Awards and Honors
2023
University Scholar Award, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN. ($6,000) In April of 2023, I was designated by the President of
Metropolitan State University as the sole recipient of the University Scholar for AY24.
McKnight Foundation Artist Residency Award. ($3,000)
Distinguished Achievement Hall of Fame, Brainerd Public Schools, Brainerd, MN.
2022
McKnight Fellowship Award and exhibition at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. $25,000
MN State Arts Board Creative Support Grant $6,000
Juror, MN State Fair, Prints Division
Juror, Robbin Gallery, Extremely Minnesota Exhibition
2021
Speedball Art Purchase Award, Center for Contemporary Printmaking
2020
MN State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant $10,000
First Place Prize international award for my work Constellation XXI- Miniprint International Cantabria, III edition 2020, Santander, Spain. (out of 674 entries/44 countries) 4,000 €.
2019
Springboard for the Arts Grant: Art in the Public Realm $10,000; (Pop-up Printshop offering free printmaking workshops to the community. I rode my bike around various areas of Minneapolis and Golden Valley offering these workshops with the printshop trailer attached to my bike.
Best in Show award at the Robbin Gallery’s Extremely Minnesota exhibition.
Professional Development Grant, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN.
2018
Springboard for the Arts grant: Cultivate Bottineau Boulevard, $2,000
C. Crist Delmonico Memorial Award, MN State Fair, 2018 Fine Arts Exhibition
Professional Development Grant, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN.
2017
Juror’s Choice Award at the Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition in Japan for my work Revolution XXXV :
http://miniprint.awagami.jp/ENGLISH/exhibitions/index2017.html
Juried by renowned curator Freyda Spira of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, three of my works received awards: (1) Renaissance Graphic Arts Purchase Award and (2) three Honorable Mention awards at the 11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition 2017, Norwalk CT.
https://contemprints.org/exhibition/11th-biennial-international-miniature-print-exhibit-2017/
Third Place Award at the Paramount Center for the Arts Through My Eyes exhibition, St Cloud, MN.
Guest Juror, Enter into Art – International Miniature Print Exhibition, Cologne, Germany.
Kelley/Walfoort Professional Development Grant, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN.
2016
First Place Award, 57th Midwestern Invitational, Rourke Museum, Moorhead, MN.
Faculty Professional Development Grant, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN.
2014
Artist in Residence, Art Lab of Tractorworks Building, Minneapolis, MN.
2013
Juror’s Award, 2013 MAPC Juried Members Exhibition,Youngstown , OH.
Juror, 2013 St Paul Art Crawl poster contest, St Paul, MN.
Juror, Salute to the Arts Q Gallery, Franklin Art Center, Brainerd, MN.
2010
Art Purchase Award, Metropolitan State University’s permanent collection, St Paul, MN.
2009
Guest Juror, Central Lakes College, St. Paul, MN.
2007
Visiting Artist and Guest Juror, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.
Solo, Two & Three Persons Exhibitions
2025 Arts at MSP Airport, Ancestral Garden, Minneapolis, MN. (upcoming solo)
2024 Visions Museum of Textile Art, Constellation, San Diego, CA. (upcoming solo)
Hjemkomst Center, Trådar, Moorhead, MN. (upcoming solo)
Concordia University Gallery, St. Paul, MN. (upcoming solo)
2023 Highpoint Center for Printmaking, McKnight Printmaking Fellowship Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN. (solo)
Nordic Center, Lines and Lineages, Duluth, MN. (solo)
Osterøy Museum, Trådar/Threads, Gjerstad, Norway. (solo)
2021 American Swedish Institute, Lace Reimagined, Minneapolis, MN. (solo)
2020 Brookview Park, Selections, Golden Valley, MN. (solos)
2018 The Rourke Art Gallery + Museum, Portal, Moorhead, MN. (solo)
2017 The Phipps Center for the Arts, Kaleidoscope, Hudson, WI. (solo)
Inver Hills Art Gallery, The Gathering Series, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Hills, MN. (solo)
2013/14 Gallery One at TractorWorks, Crossing Boundaries, Minneapolis, MN. (solo)
2011 BVU Art Gallery, Transfigurations and Meditations, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA. (solo)
2009 Central Lakes College Gallery, New Work, Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN. (solo)
2007 Concordia Gallery, Hellenic Visions, Concordia University, St.Paul, MN.
2005 Christos Restaurant, Visions of Greece, Minneapolis, MN. (solo)
2004 Faribault Art Center, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Faribault, MN.
2003 By Many Hands, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Crystal, MN.
1999 Jackson Artworks, Threads, Omaha, NE.
1996 Evelyn Matthies Studio and Gallery, Land As Body, Brainerd, MN. (solo)
1995 Pratt Institute, Voices - M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY. (solo)
New Gallery, untitled, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
Group Exhibitions
2024
Museum of Nature of Cantabria, Art in Nature III, Cantabria, Spain.
