owner and manager of ann arbor artist studios
ann arbor, mi
Education
2016 MFA in Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
2004 BFA in Photography, University of Michigan School of Art and Design
AWARDS
2014-16 SAIC ENRICHMENT SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANT, CHICAGO, IL
2010 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN ALUMNI SHOW, ANN ARBOR, MI
2010 HONORABLE MENTION, RIVER GALLERY JURIED EXHIBITION, CHELSEA, MI
2007 PIERPONT COMMONS JURIED COMPETITION WINNER, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI
2002 BARBARA & DOROTHY HEERS AWARD, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, ANN ARBOR, MI
Residencies
2014 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Partial Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2003 Ox-Bow, Full Fellowship, Saugutuck, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 SUPPLE LEOPARD, WESTERN EXHIBITIONS, CHICAGO, IL
2016 FEVER DREAMS, UNCLE ART GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
2014 NEW WORK, UGLY MUG GALLERY, YPSILANTI, MI
2007 MICROVISIONS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI
Group Exhibitions
2023
makeshift gallery, ann arbor, mi
artprize collaboration with aaron liepman, brush studio, grand rapids, mi
ann arbor city club
2022
featured artist, this, that and the odder things, ypsilanti first fridays
huron river art collective fall juried exhibition, ann arbor, Mi
GROUP EXHIBITION, SWEETWATER'S CAFE, ANN ARBOR, MI
2021
group exhibition, sweetwater's cafe, ann arbor, mi
2018
rider for life, chicago, il (oct 2018-present)
ann arbor women artists fall juried exhibit, ann arbor district library, ann arbor, mi
25th anniversary gala auction, riverside arts center, chicago, il
IF YOU HAVE TWO LEGS, BORROW ANOTHER PAIR AND RUN, HERE ARTS CENTER, NEW YORK, NY
WOMEN PAINTING MEN, RIVERSIDE ART CENTER, CHICAGO, IL
SMILE BEHIND THE MASK, HEAVEN GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
SYSTEMS AT PLAY, LVL3, CHICAGO, IL
2016
EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
SAIC MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2015
Unruly Attachments: Considering Failure, Potluck Salon, Chicago, IL
2014
Emerging Artists, Urban Edge Gallery, Waukegan, IL
Venus Rising, Yellow Barn, Ann Arbor, MI
2013
No Plan B: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
Interspecies, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
30x30, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2012
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
Man Up, Women’s Caucus for Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
Homage, River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI
2011
Food for Thought & Unhooked from Time, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2010
Art for All, Big and Small, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
What’s So Funny, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Annual All-Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2009
Booze and Views, Babs Underground Lounge, Ann Arbor, MI
Creativity, Dexter Library, Dexter, MI
Three Artists, Three Generations, Sweetwaters Café, Ann Arbor, MI
2008
Celebrating the Female Form, Daisy Lake Gallery, Dexter, MI
2007
Reconnecting: The UM A&D Alumni Show, Work, Ann Arbor, MI
2003
Exhibition with Shara Hughes, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
Publicity
2023 fox 17 news segment, In 'Pixels of Life,' artist hand paints 10K+ LEGO's to create hummingbird mosaic, 9/14/23
mlive.com, 5/20/23 she saw a lack in gallery spaces, so an ann arbor artist opened a communal art studio, 5/20/23
2022 architectural digest mexico, El renacimiento de una casa icónica en Chicago, 8/23/22
2020 Elle Décor Spain, El Ático en Chicago de la Actriz Sophia Bush, 1/29/20
2018 Interior Design Magazine, High on New York issue, September
Voyage Chicago, 7/24/18
Chicago Tribune, 5/17/18
2017 Young Space Blog
Green Door Gallery interview
2016 LVL3 Artist of the Week
2015 Chicago Contemporary Art Seminar interview with katie kirk
2014 Vermont Studio Center interview (YouTube)
2010 University of Michigan Alumni Association interview (YouTube)
