| Artist Resume Highlights | ||
| | | education | |
| MFA, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA, 2008 Continuing studies coursework at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 2002 BA in Studio Arts (honors), Earlham College, Richmond, IN, 1992 |
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| | | teaching | |
| Adjunct Professor, Art Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2005 – present Adjunct Professor, Graphic Design, Montserrat College of Art, Beverley, MA, 2011 Photography Instructor, Maverick Photo Project, Boston, MA, 2002, 2003, 2005 Instructor, Z Tech Graphic Design Course, ZUMIX, Boston, MA, 2000, 2001 Instructor, Quark XPress & Mac Operating System, Mac University, Chicago, IL, 1996, 1997 |
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| | | solo exhibitions | |
| 2009 | Good Question Gallery, “Propositions”, Milford, PA | |
| 2006 | CBRM, “Landscapes and Lovelies”, Boston, MA CBRM, “Small Moments”, Boston, MA |
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| 2005 | Atlantic Works Gallery, “Horizons & Interruptions”, Boston, MA | |
| 1999 | ZUMIX, “Intimacies”, Boston, MA | |
| | | group exhibitions | |
| 2011 | Dugan Gallery, “Sexy Beast: The Figure and Identity”, Lowell, MA Queer Caucus for Art/The Center, “Queer Me”, juried exhibit, New York, NY McGauvran Gallery, Faculty Exhibition: University of Massachusetts Lowell Art Department, Lowell, MA |
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| 2009 | QCC/SOMArts Cultural Center, “Threads”, juried exhibit, San Francisco, CA Dugan Gallery, “It's All About Perception”, juried exhibit, Lowell, MA |
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| 2008 | Proof Gallery, “Boston Does Boston”, invitational, Boston, MA Art Gotham | SoHo, “Square Foot Show: Election 2008”, New York, NY 808 Gallery, “Boston Young Contemporaries”, juried exhibit, Boston, MA University Hall Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibit, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA McGauvran Gallery, Faculty Exhibition: University of Massachusetts Lowell Art Department, Lowell, MA |
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| 2007 | The Nave Gallery, “Young Turks II”, juried exhibit, Somerville, MA Brooklyn Artists Gym, three person exhibit with Richard Cutrona and Johana Skalsky, Brooklyn, NY Sevengaits Gallery, “Stacks Escape Construction”, Southbridge, MA Dugan Gallery, Faculty Exhibition: University of Massachusetts Lowell Art Department, Lowell, MA 808 Gallery, “Boston Young Contemporaries”, juried exhibit, Boston, MA SMFA Mission Hill Gallery, “Hijacking the Future: Hugs and Kisses”, juried exhibit, Boston, MA |
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| 2006 | Jamaica Plain Open Studios, participating artist, Boston, MA Mayyim Hayyim/Living Waters, “Everything Begins in Water”, juried show, Newton, MA |
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| 2005 | McGauvran Gallery, Faculty Exhibition: University of Massachusetts Lowell Art Department, Lowell, MA Atlantic Works Gallery, “Orange”, Boston, MA Atlantic Works Gallery, “Nudes”, juried show, Boston, MA Panopticon Gallery, “The Tree in Landscape”, juried show, Waltham, MA |
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| 2004 | Duxbury Art Association, “Winter Juried Show, Duxbury, MA The Hamilton Club, two person exhibit with Jeannette Lazarus, Hamilton, MA Tony’s Realty, “Portraits: Hands and Feet”, juried exhibit, Boston, MA |
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| 2003 | Duxbury Art Association, Winter Juried Show, Duxbury, MA Center for Contemporary Art, “Portrait of My Mother...Things Left Unsaid”, juried exhibit, Sacramento, CA Classic Art Galleries, “Pure Plastic: Explorations in Paint”, Winthrop, MA Atlantic Works Gallery, “cipher”, two person exhibit with Charlene Liska, Boston, MA Tony’s Realty, “Ourselves + Each Other”, juried show, Boston, MA |
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| 2002 | Somerville City Hall, “Illuminations”, juried show, , Somerville, MA ZUMIX, “Abstract Tendencies”, Boston, MA |
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| 2001-2004 | East Boston Open Studios, participating artist, Boston, MA | |
