2007 - Present, Teaching assistant to Anthony Ryder, The Ryder Studio, Santa Fe, NM
2006, Teaching assistant to Anthony Ryder, Andreeva Portrait Academy, Santa Fe, NM
2004 - Present, Study with artist Anthony Ryder
2001, BA in Art Theory and Practice, Painting Concentration, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

exhibitions

2008

• About Beauty: an international group show, The Framing Gallery, Hawthorne, NY

2006

• Andreeva Portrait Academy Instructor and Alumni Show, Andreeva Portrait Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2005

• Holiday Show, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
• Showing of class work by students of Tony Ryder, Andreeva Portrait Academy, Santa Fe, NM
• "A Feast For Your Eyes", Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

2004

• Holiday Show, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
• Northwest Area Arts Council's "McHenry County Arts Showcase", Dole Mansion, Crystal Lake, IL
• "Real People", Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL; Honorable Mention, Tilt
• "Suddenly Summer", Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

2003

• "The Figure", Spring Street Gallery, Galena, IL
• "Real People", Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
• Northwest Area Arts Council members' show, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
• "Women's Works", Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

2002

• Old Court House Figurative League group show, Firehouse Arts Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL

2001

• Undergraduate Art Exhibition, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

recognition

• 2005 Scholarship from Andreeva Portrait Academy, underwritten by a grant from kynamatrix Research Network
• 2004 Honorable Mention, Tilt, "Real People", Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
• 2001 Departmental Honors, Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• 2001 "Best in Show" award, Unnamed, Undergraduate Art Exhibition, Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• 2001 Daily Northwestern article, "Best in Show"