Education
Master of Fine Art University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2012
Studio Art, with a focus in Museum Studies and Ethnography
Bachelor of Arts Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA 2005
Studio Art with “Distinction”
Teaching & Related Work
École Superieure d'Art La Réunion (School of Fine Art), Le Port, Réunion Island, France 2022-2023
Enseignante en anglais English teacher for B.F.A. and M.F.A. students
Museum of Performance + Design, San Francisco, California, USA 2015-2018
Educational Programming and Design for
Leslie Science and Nature Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2011
Researcher & Designer for interpretive content of self-led tours
Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan, USA 2013-2014
Adjunct Professor
Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2009-2014
Adjunct Professor
Graduate Student Instructor: full responsibility for a section of the following courses
Curriculum Developer & Instructor
Selected Exhibitions & Performances
Whipstitch, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2017
Nombril at “Audible Cities” hosted by 2112 Inc., San Francisco, California, USA 2015
Loompianola (with Collin McRae & Esthir Lemi). Duderstat Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2014
Enter Here at Arts [Performance] Incubator, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, Michigan, USA 2014
Bengali Fashion Show performed at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Michigan, USA 2013
Vested for Apotropaic Breath Bellvue Art Center, Bellvue, Washington, USA 2013
Reword (with Parisa Ghaderi) SPACE 2435. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2013
Vested for Apotropaic Breath Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, USA 2012
Camera Perspicuous, Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2012
Chasm, SiTE:LAB, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 2012
PreOccupation, WORKS Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, USA 2012
An Hour of Infinity, (John Kannenberg) Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2012
Per^FORM |at/within/beyond| BOUNDARY Warren Robbins Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2012
Enter Here performed at event “Language as Sound” 6th Edition of Requited Journal, hosted by Enemy. Chicago, Illinois, USA 2011
Disruptive Stillness Jean-Paul Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2011
Selected Design/ Curation
The Quantified Self, Sara Murdock, Co-Artistic Director/ Set Designer. Los Angeles, CA 2017-present
The Land and the Archive, Museum of Performance + Design, Dramaturge San Francisco, CA 2015
String Up The Moon, Fratellanza Theater, set & prop designer, Detroit, MI, USA 2013
Beneath The Concrete, Directed by Emilia Javanica, costume designer, Ann Arbor, MI USA 2012
Stamina, WORK Detroit Gallery, curator, Detroit, MI, USA 2012
I Draw a House, … A Green Hat, choreo. Susie Thiel, set designer Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2011
Altered Ground, WORK Ann Arbor Gallery, curator, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2011
Love Suicide, Directed by Daniel Kramer, set designer, Cleveland, OH, USA 2006
Technical & Administrative Experience
Studio Technician, Chris Roberts-Antieau Gallery. Thread painting, embroidery, appliqué. 2014- 2019
Artist, Daniels Wood Land, Inc. Set/prop fabrication, concept renderings. Templeton, CA 2015- 2016
Public Programming (contract), Museum of Performance + Design. San Francisco, CA 2015- 2018
Seamstress, Nonpareil Studio. Owner Michelle Moenssen. Ann Arbor, MI 2013-2014
PLAY Gallery Production Assistant, Video editing, photography, graphic design for the PR office of the School of Art & Design, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI 2012
Program Assistant, Center for Research on Learning & Teaching, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2011-2012
Laboratory Technician in the Fibers Studios, University of Michigan. Assisting undergraduates in their sewing, weaving, and textile design projects. Construction and conceptual problem solving. Inventory of materials and maintenance of equipment. Ann Arbor, MI 2009-2012
Studio Technician Maintenance of art department laboratories and equipment, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 2005-2006
Artist/ Skilled Laborer. Digital reproduction/ modification/ transfer of motifs; precision ink mixing; preparation and execution of screen-printing. Wolff house Art Papers, Mt. Vernon, OH 2003-2005
Grants, Scholarships & Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center 2012
Rackham Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan 2012
All Student Exhibition Award. University of Michigan. Sculpture Vested For Apotropaic Breath. 2011
Susan & Reid Wagstaff Graduate Research Development Grant, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan. 2009 & 2011
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, (nomination) Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan. 2010
Robert H. Hallstein Memorial Award for excellence in Studio Art, Kenyon College. 2005
Student Activities Grant (Grinnell College) “Democracy & Development” Seminar in Rome, Italy. 2002
Grant for public murals completed by Columbia Middle School students and Americorps (City Year) corps members. Sponsored by Compaq Inc. Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, & San Jose California, USA 2000-2001
Salon Show Award, Grinnell College. Grinnell, Iowa 2000
Symposia & Conferences
SIBMAS: Freeze! Challenge the Hierarchy: Researcher, Artist, User! International Association of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Documentation Centres of the Performing Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark 2016
Rackham Centennial Symposium Rackham Graduate School, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2012
SculptureX Symposium #2: The State of the MFA. Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2011
Semiotics Conference Rackham Graduate School. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2009
New Media Collaborations in the GLCA Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, USA 2005
Languages & Technical Skills
Fluent French & English. Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Wordpress, Weebly, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
Master of Fine Art University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2012
Studio Art, with a focus in Museum Studies and Ethnography
Bachelor of Arts Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, USA 2005
Studio Art with “Distinction”
Teaching & Related Work
