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E D U C A T I O N 1988: Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, studio emphasis in sculpture and printmaking, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin

1992: Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Ohio University, Athens Ohio

A C A D E M I C P O S I T I O N S 2007-present: Associate Professor/Printmaking Area Coordinator, Appalachian State University (ASU), Boone, North Carolina

2001-2007: Assistant Professor, Printmaking/Drawing, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

1996-2001: Associate Professor/Art Department Coordinator, Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg, Virginia

1998-2001: Adjunct Faculty/Lecturer; Mary Washington University, Fredericksburg, Virginia

1993-1996: Adjunct Lecturer, Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida 1993-1996: Adjunct Faculty, Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus, Tampa, Florida

T E A C H I N G A S S I G N M E N T S & D E P A R T M E N T A L A C T I V I T I E S

Courses Taught (undergraduate): Relief, Intaglio, Serigraphy, Advanced Printmaking, The Digital Hybrid (Printmaking & Mixed Media), Digital Photography, Alternative Processes in Photography, Foundations Design, All levels of Drawing including Figure Drawing, Contemporary Issues in Drawing, Senior Seminar, Senior Studio Thesis, Introduction to Art, Art History Surveys I/II, and other, International Travel-related Special Topics courses, and Special Topics courses for non-majors Departmental Leadership and Service Responsibilities: Printmaking Area Supervisor, 2004 to the present; implemented/completed transition to contemporary, low/non-toxic print shop environment; manage studio facilities, area budget, course/instructor scheduling, and mentoring of adjunct faculty; extensive departmental, college, and university-wide committee service including scheduling/curating of exhibitions through university and college gallery committees; Active in coordinating/leading various international, travel-related, workshops/courses and annual student field trips to the university’s New York City Loft

S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S 2013: Four Po in ts : Solo, Invitational, ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA

2012: Ser ies Amsterdam: New Works on Paper : Solo, Invitational, Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier Gallery, Amsterdam, NL

2010: Versus/Traverses : Solo, Invitational, Delaware State University, Dover, DE

Versus/Traverses : Solo, Invitational, Beijing Studio Center Gallery, Songzhuan Art District, Bejing, China 2005: Wander ing & Wonder ing : Solo, Invitational, Nth Degree Gallery, Boone, NC

Days o f Re f lec t ion : Solo, Invitational, San Alejandro Academy of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba

2000: New Pa in t ings : Solo, Invitational, NOVA-Woodbridge Community College, Woodbridge, VA

New Pa in t ings : Solo, Juried, Riverby Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA

1999: New Works on Paper : Solo, Invitational, Mountain Empire College, Big Stone Gap, VA

1998: The Contag ion Ser ies : Works on Paper : Solo, Invitational, Patrick Henry College, Martinsville, VA

G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S

2013: 2013 M id Amer ica Pr in t Counc i l Ju r ied Exh ib i t ion , McDonough Museum of Contemporary Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Average Path Length : Curated/Traveling Exhibition/Print Portfolio

• Southern Graphics Council International Conference @ the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

• Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH

2012: 2012 In ternat iona l Jur ied Pr in tmak ing & Photography Exh ib i t ion : ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA: Best in Show

Press ing Mat ters : Juried, Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto, CA: Ju ror ’s Award BOUNDLESS un l im i ted graph ics : Juried, International, CBK Amsterdam Gallery, Amsterdam, NL



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2012: Innovat ions : Juried, Dowd Gallery, SUNY-Cortland, NY

ASU a t TEG: Invitational, Taller Experimental de Grafica, Havana, Cuba

Go Bayou, Oh Wet lands : Traces o f a Van ish ing Landscape: Curated/Traveling Exhibition/Print Portfolio

• The Healing Center Gallery, New Orleans, LA

• Marias Press Gallery, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, LA

Ref lec t ions on Costa R ica : Curated, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts (TCVA), Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Facu l ty B ienn ia l : Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

2011: Cu l tura l C rossroads : Juried, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC

Ink & C lay and Other Mat ter(s) : Curated/Invitational, Caldwell County Arts Council Gallery, Lenoir, NC

Spr ing Group Show : Invitational, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, NC

