EDUCATION
1999 Master of Fine Arts - sculpture emphasis
Central Washington University - Ellensburg, WA
1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts - metalsmithing emphasis
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITS
2016 Peaceable Kingdom – Oak Hollow Gallery – Yakima, WA (with Justin Gibbens)
2015 Windows Alive - Window Installation – Jem Building, Yakima, WA
2013 Are we not drawn onward to new erA - PUNCH Gallery - Seattle, WA (with Justin Gibbens)
Wonderland - The Brink - Missoula, MT (with Justin Gibbens)
2011 Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers - PUNCH Gallery - Seattle, WA (with Justin Gibbens)
2010 Poison Pie - PUNCH Gallery - Seattle, WA
2009 Curious Species - Burien Arts Center - Burien, WA
In Between - PUNCH Gallery - Seattle, WA (with Amber Stucke)
2008 Corsage - Swarm Gallery - Oakland, CA
2007 Under Fragile Skies - Palo Alto Art Center - Palo Alto, CA
Under Fragile Skies - PUNCH Gallery - Seattle, WA
2004 Window Dressings - Tacoma Contemporary Woolworth Building - Tacoma, WA
No Stone Unturned - Allied Arts Gallery - Yakima, WA
Coming Round - Gallery Blue - Missoula, MT
2003 The Human Game - Gallery One - Ellensburg, WA
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2016 Hit and Run - PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA
Natural Causes - CASS Contemporary, Tampa, FL
2015 Mythology - Confluence Art Gallery, Twisp, WA
Seattle Art Fair, PUNCH Gallery Booth - Seattle, WA
Aqua Art Fair, C Emerson Booth - Miami, FL
Metamorphosis - Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
Wunderkammer - Foss Waterway Seaport, Tacoma, WA - Curated by Lisa Kinoshita
Bellingham National Art Exhibition - Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA - Juried by Scott Lawrimore
Imaginature - Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2014 Gallery One Staff & Resident Artist Exhibition - Gallery One - Ellensburg, WA
2013 Chamber Music - The Frye Art Museum - Seattle, WA
Art on the Wall - Capital Theater - Yakima, WA
2012 Make Space - Steele Gallery, Gage Academy - Seattle, WA
The Art of Seduction - Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD - Curated by Gail M Brown
Evolutionary Insights - Worth Ryder Gallery - UC Berkeley, CA
From the Ground Up - Larson Gallery - Yakima, WA
2011 10x10x10xTieton Juried Show - Mighty Tieton Warehouse - Tieton, WA - Juror’s Award
2010 Call of the Wild - The Brink Gallery - Missoula, MT
Country Cousins: An Exploration of Contemporary Frontier Myth - Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA - Curated by Howard Barlow
2009 Art Meets Math and Science - North Seattle Community College - Seattle, WA
2008 Aqua Wynwood - Miami, FL
Nature Freak - Kirkland Art Center - Kirkland, WA
Homegrown PUNCH Gallery - Seattle, WA
Beyond Boundaries - Larson Gallery - Yakima, WA
2007 A Feminine Mystique - Simon Edwards Gallery - Yakima, WA
2006 As the Crow Flies - Tacoma Contemporary Window Dressings - Woolworth Building - Tacoma, WA
Creature Comforts - Gallery One - Ellensburg, WA
Artist Trust Grant Recipients - Chase Gallery - Spokane, WA
Round One - PUNCH Gallery - Seattle, WA
Second Nature - Simon Edwards Gallery - Yakima, WA
2005 Recontextualized Vistas: Concerning Place - Shaw Room - Seattle Center
Part of Bumbershoot visual art exhibitions, curated by Donna Stack
Point of Departure - Esvelt Gallery - Columbia Basin Community College - Pasco, WA
2003 CWU Faculty Exhibition - Sarah Spurgeon Gallery - CWU
Branch, Beetle & the Biologic - Artemis Gallery - Seattle, WA
35 Years, 35 Artists - Gallery One - Ellensburg, WA
2001 Move On - Arrowspace Gallery - Olympia, WA
2000 15th Annual Ross Island Art Exhibit - McMurdo Station - Antarctica
AWARDS
2012 Jentel Residency Award - Sheridan, WY
2011, 08, 00 Grants for Artists’ Projects - Artist Trust - Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS
2012 Pat Muir; Let the Earth Rejoice - Yakima Herald – On Magazine, February 9-15, 2012
The Art of Seduction exhibition catalog - published by Horowitz Center for the Visual and Perfoming Arts, Howard Community College
2011 Mighty Tieton 10x10x10 exhibition catalog - published by Marquand Editions
2008 Andy Ritchie, A Few New Breeds
Art Slant, October 24, 2008 – online arts blog
2007 Micheal S Gant, Natural High
Metro Active, August 8, 2007 – the arts
Rachel Shimp, Under Fragile Skies
Seattle Weekly, March 7-13 2007 vol.32 no. 10
2006 Travis Hay; City Chooses New Bike Rack Design
Daily Record, September 28 2006 vol. 105 no. 233
2005 Fionn Meade; Concerning Place: A Bumper Crop of Talent in Central Washington
Artist Trust Journal, Summer 2005 vol. XII no. 2
Joanna Horowitz; Artists Find Peace in Thorp
Daily Record, July 21, 2005 vol. 104 no. 173
Liz Bryson; Is Ellensburg for Public Art
Daily Record, May 14, 2005 vol. 104 no. 114
ABOUT
Inspired by the flora and fauna that surround my home in the small, unincorporated town of Thorp, WA, I create delicate mixed-media sculptures and small-scale egg tempera paintings. As a founding member of PUNCH Gallery, an artist-run space in downtown Seattle, WA, I remain active in the regional art scene. I received a BFA in metalsmithing from Colorado State University in 1995 and an MFA in sculpture from Central Washington University in 1999.
Living in rural Central Washington I put my master gardener skills to work in my own backyard, hunt for mushrooms, backpack in the woods of the northwest, and enjoy exploring cultures different from my own.