Over the years, I have cozied up to the label as installation artist - one who not only visually but also conceptually transforms a space. I have had various opportunities to install art within the confines of a gallery, however my current attraction has been applying these skills in a domestic setting.
When engaging in the creative process, my intent is to highlight the overlooked value in typically ordinary items and assign them new, visual purpose. My aesthetic preferences include industrial, architectural elements that I will reuse and pair with natural fibers ranging from rope, yarn, jute, thread, fabric, wood, paper, and photographs. I will often utilize found objects to establish overarching themes or concepts, as well as to determine the functional and aesthetic relationship the object can have with fibers.
Generally, my work utilizes various methods including macramé, weaving, sewing, natural and synthetic dying, painting, woodworking, digital and film photography, typography, designing, and audio/video digital media.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - STOUT — MENOMONIE, WI
Bachelor of Fine Art, Contemporary Sculptural Practices
Fall 2009 - Spring 2014
ARIZONA COMMISSION ON THE ARTS — PHOENIX, AZ
Creative Aging Teaching Artist Institute
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS
2022 - “STONEWOOD VILLAGE MAKERS MARKET”, Stonewood Village, Brookfield, WI
2022 - “FEMALE ARTISTS”, Clover Plant Shop, Bay View - Milwaukee, WI
2021 - “MERRY & BRIGHT MARKET”, Anodyne Coffee, Walker’s Point - Milwaukee, WI
2021 - “MKE LOCAL MARKET”, The Gage, West Allis, WI
2018 - “IT’S ELEMENTAL”, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
2018 - “BEES & WAX”, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2017 - “THE ART OF HOME FURNISHINGS - MACRAME & FIBER ART", Urban Southwest, Phoenix, AZ
2014 - “INBOX (1)”, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 209, Menomonie, WI
2013 - “TURN YOUR MISTAKES INTO BIRDS”, Collaborative Exhibition, Gallery 209, Menomonie, WI
2013 - “TRADITIONAL YET PROGRESSIVE”, Group Exhibition, Gallery 121, Menomonie, WI
2013 - “A PUBLIC SETTING”, Collaborative Exhibition, Gallery 209, Menomonie, WI
2012 - “THE HARDEST PART OF BREAKING UP IS GETTING BACK YOUR STUFF”, Group Exhibition, Gallery 121, Menomonie, WI
2012 - “WIKI LEAKS / CELEBRITY FREAKS”, Collaborative Exhibition, Gallery 209, Menomonie, WI
2012 - “[FORWARD] CREEPING DEATH”, Group Exhibition, Gallery 121, Menomonie, WI
2012 - “WHY THE PROBABILITY THAT YOU’RE LIVING IN A COMPUTER SIMULATION IS QUITE HIGH”,Group Exhibition,Gallery 121, Menomonie, WI
2011 - “STUDIO 121”, Collaborative Exhibition, Gallery 209, Menomonie, WI
2011 - “YOUNG WISCONSIN ARTISTS: HOPEFUL SWAGGER - BEER, CHEESE & GUNS”, Group Exhibition, Gallery 121, Menomonie, WI
PUBLICATIONS
2014 - “STUDIO VISIT - VOLUME 25”, Open Studios Press
2014 - “JOURNAL OF STUDENT RESEARCH - VOLUME 13”, University of Wisconsin - Stout
INSTRUCTION
EDNA VIHEL ARTS CENTER — TEMPE, AZ
Modern Macrame: 8-Week Introductory Course — Fall 2019
Mixed Media - Macrame & Hand Dying: 2-Week Workshop — Fall 2019
Mixed Media - Macrame & Weaving: 2-Week Workshop — Fall 2019
CREATIVE AGING TEACHING ARTIST INSTITUTE
Fiber and Movement - 2 Session Engagement Program with Assisted Living Seniors
Fiber and Movement - 2 Session Engagement Program with Memory Care Seniors