Selected Juried Exhibitions

Unfamiliar Ground: Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA (6/08)
Collectives and Collaborations: Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA (3/08)
Looks Good on Paper: Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA (6 – 9/07)
Some Assembly Required: Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (6-7/07)
Bloodlines: Family in Name and Practice: Juror’s Choice, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA (3/07)
1 for 100: OBJEX Gallery, Macon, GA (12/05)
42nd Annual Juried Exhibition: Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (4/05)
The Human Condition: Davidson County Community College, Lexington, NC (1 – 5/05)
Relative: Photographing Domesticity: ATHICA, Athens, GA (9-11/04)
From Dusk Till Dawn: Rites, Ritual and Symbolism: Caladan Gallery, caladangallery.com (11/04)
American Experience 2002: Associated Artists of Winston Salem, NC (11/02)
8th Annual National Juried Photo Competition: Texas Artists’ Museum, Port Arthur, TX (10/02)
Sensory Overload: Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (5/02)
Southworks 2002: Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA (6/02)
39th Annual Juried Exhibition: Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA (4/02)
Photo III: Merit Award, Jan Dempsey Arts Center, Auburn University, AL (10/01)
Lamar Dodd School of Art Printmaking Show: University of Georgia, Athens, GA (10/01)

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

Georgia Made: Elements Gallery, Lyons, GA (8 – 9/08)
Hungarian Multicultural Center AIR Exhibition: Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (6 – 7/08)
Dept. of Art Faculty Show: New Space Gallery, Augusta State Univ., Augusta, GA (1 – 2/08)
Tea: C. Emerson Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL (1 – 2/08)
SPESE Faculty Show: River Club, SCAD, Savannah, GA (10/07)
Works from HMC Residencies, 2006-07: Congress Center, Balatonfured, Hungary (8/07)
Multiplicity: Three Cities Group, Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA (3/07)
Welcome Home: Stillmoreroots Group, 114 West Main, Swainsboro, GA (9 – 11/06)
30 Miles South: Stillmoreroots Group, Fire House Gallery, Louisville, GA (5/06)
Where Main Streets Meet: Stillmoreroots Group, Ty Stokes Gallery, Atlanta, GA (4/06)
Art About-From-For Nature: Traveling Exhibition: Gongju, Pusan, Suwon, S. Korea (9 – 12/05)
Stillmoreroots at the Portal Turpentine Festival: Portal, GA (10/05, 06)
Swainsboro Local Artists: Kalmanson Gallery, Swainsboro, GA (7/05 – 07)
Art Educators’ Invitational: Hoag Student Center Gallery, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA (2-4/05)
Stillmoreroots 1.9.05: Kalmanson Gallery, Swainsboro GA (1/05)
Gathering: Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA (9 – 12/04)
Art in the Woods: Stillmoreroots Group, Stillmore, GA (3/04 – 07)
Art Papers Annual Auction: Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (2/04 – 07)
Stillmoreroots 1.9.04: S&L Gallery, Savannah, GA (1/04)
Stillmoreroots at DK Arts: Statesboro, GA (8/03)
MFA Candidate Exhibition: Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (4/03)
Photography from Ghana: UGA Alumni Center, Atlanta, GA (6/03)
Group Photo Show: Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA (10/02)
UGA Photo Retreat Exhibition: Broad Street Studio 2, Athens, GA (4/02)
Mental Health Benefit Exhibition: The Globe, Athens, GA (5/02)
Threaded: Piedmont College, Demorest, GA (11/01)
Lamar Dodd School of Art Graduate TA Show, Athens, GA, (9/01)
Student Installation Exhibition, Cortona Intl. Printmaking Symposium, Cortona, Italy (6/01)

 

Solo Exhibitions

Modern Altars: Blackbridge Gallery, Georgia Coll. & State Univ., Milledgeville, GA (9 – 10/07)
Dinner Table Stories: Art Lab, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, TN (8/07 – 11/07)
Memory Womb: Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA (11/06 – 1/07)
Alchemical: Augusta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Augusta, GA (8 – 10/06)
Recipes for Ritual: Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA (2 – 3/06)
Reliquary: Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Greensboro, NC (6/05)
How to Eat an Apple: Piedmont College, Demorest, GA (10/04)
Australia Spoken and Silent: Hot Corner, Athens, GA (6/04)
Tea Secrets: Project Room, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA (9 – 11/03)
Reverent Revisited: Nuçi's Space, Athens, GA (8/03)
Reverent: Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (12/02)
Recent Artworks: The Winery, Athens, GA (5/01)
Recent Photographs: Neutral Ground, New Orleans, LA (4/99)

 

Permanent Collections

Korean Nature Artists’ Association: Gongju, South Korea
Lyndon House Arts Center: Athens, GA, “Documenting Athens”
Green Street Press: University of Georgia, Athens, GA

 

