada Arts Council
2010 Professional Development Grant, Nevada Arts Council
2010 Jackpot Grant Recipient, Nevada Arts Council
2009 Professional Development Grant, Nevada Arts Council
2009 Endowment Fund Grant Recipient, Sierra Arts Foundation
2008 Best Presentation, Jakobsen Graduate Conference, University of Iowa
2008 Obermann Institute on Engagement and the academy, Graduate Fellow
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Glassberg, Josie. “Good Morning,” Double Scoop Arts in Nevada, February 16, 2021
Bieker, Matt. “In the Black,” Reno News and Review, February 9, 2017
365 Artists 365 Days, featured interview on blog (12/16), Frank Juarez Gallery and Greymatter Gallery, 2015
Peterson, Kristen. “’Contemporary Nevada’ Aims to Show the Best Art Being Created in the Silver State Today,” Las Vegas Weekly, December 9, 2015
Luciano, Josie. “Winners’ Tale,” Reno News and Review, September 17, 2015
Luciano, Josie. “Polar Expression,” Reno News and Review, April 30, 2015
Wainwright, Nonie. “Faces show character and culture”, Nevada Today, January 6, 2011
Uchill, Rebecca. “Johnny Appleseed Color Guard,” On Procession exhibition catalog, 2009
Bynum, Brad. “Daydream Believer,” Reno News and Review, September 3, 2009
GUEST LECTURES/ARTIST TALKS
2020 “Public Art and Urban Redevelopment,” with Vivian Zavataro of the Lilley Museum, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2016 Meet the Artist, “Ice, Light, Wind,” Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2013 “Frida Kahlo: Her Photographs,” performance and lecture, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2013 “Collaboration,” Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
2006 Fine Art Academy, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2006 Fine Art Academy Rijeka, Croatia
COLLECTIONS
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Southern Graphics Council International Archive
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland State University
Center for Art & Environment, Nevada Museum of Art
University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History
University of Iowa, Special Collections
Black Rock Press, University of Nevada Reno
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
August 2017 – Present: Public Art Program Coordinator, City of Reno
August 2016 – May 2017: Adjunct Faculty, Truckee Meadows Community College
Duties include teaching digital photography art courses, developing curriculum, and assessment. Courses taught:
Art 141: Introduction to Digital Photography
Art 299: Special Topics—Color Photography
August 2011 – July 2016: Lecturer, University of Nevada Reno, Art Department
Duties included teaching a variety of studio art courses (listed below) and creating curriculum, as well as serving on department committees and university-wide committees, working individually with students on special projects, coordinating and managing lab assistants for the photography print lab, and handling checkout of equipment for the photography area.
Art 141: Introduction to Digital Photography
Art 151: Introduction to Time-Based Media | Videography
Art 235: Intermediate Photography Artificial Lighting
Art 237: Intermediate Photography Color
Art 251: Beginning Videography
Art 338: Advanced Photography I
Art 405: Wallworks
Art 438: Advanced Photography II
Art 440: Problems in Photography
Art 475/675: History of Photography
Art 492: Individual Studies
Art 698: Graduate Seminar in the Visual Arts
Art 710: Graduate Studio Practices
August 2008 – July 2011: Adjunct Faculty, University of Nevada Reno
Duties included teaching a variety of studio art courses (listed below) as well as creating a digital textbook for the beginning photography curriculum.
Art 141: Introduction to Digital Photography
Art 235: Intermediate Photography Artificial Lighting
Art 338: Advanced Photography I
Art 438: Advanced Photography II
Art 440: Problems in Photography
January – May 2011: Adjunct Faculty, Truckee Meadows Community College
Duties included teaching a studio darkroom course on traditional black & white analog techniques.
Art 135: Introduction to Darkroom Techniques
June 2007 – 2012: Museum School Instructor, Nevada Museum of Art
Duties included creation and teaching of classes and workshops as well as week-long themed summertime art camps for toddlers, kids and teens. Topics taught included: clay, crochet, printmaking, digital photography, bookmaking, and drawing.