2010: Epoch/Unbounded, In ternat iona l Inv i ta t iona l : Henan Art Center, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China

‘4 th Document ’ : Exh ib i t ion o f Contemporary Pr in tmak ing , Invitational, Baiyaxuan Gallery, Shanghai, China

Pr in t Summit : Survey o f Contemporary Pr in tmak ing , Invitational, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Myths & Marks : Archetypes throughout the Ages , Juried, Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ Facu l ty B ienn ia l , Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

2009: A lber t ’s Tarante l la I I I , Invitational, Goldwell Open Air Museum, Beatty, NV Degree o f Debr is , Curated/Traveling, Ameen Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA and other LA venues Shore l ines , Juried, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX 20/20 V is ion , 2nd Ed : Contemporary Un ivers i ty Pr in tmak ing , Invitational, Firehouse Gallery, Louisville, GA

2008: Per fec t w i th P ixe l , Juried, Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH Vir tua l l y D ig i ta l , Invitational, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD Captur ing a Trans ient Wor ld : A Contemporary Look a t Lou is iana , Invitational, TCVA Gallery, Boone, NC

In B lack & Wh i te : Lou is iana ’s Retreat ing Coasta l Communi t ies , Juried, TCVA Gallery, Boone, NC

PRINTED: Contemporary Pr in ts & Books by NC Ar t is ts , Invitational, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC

Re- In terpre t ing the M idd le East I I , Invitational, Traveling, Group Portfolio/Exhibition

• Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (2008 Southern Graphics Council National Conference)

• Evergreen Community College, San Jose, CA

• Purdue University, IN

Ingen ious Impr in ts : National, Juried: Longwood University University, Farmville, VA

2007: Pr in t ! Pow! Wow! : A Conversat ion in Pr in t , Invitational, Group Portfolio/Exhibit, TCVA Gallery, Boone, NC

2006: Works on Paper Inv i ta t iona l : University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Hilo, Hawai’i

Lou is iana Barr ie r Is land Treasures : Traveling, Juried: Naperville Arts Center, Naperville, IL

IS IMD 2006 Conference Exh ib i t ion : International, Juried: Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

Body/Body Prob lem : Invitational, Group Portfolio/Exhibition: University of Wisconsin (2006 SGC National Conference)

ASU Facu l ty B ienn ia l : Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC

2005: Ha lper t B ienn ia l : National, Juried: Catherine Smith Gallery, Boone, NC

33 rd Exh ib i t ion o f NC Ar t is ts : Regional, Juried: Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC

B ind ing Impress ions : Invitational: Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Hendersonville, NC

Dia logue: Ar t / Imagery/Techno logy : International, Juried, Virtual: dialoguegallery.com

2004: Va ldosta Nat iona l : National, Juried: Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA



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2003: Open Med ia : Juried: Artist’s Unlimited, Tampa, FL: Ju ror ’s Award A lumni Inv i ta t iona l : University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI

2002: Eye o f the Beho lder : National, Juried: Fredericksburg Center for Creative the Arts, Fredericksburg, VA: Ju ror ’s Award

Watermark : National, Juried: Studio 107 Gallery, Whiteville, NC

ASU Ar t Facu l ty Exh ib i t ion : Appalachian State University, Catherine Smith Gallery, Boone, NC

Works on Paper : Juried: Waterworks Arts Center, Salisbury, NC: Purchase Award

2001: Works on Paper : National, Juried: Franklin Square Gallery, Gulfport, NC

1998: Frameless I I : National, Juried: Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC

1997: Ohio Ink : Invitational, 1998 So. Graphics Council: Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH VCCS Ar t Facu l ty Exh ib i t ion : Invitational, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA

Facu l ty Exh ib i t ion : Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg, VA

1996: Facu l ty Exh ib i t ion : St. Leo University, St. Leo, FL

1995: 14th Annua l Jur ied Member ’s Exh ib i t ion : Florida Center of Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL

1994: Mixed Med ia : National, Juried: Lakeland Center for the Arts, Lakeland, FL: Best o f Show B ienn ia l I : National, Juried, Dunedin Art Center, Dunedin, FL

The Frag i le Env i ronment : Ar t is t ’s React ions : Juried, U.S., Traveling: Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH

