Education
2009 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Master of Fine Arts
2000 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art History Concentration
ADDITIONAL COURSE WORK:
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Fine and Applied Arts Studies
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Certificate of Religious Studies, Fine Arts Studies

Exhibitions
2011 Test Ground, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY (solo)
The Ten, Lill Street, Chicago, IL
2010 Speculative Proof, Back Room Projects, Chicago, IL (solo)
Black & White, Color & Color, Issue # 3, Art Publication
Tropical Iceland, SÍM, Reykjavik, Iceland
Negotiating Progress, Imagined Bodies: Memory, Landscape, Community
Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Anonymous Drawings N°10, Kunstram Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Curator: Anke Becker
Read Me Like a Freakin’ Book, Global Container IX, Culture Factory Polymer,
Tallinn, Estonia, Collaborative Installation/Performance
Bare Walls, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Humboldt Moving Picture Show, Richmond Manor, Chicago, IL
Works on Paper, Eel Space, Chicago, IL
Formidable Flat, First Amendment Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Perceptual Drift, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
Response, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Selective Perception, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Nippon Steel Presidential Exhibition, Nippon Steel, Chicago, IL [Catalog]
North American Print Biennial, The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
Juror: Roberta Waddell [Catalog]
2008 A Set of Disconnected Events, Print Portfolio Exchange and Exhibition
SAIC Chicago, SMFA Boston, CSU Long Beach
Slayton Search Partners, Chicago, IL
Nippon Steel Presidential Exhibition, Nippon Steel, Chicago, IL [Catalog]
2007 North American Print Biennial, The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA
Juror: Judy Hecker, [Catalog]
Hot Off the Press, Prints On Ice, Highpoint Center for Printmaking,
Minneapolis, MN
2006 Moveable Feast, Volume 2, Art Publication, Curator: Patty Healy McMeans
Hot Off the Press, Prints On Ice, High-Five, Highpoint Center for Printmaking,
Minneapolis, MN
2003 Body of Work, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI, Curator: Sara Agniel
2000 Illustration Annual, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
ISB Gallery, Providence, RI
Collections
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

Numerous Private Collections

Awards/Distinctions
2011 ACRE Artist Residency, Fellowship, Steuben, WI
Women’s Studio Workshop, NEA Studio Residency Grant, Rosendale, NY
LillStreet Artist-in-Residence, Painting and Drawing, Chicago, IL
2010 Samband Íslenskra Myndlistarmanna Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland
Culture Factory Polymer Artist-in-Residence, Tallinn, Estonia
Zidul De Hardie-Artfest Residency, Borsec, Romania
2009-2010 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Scholarship, Installation Art, Estonia
2009 Ox-Bow Summer Artist Residency, The Dale Metternich Memorial Scholarship.
Saugatuck, MI
Master of Fine Arts Graduation Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Excellence in Student Leadership, Honorable Mention, SAIC
Leonore Annenburg Fellowship Nomination, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2009/2008 Nippon Steel Presidential Award, Nippon Steel
2008 Thomas Baron Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art
2007-2009 SAIC Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007-2009 John and Mary E. Hoggins Scholarship, School of The Art Institute of Chicago
2007 Otis Philbrick Memorial Purchase Award, The Boston Printmakers,
North American Print Exhibition
1997-2000 Merit Based Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design
1996 Dean’s List, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Teaching Experience
2011/2012 Instructor of Record, Beginning Lithography
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 Instructor of Record, Screenpinting: Multi-Level
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Instructor, Experiments in Drawing, Lill Street, Chicago, IL
2010/2011 Instructor of Record, Beginning Screenprinting
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Processes II: Photo Screenprint
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008 Instructor of Record, Introduction to Printmaking
(intaglio, lithography, screen print, relief, and monotype)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant, Beginning Etching
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant, Digital and Traditional Routes: Screenprint
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Foundry
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 Teaching Assistant, Beginning Lithography
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Professional Experience
2011-2012 Graduate Coordinator, Printmedia, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Artist-in-Residence Lecture, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Artist-in-Residence Lecture, Lill Street, Chicago, IL
2010 Lecturer, Naissaar, Estonia
“Estonian-American Identity, and the Paradox of the Spaces ‘In-between’”
Union of Estonian Architects and Interior Architects Summer Days
Guest Moderator, 5th Annual American Classic Films Week, Tallinn, Estonia
Lecturer, American Day for Professional Educators
Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn Estonia
Visiting Critic, Undergraduate Printmaking Studio, Fine Arts I, and
Graduate Printmaking Studio, Instructor: Urmas Viik
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Visiting Critic, Printmaking III, Instructor: Jaanika Okk/Grafodroom
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2009-2010 Visiting Artist, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Duties include independent project research, development, and execution; collaborative
projects and event organization; meeting with students, faculty, and community; and
fostering a cross-cultural exchange of ideas and dialogue regarding contemporary art practice
through teaching, lecturing, advising, workshops, and critique.
Visiting Lecturer/Critic/Advisor, Graduate Studies, Fine Arts,
Instructor: Marko Mäetamm, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Visiting Lecturer/Critic, Dance Composition for BA students and Dance
Composition for MA students, Instuctor: Cid Pearlman
Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
2009 Visiting Critic, Graduate Painting Studio, Instructor: Kaido Ole
Estonian Academy of the Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
Lecturer, U.S. Embassy Outreach Program
Tallinn English College, Tallinn, Estonia
Lecturer, U.S. Embassy Outreach Program
Tartu Arts High School, Tartu, Estonia
Volunteer and Student Juror, Animated Dreams Festival and Key Frames Lecture
Series, Tallinn, Estonia
Instructor, Wear Your Words, Wearable Art Workshop
Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia
Team instruction with: Ernest Truely
Artist-in-Residence Lecture, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Exhibition Organizer/Curator, Response and Selective Perception, Southern
Graphics Conference, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Interviewer, Brochure for Invasive, Sandow Birk and Nicola López,
Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2008 Shop Assistant, Foundry
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Spring Semester
2000-2007 Commissions, Providence, RI/ Minneapolis, MN
Projects have included: Sign painting for multiple restaurants/festivals, creating
murals for private residences/businesses, set/prop/costume design