BORN
  1973 Mount Clemens, Michigan
     
EDUCATION
M.F.A 2005 Maryland Institute College of Art
B.F.A. 1998 Virginia Commonwealth University
  1995 Corcoran School of Art
  1993 University of Maryland
     
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

2005-
present

Adjunct Instructor, Harper College, Palatine, IL (Photography-Continuing Present Education)
  2004-
2005
Teacher, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
(Photography I & II)
  2003-
2004
Teacher, East Leyden High School, Franklin Park, IL (Photography I, II, III, & IV)
  1998-
2003
Teacher, Patrick Henry High School, Ashland, VA (Photography I & II, Graphic Arts, Art Foundation)
     
AWARDS/HONORS
  1991-
1993
Creative & Performing Arts Scholarship, University of Maryland (renewable yearly)
  1991 Charles County Arts Alliance Scholarship
     
 EXHIBITION RECORD (* solo shows marked by asterisk) 
  2006
NAB Gallery, Chicago, IL
 
Systematic Desensitization, Fusebox Gallery, Chicago, IL
 

2005

* M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
    Human Conditions, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
    Prodigal Summer, G-Spot, Baltimore, MD
  2004 Brown Center, Baltimore, MD
  2003 Pinkard Gallery, Baltimore, MD
    Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  2002

Disparate Voices, Rice Gallery/McDaniel College, Westminster, MD
    Modern Eyes, Gallery 125/MICA, Baltimore, MD
    Montpelier Center for the Arts, Richmond, VA
    Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, VA
  2000

4th Annual Juried Photo Exhibition, The Gallery at Corporate & Museum Frame, Richmond, VA

    VSPA Exhibition, Schockoe Bottom Arts Center, Richmond, VA
  1998-
2000
Annual Local Artist’s Exhibition, Ashland Coffee and Tea, Ashland, VA
  1998

View Camera Photographic Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
   

Pollack Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

  1997

1st Annual Juried Photo Exhibition, The Gallery at Corporate & Museum Frame, Richmond, VA
     
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  “Critic’s Choice: Art” The Baltimore City Paper June 1, 2005
  Hileman, Kristen “Essay by Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator of Hirshhorn Museum” URL:http://www.gspotavp.com/prodigalsummer.html
  Juxtapositions Baltimore: Maryland Institute College of Art, 2005
  McNatt, Glen “Artists of Photographers? In MAP Exhibit, It’s Both” The Baltimore Sun June 7, 2005
  Sessa, Sam “MAP Examines Photography’s Role.” The Baltimore Sun May 26, 2005
  ‘SUP Magazine, no. 007, 2000
  COPPER PRESS, issue 4 (8 photos)
  Engine Down “To Bury Within the Sound” LP/CD & website
     
PUBLICATIONS
  Biographies of Thomas Ruff & Wolfgang Tillmans The Encyclopedia of Twentieth- Century Photography New York: Routledge Reference, 2005
    
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
   2005

smART Lunch Lecture Series, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
     Artist’s Developmental Lecture, MICA, Baltimore, MD
     
CONFERENCES
   2006

 NAEA National Conference, Chicago, IL, "The Postcard Project: An Art Exchange"
   


TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES 
  Black & white and color photography, small, medium & large format and digital cameras, traditional and digital processes, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark X-Press, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, PC & MAC platform
     
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
   College Arts Association
   National Art Education Association
   Society for Photographic Education