M ixed Med ia Abst rac t ion : Juried, Oldsmar Art Center, Oldsmar, FL

B lack : Juried, Lakeland Center for the Arts, Lakeland, FL: Best o f Show

Tampa- Jacksonv i l le Exchange Exh ib i t : Juried, Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Jax, FL

1993: Then and Now : Invitational, Pasco-Hernando Community College, Dade City, FL

1992: Cream o f the Crop ’92 : Juried, Ohio Southern Museum, Portsmouth, OH

Thes is Exh ib i t ion : A Bunch o f L ines : Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH

1991: Portsmouth Ar ts Counc i l : Juried, Ohio Southern Museum, Portsmouth, OH: Best in Show

1990: Skok ie Reg iona l : Juried, Skokie Arts Council, Skokie, Il: Ju ror ’s Award

G R A N T S & A W A R D S

2012: College of Fine & Applied Arts Faculty Award for Outstanding Creative Research (competitive), ASU, Boone, NC

Best in Show Award: 2012 International Juried Printmaking & Photography Exhibition, ArtSpace Gallery, Richmond, VA

2011: Faculty Fellow: Cultures/Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC), (competitive, stipend), ASU

2010: Grant (competitive, funded): University Research Council, (Travel/Research in China), ASU

Collaborative Grant (competitive, funded): Undergraduate Research Assistantship w/ Jaclyn Bowie, (Digital/Polymer Intaglio Research/Workshop Assistant at Penland School of Crafts), funded through Office of Student Research, ASU

2009: Grant (competitive, funded): Foundation Fellows, (Digital & Acrylic, Low-Tox Intaglio/OCSA Research), ASU

Off-Campus Scholarly Assignment for Creative Research (OCSA/Sabbatical), ASU

2008: Grant (competitive, funded): North Carolina Regional Artist Project, North Carolina Arts Council

Grant (competitive, funded): University Research Council, (Coastal Wetlands Research), ASU

2007: Grant (competitive, funded): University Research Council, (Travel/Research in Canada), ASU

2006: Grant (personal proposal, funded): International Programs Travel, (Travel/Istanbul, Turkey), ASU

2005: Grant (personal proposal, funded): International Programs Travel, (Travel/Exhibition in Havana, Cuba), ASU

2004: Grant (competitive, funded): University Research Council, (Research in Digital Printmaking), ASU



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G R A N T S & A W A R D S

2004: Teaching Research Grant (competitive, funded): Hubbard Center, (Course Development/Hybrid Printmaking), ASU

2002: Grant (competitive, funded): University Research Council, (Non-Toxic Printmaking Research), ASU

1999: Grant (competitive, funded): Fulbright-Hays Scholarship, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

1998: Who's Who Among American Teachers

1992: Louise Fenske Graduate Award, Ohio University, Athens, OH

Graduate Teaching Scholarship Award, Ohio University, Athens, OH

1990: Graduate Teaching Scholarship Award, Ohio University, Athens, OH

P R O F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S : A r t i s t R e s i d e n c i e s

2012: Artist Residency, Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, NL

2011: Group Artist Residency: “Coastal Landscape Photography Project”, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, (LUMCON) Research Center, Cocodrie, LA

2010: Artist Residency, Beijing Studio Center; Songzhuan Arts District, Bejing, China

Artist Residency, Delaware State University, Dover, DE

2009: Artist Residency, Goldwell Open Air Museum, Beatty, NV

Artist Residency, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey

2008: Group Artist Residency: “Coastal Landscape Photography Project”, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, (LUMCON) Research Center, Cocodrie, LA

Winter Printmaking Residency, Penland Schools of Crafts, Penland, NC

2007: Artist Residency, Southeast Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

Artist Residency, Malaspina Printmaker’s Studio, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2006: Group Artist Residency: “Coastal Landscape Photography Project”, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON)

Research Center, Cocodrie, LA

P R O F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S : W o r k s h o p s & C o n f e r e n c e s 2013: Conference: Southern Graphics Council International, Milwaukee, WI: Exhibition/Exchange Portfolio Participant

