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  • 2010

    • Otis College of Art & Design • MFA • Public Practice • Los Angeles, CA

  • 2003

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison • BS-Art  • Madison, WI

Public Projects

  • 2011

    • Underground River Project • Temporary public installations sited along Amargosa River and exhibition at Red Barn, Rhyolite, NV with Tory Tepp and Goldwell Museum.

    • Refoundation •       Public workshop in underused city property generating multiple fort sculptures with youth, culminating in collaborative neighborhood performance event and subsequent City Hall exhibit  • With IN:SITE, City of Milwaukee • Milwaukee, WI

    • Los Angeles Poverty Department       • Temporary Public Installations and Performances in Skid Row : DCA 1 % for Art (upcoming) • Los Angeles, CA

  • 2010

    • Fort Hauser •  Ongoing fort installations, performances and public activities on an urban municipal plot • Washington Blvd @ Hauser, Midcity, Los Angeles

  • 2009

    • Laton World Encampment • 3-month workshop with 10 youth leading to sculpture park component of “Reunion / Reunión”, large-scale installation and town event led by Suzanne Lacy  • San Joaquin Valley, CA

    • The Disappearer       • Temporary Installation, Dockweiller Beach; performance at LAX Airport, CA

  • 2008

    • Body Project • Portable sculpture installations at White Sands Nat’l Monument, NM; High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA; Hwy 1 Gorda, CA; Los Angeles River, CA

  • 2007

    • Construction Tunnel • Imaginary construction zone: Installation and performance • Hamline Ave. Footbridge, St. Paul, MN

    • Garden       • guerilla installation • Sealy factory exterior, Midway St. Paul, MN

  • 2006

    • Downtown Ghostown • Temporary sculptural replica of downtown mall; collaboration with 6 youth from Alma D’Arte High • Downtown pedestrian mall; Las Cruces Museum of Art • Las Cruces, NM

    • Inorganic Garden       • Temporary installation on New Mexico State University campus • collaboration with 18 youth from Alma D’Arte High • Las Cruces, NM

  • 2003

    • Beets Fence • Temporary installation and public communion at Reynolds rooftop courts • Madison, WI

Group Exhibitions

  • 2011

    • IN:SITE 2011  • Vanguard Sculpture Services • Milwaukee, WI
    • Collective Show LA, Los Angeles Road Concerts • 995/97 Hill Street • Los Angeles, CA
    • Big Bangs • Dean Jensen Gallery • Milwaukee, WI

  • 2010

    • Actions, Conversations & Intersections • Barnsdall Municipal Gallery • Hollywood, CA
    • MFA Thesis Show • SMC Susan Barnett Gallery • Santa Monica, CA
    • Los Angeles Road Concerts: Washington Blvd. • Los Angeles, CA

  • 2007

    • Landscape As • Bryan Burford Gallery • Iowa City, IA

  • 2006

    • Group Photo Arts Exhibit • Downtown Contemporary Art Center • Albuquerque, NM

  • 2005

    • Spotlight • Spot Art Gallery • Minneapolis, MN

  • 2004

    • Dark Spring • Drive-By Studios • Chicago, IL

  • 2003

    • Wallpatch • Commonwealth Gallery • Madison, WI

    • Somewhere Land       • Red Gym Gallery • Madison, WI

Residencies / Workshops / Awards

  • Creative Capital Foundation Project grant, Visual Art finalist  • New York, NY
  • Visiting Artist: Goldwell Open Air Museum and Residency • Death Valley, Nevada • Nov/Dec 2011
  • Alternative Shelter Workshop with LA Urban Rangers, MOCA Engagement Party • Los Angeles, CA • Aug 2011
  • Visiting Artist : Design Utopia • Milwaukee Public Theatre All City People’s Parade • Aug 2011
  • Visiting Artist: IN:SITE •  Milwaukee, WI • June/July 2011
  • Visiting Artist: Photography Workshop • Natural History Museum of Los Angeles / Roundtable Projects • 2010
  • Otis Named Scholarship • 2009

