b. Chicago, IL
Education
2003 BFA. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL
2002 Advanced Painting Studio with Stan Whitney. Tyler School of Art/Temple University. Rome, Italy
Residencies
2018 The Weaving Mill, Chicago, IL
2017 Textilsetur Islands (Icelandic Textile Center), Blonduos, Iceland
SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016 Wagon Station Encampment, A-Z West, Joshua Tree, CA
100 West Corsicana, Corsicana, TX
2015 Artist-In-Residence, Canvas, Juneau, AK
2014 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Ongoing Projects
Visual Art Open Studio, co-organizer of weekly inclusive art-making sessions, Dorchester Art + Housing Collaborative, Rebuild Foundation, Chicago, IL, 2018 - present
Co-founder and co-author, Disparate Minds, 2014 - present
Selected Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2017 Wintering Over, OXS, Carson City, NV
2015 Over and Over with Tim Ortiz, Juneau, AK
2014 Promise of a Horse and Saddle, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2013 Room 3, Gateway Motel, Las Vegas, NV
2012 It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, Kleven Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
2011 Getting Close to the Event Horizon, Winchester Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Excerpts, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada
2019 How We Make It, Circle Contemporary, Chicago
2018 Plural - recent acquisitions, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada
Manifesto, First Street Gallery Art Center, Claremont, California
2017 TIK TAKK, SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland
Petta Reddast, Icelandic Textile Center, Blonduos, Iceland
Tested Ground with Alexa Hoyer, Joan Linder, Jenny Odell, and Nicolas Shake, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada
2016 Settlers + Nomads: 269 miles organized by Wendy Kveck for Hot August Nights, BLAM, Los Angeles
Art in America curated by Julie Torres, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Clinton, South Carolina
2015 Art in America curated by Julie Torres, Tiger Strikes Asteroid's Artist-Run at The Satellite Show Miami, Miami Beach, FL
Anadromous curated by Brandon Howard, Juneau, AK
2014 Past, Present, and Future, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2013 Untitled group exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
2011 Chain Letter, Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Minumental Invitational, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
10x10, Government Center Rotunda Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
New Paintings, kleven contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
Freedom>Force, Alios Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2010 I Hope You’re Feeling Better, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
Reign of Glass, Erin Stellmon (collaborative installation with 98 artists), Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
2009 Inscribed/Messages, Government Center Rotunda Gallery, Las Vegas
Take Note, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada
2008 Culture Clash, Bridge Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2006 17th Annual Juried Show, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
2005 Spring Break Show curated by Caleb Lyons, Brandon Alvendia, & Alberto Hernandez, The Butchershop, Chicago, IL
2004 Second Annual Valentine’s Show, Alterspace, Chicago, IL
2003 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL
First Annual Valentine’s Show, Alterspace, Chicago, IL
2002 Untitled group exhibition, Temple Rome Gallery of Art, Rome, Italy
2001 Untitled group exhibition curated by Stephanie Brooks, Basespace (SAIC), Chicago, IL
2000 Untitled group exhibition, Gallery 2 (SAIC), Chicago, IL
Written Contributions
Interviews with Roxanne Jackson, Austin Ballard, Tusia Dabrowska, Katie Barrie, Kat Ryals, Caroline Wayne, Melissa Vogley Woods, Theresa Bloise, and George Boorujy, Maake Magazine Issue 10, 2019
Interviews with Nick Doyle, Lindsay Burke, Eliot Greenwald, Shona McAndrew, KC Maddux, Mike Nudelman, David Aipperspach, Benjamin Cabral, Andrew Sexton, Jeff Chester, Linda Friedman Schmidt, and Serpil Mavi Ustun, Maake Magazine Issue 9, 2019
Interviews with Jessica Stoller, Valerie Hegarty, Robert Raphael, Anthony Sonnenberg, Trevor King, Mie Kongo, Matt Mitros, Laith Karmo, Taili Wu, Sasha Reibstein, Natalia Arbelaez, and Peter Christian Johnson, Maake Magazine Issue 8 Clay Edition, 2018
Radical Movements: A Conversation with Tamar Ettun, Settlers + Nomads, 2018
Interviews with Natessa Amin, Stephanie Graham, and Maria Rendon, Maake Magazine Issue 7, 2018
Salvation Mountain and Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum essays, A-Z West Desert Destination Log, publication available at the Hammer Museum and High Desert Test Sites, 2018
Shifting Paradigms, Exhibition essay for Visual Oasis: Works from Creative Growth, 2018
Drive-thru Time Machine: A Conversation with Allison Wiese, Settlers + Nomads, 2017
Out the Road, Settlers + Nomads, 2016
Co-author, Disparate Minds, 2014 - present
Permanent Collections
Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Grants/Awards
2019 Convening Grant, Common Field
2018 Nevada Arts Council (NAC) Fellowship
Best Artist, Desert Companion
2017 NAC Professional Development Grant
