education

PhD Candidate, Division of Philosophy, Art and Critical Thought, European Graduate School
2004 - MFA Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. major: painting.
2000 - BFA Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. major: painting.

Awards and Residencies

2013
Joan Mitchell Center AiR Program, New Orleans, LA, artist residency and fellowhip.
Hommes AiR Program, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, guest residency.

2012
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), artist residency and fellowship, Amherst, VA.

2005-06
Fulbright Grant through the German-American Fulbright Commission, Berlin, Germany.

2004
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Stipendium for Painting.

solo and collaborative exhibitions

2015
Positive Limits, GraeserSchmidt Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany.
Still Shadows, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
Still Shadows, Inside Outsider Gallery, Frankfort, KS.

2014
Ghosts, MMIII, Moenchengladbachner Kunstverein, Moenchengladbach, Germany.
Palliative Measures, Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin Germany.

2013
few people, Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2010
Gorgon, Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.
Barrier, permanent collaborative installation (with Andrew Jacob Schell), Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT.

2008
Pre-Fab and Fortified!, collaboration with Andrew Schell, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.
I’m Hunting Myself. The Unattainable Prize., collaboration with Andrew Schell, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT.

2007
(I) are already arriving: a question of integrity. or, coping with a corporeal snafu., Collaborative exhibition with Andrew Schell, Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSU – Billings, Billings MT.

2005
alive in the fracture, dreaming of neverwonderland" Semantics Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
all of this happened when we were asleep… Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH.

exhibitions

2015
Across the Divide: Faculty Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
Re/Vision, Curated Exhibition by the MA in Curatorial Practice Program, School of Visual Arts, NYC.
Abgrundtief – Abyssal, Rollin Beamish and Nao Nishihara, Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2012
Upgrade, Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.

2011
Painting Coast to Coast, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery,  Detroit MI. Curated by Adrian Hatfield.
A Glimpse Inward, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO. Curated by Caleb Taylor.

2010
fertilizing utopias, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2008
Urban/Suburban 2008, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS. (Kansas City)
Painting 2008, group exhibition, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor MI

2007
Urban/Suburban 2007, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS. (Kansas City)
Splice: Art and Technology, Jesse Wilber Gallery, Bozeman MT.

2006
Beauty, Intensity, and The Sublime, group exhibition, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI.
The Joan Mitchell Foundation 2004-05 MFA Grant Recipients, group exhibition, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY.
Winners, two person exhibition, Kunstverein INGAN, Berlin, Germany.

2005
Visiting Faculty Exhibition, Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO.

2004
Big Dumb Inactive Meat Reaction, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville OH.
Group Show, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH.
Invitational, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH.

2003
Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Juror: Helen Molesworth, curator: Wexner Center, Columbus, OH. Fort Hayes Gallery, Columbus, OH.
Already Played, Schopf Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL.
Icon, Ohio University Seigfred Gallery, Athens, OH.

2002
Drawings, Ridges Gallery, Athens, OH.
First Day, First Year, Ridges Gallery, Athens, OH.
2000
Recent BFA Graduates, BK Smith Gallery, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH.

Teaching Experience

2012-present
Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

2008-present
Co-chair, Painting and Drawing Area, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

2006-2012
Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

2004-05
Visiting Professor of Painting and Drawing, University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO.

2002-04
Graduate Teaching Assistant and instructor of record, Ohio University School of Art Foundations Program, Ohio University, Athens, OH.

Lectures

2016
Guest Lecturer, Kansas City Art Institute
Guest Lecturer, Art Program – Johnson County Community College

2015
Guest Lecturer, Gallatin Arts Crossing, Bozeman Public Library, Bozeman MT.
Guest Lecturer, Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT.

2011
Panel Discussion Participant and Guest Lecturer, in conjunction with the “Painting Coast to Coast” exhibition. School of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Guest Lecturer. Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO.

2010
Presentation on Recent Work in conjunction with “Deadly Equilibrium – Gorgon” at Greusslich Contemporary, Berlin Participated in successfully initiating an international student exchange program between MSU School of Art and the Funen Art Academy in Odense, Denmark.
Participated in successfully initiating an international student exchange program between MSU School of Art and the Higher Institute of Fine Arts (HISK), Gent, Belgium.

2007
Guest Lecturer: Emerson Cultural Arts Center, Bozeman, MT.
Visiting Artist and Lecturer: Montana State University– Billings, Billings, MT.

2004
Visiting Artist and Lecturer: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.