| 2001 | Stebbins Gallery, Annual Juried Photography Show, Cambridge, MA Tony’s Realty, “Picturing East Boston”, Boston, MA ZUMIX, “We Live Here”, Boston, MA ZUMIX, “Pixel Perfect”, Boston, MA ZUMIX, “Circle, Cycle, Delta”, Boston, MA |
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| 2000 | ZUMIX, “East Boston Local: East Boston Artists Group Members’ Show”, Boston, MA | |
| 1996 | South of North Gallery, “Relationships”, Chicago, IL | |
| 1994-1995 | Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago Neighborhood Artists Members’ Show, Chicago, IL | |
| 1992 | Earlham College, BA Thesis Show, Richmond, IN |
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| 1990 | Earlham College, “Site Specific Sculpture Seminar Exhibit”, Richmond, IN | |
| 1989-1992 | Earlham College, Exhibited drawings, paintings, and prints in group shows, Richmond, IN | |
| | | publications, papers, and lectures | |
| 2011 | “Queer Eruv” Images: A journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture Guest Artist, Salon Photo Talks, The Bakery Photo Collective, Westbrook, ME |
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| 2010 | “Command I: Getting Infor from Our Students”, co-presenter with Karen E. Roehr at University of Massachusetts Lowell 2010 Faculty Development Conference | |
| 2009 | “Faggotstitch”, Roundtable: Queering Craft, College Art Association, Los Angeles, CA Visiting Artist, Art Institute of Boston Pre-College program, Boston, MA |
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| 2008 | Visiting Artist, Art Institute of Boston Pre-College program, Boston, MA | |
| 1991 | “Reading the Sexual Subtext of the Art of Robert Rauschenberg”, Twentieth Century American Art course, guest lecturer, Laura Neis, Instructor, Earlham College, Richmond, IN | |
| | | honors, awards, grants | |
| 2009-2010 | University of Massachusetts Lowell Faculty Development Center Assessment Fellow, Lowell, MA | |
| 2007 | 808 Gallery, “Boston Young Contemporaries”, Juror’s prize, Boston, MA | |
| 2006 | Mayyim Hayyim/Living Waters, “Everything Begins in Water”, Juror’s prize, Newton, MA | |
| 2005 | Atlantic Works Gallery, “Nudes”, Juror’s selection, Boston, MA | |
| 2004 | Duxbury Art Association, Winter Juried Show, First prize in B/W photography, Duxbury, MA | |
| 2003 | Duxbury Art Association, Winter Juried Show, Third prize in color photography, Duxbury, MA | |
| 1992-1993 | Thomas J. Watson Fellow, “Expressions of Isolation and Mortality in Contemporary Art” | |
| | | curatorial experience | |
| 2011 | Dugan Gallery, “Sexy Beast: The Figure and Identity”, Lowell, MA | |
| 2003 | “Maison Printemps”, salon-style group exhibition, Boston, MA | |
| 2002 | “Maison”, salon-style group exhibition, Boston, MA ZUMIX, “Abstract Tendencies”, Boston, MA ZUMIX, “Post Pop”, Boston MA |
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| 2001 | Tony’s Realty, “Picturing East Boston”, Boston, MA ZUMIX, “We Live Here”, Boston, MA ZUMIX, “Pixel Perfect”, Boston, MA ZUMIX, “Circle, Cycle, Delta”, Boston, MA |
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| 1992-1993 | Assistant Curator, Organisation for Visual Arts, London, England Helped organize international art exhibits on multicultural and political themes. Worked with artists in Europe, Asia, and North America; supervised the installation of shows in Britain. |
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| | | selected bibliography | |
| 2007 | “Last Chance to See Young Turks Two at the Nave Gallery”, Bostonist, Boston, MA, November 2, 2007 “artjacked”, Bay Windows, Boston, MA, March 1, 2007 |
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| 2005 | “New horizons: Jesse M. Kahn works his minimalist magic”, Bay Windows, Boston, MA, May 12, 2005 | |
| | | boards and panels | |
| 2003- | Boston Redevelopment Authority, Artist Review Panel | |
| 2002-2006 | Atlantic Works Gallery, Founding Member | |
| 2000-2006 | East Boston Artists Group, Founding Member | |
| 2000-2004 | Boston Open Studios Coalition | |
| 1999-2000 | Cultural Connections, Board Member | |
| 1996-1998 | Chicago Neighborhood Artists, Board of Directors | |
| | | professional memberships | |
| College Art Association Queer Caucus for Art Society of Typographic Aficionados (SoTA) |
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