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- present Artist, Daniels Wood Land, Inc. Set/prop fabrication, concept renderings. Templeton, CA 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, conversational Italian. Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Wordpress, Weebly, Arduino, Raspberry Pi