Articles and Publications

Artists Among the Trees: Southern Living Magazine (Georgia Edition), Vol. 43, No. 4 (4/08)
Metro Art: Tampa Bay Metro Magazine, Tampa, FL (1/08)
Wiregrass Magazine: East Georgia College (06 – 07 Edition)
Far From City Lights: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Arts & Books (5/21/06)
Visual Arts: Object Lesson: Mundane Finds Greater Meaning: Atlanta Journal Constitution, Living (3/12/06)
Artist Brings Nature to Callanwolde: Dekalb Neighbor Newspaper, Atlanta, GA (2/15/06)
Making Change at Grandma’s Store: Go Triad, Greensboro, NC (6/30/05)
The Human Condition: The Dispatch, Living, Lexington, NC (1/20/05)
Talk of the Town: Creative Loafing Atlanta (11/25/04)
Gathering: Exhibition Catalog, Atlanta, GA (9/04)
Messages Come in All Shapes: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Arts & Books (9/26/04)
Best Bets: Athens-Banner Herald, Features (8/19/03)
MFA at the GMOA: Athens-Banner Herald, Marquee (4/17 – 23/03)
Slop Supermarket Catalog: Based on Exhibition Tour, Portland, ME (4/03)
Scrambled Eggs: Lamar Dodd School of Art Faculty & Grad Print Portfolio (5/02)

 

Teaching Experience

Augusta State University: Augusta, GA (8/07 – 5/08)
Photography I, Photography II / Advanced courses

East Georgia College: Statesboro, GA (8/05 – present)
Introduction to Art courses

SMS Photo Club: Swainsboro, GA (1/08 – present)
Collaborative Instructor for Middle School Photo Club Program

Emanuel Arts Council: Swainsboro, GA (5/06)
Painting, Drawing, Sculpture and Installation at Visual Arts Camp

North Georgia College and State University: Dahlonega, GA (1-5/05)
Photography I and 2-Dimensional Design courses

Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation: Watkinsville, GA
Photo-Based Mixed Media and Life Drawing Courses (10-11/04)
2D Art in Summer Camp Program (5-6/04)

Summer Institute for the Gifted: Oberlin College, OH, University of Michigan, MI (7/03-06)
Computer Art, Photography, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Web Design

Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia: Athens, GA (8/01 – 5/03)
Photography I and II courses

 

Residencies

Georgia College and State University: Art Department, Milledgeville, GA (9/07)
Hungarian Multicultural Center: Budapest, Hungary (12/2006 – 1/07)
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative: Greensboro, NC (5-6/05)

 

Lectures

Paine College: Humanities Department, Augusta, GA (4/08)
Society for Photographic Education Southeast Conference: Savannah, GA (10/07)
Hungarian Multicultural Center: Budapest (1/07)
Georgia College and State University: Art Department (3/07)
Kiwanis Club: Swainsboro, GA (1/07)
Augusta State University: Fine Arts Gallery (8/06)
University of Georgia: Photo Department (4/05)

 

Juror Appointments

Middle Georgia College: Student Art Show, Cochran, GA (4/07)
Buisson Center: Student Art Exhibition, Dahlonega, GA (3/05)
University of Georgia: Student Photo Show, Tate Center, Athens, GA (4/03)

 

Art, Design and Photo Experience

Stillmoreroots Group: Public Relations Coordinator, Swainsboro, GA (7/03 – present)
Member of artist collaborative focused on exhibition, outreach and education

Fire House Gallery: Graphic Designer, Louisville, GA (12/06 – present)
Designer for monthly exhibition promotional materials

Gallery RFD: Webmistress, Swainsboro GA (12/06 – present)
Member of design team, site-builder for www.galleryrfd.org

Jack’s Java Cove: Art Curator, Swainsboro, GA (10/06 – 1/08)
Coordinator of monthly exhibitions, including promotion, show installation

Arts Emanuel Festival: Activities Coordinator, Swainsboro, GA (9/05 – 07)
Planner of art activities at annual festival, as member of Emanuel Artists’ Guild

Society for Photographic Education: Lecture Coordinator, S.E. Regional Conference, Athens, GA (10/04)
Organizer of Audio/Visual needs of lecturers, technical assistant

Photographic Services: University of Georgia Main Library, Digital Archivist (10/2002 – 5/03)
Scanner operator, including other darkroom and shooting duties

Athens Institute for Contemporary Art: Volunteer, Athens, GA (8/2002 – 5/05)
Gallery receptionist for non-profit art center

Summer in Ghana: Photographer, Accra, Kumasi, Cape Coast, Tamale, Ghana (5-6/02)
Documentary photographer for University of Georgia Social Work Student sites in Ghana

UGA Photo Retreat 2002: Director, University of Georgia, Athens GA (4/02)
Organizer of lectures, workshops and exhibition, workshop presenter

A Gallery For Fine Photography: Intern, New Orleans, LA (5-8/98)
Bookstore representative, including greeter and clerical worker

 

Grants

Grassroots Arts Program (GAP) Grant (11/05)
Wrote and received grant in conjunction with the Emanuel Arts Council to host an art camp for local elementary, middle and high school students in June 2006

Arts and Humanities Performance and Research Grant (10/02)
Received University of Georgia grant to pursue Masters Thesis project

Lamar Dodd School of Art Graduate Assistantship (8/2000 – 4/03)
Earned Masters of Fine Arts degree through full-tuition fellowship

 

Skills

Computer Programs: (PC and Mac) Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, FTP programs, HTML/CSS coding

Photographic: B/W film processing and printing, color film processing and printing, color print processor maintenance, jobo film processing, medium format and view camera, pinhole camera, digital camera, film and print scanning, alternative processes, studio lighting

Other Media: Figure drawing, painting, relief printmaking, drypoint, vandercook letterpress, papermaking, bookmaking, ceramics, glassblowing

Languages: Spanish (conversational)

 

Education

University of Georgia: Athens, GA
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Photography, Mixed Media, Installation (5/03)

Tulane University: Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Photography, Cum Laude (5/00)