b. 1984, St. Paul, MN

EDUCATION

MFA Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL - 2009
BA Studio Art / English, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN - 2006

EXHIBITION HISTORY

UPCOMING
The New Madonnas [solo exhibition], Kishwaukee College Art Gallery, Malta, IL

2009
Family Album, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Weisman Exhibition, Wong Gallery, Chicago, IL
MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
Union League Civic and Arts Visual Arts Competition, Union League Club, Chicago, IL
Kinsey Institute Juried Show, SoFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN (juror: Jennifer Cahn)

2008
Group Show No. 27, Humble Arts Foundation, online exhibition
Foto-Work, Orleans Street Gallery, Chicago, IL (juror: Whitney Bradshaw)
Mary Beth Creiger Memorial Exhibition, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
(juror: Catherine Edelman)
Icon, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (juror: Margaret Denny)
I Am Woman, The Next Picture Show, Dixon, IL
Weisman Exhibition, Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Sharks, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL

2007
New Art 2007, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL (juror: Adam Brooks)
Mary Beth Creiger Memorial Exhibition, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
Fall Art Festival, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL

2006
The Exhibitionists, Flaten Museum, Northfield, MN

2005
Imagination and Wonder, Buntrock Commons, Northfield, MN
Illegitimate Arts Festival, Chicago Arts Program, Chicago, IL

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Visual Arts Competition Finalist - 2009
Albert P. Weisman Project Completion Grant - 2008, 2009
John Mulvany Merit Scholarship - 2008
I Am Woman Exhibition - Juror's Choice - 2008
Graduate Opportunity Award - 2007
Academic Distinction in Studio Art, St. Olaf College - 2006
Donald Palm Scholarship - 2005

PUBLICATIONS
Funari, Rachel. "Art School Unconfidential: What the city's burgeoning MFA programs mean for the future of artists in Chicago," New City, May 26, 2009.

COLLECTIONS
Columbia College Chicago