Presentations

  • Otis alumni panels •  March 2011 / January 2012
  • Bakken Museum • Forecast Public Art design charrette for Green Energy Rooftop Garden • Minneapolis, April 2011
  • Portland State University • Open Engagement: Social Practice conference, May 2010
  • Barnsdall Municipal Gallery • Reunion/Reunión: Actions, Intersections and Conversations
  • Farmlab / Metabolic Studios • Public Salon, Otis – Laton Project • September 2009
  • San Francisco MOMA • Social Practice West: Panel discussion with Otis, California College of Arts and Portland State University • 2/2009

Bibliography

  • Pahrump Valley Times • Art: Calisthenics For the Imagination • December 21, 2011
  • Fox 6 News • Art Helps Milwaukee Children Realize Potential • August 24, 2011
  • Kevin Lynch • Shepherd Express Milwaukee • Pop-ups Around Milwaukee • July 2011
  • Patricia Briggs, Independent art critic • Scene/Unseen blog • 29th St. Park: Refoundation • July 2011
  • John Schneider • Shepherd Express Milwaukee • July 2011
  • Robby Herbst, Llano Del Rio Cooperative • A Map for An Other LA publication • June 2010
  • New American Paintings • Issue #87 April 2010
  • Life @ Otis: Sustainability • Fort Hauser August 2010
  • Emily Roehl • Community Arts Network Reading Room • Signs of Welcome, Signs of the Possible: Public Practice in Rural California 6/2009
  • Susan Emerling • LA Times Taking Art to the Community 4/26/2009
  • KSEE 24 Fresno News 7/2010
  • Augsburg Fortress Minneapolis • Increase our Faith! 12/2009
  • Hamline University Oracle, St. Paul, MN • Artist Transforms Walking Bridge 10/9/2007February 12, 2009
  • Photo Journal Southwest The Contemporary Photo Arts Exhibit 7/6/2006
  • Las Cruces Sun-News Another Work of Art 7/2006
  • Las Cruces Sun-News It’s Your Earth 4/21/2006
  • Las Cruces Roundup Artist Finds Muse in all the Right Places 3/30/2006

Related Work Activities

  • Forecast Public Art / Public Art Review • Volunteer • Minneapolis, MN 9/11 – present
  • Veterans Book Project workshops • Editing Assistant to Monica Haller with Harrell Fletcher’s “Active Engagement” at Colorado State University, Colorado Springs; San Jose State University • 4/11
  • “Build Your Own World” San Jose Biennial • Artist assistant to Veterans Book Project • San Jose, CA 9/2010
  • Heritage Embroidery • factory Production Assistant • Minneapolis, MN 12/2010
  • Redmoon Theater Build Shop • Chicago, IL 10/2010
  • Mel Chin’s Fundred Dollar Bill project • Armored Truck Driver’s school event assistant; San Jose, CA – Marfa, TX 2/2010
  • Heart of the Beast Theater • May Day Parade performer • Minneapolis, MN 5/2006
  • Roosevelt High School • Dropout prevention Case Manager, art programming • Minneapolis, MN 2008
  • Community Action Agency food bank • Mural Lead Artist • Las Cruces, NM 2006

Teaching

  • Otis Continuing Education • Teaching Artist Assistant for Sculpture and Illustrated Song courses, K-8 • Otis College of Art, Los Angeles June – August 2010
  • Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles • Teaching Artist Photographer in collaboration with Roundtable Projects and La Cienega Elementary • Los Angeles, CA March – May 2009
  • Armory Center For The Arts • Teaching Artist Assistant • Pasadena Unified School District • Pasadena, CA 2008 to 2010
  • Otis College Of Art And Design • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Integrated Learning and Foundations departments. Assisted and collaborated with “Right to the Streets” (LAPD, Dorit Cypis, Highways Theater, OPCC Santa Monica); “Another LA is Possible”  Curatorial Workshop (Robby Herbst and local artists); “Disaster Design” (El Segundo Fire Dept); “Speculative Music and the Systematic Occult”; Foundations of Design.
  • Alma D’arte Charter Arts High School • Instructed Installation Art, Body Adornment Through Culture, Foundations of Design; led Arts Integration workshops • Las Cruces, NM 2005 to 2007
  • Anne Sullivan School • Tutor and after school art instructor for D/HH middle school students • Minneapolis, MN 2004 to 2005