2012: Conference: Southern Graphics Council International, New Orleans, LA: Exhibition Curator/Exchange Portfolio Coordinator

Workshop Participant: “Alternative Processes Alchemy” (with Alchemy Studio) East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

2011: Workshop Director: “Digital Documentation/Portfolio Workshop”, Watauga Arts Council, Boone, NC

Workshop Director: “Innoations in Contemporary Printmaking”, Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, NC

2010: Workshop Participant: “The Mezzotint Process” (with Art Werger), Atlanta Printmaker’s Studio, Atlanta, GA

Conference: “Print Summit 2010”, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC: Presenter/Exhibitor 2009: Workshop Director: “The Digital Linocut”, Goldwell Open Air Museum, Beatty, NV

Workshop Director: “A World of Printmaking”, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey

Workshop Participant: “Low-Toxic Acrylic Resists” (with Alfon Bytautus), Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Workshop Participant: “Vitreography Workshop” (with Judith O’Rourke), Littleton Studios, Spruce Pine, NC

2008: Conference: Southern Graphics Council International, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 2007: Workshop Director: “The Digital Hybrid: Digital and Photopolymer Intaglio Processes”, SE Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

2006: Workshop Director: “Non-Toxic, Digital and Photopolymer Intaglio Processes”, Appalachian State University

Conference: Southern Graphics Council International, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI



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P R O F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S : W o r k s h o p s & C o n f e r e n c e s 2005: Workshop Director/Printmaking Consultant: “Photopolymer Intaglio Portfolio Project”, Appalachian State University Print Studio

2004: Master Printer Workshop Assistant: Harvey Littleton Printmaking Studio, Spruce Pine, NC P R O F E S S I O N A L A C T I V I T I E S : V i s i t i n g A r t i s t P r e s e n t a t i o n s & D e m o n s t r a t i o n s

2012: Public Gallery Talk, Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier Gallery, Amsterdam, NL

2011: Public Lecture of Creative Research, Penland School of Arts & Crafts, Penland, NC

Faculty Colloquium Series: Recent OCSA Creative Research, Appalachian State University

2010: Technical Presentation/Demonstration: “Hybrid Printmaking: A Process Overview”, Print Summit Printmaking Conference,

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Public Gallery Talk: “Behind the Scenes of the Exhibition, ‘Versus/Traverses’”, Beijing Studio Center, Bejing, China Public Gallery Talk/Q&A Session for Exhibition:“Verusu/Traverses”, Delaware State University, Dover, DE

2009: Public Lecture of Creative Research, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey

Public Lecture of Creative Research, Goldwell Open Air Museum, Beatty, NV 2007: Technical Presentation/Demonstration: “The Digital Hybrid Print”, Malaspina Print Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Public Lecture of Creative Research, Southeast Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

Public Lecture of Creative Research, “Print Dialogue Days”, American Print Alliance’s conference at Appalachian State University

2006: Public Lecture of Creative Research, Bosphorous University, Istanbul, Turkey

O T H E R N O T E W O R T H Y P R O F E S S I O N A L & A C A D E M I C S E R V I C E 2012: Co-Director/Instructor of Record: “Cuba in Print/Through the Lens”, student international travel/printmaking/photo

coursework/workshops in Havana, Cuba, sponsored by Appalachian State University

CollegeBoard/AP Studio Art Consultant/Reader: Salt Lake City, UT

Exhibitions Committee Member: Mazie Jones Gallery, Watauga Arts Council, Boone, NC (2008-present)

2011: Curator/Exhibition Coordinator: “Ink, Clay and Other Matter(s)”, Caldwell Art Council, Lenoir, NC

Co-Director/Instructor of Record: “Costa Rica in Print/Through the Lens”, student international travel/printmaking/photo coursework/workshops in San José, Costa Rica, sponsored by Appalachian State University

2010: CollegeBoard/AP Studio Art Consultant/Reader: Cincinnati, OH

Faculty Sponsor/Coordinator: Drive By Press, a printmaking extravaganza in the Plemmons Student Union and public artist’s talk with Greg Nanny, the “driving force” behind Drive By Press, Appalachian State University Exhibition Coordinator: “The Digital Negative”, an exhibition of student alternative photography, Pop-Up Gallery, Boone, NC

