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Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 2016-present

Master of Fine Arts

Columbia College Chicago, IL. 2006-2008.

Master of Arts in Teaching with

IL K-12 Type 10 Art Education Certification

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. December 1991-1995.

Bachelor of Fine Arts. Painting Major,

Art History and Biology Minors.

Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects

Google Suite: Docs, Classroom, Slides

Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography

Dance: Ballet, Jazz, Modern Yoga: Ashtanga, Iyengar Aerial: silks

Sculpture: Clay, Molds, Metals, Stone, Wood, Mosaics, 3D Scanning

Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, Critique, Administration

Teaching Experience

Chicago Area Public School Teaching

Harlan Community Academy High School, Chicago, IL. 2015-present.

Art Foundations, Multimedia, and CTE Digital Media

Advanced Arts Program: Gallery 37 for Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL. 2015-present.

AP Drawing and Painting to High School Students on downtown campus.

Advanced Arts Program: Gallery 37 for Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL. 2014-2015.

Graphic Design & 3D Modeling and Animation to high school students.

Niles North High School, Skokie, IL. 2013-14.

Beginning Digital Photography & Art fundamentals.

Cadre Substitute for Administrative and Department Secretaries.

King College Prep High School, Chicago, IL. 2009-2013.

Fundamental Art Studio & Honors Studio Painting and Drawing.

Francis Parker Community Academy, Chicago, IL. 2008- 2009. K-8 Art.

Student Teaching

Orozco Community Academy, Chicago, IL. Spring 2008.

Fourth through eighth grade students at a gifted bilingual school.

Lakeview High School, Chicago, IL. Spring 2008.

Fundamental art studio, advanced photo and advanced sculpture courses.

Teaching Artist

Gallery 37. Summer 2011.

Columbia College Chicago. January 24, 2009.

Blick Art Materials. State Street, Chicago, IL. Summer 2007.

David Weinberg Collection. Chicago, IL. February 13, 2007.

Urban Gateways for Gallery 37. Chicago IL. Summers 1996-2004

Gallery 37 Schools. Chicago, IL. 1996-2003.

Gallery 37 Connections. Chicago, IL. 2003-2004.

Shanti Foundation for Peace, Student Covenant for the Future. Kelly High School, Spring 1999.

Hyde Park Arts Center. Chicago, IL. 1999.

Continuing Education

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 2015.

Teacher Institute for Contemporary Art

Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design Milwaukee, WI. 2014

Kinetic Painting using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects

School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL. 2013.

AP Art History Teacher Institute

School of the Art Institute at Ox-Bow. Saugatuck, MI. 2012.

Total Recall, Graduate Painting class with Angela Dufresne.

Waycross, Morgantown, IN. 2011.

Master watercolor and acrylic class with Jerry Smith.

School of the Art Institute at Ox-Bow. Saugatuck, MI. 2010.

Lithography with Mark Pascale.

Columbia College Chicago, IL. 2009.

AP Drawing/2D Teacher Institute

Anchor Graphics Master Class. Chicago, IL. Summer 2001.

Advanced Printmaking, Intaglio with Julian Cox.

Art Encounter. Evanston, IL. 2000.

Five-week workshop, leading interactive discussions about art.

Lacoste School of the Arts, in conjunction with Cleveland Institute of Art. Lacoste, France. Summer 1995.

Professional Experience

Freelance Artist

Commissioned Artist. Chicago and suburbs, IL. 1996-Present.

Paintings, portraits, murals, mosaic, 3D scanning, faux finish, lettering.

Exhibitor. Online, local and regional studios, galleries and institutions.

Consultant Artist. Chicago and regional. Mosaics, murals, decorating & design

Workshop Coordinator. M Fine Art and Design, McKinley Park Art Guild

Studio Assistant

Crate and Barrel Marketing Studio, Chicago, IL 2015-2016.

Marcos Raya Studio, Chicago, IL. 1998-2009.

Sunhouse Design, Chicago, IL. 1997

Morava Studios, Oak Park, IL 1997-8

Gallery 37 Operations. Chicago, IL. 1996.

Design

Sales and Promotion Design, Midwest.

Music Concert Poster Design, Chicago, IL.

Catalogue Illustrator, Wells Industries. El Paso, TX.