Bendheim Gallery, 14th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Greenwich, CT.
2023
Museum of Nature of Cantabria, Art in Nature III, Cantabria, Spain.
Castle Lighthouse Castro Urdiales, Collection Mini Print Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain.
Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum, Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Douro Area Museums, 11th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 14th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Norwalk, CT.
2022
UMCS University Art Gallery, Kolekcja Mini Print Cantabria w Lublinie, Lublin, Poland.
Gallery DELL’ARTE, Beauty is in the Details, Cassina IXC Aoyama Shop, Tokyo, Japan.
Douro area museums, 5th Global Print Biennial international exhibition, Douro, Portugal.
Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, V Mini Print International Cantabria, Santander Spain.
Gordon Parks Gallery, Faculty exhibition, Metro State University, St. Paul, MN.
2021
Gallery DELL’ARTE, Art Proposal: Vol. 16, Cassina IXC Aoyama Shop, Tokyo, Japan.
Davidson Galleries, Chromatic Impressions, Seattle, WA.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 13th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition 2021, Norwalk, CT.
(juried - Speedball Art Purchase Award)
Museum of the National Centre for Aesthetics, Third International Print Biennale, Yerevan 2021, Yerevan, Armenia.
Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum, Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima Prefecture,
Japan.
Morgan Conservatory, National Juried Exhibition, Cleveland, OH.
Institute de Cervantes de Bordeux, 9ème Fête de l’Estampe/Collección Mini Print Cantabria, Bordeaux, France.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Hot off the Press, Minneapolis, MN.
2020
Davidson Galleries, Fall Introductions, Seattle, WA.
Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, III Mini Print International Cantabria, Santander Spain. (first prize)
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 7th Biennial Footprint International Exhibition 2020, Norwalk, CT.
The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2020 R.O.C., Taichung, Taiwan. (juried)
Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Kent State University, 2020 MAPC Juried Exhibition, Kent, OH. (juried)
The 7 Arts Still Exist (international online music and arts festival during the pandemic), based out of the UK.
Constellation Studios, Fiber Fest: Paper Pulp & Beyond, Lincoln, NE.
Douro Area Museums, 10th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal.
Brookview Park, Artist Showcase, Golden Valley, MN.
2019
Casa-Museu Teixera Lopes, 4th Global Print Biennial, Douro, Portugal.
Muriel Guépin Gallery, Winter Blues, SOHO - NY, NY.
Manhattan Graphics Cener, 4th NY International Miniature Print Exhibition, NY, NY.
NY(G) Wall Space, Wall Space XVI, Brooklyn, NY.
Douro Area Museums, Global Print Douro, Douro, Portugal.
Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum, Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima Pref., Japan.
St Louis Artist’s Guild, Beyond the Surface, St Louis, MO.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Hot off the Press, Minneapolis, MN.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Prints on Ice, Minneapolis, MN.
2018
Douro regional museums, 9th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Stand Out Prints, Minneapolis, MN.
Art Center Faro Cabo Mayor, Impact 10: Miniprint Biennial - The Sea and Lighthouses, Santander, Spain.
Cyrus M. Running Gallery, Womens' Work (2018 Faith, Reason and World Affairs Symposium exhibition), Concordia College,
Moorhead, MN.
The Galleries at Georgetown College, Me, You, and a Few of our Friends, Georgetown, KY.
Federation Gallery, Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE), Vancouver, CA.
The Gordon Parks Gallery of Metropolitan State University, Faculty Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN.
MCAD Gallery, The Auction at MCAD, Minneapolis, MN.
Minneapolis 2018 Parade of Homes "Dream Home" exhibition (architectural tour with Fuse), Linden Hills, Minneapolis, MN.
Minnesota State Fair, 2018 Fine Arts exhibition, Saint Paul, MN. (C. Crist Delmonico Memorial Award)
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Hot off the Press, Minneapolis, MN.
2017
Hall of Awa Japanese Paper Museum, Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima Prefecture,
Japan. (Juror’s Choice award)
Paramount Center for the Arts, Through My Eyes, St Cloud, MN. (juried, 3rd place award)
Manhattan Graphics Center, Members Only: Exhibition and Auction, NY, NY.
The Print Center, The 91st Annual International Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA.
The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Norwalk, CT. (juror's purchase
award and three honorable mentions)
Bendheim Gallery, 11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Greenwich, CT.
Cultural Center in Cologne-Mülheim, Enter into Art, Cologne, Germany.
Günter Leifheit Cultural Center, Enter into Art, Nassau, Germany.
House Eberhard, Enter into Art, Diez, Germany.
