EDUCATION
National Board Certification
Chicago Public Schools/CPS & Chicago State University, 2008
Master of Arts in Teaching, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2004
Thesis: Through a Wide Angle Lens: A Critical Multicultural Approach to Art Education Focusing on Identity, Representation and Photographic Images
Bachelors of Arts, Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995
ART EXHIBITIONS
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 9 on 13 Group Exhibit, 2018
UIUC Micro-Residency Open Studio, 2017
IAEA 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition, 2017
Cat’s Cradle, Mural, Chicago, IL 2016
Homing Pigeon, Mural, Chicago, IL 2015
Chicago, Rene Arceo Press, Chicago, IL 2014
IAEA 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Chicago, IL 2014
Posada 100 Years, Rene Arceo Press, Chicago, IL 2013
Boxes, Jack Palmer Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2010
Not Just A Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 2009
Pass It On, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL, 2007
Do Your P’Art Benefit Auction, Winnetka Women’s Club, Winnetka, IL 2007
Oaxaca, Stubbs Shop, Chicago, IL 2006
The Art of Teaching I, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2006
The Art of Teaching II, Casa Michoacan, Chicago, IL 2006
Winter, Home Show, Chicago, IL 2006
New Work, Home Show, Chicago, IL 2005
Family Line, Studio, Brooklyn, NY 2004
New Work, Studio, New York, NY 2002
Tunnel, Studio, New York, NY 2000
Mega Mix, University of California, San Diego Art Museum, San Diego, CA 1999
Downstairs, The Basement, San Francisco, CA 1997
Group Showdown, HB Space, Los Angeles, CA 1996
Graduate Show, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 1995
Points of Departure, Student Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 1994
GRANTS / AWARDS
Micro-residency, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 2017
Donors Choose Grant recipient, 2004-2008, 2010-2011, 2013-2015
Oppenheimer Teacher Incentive Grant recipient, 2004-2007, 2009, 2011
DRIVE recipient, 2007-08
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Student Leader Award, 2004
The Society of Publication Designers 37th Annual Merit Photography Award, 2002
Outstanding Volunteer Award, Drawbridge Arts Program, 1996
COLLECTIONS
University of Texas, Austin
Shane Silva
Tina Rivera
Linda Becker
Demetrius Few
Rebecca Stinson
Michael Anderson
Rene Arceo
Andrew Barnes
Barbara Billhardt
Antoine and Joni Bootz
John O’Malley
Elaine Coffee
James Coffee
Liz Coffee
Joe Delph
Morgan Enke
Dave and Courtney Helm
Kaci and Carlos Holguin
Michael and Kristen Johnson
Darrin Little
Patric McCoy
Pam O’Connor
Mary Beth Padezanin
Jack Palmer
Andrea Saenz
Garrett Savage
Barbara Toczydlowska