Scientific Illustrator, Bloomington,IN.

Awards

• Power of Art Prize, funded by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, 2012.
• Oppenheimer Teacher Incentive Grant, Woodworking & Wonder, 2011-12.
• Robert and Genevieve Johnson Scholarship, Ox-Bow Saugatuck, Michigan, 2010 &2012.
• Lya Dym Rosenblum Award, Columbia College Chicago, 2008
• Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago, 2007-2008.
• CAAP Grant, 2000.
• Merit Scholarships, Lacoste School of Arts, France, 1995.
• Creative Activities Grant, Indiana University Honors Division, 1995.
• Merit Scholarships, Lacoste School of Arts, France, 1995.
• Creative Activities Grant, Indiana University Honors Division, 1995.

Presentations

• Art Education, Department of Art Education, CPS Arts conference presenter, 2016
• National Art Educators Association, 2008.
• Illinois Art Educators Association, 2007.

Professional Appointments

• Art Department Chair Harlan Community High School 2016-17
• Art Liaison for Harlan Community Academy High School 2015-17
• Religious Education Council Chair, First Unitarian Church Chicago, 2014-16.
• Art Liaison for King College Prep High School, 2013.

Solo Exhibitions

2011

Dixon Strings, Ravenswood Art Walk, Chicago, IL.

2010

Dixon Strings, Ravenswood, Chicago, IL.

2001

Hot House Center for International Performance and Exhibition Chicago, IL.

2000

Red, Chicago, IL.

Exhibitions

2016

OPEN STUDIO TOUR, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2015

THIRD ANNUAL ART COMPETITION, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL.

2014

SEASCAPES, Studio B Gallery, Three Oaks, MI.

2010

ART IN THE GARDEN, Bona Thompson Memorial Center, Indianapolis, IN.

2008

GRADUATE EXHIBITION, C-Spaces Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL.

2007

LARGE PAINTINGS, W.H. Lee & Co. Fine Arts Building Annex, Chicago, IL.

2006

THOSE WHO CAN…TEACH, Columbia College Chicago, IL.

HEARTLAND Exhibition and Auction, Zhou Brothers' Studio Chicago, IL.

2005

HOWL, Larry Roberts Studio, Chicago Arts District, Chicago, IL.

MARCOS RAYA, collaborative painting, Mexican Museum of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL.

2004

MURAL, Hope Garden, Bridgeport, Chicago, IL.

NEW WORK, Larry Roberts Studio, Chicago Arts District, Chicago, IL.

LOST TRIBE COLLABORATIONS, Charcoll Gallery, Chicago, IL.

LIVING ART 2, Center Space Gallery, Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL.

ARTCHITECTURE, Whale, Pilsen Art Walk, Chicago, IL.

2003

SMALL WORKS BIG IDEAS, Whale, Pilsen Art Walk, Chicago, IL.

LIVING ART, Center Space Gallery, Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL.

THE HEALING POWER OF ART, Manhattan Arts online exhibition.

ART AGAINST AIDS, Exhibition and Auction, Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL.

Benefit for Weiss Memorial Hospital’s HIV-AIDS Programs.

2002

OPERA, W.H. Lee & Co. Fine Arts Building Annex, Chicago, IL.

ART AGAINST AIDS, Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL.

2000

SOARING MEMORIES, CCT Gallery, NU Settlement House, Chicago, IL.

1999

THE MACHINE SHOW, Café Sol, Chicago, IL.

THREE & A HALF WEEKS OF SUNDAYS (Art from the Collection of the Ever-so-Secret Order of the Lamprey), Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL.

CHICAGO WOMEN ARTISTS, Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL.

SEX AND LOVE, Soapbox, Chicago, IL.

1998

GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS, Jacqueline Ross Gallery, Chicago, IL.

LAMPREY STUDIO, Whale, Pilsen Art Walk, Chicago, IL.

SIX ARTISTS, Butcher shop Gallery, Chicago, IL.

1997

LA ZONA EXPO, La Zona Ballroom, Chicago, IL.

STARLIGHT SHOW, Sunhouse Designs, Chicago, IL.

1995

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARTS AND LETTERS (Juried Group Show), Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN.

1995-1993

BFA ANNUAL SHOW, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, IN.