NAC Artist Grant
2016 NAC Professional Development Grant
2015 Puffin Foundation Grant
AWB/Harnisch Foundation Grant
NAC Artist Grant
2014 NAC Professional Development Grant
Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center
2012 Best Emerging Artist, Desert Companion
2011 NAC Artist Grant
2010 Nevada Humanities Grant
2003 Excellence In Leadership, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999-2003 Incentive Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999-2003 SAIC Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Presentations/Lectures/Panels
2018 Shifting Paradigms in conjunction with Visual Oasis: Works from Creative Growth, Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
Plural Artist Talks, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Creative Careers Panel Discussion, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Neurodiversity in Contemporary Art Lecture, Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Progressive Practices Lecture, Center for Creative Works, Philadelphia, PA
Quilting: Civil War Era through Contemporary Lecture, Carson City, NV
Wintering Over Artist Talk, Nevada Arts Council, Carson City, NV
2017 Artist Talk, SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland
Artist Talk, Icelandic Textile Center, Blonduos, Iceland
Panel Discussion; Artist as Culture Producer, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Sharon Louden book tour
2016 Sunshine and Shadow: A Year in Alaska for Settlers + Nomads: 269 miles and Hot August Nights, BLAM, LA
Panel Discussion: Self-Taught Artists in the context of Contemporary Art, Mapping Fictions curators Andreana Donahue and Tim Ortiz with
First Street Gallery Executive Director Rebecca Hamm, moderated by Gallery Director Paige Wery, The Good Luck Gallery, Los Angeles
2015 Curator’s Talk: self-taught artists and contemporary art practice, Canvas Arts, Juneau, AK
Artist Talk: Over and Over, new work by Andreana Donahue and Tim Ortiz, Juneau, AK
Disparate Minds: Self-taught artists & Progressive Art Studios, Goldtown Nickelodeon, Juneau, AK
Artist Lecture: Process and Narrative, Juneau, AK
2014 Disparate Minds: Self-taught artists & Progressive Art Studios, Albany Leadership High School, Albany, NY
Slide Presentation, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Professional Experience
Co-founder and co-author, Disparate Minds, 2014 - present
Art Manager, Arts of Life, Chicago, IL, 2019 - present
Independent Artist/Curator, 2003 - present
Art Handler, 2011 - present
Artist-In-Residence/Guest Facilitator/Community Instructor, Canvas Arts (progressive art studio), Juneau, AK, 2015
Studio Manager/Artist Facilitator, OV (progressive art studio), Las Vegas, NV, 2011-2013
Contemporary Arts Center, Exhibition Programming Chair, Las Vegas, NV, 2009-2010
main gallery, Founder, an exhibition space dedicated to emerging, experimental, and site-specific contemporary art, 2007 - 2009
Preparator, Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999-2003
Selected Curatorial Projects
2019 Slow Read curated by Andreana Donahue and Tim Ortiz, Circle Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2017 Storytellers curated by Andreana Donahue and Tim Ortiz, LAND Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Mapping Fictions: Daniel Green, William Scott, Roger Swike, and Joe Zaldivar, curated by Andreana Donahue and Tim Ortiz, The Good Luck Gallery, Los Angeles
2015 New Voices curated by Andreana Donahue and Tim Ortiz, in conjunction with the interdisciplinary project Disparate Minds, Juneau, AK
2014 Comedians and Magicians: Alisha Kerlin, Hazel Meyer, Justin Favela, Philip Denker, Lisa Rock, John Stoelting, Nathan Cote, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2012 Mitchell Meisner and Stephen Sims, University of Nevada Lied Library, Las Vegas, NV
2010 I Hope You're Feeling Better: artist/writer collaborations, Contemporary Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
2009 Wanderlust: Adam Morey and Kim Virasone, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2008 Method and Theory: Justin Crabtree (artist) and David Ward (biologist), main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
The Clouds Are After Me, Kambui Olujimi, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Looking You Up To Look You Up and Down: Geoffrey Todd Smith, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Newfangled: contemporary drawing, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Shangri-la: Erin Stellmon, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
RC Wonderly and Danielle Kelly, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
We Used To Be Friends: Jason Yates, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Untitled self-taught artist group exhibition, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2007 Yours Truly: correspondence and text-based work - philip von zweck, brian taylor, alex jovanovich, molly roth, and catherine borg
Kitty Glitter: stephanie dowell, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Sensibility Heaven: yo fukui, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Loo Bain and Wendy Kveck, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Young Americans: Stephanie Dowell, Peter Hoffman, Alex Jovanovich, Danielle Kelly, Erin Stellmon, main gallery, Las Vegas, NV