2000, M.F.A., Art and Design, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1985, B.A., Political Science, Minor: Journalism, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2008 January-May, Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Art, Texas Tech, teaching Photography and Memory.
2006 August-May 2007, Visiting Assistant Professor, Mass Communications, Texas
Tech, teaching Intro to
Photography, Studio Photography, Adobe Photoshop.
2004 January-May 2006, Visiting Assistant Professor, Cinema & Photography, SIUC, teaching Black & White and Color Photography.
2003 January-July 2005, Historical Manuscript Researcher and Organizer, SIUC Morris Library Special Collections and as a part of a Library of Congress grant investigating Lewis and Clark’s time in southern Illinois.
2002 May-October, Coordinator, Empty Bowls Project to Benefit Good Samaritan Homeless Shelter and Food Pantry. Raised more than $8,000 as curator of an artists’ exhibition and silent auction as well as, recruiting artists and community members to make and buy more than 500 handmade bowls.
2000-2001, Visiting Instructor, Art and Design, SIUC, teaching History of Design and 2 & 3D Presentation.
Selected
Exhibitions
Solo
2010, September 24-October 29, 30 Dresses, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2010, February 27-April 17, Modern Conveniences, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2009, July 9-August 21, 30 Dresses, Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, NY
2009, April 11-May 11, No Man’s Land, H Gallery, Houston, TX
2009, March, Living In Between, PooL Art Fair, New York, NY
2008-9, December 5-January 24, Living In Between, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2008, October, dragged & dropped, r Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2006, February, Rosebud, Rosetta Stone Bookstore, Carbondale, IL
2004, May, In Hot Water, The Fat Cat Café Gallery, Murphysboro, IL
2003, October, In Play, Gallery HQ, Carbondale, IL
2002, June, both in and out of the game, The Fat Cat Café Gallery, Murphysboro, IL
2001, May, The Body Project, The Fat Cat Café Gallery, Murphysboro, IL
1999, July, modern girl, University Museum, Carbondale, IL
1999, January, A Familiar Haunt, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL
1998-99, December-January, Digital Sketchbook, Hickory Lodge Gallery, Carbondale, IL
1998, September-October, The Body Project, University Mall, Carbondale, IL
Group (juried)
2009, September 13-October 10, 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD
2009, May 1-June 111, The Emotional Body, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009, April 23-May 31, 41st Annual Visual Art Exhibition VAST, Denton, TX
2009, April4-May 7, Texas National 2009, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX
2009, April 2-26, In Your Dreams, Pen & Brush Gallery, New York, NY
2009, March 27-May 11, Regional Juried Art Exhibition, MSCC Forsyth Center Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Award of Excellence
2009, March 5-April25, Women’s Works 2009, N.W. Area Arts Council, Woodstock, IL
2009, February 1-28, Artists’ ShowCase Portfolio Show, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2008, September 27-November 22, After Life, Watson Studio Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2007 December, High & Dry VII, International Cultural Center, Lubbock, TX
2004 October-November, 9th Biennial Carbondale Community Arts, The University Museum, Carbondale, IL
2004, May-June, Mapping Memory, Art St. Louis Main Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2003, September-October, International Assemblage Artist Exhibition, Gallery twenty-four, Berlin, Germany
2003, June-August, Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition and Exhibition, Cedarhurst Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
2002, November-January, 2003, Art St. Louis XVIII, The Exhibition, Art St. Louis Main Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
Group (invitational)
2010, May 5-31, Gatherings, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2010, February 7-March 20, Gatherings, Scott Gallery, Carroll Community College, Westminster, MD.
2010, January-April, High & Dry, Centennial Museum, University of Texas El Paso, TX
2009, July-October, Red, White & Blue…Gone Green, The Great American Women’s Sculpture Park, Pine Bush, NY
2008, October 14-November 30, Celebracion, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
2006, October, Dia de los Muertos, International Cultural Center, Lubbock, TX
2005, November, The Annual Combined Faculty Exhibit, University Museum, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2005, May, Art on the Water, Vanishing Point Gallery, Lockwood, NY
2005, January, The Annual Combined Faculty Exhibit, University Museum, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2004, January-February, The Annual Combined Faculty Exhibit, University Museum, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2001, January, Selected Quilts from New Quilts from Old Favorites—Ohio Star, International Quilt Festival, Tokyo, Japan
2001, January-March, The Annual Combined Faculty Exhibit, University Museum, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2000, January, Mini Prints 1999, Borders Bookshop, Philadelphia, PA
2009, Finalist, Critical Mass, Portfolio Review, Portland, OR
2009, Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant for January 2010 Residency
2009, Award of Excellence, Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Forsyth Center Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2008, Hungry’s Gallery Photography Grant, Living In Between, a solo exhibition.
1998, Southern Illinois Cultural Alliance with Carbondale Community Arts, The Body Project.
1997-98, Joint
Women’s Studies/UWPA Grant Juried Competition, The Body Project
2009, March, Artists’ ShowCase Portfolio Show, Volume 2, Issue 1, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO, 12 image portfolio, Living In Between
2006, Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts, article and 4 images.
2010, January, Monthly Photography, a 10-page article discussing my work with color photographs, my image featured on the cover, in this leading Korean magazine.
2009, November, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, TX, my photograph In the Woods featured as part of an article promoting a local art event.
2009, Spring, Voices of Art, A 3-page article discussing my exhibit, dragged & dropped, with color photos.
2003, October 9, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL, An article discussing my exhibition, In Play, with color photo.
2002, June, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL. An article discussing my exhibition, both in and out of the game, with color photo
2001, February 20, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL. An article discussing my exhibition, modern girl, with color photo.
1999, January 6, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL This article was picked up on the Associated Press wire and featured in other papers in the nation. It discussed my exhibitions, Digital Sketchbook and The Body Project, with color photo.
2002, September, WSIL, Carterville, IL, serving southern Illinois, eastern Missouri, and western Kentucky. A story featuring the Empty Bowls Project and me as “Unsung Hero.”
1998, September 27, WSIL, Carterville, IL. A story featuring my exhibition, The Body Project.
Miscellaneous
2003-04, The African American Museum, Carbondale, IL has adopted my work, Which Way?, as a symbol of the Museum including use on brochures and t-shirts.
Alan Klotz Gallery
511 West 25th St., New York, NY
212-741-4764, www.klotzgallery.com