EDUCATION
2005 MFA : Tyler School of Art of Temple University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001 BFA : University of Kansas; Lawrence, Kansas
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-Present
Assistant Professor, Metals & Jewelry Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
2005-2006
Assistant Professor, Digital Fabrication: Industrial Design and Metals/Jewelry Design, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
GRANTS & AWARDS
2010
Outstanding Junior Professor 2010, Winthrop University
Arts Council of York County, Individual Artist Grant
Curriculum Enhancement/Instructional Improvement Grant, Winthrop University
2009
Curriculum Enhancement/Instructional Improvement Grant, Winthrop University
Elizabeth Patrick Dunlap Faculty Grant, Winthrop University
2008
Palmetto Hands Fine Crafts Exhibition, Best of Show
30 Small Works, Best of Show
2007
Palmetto Hands Fine Crafts Exhibition, Outstanding Merit
Faculty Research Grant, Winthrop University
2006
National Design Educators Exhibition 2006, 1st place in 3D
2005
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2005, 2nd place in Craft
Travel Grant, Tyler School of Art
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art 2004
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
RubberMADE, Solo Exhibition, 1912 Gallery, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA
Association for Contemporary Jewellery Delegate Exhibition, West Dean College, West Sussex, England
Equilibrium: Body as Site, Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas
2009
30 Small Works Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC
Neoteric Matter 2 Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
RubberMADE: Solo Exhibition Pikeville College, Pikeville, KY
Next: A Leading Edge Contemporary Art + Design Group Exhibition
BECA Gallery (Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art), New Orleans, LA
2008
Craft Forms 2008 Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Equilibrium: Body as Site 2008 Exhibition in Print Metalsmith vol. 28 no. 4
CADlabORATION V 1.0 Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Neoteric Matter Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, NJ
Metals in the Sister Cities: The Lawrence – Eutin Connection
Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
30 Small Works Gallery Up, Rock Hill, SC
Palmetto Hands Fine Crafts Exhibition
North Charleston Cultural Arts Council, North Charleston, SC
Slices: An Exhibition of Digitally Produced Body Adornment
International Museum of Art and Science, McAllen, TX
Clark Gallery, University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX
Neck-lust and the Chocolatier Florida Craftsmen, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL
Touching Warms the Art Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
2006
Shaped in Metal Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Unfolding Kendall College of Art and Design Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Crafts National 2006 Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Baker Arts Center 9th National Juried Art Exhibition Liberal, KS
2005
Craft Forms 2005 Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2005 State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2007-2009 SIGGRAPH | Guerilla | Studio On-Site Committee Member
2007-2008 Co-Chair of Education Dialogue Organizing Committee
PUBLICATIONS (Writing Published)
2007 “Focus on Color: Anemone Brooch” Art Jewelry Volume 3 Issue 4 (May 2007):
Cover, 48-55.
ABBREVIATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (Books | Reviews | Interviews | Articles | Catalogues)
2009
Marthe Le Van, 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs: A Groundbreaking Survey of a Modern Material, Lark Books, 2009, page 8, 132.
“Jewelry Artist Featured in PC’s Weber Gallery,” Appalachian News-Express, January 27, 2009, 1B
Doug Pullen, “Difficult to Wear,” El Paso Times, January 18, 2009.
Dan Lambert, “Equilibrium: Not Your Mama’s Jewelry,” What’s Up, January 14-21, 2009, Cover and inside.
2008
Kate Bonansinga and Rachelle Thiewes, “Equilibrium: Body as Site,” Metalsmith 28, no.4 (August 2008): cover, 22, 23 and 47.
Pat Johnson, “So New, It’s Neoteric,” The Sandpaper, August 6, 2008,
2-49, 2-60.
Lennie Bennett, “Collar Your World,” St. Petersburg Times, March 17, 2008,
E 1 and E4.
2006
Marthe Le Van, 500 Necklaces, Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
2006, page 137.
LECTURES | PANELS | WORKSHOPS | DEMONSTRATIONS
2010
Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools: Strategies, Problems and Possibilities “Methods for Collaboration in Virtual Realms”
Panel Presentation at the SECAC/MACAC conference,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
“The Secrets of Award Winners”
TLC panel discussion, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Artist Talk: RubberMADE, Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia
“Remote Resources: Contemporary Collaboration & Production in a Post-Studio Age ”
Presentation at the Association for Contemporary Jewelry Conference,West Dean College, West Sussex, England
With Phil Renato, Kendall College of Art and Design
Visiting Artist Talk and Demonstration, Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
“Methods for Collaboration in Virtual Realms”
Presentation in the SIGGRAPH Studio with Jan Baum, Towson University and Kim Voigt, Towson University
Los Angeles, California
“Methods for Collaboration in Virtual Realms”
Paper Presentation: Athens Institute for Education and Research 1st Annual Conference for Fine and Performing Arts
Co-authors: Jan Baum, Towson University and Kim Voigt, Towson University, Athens, Greece
Visiting Artist Talk and Demonstration, Appalachian State University, Bonne, North Carolina
“Material Topics: Jewelry and Metalsmithing in the 21st Century”
Panel discussion: East Carolina University Metals + Jewelry Symposium
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
2009
“Methods for CADlabORATING in Virtual Realms” with Kimberly Voigt, Towson University
Siggraph 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana
Visiting Artist Talk and Demonstration
Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky
2008
Jewelry Workshop (with Ornament as Art Exhibition) Mint Museum of Craft + Design
Charlotte, North Carolina
“CADlabORATION v 1.0” Winthrop University Galleries Fall Lecture Series
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Creative Habitat Lecture
“Creating Good Things from Mistakes”
Margret Nance Residence Hall, Creative Habitat Theme Floor, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2007
Co-Moderator of Education Dialogue Panel
SNAG Annual Conference, June 2007, Memphis, Tennessee
Artist Talk and Presentation
“CAD/CAM and Rapid Prototyping in the Arts”
Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, South Carolina
2006
Visiting Artist Talk and Presentation, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan
2005
Visiting Artist Demonstration“Slip Casting Silicone Rubber”
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Artist Talk and Presentation
Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010
SIGGRAPH Studio Committee Member and
Area Coordinator: Blow Up! Inflatable Art
SIGGRAPH Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
SIGGRAPH Art Exhibitions Reviewer
Art Galleries at SIGGRAPH Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
Awards Juror: Androit: ECU Juried Jewelry and Textile Student Exhibition
Mendenhall Student Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
2009
SIGGRAPH On-Site Studio Committee Member, SIGGRAPH Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana
Juror: The Function of Art: Winthrop Crafts,Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2008
Co-Chair of Education Dialogue Organizing Committee, SNAG Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia
SIGGRAPH On-Site Studio Committee Member, SIGGRAPH Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
2007
Faculty Advisor,
Winthrop University, Creative Habitat Residence Floor, Margaret Nance
SIGGRAPH Guerilla On-Site Studio Committee Member,
SIGGRAPH Annual Conference, August 2007, San Diego, California
Co-Chair of Education Dialogue, SNAG Annual Conference, June 2007, Memphis, Tennessee
Faculty Advisor (2007 – present), Winthrop University, GEM: Guild of Emerging Metalsmiths
AFFILIATIONS
1999-present Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), Member
2003-present Academic Metalsmithing Community (ACMET-L), Member
2004-present College Art Association (CAA), Member
2006-present CADlabORATION, Founding Member
2007-present American Craft Council (ACC), Member