statement

I make paintings of everyday things such as price stickers, outlets, and post-its. Establishing the incidental as subject stems from my interest in the attribution of meaning to perceptionóthe choice one has to assign meaning (or not) to situations and objects observed in daily life. This habit of perception allows one to abruptly assign and reassign meaning to events and objects, which produces a malleable sense of one's own reality. It is my aim that, after experiencing my work, a viewer will be momentarily aware of herself perceiving mundane Styrofoam cups, scraps of tape, and stray nails.

bio

born: 1987, Kansas City, Missouri

education

University of Minnesota, MFA, 2013
St. Ambrose University, BFA, 2009

selected awards/honors

Lutz/Rollins Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2012

selected publications

University of Minnesota; Human Pyramid. Minneapolis, MN: p 11-12, 2013
St. Ambrose University; Quercus Volume 23. Davenport, IA: p 25-27, 2013

selected solo or two-person exhibits

World of Second Glances, The Ahrnsbrak Gallery, Wausau, 2012
An Intuitive Body, Catich Gallery, Davenport, Iowa, 2008

selected group shows

Open Door Ten,Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2014
Human Pyramid, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minnesota, 2013
Minty Fresh, Quarter Gallery at the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, 2012
Concordance, Harry M Drake Gallery, Minnesota, 2011