Education
2004-2007 Master of Fine Art
Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Emphasis in Painting
1999-2004 Bachelor of Fine Art
Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Emphasis in Painting
Professional Experience
2015-present Visiting Assistant Professor
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Courses: 2D Design, Drawing I, Drawing II, Drawing Fundamentals, Life Drawing,
Color and Design, Introduction to Painting
2011-2015 Adjunct Professor of Foundations
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Courses: Life Drawing, Drawing I, Drawing II
2008-2015 Adjunct Professor of Drawing
Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Courses: Figure Drawing I, Intermediate Figure Drawing II, Drawing I, Drawing II
Exhibitions
2018 Expose YourSELF in Art, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
2017 Culture, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC
2017 We are Enough, Oak Park Art Leagues National Juried Exhibition, Oak Park, IL
2017 Themeless, Whitdell Arts at Marygrove College, Detroit, MI
2017 The Bicycle, Houston Bicycle Museum, Houston, TX
2017 Nasty Women Art Chicago, Moonlight Studios, Chicago, IL
2017 Muskegon Museum of Art 89th Regional Exhibition Juried by Petra Collins, Muskegon, MI
2017 Women’s Issues Now “What Does Feminism Mean to You” Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 The Intimate Portrait, Golden Apple Online Gallery Juried Group Exhibition by Stevie Rose, NY
2017 Postcard Salon, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2017 See Attached, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh NC
2016 Fall Art Exhibit, The Gremlin Gallery, Jenison, MI
2016 FIVE by FIVE, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2016 Fun Size, Treat Gallery, New York, NY
2016 6x6 International, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2016 Grand Valley State University Women’s Center Exhibition, Allendale, MI
2016 Art Prize, International Art Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 West Michigan Regional Juried Art Competition, Lowell, MI
2014 Paint Snob, Spiral Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2012-2013 The Fed Gallery, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2012 Salon 525 (Solo Exhibition). Charlottesville, VA
2011 City Streets Lansing, Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
2010 Art Prize, International Juried Art Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Annual Holiday Exhibition, The Shoe Factory Co-Op, Rochester, NY
2010 Boots and Shoes: A Variation of a Theme, The Shoe Factory Co-Op, Rochester, NY
2010 Objects, The Mustache Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Rankin Gallery, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
2009 Art Prize, International Juried Art Exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 Ratio 2:1 Gallery (Solo Exhibition) Grand Rapids, MI
2008 Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Abstraction, Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Bitter Fruits: A Study of Women as Object in Art, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2008 Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
2006 International Home Furnishings Fair, Highpoint, SC
2007 Spring for the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 International Home Furnishings Fair, Highpoint, SC
2006 Metro Space Gallery, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2006 Free Radical Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2005 The Laduke Studios of Photography and Fine Art, Holland, MI
2004 Schoegrens’ Cat Fine Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 Walker Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2004 Festival of the Arts, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
2002 Figure, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
1998 Governor of Michigan Traveling Art Exhibit, Lansing, MI
Awards and Honors
2004-07 Graduate Fellowship, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 Gene Adcock Scholarship, Carbondale, CO
2004 Presidents Academic Achievement Award, Winter Semester, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
1999-04 Merit Scholarship, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
1999 The David and Elsa Brule Scholarship, Iron Mountain, MI
1999 Peoples Choice Award, The Association of Student Artists, Iron Mountain, MI
1998 Michigan Technological University Scholarship: Mixed Media Painting Summer Workshop, Houghton, MI
Publications With Reproductions of Work
2016 Rockman, Deborah. Drawing Essentials: A Complete Guide to Drawing. Oxford University Press. Third Edition.
2009 On the Town Magazine, September Issue, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 Rebecka Rosa Company, Grand Rapids, MI
Curatorial/Interviews/Panel Discussions
2018 Panelist, Ebb and Flow Explorations in Painting with Herb Murrie, Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, Allendale, MI
2016 Guest Speaker, Brett Colley Intermediate Drawing, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2014 Juror, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Annual Student Exhibition, Kalamazoo, MI
2012 Panelist, Deborah Rockman Graduate Teaching Seminar, Kendall College,
Grand Rapids, MI
2010 Juror, Scholastic Achievement Awards, Kendall College, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 Art Prize, Fox 17 News Interview, 08/09, Grand Rapids, MI
2009 Art Prize online Artist Chat, 08/09, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 GRCCTV Interview: 09/07, Grand Rapids, MI
Collaborative and Interactive Projects
2009 Pigment, Video Production directed by Kyle Dufendach, Grand Rapids, MI
2004 280 Studio Artist Battle, Grand Rapids, MI
2005 Gala Muziq, Ideal Art Collective, Grand Rapids, MI
2003 Founder’s Brewery Art and Fashion Exhibition, Ideal Art Collective, Grand Rapids, MI