EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS
2006 – Paper Politics Portland, at FFT Gallery Portland State University, Portland OR
2006 – Paper Politics Brooklyn, group show at 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn New York
2005 – Awarded a scholarship at Malaspina Printmakers Society for two months studio residency, Vancouver B.C. Canada
2005 – Paper Politics West, exhibition of socially engaged printmaking, a juried group show held in Seattle Washington.
2004 - Art vs. Craft at Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI
2004 - Drawing Resistance traveling Political Art Show –Portland, at Liberty Hall, Portland Oregon
2004 – Contributed prints to the God bless Graffiti Wall for the “Interventionists”show at MASS MoCA
2004 – Paper Politics, group exhibition curated by Josh MacPhee, at the In These Times building Chicago
2004 – Group Print Show at Liberty Hall, Portland OR with Lydia Crumbley, Icky Apparatus, and Katie Burkart.
2003 – Solo show at the Back To Back, Portland OR
2003 - Blackthorn Collective Radical Art Show, at the Dirty Feet Warehouse, Seattle WA
EXPERIENCE
1995-2005 - Traveled U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Europe by any and all means possible
- Booked and organized 8 U.S. tours, 2 European tours, and 1 Canadian tour for Do It Yourself (DIY) bands I played in
- Lived and worked out of New York City, Milwaukee WI, Oakland CA, Albuquerque NM, Minneapolis MN, and Portland OR
2001-2004 – Founding member of Blackthorn Collective, collaborated on publishing Blackthorn newsprint project, a free publication of 10,000 copies, distributed world wide, covering radical art and politics
2003-2004 - Member of the Liberty Hall Collective, Portland OR. Ran and organized shows for Liberty Hall community DIY space.
2004 - hosted, in Portland, Drawing Resistance - a traveling political art show
2006 - hosted Paper Politics Portland at FFT Gallery Portland State University
2000-2002 - organized art and music shows at Bedlam Theatre and Seward Community Café, Minneapolis
1998 -2000 - collectively ran the DIY art/music show space 379 40th St. in Oakland CA
INTERESTS AND VOLUNTEERING
- Volunteered with Bedlam Theatre and Barebones Puppets in Minneapolis
- Taught Linoleum Printing class for Portland Free School
- Panelist at Portland Zine Symposium 2003 on radical publishers
- 2005 Designed “Celebrate Peoples History” poster printed for Just Seeds distribution
- Contributed cover artwork for :
“The Portland Radical History Bike Tour” (2003)
“Life During Wartime” audio zine (2004)
“Protest Stagnation” ep (2003)
“Blackthorn” publication #1 and #2 (2002)
Subtracttozero LP records #1 (1998) & #2 (2002)
EDUCATION
2005-2006 Portland State University – currently working on B.S. printmaking degree
2004 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (awarded a ¾ tuition scholarship)
1993-1995 University of Wisconsin Milwaukee – studied fine arts
