EDUCATION
1998 Hunter
College, New York, NY - M.F.A., Sculpture
1993 Fine
Art Academy, Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki, Finland - Graduate Studies, Sculpture
1990 Kansas
City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO - B.F.A., Sculpture, Photography
1988 New
York Studio Program, AICA, New York
1986
Residency Program, Parsons, Paris, France
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
1995 "Making Room" Winona State University, Winona, MN
1994 "Inventory" Keihle Gallery, St. Cloud University, St.
Cloud, MN
"Penance" Campbell Steele Gallery, Marion, IA
1991 "Going Home"
Professional Gallery, Fine Art
Academy, Helsinki, Finland
AWARDS, COMPETITIONS, GRANTS
1996 Esther Fish Perry
Scholarship
1995 Art Matters Grant
N.E.A. Artworks Fund,
St. Cloud University, St. Cloud, MN
1994 N.E.A. Artworks
Fund, St. Cloud University, St. Cloud, MN
N.E.A. Artworks Fund,
Winona State University, Winona, MN
Iowa Arts Council
Professional Development Grant
Vermont Studio Center
Fellowship
1993 N.E.A. Arts Midwest
Regional Visual Arts Fellowship
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Flash
Art Fair Milan, Italy
"Inaugural Exhibition"
Crave 77 Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004
"Becoming" Boreas Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Girls Against Boys"
DC Art Center, Washington DC
"Flat Files" Pierogi
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
"New New" Karolyn
Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines, IA
2002
"Reactions" Art
Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
"Reactions" Exit
Art, NYC
"Snapshot" Aldrich
Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2001
"Snapshot" Arcadia
University, Fine Arts Gallery, Glenside, PA
"Snapshot"
Beaver College, Fine Art Gallery,
Glenside, PA
"New York:
Fantasy Island" Karl Drerup
Gallery, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
2000
"Snapshot" Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
1998 "Thesis Exhibition"
Hunter College, NYC
1997 "Specific Sites"
Hunter College, NY
1996 "Group
Exhibition" Fordham
University, NY
1994 "Iowa
Exhibited" Iowa Heritage
Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
"Group Exhibition"
Katherine E. Nash, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1993 "Iowa Artists
Exhibition" Des Moines Art
Center, Des Moines, IA
"Women's Voices"
Harmon Fine Arts Center, Drake
University, Des Moines, IA
"Compose
Exhibition" The Furnace Gallery,
Des Moines, Iowa
1992 "Air Holes"
Installation at the Fine Art
Academy, Helsinki, Finland
"Burning
Sculptures" Kaisianiemi
Public Park, Helsinki, Finland
1991 "Sculptures
from the Fine Art Academy" Otso
Gallery, Espoo, Finland
"Summer
Sculptures" Jarvenpaa
Cultural Center, Jarvenpaa, Finland
"Sculptors
from the Fine Art Academy" Svea
Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
"Work
Shock Exhibition" Fine Art
Academy, Helsinki, Finland
RESIDENCIES
1994 Atlantic
Center for the Arts, New Symerna Beach, Florida
Bemis Center for the
Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
1993 Vermont Studio
Program, Johnson, Vermont
PUBLIC SCULPTURE
1995 "Soaring,"
Omaha Children's Museum, Omaha, NE
1992 "Lohikarma/Dragon,"
A site-specific sculpture. Riihimaki, Finland