Education
2001-2004 Master of Fine Arts in Artisanry. University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Dartmouth MA. Woodworking-interdisciplinary focus
Honors of Distinction Award
1998-2000 Bachelors of Fine Art. Murray State University, Murray, KY.
Woodworking, Functional Design
Selected Exhibitions (*indicates solo show)
2015 GreenHill Center for NC Art, Winter Show, Greensboro NC
2015 *Helms Art Gallery, Elizabeth Spotswood Alexander, Wingate University, Wingate, NC
2014 New Elements Gallery, October, Wilmington, NC
2014 Ohio Craft Museum, Figure It, July 13- Aug 24, Columbus, OH
2013 The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, A Sense of Place: Ten Years from the Ogden,
Dec 5-Jan 5, New Orleans, LA
2013 The Bascom Center for Visual Art, American Art Today: Figures, Sept 7- Jan 5,
Highlands, NC. Curator: Jonathan Stulman
2013 Blue Heron Gallery, They Used to Work Here: Art by Haystack’s Summer Assistants,
July 14- Sept 1, Deer Isle, MA
2013 GreenHill Center for NC Art, Speaking in Species, Jun 14- Aug 18, Greensboro, NC
Invitational Exhibition
2013 Donkey Mill Art Center, Cycles of Life: Contemporary Narrative in the Visual Arts, Feb 12-Apr 16, Holualoa, HI. Invitational
2012 Wayne Art Center, Craftforms 2012, Nov 30- Jan 16, Wayne, PA.
Curator: Cindi Strauss
*Gallery A, The Etiquette of Migration, Jul 9 –Sept 29, Raleigh, NC
Mint Museum of Art and Craft Uptown, Fairytales, Fantasy, and Fear,
Mar 3– July 8, Charlotte, NC
Sandra J. Blaine Gallery, At 20: A Creative Continuum, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Mar 16- May 9, Gatlinburg, TN
2010 Mangere Arts Center, OBJECTive Art Awards, Auckland, NZ.
*Ross Gallery, Country Calendar, Central Piedmont Community College,
Sept 15- Nov 15, Charlotte, NC
Pease Gallery, Eclectic, Central Piedmont Community College, Jan 1-31,
Charlotte, NC.
2009 Arrowmont Gallery, Women In Wood, Curator: Karen Greene, Gatlinburg, TN
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Craft-ed! Curator: Mindy Soloman,
Apr 2- May 22, Tampa, FL
2008 Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Honoring Paul Sasso, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Invitational
Loggia Gallery, Arrowmont Spring Faculty Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Art and
Craft, Gatlinburg TN
2007 *Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Beyond the Briar Patch, Mar 3- Apr 1, New Orleans, LA
Kendall College of Art and Design, Speaking In Species, Grand Rapids, MI
Curator: Brent Skidmore
2006 *Winfrey Blackburn Gallery, Beyond the Briar Patch, Mary Anderson Center for Art,
Oct 28- Jan 13, Mount St. Francis, IN.
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Life InSight , Lousiville, KY
Curator: Gail Brown, Invitational
Mary & Al Shands Gallery & Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Spotlight 2006,
Louisville, KY, Curator: Bruce Pepich
Grants, Honors and Awards
2014 Regional Project Artist Grant, NC
2012 Guest Artist, Hawaii Collaboration, Holualoa, HI. Oct 16- Oct 21
2010 First Place, Whangareí Sculpture Symposium, Whangarei NZ
2009 Speaker, Industrious, Furniture Conference hosted by the Furniture Society
Boone, NC. June 10- 13
2009 Guest Artist, Collaboration NZ, New Zealand Arts Council. McGregor’s Bay, NZ.
Mar 23-30
2008 Emma Lake Collaboration, Saskatchewan Craft Council, Big River, Canada.
Jul 24- Aug 4
2007 Acting Director, New Pacific Studios, Mt. Bruce, NZ. May-July
2007 Collaboration NZ, New Zealand Arts Council, McGregor’s Bay, NZ. Apr 4- 24
2006-2007 Affiliate Resident Artist, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2006 Regional Artist Grant, North Carolina Arts and Science Council, Charlotte NC
2006 Public Art Commission, North West School of the Arts, Charlotte, NC
2006 Arts Teach Grant in cooperation with the McColl Center for Visual Art,
Charlotte, NC
Public Collections
2016 Helms Gallery, Wingate University, Wingate NC
2015 Helms Gallery, Wingate University, Wingate NC
2010 Whangarei Airport, Whangarei, NZ
2010 Whangarei District Council, Whangarei NZ
2008 North Carolina School of the Arts, Charlotte, NC
2007 Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA