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education

2004 - MFA Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. major: painting.

2000 - BFA Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. major: painting.

solo and collaborative exhibitions

2013-

"few people", Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2010 -

“Gorgon”, Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

"Barrier", permanent collaborative installation (with Andrew Jacob Schell), Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT.

2008 -

“Pre-Fab and Fortified!”, collaboration with Andrew Schell, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.

“I’m Hunting Myself. The Unattainable Prize.”, collaboration with Andrew Schell, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT.

2007 -

“(I) are already arriving: a question of integrity. or, coping with a corporeal snafu.”, Collaborative exhibition with Andrew Schell, Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSU – Billings, Billings MT.

2005 -

"alive in the fracture, dreaming of neverwonderland" Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

"all of this happened when we were asleep…" Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.

exhibitions

2011 -

“Painting Coast to Coast”, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery,  Detroit MI. Curated by Adrian Hatfield.

“A Glimpse Inward”, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO. Curated by Caleb Taylor.

2010 -

“fertilizing utopias”, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2008 -

“Urban/Suburban 2008”, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS. (Kansas City)

“Painting 2008”, group exhibition, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI

2007 -

“Urban/Suburban 2007”, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS. (Kansas City)

“Splice: Art and Technology”, Jesse Wilber Gallery, Bozeman MT.

2006 -

"Beauty, Intensity, and The Sublime", group exhibition, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI.

"The Joan Mitchell Foundation 2004-05 MFA Grant Recipients", group exhibition, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY.

“Winners”, two person exhibition, Kunstverein INGAN, Berlin, Germany.

2005 -

"Visiting Faculty Exhibition", Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO.

2004 -

“Big Dumb Inactive Meat Reaction”, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville OH.

“Group Show”, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH.

“Invitational”, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH.

2003 -

“Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition”, Juror: Helen Molesworth, curator: Wexner Center, Columbus, OH. Fort Hayes Gallery, Columbus, OH.

“Already Played”, Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL.

“Icon”, Ohio University Seigfred Gallery, Athens, OH.

2002 -

“Drawings”, Ridges Gallery, Athens, OH.

“First Day, First Year”, Ridges Gallery, Athens, OH.

2000 -

“Recent BFA Graduates”, BK Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH.

Recent Press

2011:       -"Kunst und Gesellschaft: Welche Kunst? Welche Gesellschaft?", by Peter Lodermeyer. Cover Article of              Junge_Kunst Magazin, Nr. 89, Ritterbach Verlag,  2011.

2011:       -"Gorgon Span", catalog of recent works with critical essay by Peter Lodermeyer, published in association          with Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2009:       -"Rollin Beamish - Fehlschluss: Über die Widersprüche Unserer Lebenswelt", by Peter Lodermeyer.   Junge_Kunst Magazin, Nr. 79, Ritterbach Verlag, 2009.

2008:       -"YAM Exhibition Explores Consumerism and Society", by Jaci Webb. The Billings Gazette, Billings Montana.      Thurs. April 3, 2008.

Awards and Residencies

2013:       Joan Mitchell Foundation AiR Program, New Orleans, LA, artist residency and fellowship. (upcoming)

2012:       Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), artist residency and fellowship, Amherst, VA.

2005-06: Fulbright Grant, Institute for International Education, New York, NY.

2004:       Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY.

Teaching Experience

2006-present -

Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

AY 2004-05 -

Visiting Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO.

2002-04 -

Graduate Teaching Assistant and instructor of record, Ohio University School of Art Foundations Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH.

Other Professional Experience

2011-      

Panel Discussion Participant and Guest Lecturer, in conjunction with the “Painting Coast to Coast” exhibition. School of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

Guest Lecturer: Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO.

2008 -

Guest Lecturer: Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT.

2007 -

Guest Lecturer: Emerson Cultural Arts Center, Bozeman, MT.

Visiting Artist and Lecturer: Montana State University– Billings, Billings, MT.

2004 -

Visiting Artist and Lecturer: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.