curriculum vitae
Education 2006 MFA, Metal Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 1999 BFA Magna Cum Laude, Sculpture with concentration in Jewelry/Metals, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC Work Experience 2011-present Slippery Rock University, Gallery Director, Slippery Rock, PA 2011-present Community College of Allegheny County, Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA 2011-present Waynesburg University, Instructor, Waynesburg, PA 2009-2012 Society for Contemporary Craft, Store Coordinator, Pittsburgh, PA 2008-2009 Purdue University, Visiting Instructor, West Lafayette, IN 2006-2008 Interlochen Arts Academy, Instructor, Interlochen, MI 2001-2003 Central Piedmont Community College, Instructor, Charlotte, NC Selected Exhibitions 2012 The Year Was 2006 Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia; international juried show Clasp Art Alliance, St.Louis, MO, curated by Robert Longyear (forthcoming) THE ART OF SEDUCTION: Exquisitely Crafted Temptations Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, curated by Gail M. Brown The Art of Enameling, College of the Albemarle, Manteo, NC, curated by Kathryn Osgood Small Metals in the Steel City Society for Contemporary Craft satellite gallery at One Mellon Center, Pittsburgh, PA World Championship Belt Buckle Competition international juried exhibition, Bozeman, MT Pomp and Swagger Exhibition in Motion, Phoenix, AZ 2011 Geography an AJF exhibition at SNAG Seattle and SOFA Chicago; international juried show, represented by Crafthaus Point/Counterpoint Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Alumni Exhibition East Carolina University Radical Alchemy Courthouse Gallery, Portsmouth Museums, Portsmouth, VA, invitational show 2010 Inhorgenta Munich, Germany; part of Lucca Preziosa Young; international juried show Pittsburgh Metal Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA; regional invitational SOFA New York represented by Charon Kransen Arts SOFA West represented by Charon Kransen Arts Gioelli per la Ricerca Le Arti Orafe, Firenze, Italy 2009 Lucca Preziosa Young Le Arti Orafe in Lucca, Italy; JOYA in Barcelona, Spain; international juried show Sparkle Plenty 5 Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA; national invitational show SOFA NY New York, NY, represented by Charon Kransen Arts Decorative Resurgence Rowan University Gallery, Glassboro, NJ; international juried show; catalog Feeling Groovy! Textures in RAM’s Collections Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI American Enamels The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA; invitational show The New Steel v. 2 The Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; invitational show Jewelry in Motion: Revolution The Philadelphia Museum of Art; national juried show The Enamel Experience: International Badge Exhibition Kent State University, Kent, OH; Synderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Shameless Purdue University East Gallery, West Lafayette, IN, invitational show SOFA West Santa Fe, NM; represented by Charon Kransen Arts Stimulus Sienna Gallery, Lennox, MA; invitational show 2008 SOFA Chicago Chicago, IL; represented by Charon Kransen Arts Metal Inclinations virtual exhibition; international juried show The Pendant Show Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; international invitational show Adornment for the 21st Century Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM; international invitational show TAG (Badge Exhibition) Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; invitational show The Pioneers of Art Jewellery from America: Japan Jewelry Design Association Biennale Exhibition The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo; The Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami City; Sendia Mediatheque Gallery, Sendai City; International Design Center, Nagoya City; Mitsubishi Artium, Fukuoka City; international juried show, catalog Spoils: In Support of Society of North American Goldsmiths Shaw Gallery, Northeast Gallery, Maine, invitational show SOFA New York New York, NY; represented by Charon Kransen Arts Palm Beach 3 West Palm Beach, FL; represented by Charon Kransen Arts Refined: Abundance The Art Center @ The Old Opera House; Nacogdoches, TX; national juried show Sharon Massey and Renee Robbins Macomb College Art Gallery; Clinton Township, MI; two-person show Fine Arts Center Alumni Exhibition Sheffield Wood Gallery; Greenville, SC; national invitational show 2007 Materials: Hard & Soft Center for the Visual Arts Meadow Gallery, Denton, TX; national juried show SOFA Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago, IL; represented by Charon Kransen Arts The International Art + Design Fair New York, NY; represented by Charon Kransen Arts Metalsmiths Linking: A Cross Cultural Exchange Hiko Mizuno Jewelry College, Tokyo, Japan; international invitational show Material Alchemy gallery M.I.M., Baltimore, MD; national juried show The New Steel Delta Axis (Powerhouse), Memphis, TN; national juried show Contemporary Enameling Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC; national invitational show The Earring Show Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; international invitational show Handcrafted 9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition The Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC; national juried show Fusion: 11th Biennial International Juried Exhibition Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH; international juried show; catalog 2006 RAM’s Tales: Women Jewelers from the Permanent Collection Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI; international exhibition The Necklace Show Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; international invitational show On Fire! Contemporary Enameling gallery M.I.M., Baltimore, MD; national juried show Parameters of Preciousness William E. Gahlberg Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL; national juried show Vitreousity: Visions in Enameling Gallery 21, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA; national juried show The Art of Enameling Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA; national invitational show Golden Opportunity Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL; virtual exhibition Adornment, Ornament, Sentiment; MFA Thesis Exhibition Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; solo show The Arsenal Metals and Enamels Exhibition 2006 The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH; national juried show Crafts National 2006 Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA; national juried show, image in catalog 8th International Juried Enamel Exhibition Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA; international juried show, image on postcard American Craft Council Spotlight 2006 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY; regional