Utah State University, Rest in Prince, Logan, UT.
Art Gym Gallery, imPressed - Destructive Beauty, Denver, CO.
The Rourke Museum, 58th Midwestern Invitational: Revolution, Moorhead, MN.
Minot State University, Flat Tail Press: Forestate portfolio exhibition, Minot, ND.
Barnes and Thornburg LLP, MCAD at B & T, Minneapolis, MN.
2016
Muriel Guépin Gallery, Round it Up!, Lower East Side, NY, NY.
Arkansas Art Center, 48th Collectors Show and Sale, Little Rock, AR.
Manhattan Graphics Center, 2nd New York International Mini Print Exhibition, NY, NY.
The Rourke Museum, 57th Midwestern Invitational: Home, Moorhead, MN. (1st place prize/95 artists)
Douro regional museums, 8th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal.
Virtual gallery, 1st Virtual Biennial, Douro, Portugal.
Enter into Art, Bonn-Königswinter, Germany.
Bradbury Art Museum, 2016 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AK.
Mayo Clinic Square, MN Made Here: Reflection, Minneapolis, MN.
Gamut Gallery, The Second Sex, Minneapolis, MN.
Morgan Conservatory, Confluence: Twelve Collaborations, (collaboration with papermaker Bridget O'Malley), Cleveland, OH.
MCAD Gallery, 2016 MCAD Faculty Biennial, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.
Barnes and Thornburg LLP, MCAD at B & T, Minneapolis, MN.
The Southern, 99 Problems But a Print Ain't One, Charleston, SC.
2015
Douro Regional Museums, 2nd Global Print 2015, Douro, Portugal.
Mayo Clinic Square, MN Made Here: Reflection, Minneapolis, MN.
Winona Art Center, POI26, Winona, MN.
McNally Smith College of Music, 2015 Art-Inspired Music Project, St Paul, MN.
Northrup King Building, Make it Move: Body and Machine, Minneapolis, MN.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Hot off the Press, Minneapolis, MN.
2014
The Gordon Parks Gallery, Mixed Media: The Faculty Show, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, POI26, Minneapolis, MN.
Barnes and Thornburg LLP, MCAD at B & T, Minneapolis, MN.
2013
McDonough Museum of Art, 2013 MAPC Juried Members Exhibition, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH. (juror's award)
MCAD Gallery, Just Curious: MCAD Faculty Exhibit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.
Barnes and Thornburg LLP, MCAD at B & T, Minneapolis, MN.
Northern Prints Gallery, Un-Miniature Show, Duluth, MN.
2012
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Prints Tokyo 2012: International Print Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
Barnes and Thornburg LLP, MCAD at B & T, Minneapolis, MN.
Northern Prints Gallery, Northern Memories, Duluth, MN.
2011
Northfield Arts Guild, New Impressions – Print Invitational, Northfield, MN.
MCAD Gallery, Present Tense: MCAD Faculty Exhibit, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.
Gordon Parks Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN.
Northern Printmakers Gallery, All Things New, Duluth, MN.
Northern Printmakers Gallery, Gardens of Eden, Duluth, MN.
The Crossing Arts Alliance, BHS Alumni Art Exhibition, Brainerd, MN.
Homewood Studios, The Northside Today: Memory, Place, Home, Community, Minneapolis, MN.
2010
MCAD Corridor Gallery, Water Rights, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.
College of Visual Arts Gallery, Holiday Art Sale, College of Visual Arts, St Paul, MN.
Northern Prints Gallery, Northern Summer, Duluth, MN.
Northern Prints Gallery, IMPRINTS 2010 Earthday Exhibit, Duluth, MN.
St Benedictʼs College Art Gallery, Northern Prints Gallery Exhibit, St Benedictʼs College, St Cloud, MN.
2009
MCAD Gallery, Process/Practice/Action: MCAD Faculty Responds, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mpls, MN.
Bloomington Art Center, Fresh Air, NPA Exhibit, Bloomington, MN.
The Crossing Gallery, BHS Alumni Artes Exhibition, Brainerd, MN.
NPA gallery, Paradise Lost and Regained, Northern Printmakers Alliance, Duluth, MN.
NPA gallery, Ten, Northern Printmakers Alliance, Duluth, MN.
CVA Gallery, Practice-Profess, Annual Faculty Exhibition, College of Visual Arts, St Paul, MN.
2008
Flaten Museum, Prints in Time, St, Olaf College, Northfield, MN. (curated 5-person)
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Hot Off the Press, Minneapolis, MN.
2007
Tweed Museum, Minnesota National Print Biennial, Duluth, MN.
Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Gallery, Macalester Faculty Exhibition, St. Paul, MN.