École Superieure d'Art La Réunion (School of Fine Art), Le Port, Réunion Island, France 2022-2023
Enseignante en anglais English teacher for B.F.A. and M.F.A. students
Museum of Performance + Design, San Francisco, California, USA 2015-2018
Educational Programming and Design for
- The Land and the Archive (MP+D main collection)
- Sublimated Masks exhibition (artist Latifa Medjdoub)
- Circus Arts
- Dance & Video (Anna Halprin)
Leslie Science and Nature Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2011
Researcher & Designer for interpretive content of self-led tours
Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan, USA 2013-2014
Adjunct Professor
- Contemporary Art Theory & Practice
- Studio Art Fundamentals for Non-Majors
- Contemporary Thought Through the Arts, Civic Engagement, & Entrepreneurship
Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2009-2014
Adjunct Professor
- Drawing Fundamentals for Non-Majors
- Tools Materials & Processes II: Photography, Print Media, Painting
Graduate Student Instructor: full responsibility for a section of the following courses
- Art & Design Perspectives III: Technology & Environment (2 semesters)
- Art & Design Perspectives II: The Artist & Society
- Tools Materials & Processes I: Fiber, Metals
- Senior Independent Project (2 semesters)
Curriculum Developer & Instructor
- BFA Preparatory Summer Arts Program (3 summers)
- “In The Middle” Summer Arts Program (4 summers)
Selected Exhibitions & Performances
Whipstitch, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2017
Nombril at “Audible Cities” hosted by 2112 Inc., San Francisco, California, USA 2015
Loompianola (with Collin McRae & Esthir Lemi). Duderstat Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2014
Enter Here at Arts [Performance] Incubator, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, Michigan, USA 2014
Bengali Fashion Show performed at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Michigan, USA 2013
Vested for Apotropaic Breath Bellvue Art Center, Bellvue, Washington, USA 2013
Reword (with Parisa Ghaderi) SPACE 2435. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2013
Vested for Apotropaic Breath Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey, USA 2012
Camera Perspicuous, Gallery One, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2012
Chasm, SiTE:LAB, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA 2012
PreOccupation, WORKS Chicago. Chicago, Illinois, USA 2012
An Hour of Infinity, (John Kannenberg) Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2012
Per^FORM |at/within/beyond| BOUNDARY Warren Robbins Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2012
Enter Here performed at event “Language as Sound” 6th Edition of Requited Journal, hosted by Enemy. Chicago, Illinois, USA 2011
Disruptive Stillness Jean-Paul Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2011
Selected Design/ Curation
The Quantified Self, Sara Murdock, Co-Artistic Director/ Set Designer. Los Angeles, CA 2017-present
The Land and the Archive, Museum of Performance + Design, Dramaturge San Francisco, CA 2015
String Up The Moon, Fratellanza Theater, set & prop designer, Detroit, MI, USA 2013
Beneath The Concrete, Directed by Emilia Javanica, costume designer, Ann Arbor, MI USA 2012
Stamina, WORK Detroit Gallery, curator, Detroit, MI, USA 2012
I Draw a House, … A Green Hat, choreo. Susie Thiel, set designer Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2011
Altered Ground, WORK Ann Arbor Gallery, curator, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2011
Love Suicide, Directed by Daniel Kramer, set designer, Cleveland, OH, USA 2006
Technical & Administrative Experience
Studio Technician, Chris Roberts-Antieau Gallery. Thread painting, embroidery, appliqué. 2014- 2019
Artist, Daniels Wood Land, Inc. Set/prop fabrication, concept renderings. Templeton, CA 2015- 2016
Public Programming (contract), Museum of Performance + Design. San Francisco, CA 2015- 2018
Seamstress, Nonpareil Studio. Owner Michelle Moenssen. Ann Arbor, MI 2013-2014
PLAY Gallery Production Assistant, Video editing, photography, graphic design for the PR office of the School of Art & Design, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI 2012
Program Assistant, Center for Research on Learning & Teaching, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2011-2012
Laboratory Technician in the Fibers Studios, University of Michigan. Assisting undergraduates in their sewing, weaving, and textile design projects. Construction and conceptual problem solving. Inventory of materials and maintenance of equipment. Ann Arbor, MI 2009-2012
Studio Technician Maintenance of art department laboratories and equipment, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 2005-2006
Artist/ Skilled Laborer. Digital reproduction/ modification/ transfer of motifs; precision ink mixing; preparation and execution of screen-printing. Wolff house Art Papers, Mt. Vernon, OH 2003-2005
Grants, Scholarships & Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center 2012
Rackham Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan 2012
All Student Exhibition Award. University of Michigan. Sculpture Vested For Apotropaic Breath. 2011
Susan & Reid Wagstaff Graduate Research Development Grant, Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan. 2009 & 2011
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, (nomination) Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan. 2010
Robert H. Hallstein Memorial Award for excellence in Studio Art, Kenyon College. 2005
Student Activities Grant (Grinnell College) “Democracy & Development” Seminar in Rome, Italy. 2002
Grant for public murals completed by Columbia Middle School students and Americorps (City Year) corps members. Sponsored by Compaq Inc. Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, & San Jose California, USA 2000-2001
Salon Show Award, Grinnell College. Grinnell, Iowa 2000
Symposia & Conferences
SIBMAS: Freeze! Challenge the Hierarchy: Researcher, Artist, User! International Association of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Documentation Centres of the Performing Arts. Copenhagen, Denmark 2016
Rackham Centennial Symposium Rackham Graduate School, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 2012
SculptureX Symposium #2: The State of the MFA. Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2011
Semiotics Conference Rackham Graduate School. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2009
New Media Collaborations in the GLCA Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, USA 2005
Languages & Technical Skills
Fluent French & English. Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Wordpress, Weebly, Arduino, Raspberry Pi