ann arbor, mi
Education
2016 MFA in Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
2004 BFA in Photography, University of Michigan School of Art and Design
AWARDS
2014-16 SAIC ENRICHMENT SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANT, CHICAGO, IL
2010 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN ALUMNI SHOW, ANN ARBOR, MI
2010 HONORABLE MENTION, RIVER GALLERY JURIED EXHIBITION, CHELSEA, MI
2007 PIERPONT COMMONS JURIED COMPETITION WINNER, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI
2002 BARBARA & DOROTHY HEERS AWARD, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN, ANN ARBOR, MI
Residencies
2014 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Partial Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2003 Ox-Bow, Full Fellowship, Saugutuck, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 SUPPLE LEOPARD, WESTERN EXHIBITIONS, CHICAGO, IL
2016 FEVER DREAMS, UNCLE ART GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
2014 NEW WORK, UGLY MUG GALLERY, YPSILANTI, MI
2007 MICROVISIONS, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, MI
Group Exhibitions
2023
makeshift gallery, ann arbor, mi
artprize collaboration with aaron liepman, brush studio, grand rapids, mi
ann arbor city club
2022
featured artist, this, that and the odder things, ypsilanti first fridays
huron river art collective fall juried exhibition, ann arbor, Mi
GROUP EXHIBITION, SWEETWATER'S CAFE, ANN ARBOR, MI
2021
group exhibition, sweetwater's cafe, ann arbor, mi
2018
rider for life, chicago, il (oct 2018-present)
ann arbor women artists fall juried exhibit, ann arbor district library, ann arbor, mi
25th anniversary gala auction, riverside arts center, chicago, il
IF YOU HAVE TWO LEGS, BORROW ANOTHER PAIR AND RUN, HERE ARTS CENTER, NEW YORK, NY
WOMEN PAINTING MEN, RIVERSIDE ART CENTER, CHICAGO, IL
SMILE BEHIND THE MASK, HEAVEN GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
SYSTEMS AT PLAY, LVL3, CHICAGO, IL
2016
EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
SAIC MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL
2015
Unruly Attachments: Considering Failure, Potluck Salon, Chicago, IL
2014
Emerging Artists, Urban Edge Gallery, Waukegan, IL
Venus Rising, Yellow Barn, Ann Arbor, MI
2013
No Plan B: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
Interspecies, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
30x30, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2012
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
Man Up, Women’s Caucus for Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
Homage, River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte, MI
2011
Food for Thought & Unhooked from Time, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2010
Art for All, Big and Small, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
What’s So Funny, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Annual All-Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2009
Booze and Views, Babs Underground Lounge, Ann Arbor, MI
Creativity, Dexter Library, Dexter, MI
Three Artists, Three Generations, Sweetwaters Café, Ann Arbor, MI
2008
Celebrating the Female Form, Daisy Lake Gallery, Dexter, MI
2007
Reconnecting: The UM A&D Alumni Show, Work, Ann Arbor, MI
2003
Exhibition with Shara Hughes, Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
Publicity
2023 fox 17 news segment, In 'Pixels of Life,' artist hand paints 10K+ LEGO's to create hummingbird mosaic, 9/14/23
mlive.com, 5/20/23 she saw a lack in gallery spaces, so an ann arbor artist opened a communal art studio, 5/20/23
2022 architectural digest mexico, El renacimiento de una casa icónica en Chicago, 8/23/22
2020 Elle Décor Spain, El Ático en Chicago de la Actriz Sophia Bush, 1/29/20
2018 Interior Design Magazine, High on New York issue, September
Voyage Chicago, 7/24/18
Chicago Tribune, 5/17/18
2017 Young Space Blog
Green Door Gallery interview
2016 LVL3 Artist of the Week
2015 Chicago Contemporary Art Seminar interview with katie kirk
2014 Vermont Studio Center interview (YouTube)
2010 University of Michigan Alumni Association interview (YouTube)