1980             Flint, Michigan

 

Education

 

1998             The Valley School, Flint, MI. High school.

2000             Middlebury College: Japanese Language School, Middlebury, VT.

2001             L’University de Grenoble. Grenoble, FR. Swarthmore study abroad program.

1998-2002     Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Special Major Linguistics and Language: Linguistics, French, Japanese

2002-3          University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Metalsmithing, graphic design.

2005             Ox-Bow School of Arts, Saugatuk, MI. Jewelry, blacksmithing.

2006             Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ. Blacksmithing.

2005-7          The College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Postbaccalaureate: Metalsmithing.

2007-9          Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. MFA: Metalsmithing.

 

Scholarships, Awards

 

2005, 06       Merit Scholarship, The College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.

2007             Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2010                          Professional Development Funds Grant: Assistantship with sculptore Tapani Kokko. Mott Community College, Flint, MI.

2010                          Assistantship: Sculptor Tapani Kokko. Studio assistant; exhibition production. Orimattila, Päijät-Häme, Finland.

 

Exhibitions, Publications

 

2009             2009 WSU Faculty Exhibition, Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI

2009             Loose Canon: Cranbrook MFA, Cranbrook Museum of Art.

2009             Compendium of Contemporary Jewellery Makers, Andy Lim, Ed. Darling Publications, Cologne, DE.

2009             Stuff and Nonsense, Kingswood Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Co-curator.

2009             Stuff and Nonsense II, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2008             Space Invaders, Co-Curator, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2008-9, 9-10 Daimler Financial Loan Exhibition, Farmington Hills, MI.

2007,8          Holiday Earring Show, Ornamentum Gallery, New York, NY.

2008             Siamo Qui, Alchimia. Florence, IT.

2008             Vibrio, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2007             Sieraad Exposition, RAI Exhibition Hall,  Amsterdam, NL.

2007             Hotel Pontiac, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2007             Exquisite Narratives, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2006,7          The College for Creative Studies Juried Spring Show, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI.

2006             Peters Valley Fundraising Auction, Layton, NJ

2006             Bring It / Make, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI. Co-curator.

2006             Sketches, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI. Co-curator.

2006             What I Did This Summer, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI. Co-curator.

2005             Everybody, U245 Gallery, Detroit, MI.

 

Organization and Teaching

 

2009, 10        Guest Demonstration, Wayne State University. Tool Making, Fall ‘09; Bladesmithing, Winter ‘10.

2010              Studio Assistant: Lonnie Holley. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI. Studio assistant to visiting artist during symposium.

Current          Instructor, Mott Community College, Flint, MI. Course: Introduction to 2D design.

2009-Current  Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Course: Introduction to metals.

2009              JGN Mi Interim Web Director, West Bloomfield, MI. Building and maintaining web presence for not-for-profit Civil Rights organization.

2009              Rensing Center, Pickens, SC. Drafting an implementing artist’s residency.

2009              Re:Generation, Pickens, SC. Symposium: artful living.

2008              Guest Lecture, The College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Interpreting meaning in materials and process.

2007-8           Studio Technician, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Tools and materials technician.

2007              Studio Technician: Blacksmithing department. Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ.

2006-7           Studio Technician: Ceramics department. The College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.

2005-7           Studio Technician: Metalsmithing department. The College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.

2005-6           Teaching Assistant, Mott Community College, Flint, MI. Jewelry and metal sculpture.

2003-4           Elementary School Teacher, Trinity Cathedral Academy, Trenton, NJ. Second, third grade instructor. Core curriculum including Fine Art and Foreign Language. Emphasis on personal and communal responsibility.

2003-4           After-School Science Program Coordinator, Trinity Cathedral Academy, Trenton, NJ. Two age groups, twice weekly.

2003              Bench Jeweler, Rona Fisher Design, Philadelphia, PA.

2002-3           Web Production Assistant, The Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia, PA

2001-2           Residential Advisor, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

2001              Research Assistant,  Linguistics Dept. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

2000              Clinician, Grader, Linguistics Dept., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Ling. 001, Ling. 45.

1999              Elementary School Tutor, Swarthmore College's Positive Alternatives in Chester, Chester, PA.