EDUCATION
2007  University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.F.A.                                                                       

2006  University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.A.                                                                            

2006  Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy                                           

2002  Western New Mexico University, B.F.A.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

 
Areas of Specialization: Painting, Drawing, Color
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008-09  Visiting Assistant Professor, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO                                  

2008       Lecturer, Drawing I & II, University of Wisconsin-Madison                                          

2008       Lecturer, Advanced Painting, University of Wisconsin-Madison                                 

2007-08  Lecturer, Color,  University of Wisconsin-Madison                                                     

2007       Lecturer, Drawing I & II, University of Wisconsin-Madison                                          

2007       Instructor of Record, Drawing II, Cohort Section, University of Wisconsin                  

2005-06  Instructor of Record, Drawing II, University of Wisconsin                                           

2004       Art Teacher, K-5th, Deming Public Schools, Deming, NM                                           

 

AWARDS

2008       Rowland Award, Full- Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT                    

2005-07  Teaching Assistantship, University of Wisconsin-Madison                                         

2006-07  Kenneth D. Brown and Robert G. Kaentje Scholarship                                             

2004-05  University-Wide Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

2001       Student Conference for Research and the Creative Arts, University of Houston        

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*solo shows marked by asterisk)

2009

Analogous, juried by Lucy Lippard, Runnels Gallery, ENMSU, Portales, NM

2008

Anonymous Drawing No. 9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien - Berlin, Germany

Alumni Show, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM                                                 

Faculty Exhibition, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO                                                               

Gimme Baby Robots, Fivepoints Arthouse, San Francisco, CA                                                

Midwest Winter Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI                                                 

2007

*New Work: John Abbott, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL                                                   

*Hyperreflection, 7th Floor Gallery, UW Madison, WI                                                                 

U.W. Madison M.F.A. Juried Show, UWO Steinhibler Art Galler, Oshkosh, WI                          

2006

*Fertile Ground, M.A. Exhibition, 7th Floor Gallery, UW Madison, WI                                         

A Night with Ben Wooten and Friends, 7th Floor Gallery, UW Madison, WI                                

U.W. Madison M.F.A. Juried Show, UWO Steinhilber Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI                         

2005

Painting Show: ARTSpace, Madison Municipal Building, Madison, WI                                     

We’re Not Dead Yet, 734 Gallery, Madison, WI                                                                        

New Kids on the Block, 7th Floor Gallery, UW Madison, WI                                                       

2-D, 202C Gallery, Madison, WI