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
2009
Instructional Development and Curriculum Enhancement Grant, Winthrop University
Elizabeth Patrick Dunlap Faculty Grant, Winthrop University
2008
30 Small Works, Best of Show
Palmetto Hands Fine Crafts Exhibition, Best of Show
2007
Faculty Research Grant , Winthrop University
2005
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2005, 2nd place in Craft
2004 - 2006
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Tyler School of Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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 & DEMONSTRATIONS
2009
Artist Talk and Demonstration Pikeville College, Pikeville, Kentucky 2008 “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
Artist Talk
“CAD/CAM and Rapid Prototyping in the Arts” Florence-Darlington Technical College, Florence, South Carolina
2006
Artist Talk and Presentation
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan
Artist Talk
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2005
Visiting Artist Demonstration
“Slip Casting Silicone Rubber” Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Artist Talk Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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