EDUCATION

2015, MFA Painting
Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Graduate School of Painting, Boston, MA

2014, Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Boston University, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA

1992, BFA, Painting and Ceramic Sculpture
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND GRANTS

2015 — Vermont Studio Center, Residency Grant
2015 — College Art Association, Annual Conference Travel Grant
2015 — Albert K. Murray Foundation, Fine Arts Grant
2015 — Boston University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Research Travel Grant
2014-2015 — Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, School of Visual Arts Scholarship
2013-2015 — Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Constantin Alajálov Scholarship
2013 — Philanthropical Educational Organization Sisterhood (P. E. O. Sisterhood), Education Grant
1988-1992 — School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), National Merit Scholarship
1988 — Kansas City Art Institute, (KCAI), AICA Gold Scholarship Award

RESIDENCIES
2016 — Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015 — Fellowship Finalist, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2013 — Landscape Painting, with artist John Walker, Darmiscotta, ME
2012 — Figure Painting, with artist James Everett Stanley, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2015-2016, Foundations Department Faculty
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

2014-2015, Program Manager, Graduate School of Visual Arts, Lecture Series
Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

2015, Teaching Assistant, Principles of Painting Techniques II (water-based and other mediums)
Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

2015, Teaching Assistant, Color Theory
Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

2014, Teaching Assistant, Principles of Painting Techniques I (oil-based mediums)
Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

2013, Teaching Assistant, Anatomy and Figure Drawing
Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA