CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2011
Master of Fine Art, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID        

2008
Bachelor of Art in Commercial Art, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA
Minor in Photography, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA

2006                 
Studied Abroad, Newbold College, Bracknell, England

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019-Present    
Associate Professor of Art, Graphics and Foundations, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

2016-2019        
Assistant Professor of Art, Graphics and Foundations, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

2016-2016        
Adjunct Instructor, Drawing and Art Appreciation, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

2014-Present    
Owner, Orc.is. Clothing, LLC, Screen Printing and Graphic Design, College Place, WA            

2013-2015    
Adjunct Instructor, Technology and Design, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA

2012-2015    
Adjunct Instructor, Art, Culture and Technology, Walla Walla Community College: Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WA              

2011                 
Contract Instructor, Visual Communication and Design, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID                 
Foundations Coordinator, Design, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 

2011-2010        
Director & Curator, Reflections Gallery, Moscow, ID

2010-2009        
Teaching Assistant, Art History, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

2011-2008        
Instructor of Record, Drawing and Design, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

2008-2007        
Art Editor, Gadfly: Walla Walla University Journal of Art and Literature, Walla Walla University, Walla Walla, WA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

* Solo Exhibitions | ** Two-Person Exhibitions | *** Collaborations

2019                 
Forthcoming Exhibition, ART X Agent, Waitsburg, WA (with Juventino Aranda)**
Now and Then, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA 

2018                 
Connection | Matters, Chase Gallery at City Hall, Spokane, WA
Comfort Zones, Studio Articolore, Walla Walla, WA (with Juventino Aranda)**   
Regional Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, Center for Art and History Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID
CBC Faculty Exhibition, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

2017                 
Terrain 10, Washington Cracker Building, Spokane, WA
ArtWalla PopUp Exhibit, ArtEscape Studios, Walla Walla, WA
CBC Faculty Exhibition, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
Artist’s Trust Benefit Art Auction, Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, WA

2016                 
Artist Trust’s 30th Anniversary Celebration, Benefit Art Auction, Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, WA
Borderlines, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
CBC Faculty Exhibition, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
Terrain 9, Washington Cracker Building, Spokane, WA
Modern Art 2016, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID (with Juventino Aranda)***
Juried Show 2016, Allied Arts Alliance, Richland, WA
90 Miles, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA (with Juventino Aranda)***
All Together Now, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA (with Lisa Nappa)***

2015                 
Silver Lining, Brasserie Four, Walla Walla, WA (with Juventino Aranda)**
Being I, Being We, Studio Two Zero Two, Walla Walla, WA
Modern Art 2015, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID (with Juventino Aranda)***
Terrain 8, Washington Cracker Building, Spokane, WA

2014                 
Selected Works, Telander Gallery, Walla Walla, WA
Defect[ed], Olive Café, Walla Walla, WA (with Juventino Aranda)**
Many Waters, Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA
Isolated Incidents, Industrious Industries, Anacortes, WA (with Stephanie Smith)***
Amalgamated, Revel 77, Spokane WA*              
Terrain 7, Washington Cracker Building, Spokane, WA
Modern Art 2014, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID (with Juventino Aranda)***
Residual Tears, Twilight Gallery, Seattle, WA (with Raina Koller)**

2013                 
Isolated Incidents, The Holland Project, Reno, NV (with Stephanie Smith)***
6x6x2013, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

2012                 
Selected Works, Parallax Art Fair, New York, NY
Amalgamated Ocular Dialogue, Marcy’s Cafe, Walla Walla, WA*
Nostalgia, Sapolil, Walla Walla, WA            

2011                 
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Prichard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
On A Wire, The Holland Project, Reno, NV

2010                 
Baker’s Dozen Collage Exchange, The International Museum of Collage, Assemblage, and Construction, Fort Worth, TX
Domestic, Women’s Center, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID*
ArtWalk Moscow, Casa Lopez, Moscow, ID*
Graduate Student Juried Show, 2 Degrees NorthWest, Moscow, ID
Mail Art Exhibition, Gallery KG52, Stockholm, Sweden
Hidden Places, Secret Spaces, Reflections Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