juried show The Art of Enameling NC State Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC; national invitational show Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood The Arts Center at the Imperial Centre, Rocky Mount, NC; national juried show 2005 CRAFT USA ’05 National Craft Triennial Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT; national juried show Made in America Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY; national invitational show, image on poster .925 + Ingenuity = Art Jewelry The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA; national invitational show On the Verge: SNAG Student Exhibition and Learning Curves Cleveland Institute of Art, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH; national juried shows Multiple Palettes/Varied Vision: 30 Artists Explore Color White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, OR; national invitational show Metamorphosis Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN; international juried show, catalogue An Affiliation of Past and Present City Art Gallery, Greenville, NC; regional invitational show Metal Design Graduate Student Exhibition Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC; regional invitational group show 200 Rings Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; Obsidian Gallery, Tuscan, AZ Gallery M, Cleveland, OH; Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME Faceré Gallery, Seattle, WA; international invitational show 2004 Fine Contemporary Crafts Artspace, Raleigh, NC; national juried show The Rebel Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC; regional juried student show, catalogue Hammer & Hand: Contemporary American Metal Center Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI; national juried show, featured on postcard The Down East Sculpture Exhibition Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC; regional juried show Playing with Fire: Glass on Metal San Diego, CA; national juried show, catalogue Rings Cannon Gallery of the Gallery of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC; international invitational show The Quickening Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC; regional invitational show American Craft Council Spotlight 2004 Southeast Region West Virginia; regional juried show Hand Crafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC; national juried show Materials: Hard & Soft Center for the Visual Arts Meadow Gallery, Denton, TX; national juried show 2003 Craft Forms 2003 National Juried Exhibition of Fine Contemporary Crafts Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Wayne, PA; national juried show, catalogue Java Underground, Juried Cup Show Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC; national juried show American Craft Council Spotlight 2003 Southeast Region Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC; regional juried show Permanent Collections Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Raleigh, North Carolina Publications 2012 Metalsmith magazine, Vol. 32, No. 1, pg. 54 2011 Geography catalog, photograph pg. 52 2011 Catalogo Dei Gioielli, October 2011, photograph, pg. 23 2011 Art Jewelry Today 3rd Edition, Schiffer Publishing, photographs, pg. 165, 166 2011 Pittsburgh 360 on WQED, airdate January 13, 2011 2010 Craft Insight video, www.Crafthaus.ning 2010 Pittsburgh Fashion Magazine, September 2010, pg. 142 2009 khVERK, Norwegian magazine Kunsthandverk NR 2.2009, 112, pg.11 2009 500 Enameled Objects, Lark Books, photographs, pgs. 182, 376 2008 Art Jewelry Today, 2nd edition, Schiffer Publishing, photographs, pgs. 33, 105, 112 2008 500 Pendants and Lockets, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 34 2007 500 Earrings, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 19 2007 Ornament Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 4, photograph, pg. 34 2006 500 Necklaces, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 316 2004 1000 Rings, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 370 2004 The Art of Enameling, by Linda Darty, Lark Books illustrations, pgs. 39, 109, 116; photograph, pg. 135; project, pgs. 140-142 Visiting Artist Lectures and Workshops 2012 Jewelry Fabrication in Steel, workshop at Lillstreet Arts Center for Chicago Metal Arts Guild 2012 Jewelry Fabrication in Steel, workshop at Touchstone Center for Craft, Farmington, PA 2012 Enameling lecture and workshop, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA 2011 PechaKucha, lecture, Assemble Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2011 Cloisonné enameling, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2009 Artist Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Lecture, SOFA Chicago 2008 Emerging Artist Lecture, sponsored by SNAG, SOFA Chicago 2008 Michigan Art Association Professional Development Workshop, Kalamazoo, MI 2008 Artist lecture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 2008 Artist lecture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 2008 Enameling workshop and lecture, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 2007 Enameling workshop and lecture, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI 2007 Artist lecture, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 2007 Artist lecture, Crit-o-Rama, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI 2005 Jewelry Fabrication 101 workshop, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA 2002 Etching for Jewelry workshop, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC Artist Residencies 2006-2007 Artist-in-Residence, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI 2004, 2005 Studio Resident, Metals, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA Awards, Honors, Noteworthy Activity 2009 Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award 2008 First Place, Refined: Abundance 2008 Juror’s Award, Materials: Hard & Soft 2005 Gravely Scholarship, School of Art, East Carolina University 2004 Award of Merit, The Down East Sculpture Exhibition 2004 Honorable Mention, The Rebel Student Exhibition Professional Service 2011-present Steering Committee Member, Pittsburgh Emerging Arts Leaders 2011 Juror, Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA 2010 Juror, Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award 2010 Juror, LEAP Award, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2008-2009 Faculty Advisor, Purdue Art Jewelry and Metals Association 2007-2008 Gallery Coordinator, Interlochen Arts Academy 2007-2008 Artistic Task Force, Interlochen Arts Academy 2007 Juror, East Lansing Art Festival, East Lansing, MI 2006-2008 Visiting Artist Committee, Interlochen Arts Academy 2004-2008 SNAG Silent Auction Co-Manager, Society of North American Goldsmiths 2004-2005 President, Graduate Student Alliance, East Carolina University http://www.Crafthaus.ningshapeimage_3_link_0