The Crossing Arts Alliance, BHS Alumni Art Exhibition, Brainerd, MN.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Prints on Ice, Minneapolis, MN.
Northern Prints Gallery, The Best of the NPA Show, Duluth, MN
Arts off Raymond, Open Studios, St Paul, MN.
2006
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minnesota National Print Biennial, Minneapolis, MN.
Cyrus M Running Gallery, Soul Searching, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, MCAD Faculty Exhibition, Minnetonka, MN.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Everything Under the Sun, Minneapolis, MN.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Hot off the Press, Minneapolis, MN.
The Lincoln Gallery, Group Show, St Paul, MN.
Arts off Raymond, Open Studio Event, St Paul, MN.
Anderson Center, Group Exhibition, Red Wing MN.
2005
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Art Here - 1st Friday exhibition, St Paul, MN.
Perpich Center for the Arts, Open Show and Sale, Minneapolis, MN.
Como Zoo, New Beginnings, St Paul, MN.
2004
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Those Who Can, Minneapolis, MN.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Midsummer Prints, Minneapolis, MN.
Minnesota State Fair, Juried Exhibition, St. Paul, MN.
Laura H. Miles Gallery, Juried Print and Drawing Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN.
The Gallery of the Icelandic Printmakersʼ Association, Flying Carpet, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Vasingtono Aikstes Gallery, Flying Carpet, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Alytus City Museum, Flying Carpet, Alytus, Lithuania.
Baroti Gallery, Flying Carpet, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
The Gallery of the Icelandic Printmakersʼ Association, Flying Carpet, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Frans Masereel Centrum, Flying Carpet, Kasterlee, Belgium.
Musee des Beaux- Arts, Flying Carpet, Le Locle, Switzerland.
Galerie Union-Vie du Centre Cultural de Drummonville, Flying Carpet, Quebec, Canada.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Flying Carpet, Minneapolis, MN.
2003
Foundation Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Flying Carpet, Espana, Spain.
M. Zilinskas Gallery, Flying Carpet, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Estampa, Madrid International Print Fair: Flying Carpet, Madrid, Spain.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Three , Minneapolis, MN.
By Many Hands, Peace Exhibition, Crystal, MN.
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Highpoint for the Holidays, Minneapolis, MN.
2002
Highpoint Center for Printmaking, False Words, Minneapolis, MN.
Jackson Artworks, Summer Group Show, Omaha, NE.
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Art Faculty Exhibition, Omaha, NE.
1998
Jackson Artworks, Holiday Group Show, Omaha, NE.
1997
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Art Faculty Exhibition, Omaha, NE.
1995
Puck Building, M.F.A. Thesis Show - Selected Exhibition, NY, NY.
Pratt Institute Library, Artist's Books, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt Institute Library, Ink, Pratt portfolio group, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
1995
450 Broadway Gallery, Small Works, NY, NY.
1994
Chemistry Building, 20th Annual Christmas Art and Exhibition Sale, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Manhattan Graphics Center, Ink, NY, NY.
New Gallery, Ink, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Cyrus M. Running Gallery, The Hartz Collection, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.
Collections
The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan.
Faro Cabo Mayor Art Center, Cantabria, Spain.
Douro area museums, Douro, Portugal.
Rourke Art Museum, Moorhead, MN.
Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.
Renaissance Graphic Arts, Ivyland, PA.
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.
Montefiore Hospital, New York, NY.
Metropolitan State University, St Paul, MN.
Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN.
The New York Public Library, New York, NY.
Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Several private collections
Education
1995 M.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Major: Printmaking Minor: Drawing and Painting
1993 B.A., Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. Majors: Art, Communications
Instruction
I have taught a range of studio courses including, drawing, printmaking, painting, digital arts and survey courses at public universities, colleges and private art colleges. Two fully online drawing courses I developed for MCAD immersed science and art together. At Metro State University, I have developed two new areas in printmaking and digital arts. This included establishing a new printshop and a new digital lab with specialized equipment such as a Mac lab, 3D printers, virtual reality headsets, plotter cutters, projection mapping equipment and large format inkjet printers and a technology checkout system for students.
Metropolitan State University 2021-current (Associate Professor and Chair, Fine Arts Department)
Metropolitan State University 2017 – current (Associate Professor)
Metropolitan State University 2009-2017 (Community Faculty)
Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) 2001-23 (Instructor and Visiting Artist)
Inver Hills Community College 2014-15 (Instructor)
St Catherine University 2015-16 (Instructor)
Central Lakes College, Brainerd 2010-11(Instructor)
Macalester College 2005-08 (Visiting Assistant Professor)
College of Visual Arts 2003-04 and 2009-10 (Instructor)
Metropolitan Community College 1996-99 (Instructor)
University of Nebraska, Omaha 1996-99 (Instructor)