2009                
Works in Progress, Ridenbaugh Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Collages, Willow Annex Gallery, Walla Walla, WA*
Guerilla Cuisine Art Show, Flying Trout, Walla Walla, WA*
Suspended, Red Door Restaurant, Moscow, ID*
Monothon 2009, Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR

2008                 
Works in Progress, Ridenbaugh Gallery, University of Idaho Moscow, ID
Etc. Thesis Show, Clyde and Mary Harris Gallery, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA*
Multiples, Colville Street Patisserie, Walla Walla, WA*
Monothon 2008, Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR

2007                 
Alley Gallery, Walla Walla, WA
Monothon 2007, Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton, OR

CURATORIAL WORK

2019    
Interim Gallery Director, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA             
Construct featuring Jenny Hyde and Cozette Phillips, Foundry Vineyard, Walla Walla, WA

2018                 
Poetics of Place featuring Jennifer Acevedo, Juventino Aranda, Davin Diaz, Joel Gaytan, Richard Martinez, Roberto C. Paquini, & Reinaldo Gill Zambrano, Clyde and Mary Harris Gallery, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA  

2017                
Desire Lines featuring Nicole Pietrantoni, Juventino Aranda, Stasia Burrington, & Remelisa Cullitan, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA     

2010-2011        
Curator and Director, Reflections Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

GUEST JUROR | LECTURER | CRITIC 

2019                 
Juror, Open Regional Exhibition, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR
Juror, The Green Show, DrewBoy Creative, Richland, WA    
Juror Lecturer, Open Regional Exhibition, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR
Curatorial Lecturer, Construct, Foundry Vineyard, Walla Walla, WA

2018                 
Artist Lecturer, CBC Faculty Exhibition, Esvelt Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
Curatorial Lecturer, Poetic of Place, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA

2017                 
Panelist,Teaching and Learning Panel: Perspectives on Critical Thinking at CBC,Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
Panel Moderator, Artist Trust: Being a Practicing Artist in a Rural Community, Studio Articolore, Walla Walla, WA
Workshop Instructor, Artist Trust: Building Audience for Your Work in Walla Walla and Beyond, Studio Articolore, Walla Walla, WA
Curatorial Lecturer, Desire Lines, Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
Guest Critic, Bachelor of Fine Art Critique,Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Guest Critic, Visual Communication Design,Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA

2016                 
Guest Critic, Bachelor of Fine Art Critique,Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Guest Lecturer, Capstone Course,Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA

2015                 
Juror, Walla Walla Public Schools Spring Art Show, SEA TEC Building, Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla, WA 

2014                 
Artist Lecturer, Residual Tears, Virago Gallery formerly Twilight Gallery, Seattle, WA
Juror, Fauntleroy Fence Project, 4755 Fauntleroy Way SW, Twilight Gallery, Seattle, WA

2013                 
Artist Lecturer, Isolated Incidents, The Holland Project, Reno, NV
Guest Lecturer, Art Education Presentation, ArtWalla Creative Network, Walla Walla, WA

2012                 
Guest Lecturer, Art and Democracy, Walla Walla University School of Social Work & Sociology, Social Justice Lecture Series, College Place, WA

2011                 
Guest Lecturer, Nostalgic Identity, Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Juror, Common’s Art Show, Idaho Commons, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID  

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2017-Present    
Board Member, Technology Advisory Board, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA

2016-Present    
Board Member, Carnegie Picture Lab, Walla Walla, WA

2016-Present    
Member, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA

2014-Present    
Committee Member, ArtSquared Committee, Walla Walla, WA

AWARDS

2016                 
Kathy Dempsey Memorial Award, Allied Arts Alliance, Richland, WA

2010-2011        
Marie Whitesel Scholarship, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

2008-2011        
Graduate Fee Assistance, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 

2009                 
Graduate Student Association National Travel Grant, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

2007                 
Department of Art Merit Scholarship, Walla Walla University, College Place, WA 

COLLECTIONS

Public Collections
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
The International Museum of Collage, Assemblage, & Construction, Fort Worth, TX
Walla Walla University Clyde and Mary Harris Gallery, College Place, WA

Private Collections              
Squire Broel
Martha Mason
Alex DeMambro
Mark & Patty Anderson
Steve Martz & Holly Ballard Martz
Charly Bloomquist & Julie Charlip