EDUCATION

  • 2010 MFA in Visual Studies, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
  • 2008 BA in Studio Art, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2009 Octopus, Octopus, The Boiler Room Cafe, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2008 Images of War, Smith Gallery, Grinnell, IA
  • 2006 New Work, Smith Gallery, Grinnell, IA

Invitational Group Exhibitions

  • 2011 Naming The Animals, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
  • 2010 An Archive, A Forest, The Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2009 What Nobody Knows, MCAD Whittier Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2008 2@22, J.R. Kortman Gallery, Rockford, IL
  • 2008 Portraits, Eight of Them, Smith Gallery, Grinnell, IA
  • 2007 Grinnell College Art, Smash, Des Moines, IA

Juried Exhibitions

  • 2011 Open Door 6, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2010 Made @ MCAD, The MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2010 Water Rights, The MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2009 Open Door 5, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2008 Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
  • 2008, 2006 Grinnell College Student Art Salon, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, IA
  • 2004 Young Artists Show, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

  • 2011 New American Paintings, Midwestern Edition, Issue No. 95
  • 2011 Naming The Animals, published by Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
  • 2010 An Archive, A Forest by Tom Haakenson, PhD, Constellation 08, Quodlibetica
  • 2009, 2008 MCAD MFA Trustees Scholarship, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2009, 2008 MCAD MFA Opportunity Grant, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2008 Best in Show, Grinnell College Student Art Salon, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, IA
  • 2005 Mayor’s Arts Award, Rockford Area Arts Council, Rockford, IL