education

2009-present MFA, Metal, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

2002-06 BA, Psychology & Studio Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

related experience

2008 Solo teaching appointment, Elements of Jewelry, University of Iowa

2007 Sawing classes, Chameleon Cache, Coralville, IA

upcoming exhibitions

• 2009

  Stimulus Project
• Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
• Gallery Walk
• Modela, Iowa City, IA

selected exhibitions

• 2009

  Decorative Resurgence
• Rowan University Gallery, Glassboro, NJ

• 2008

  Craft Forms 2008
• Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
• Metal Inclinations
• Online Exhibition: www.metalinclinations.org
• 500 Pendants & Necklaces
• Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
• Sparkle Plenty 4
• Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
• Spoils
• Shaw Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME
• 500 Pendants & Lockets
• Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
• Spoils
• Shaw Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME
• The Ring Show: Putting the Band Back Together
• Fahm Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA, Awarded First Place
• Co-laboratory
• La Galerie Bleue, Savannah, GA
• Surge: SNAG Juried Student Exhibition
• SCAD, Savannah, GA
• Cresting: SNAG Juried Student Digital Image Show
• SCAD, Savannah, GA
• I Love You Love Me
• Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
• Group Exhibition
• Quad Cities International Airport Gallery, Moline, IL
• Touching Warms the Art
• Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR

• 2007

  Iowa Crafts:38
• MacNider Museum, Mason City, IA, awarded Best in Jewelry
• Topeka 28
• Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS
• Student Summer Show
• Facere Jewelry Art, Seattle, WA

publications

2008 “500 Pendants & Lockets” Lark Books

acquisitions/collections

2008 Mary Hallam Pearse, personal collection, jewelry piece

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, jewelry piece

2007 Lois Jecklin, personal collection, jewelry piece

Sam Gassman, personal collection, jewelry piece