EDUCATION
 
2009
Master of Fine Arts – Intermedia (Digital)
Herberger School of Fine Art, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Drawing and Printmaking
Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts, Bradley University, Peoria IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 present
Art Instructor, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee WA
2011 – 2014
Prepress Specialist, World Publishing, Wenatchee WA
2009 – 2010
Graphic Artist, Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien IL
2008 – 2009
Assistant Coordinator, Art Core, Herberger School of Fine Art, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2006 – 2009
Systems Admin, Visualization & Data Capture Specialist, Partnership for Research in Spatial Modeling, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2007 – 2008
Teaching Assistant, Herberger School of Fine Art, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Core Foundations: Intro to Digital Media (Instructor of Record)
2007
Teaching Assistant, Herberger School of Fine Art, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Core Foundations: Color (Instructor of Record)
2005 – 2006
Assistant Language Teacher, JET Program, Kagoshima, Japan
2001 – 2005
Cartoonist, Bradley Scout, Bradley University, Peoria IL
2004
Toy Design Intern, The Marketing Store, Lombard IL
EXHIBITIONS
2011
Two Rivers Gallery, Wenatchee WA
2010
White Rabbit Gallery, Iowa City IA
Monsters, Work.Detroit, University of Michigan School of Art, Detroit IL
Creatures Among Us, Oak Park Art League, Oak Park IL
Just Say Me, Indian Prairie Public Library, Darien IL (curator)
2009
8x8 in '09, Peoria Art Guild, Peoria IL
The Anxieties of Apes and Artists, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2008
Text Messages, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
2007
Lowriders: 8th Annual Dia de los Muertos Festival, Museum of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Out of the Box: Experiments in Digital Imaging and Prototyping, PRiSM Lab at the Brickyard, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Iron, Studio 55, Phoenix AZ
2005
Most Estimable Exhibition of Every-day Extraordinariness, Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Show, Bradley University, Peoria IL
The Unicorn Show, Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria IL
2004
Blue Baltic, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago IL
Mitchell Place Gallery 1st Annual Print Show, Mitchell Place Gallery, Muncie, IN
2003
Undergraduate Student Juried Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria IL
Award: Outstanding Achievement in Mixed Media
PUBLICATIONS AND PANELS
2009
Panel: Digital Techniques for the Foundry, National Conference on Cast Iron Art, Birmingham AL
2008
2001 – 2005
“Student & Dementia” weekly comic strip, The Bradley Scout, Bradley University, Peoria IL
HONORS AND AWARDS

2008
Herberger College Director's Scholarship
2006
Illinois College Press Association, Second Place for Cartoon Strip, Bradley Scout, Bradley University, Peoria IL 
2004
Dow P. Mitchell Scholarship, Bradley University, Peoria IL