2008: CollegeBoard/AP Studio Art Consultant/Reader: Lexington, KY

2007: Co-Chair/Hosting Institution: American Print Alliance’s, “Print Dialogue Days” printmaking conference, co-sponsored by

Appalachian State University’s Department of Art/Printmaking Area

Exhibition Coordinator: “North Carolina Student Printmakers”, a juried exhibition of student work held in conjunction with “Print Dialogue Days” conference, Looking Glass Gallery, Appalachian State University

2006: CollegeBoard/AP Studio Art Consultant/Reader: College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Exhibition Coordinator: “A Question of Drawing”, an exhibition of advanced-drawing student work, Looking Glass Gallery, Appalachian State University

2005: CollegeBoard/AP Studio Art Consultant/Reader: College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Co-Curator of Exhibition: “International Ink: Pakistani Prints and the Contemporary Prints of Keith Howard” Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University



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O T H E R N O T E W O R T H Y P R O F E S S I O N A L & A C A D E M I C S E R V I C E

2004: Co-Director/Instructor of Record: “Cuba Through the Lens”, student international travel/photo coursework/workshops in Havana, Cienfuegos, Santa Clara, and Trinidad, Cuba, sponsored by Appalachian State University

Exhibition Co-Coordinator: “Frontiers: Students Respond to a Travel Experience in the American Southwest”, Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University

2003: Co-Director/Instructor of Record: “Frontiers: Art of the American Southwest’”, student travel/coursework in NM, AZ, NV and TX

Exhibition Coordinator: “Appalachian Printmakers”, an exhibition of student prints, Looking Glass Gallery, Appalachian State University

2000: Juror: “Uniquely Fredericksburg Biennial Exhibition”, Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia

1998-00: Exhibitions Committee Chair/Board of Trustees: Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Virginia

1998: Co-Director/Instructor of Record: “Classical Greek and Roman Art’”, a special topics travel course sponsored by Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg, VA

Juror: National PTA Regional Student Exhibition, Richmond, VA

Juror: Visions of the Rappahannock River Regional Exhibit, Frames Gallery, Fredericksburg, Virginia

1997: Co-Director : “The Italian Renaissance in Rome and Florence”, a special topics travel course sponsored by Germanna Community College, Fredericksburg, VA

P U B L I C A T I O N S 2010: Epoch Unbounded: an International, Contemporary Art Invitational: exhibition catalog, published by the Henan Art Center,

Zhengzhou City, China

2009: 20/20 Vision, 2nd Edition, The Art of Contemporary University Printmaking: exhibition catalog, published by Augusta State University, Augusta, GA

2009: Making Memories-WAC Juried Show: newspaper article in the Mountain Times, Boone, NC (10/22/09) 2008: Nicholls State University, 2008 Jubilee Anthology, A Festival of the Arts and Humanities: published by Nichols State University,

Thibodaux, LA

2007: Cold Mountain Review, literary journal, 35th annual anniversary edition: cover art for special edition, published by Appalachian State University

2006: 2006 Hilo National Invitational Works on Paper Exhibition: exhibition catalog, published by University of Hawai’i-Hilo, HI

ISIMD ’09-International Symposium of Interactive Media Design: exhibition catalog, published by Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

2005: Fayetteville Museum of Art 33rd Annual Competition, Juried by Katsumi Murakami: exhibition catalog, published by the Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC

C O L L E C T I O N S The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, NL

FABLAB Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL

Taller Experimental de Grafica, Havana, Cuba

Beijing Studio Center, Beijing, China

Delaware State University, Dover, DE

Goldwell Open Air Museum, Beatty, NV

San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba



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C O L L E C T I O N S

Malaspina Printmaker’s Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Permanent Collection, Chauvin, LA

The Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

The Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation, Salisbury, NC

University of Colorado at Boulder Print Collection, Boulder, CO

Virginia Commonwealth University Print Collection, Richmond, VA

Penland School of Crafts Print Collection, Penland, NC

Ohio University Trisolini Print Collection, Athens, OH

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC

Southern Graphics Council Permanent Collection

Drive By Press Mobile Collection

Numerous Private Collections

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