ABOUT
As an outdoor enthusiast and self-described beanbag botanist, I find immediate inspiration in the flora surrounding my home in central Washington State. I remain active in the regional arts scene as both a curator and member of PUNCH Projects, an art collective dedicated to supporting our local creative economy and promoting rural artists.
When not in my studio or working as a gallery manager at a local nonprofit arts center, I enjoy cultivating an edible and native plant garden, hunting for wild mushrooms, and sharing my love of the outdoors with others.
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/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Hanging Gardens - Punch Gallery, Thorp, WA
2022 Burning Down the Bauhaus - Clymer Museum and Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
2021 Uncultivated - 420 Loft Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
Uncultivated - Boxx Gallery, Tieton, WA
Claiming Territory - Collapse Gallery, Wenatchee, WA
2018 Reclaim - Phylogeny Contemporary, Seattle, WA
2017 Panacea - Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
Panacea - MAC Gallery - Wentachee Valley Community College, Wenatchee, WA
2016 Weird Science - Boswell Hall Corner Gallery - North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, ID (with Justin Gibbens)
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 & 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
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Mel's Hole - Soil Gallery - Seattle, WA
2022 Bait and Switch - Collapse Gallery – Wenatchee, WA
2021 66th Central Washington Artists’ Exhibition - Yakima, WA
PUNCH Projects at the Thorp Fire House - Innaugural exhibition - Thorp, WA
Cascadia: Flora & Fauna of the North Cascades - Confluence Gallery - Twisp, WA, Curated by Penelope Varn
Thorp Community Day BOD Exhibit - Punch Projects - Thorp, WA
2020 Metamorphosis - Columbia Center for the Arts - Hood River, OR
2019 Not Forgotten: Recent Art Acquisitions - Yakima Valley Museum - Yakima, WA
2019 Pulse Art Fair - Phylogeny Contemporary Booth, Miami Beach, FL
2018 The Woods (with PUNCH Projects) - Central Washington University Sarah Spurgeon Gallery - Ellensburg, WA
2017 Ball in Play: An Unconventional Putt Putt Experience (with PUNCH Projects) – Gallery One - Ellensburg, WA
2016 Natural Causes - CASS Contemporary - Tampa, FL
Hit and Run (with PUNCH Projects) - Punch Gallery - Seattle, WA
Aqua Art Fair, Phylogeny Contemporary Booth - Miami, FL
Context Art Fair, Phylogeny Contemporary Booth - New York, NY
2015 Metamorphosis - Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
Seattle Art Fair, PUNCH Gallery Booth - Seattle, WA
Aqua Art Fair, C Emerson Booth - Miami, FL
Mythology – Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA
Bellingham National - Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA - Juried by Scott Lawrimore
Wunderkammer – Foss Waterway Seaport, Tacoma, WA - Curated by Lisa Kinoshita
Imaginature - Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA - Curated by Grant Barber
2014 Gallery One Staff & Resident Artist Exhibition - Gallery One - Ellensburg, WA
2013 Chamber Music - The Frye Art Museum - Seattle, WA – Curated by Scott Lawrimore
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
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, W
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 - Bumbershoot visual art exhibitions, curated by Donna Stack
2005 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
AWARDS
2024 Artist Residency Award - Playa Summer Lake, OR
2022 Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Boot Camp - Seattle Center Activations
2021 Robert B McMillen Foundation Fellowship Award
2020, 21, 22 Ellensburg Arts Commission Grant - Ellensburg, WA
2012 Jentel Residency Award - Sheridan, WY
2011, 08, 00 Grants for Artists’ Projects - Artist Trust - Seattle, WA
COLLECTIONS
2021 ArtsWA for Simcoe Elementary - purchase of three works, Wapato, WA
2010 Purchase for private collection by Bill Frisell & Carole D’Inverno
2001 Swedish Medical Center Cancer Wing - Purchase of two works, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS
2017 David Lynx, Adams Brings Nature Indoors with “Panacea” – Yakima Herald- Republic, July 26, 2017
2015 Rosemary Ponnekanti, Museum of Wonder - The News Tribune, July 21, 2015
Craig Sailor, Curiosities Fill This Cabinet - The News Tribune, July 14, 2015
2013 Claire Reiner, Artwalk April 2013: In Detail - Vanguard, April 10, 2013 – online arts blog
Jen Graves, Extracting History from Cubbyholes at the Frye - The Stranger, April 10, 2013
Eben Wragge-Keller, Super Natural - Missoula Independent, July 4-11, 2013 vol. 24 no. 27
Krysti Shallenberger, Unnatural by Nature – Missoulan, July 5, 2013
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
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 ArtsWA Curator - Art in Public Places Program - Walla Walla Community College - Walla Walla, WA
2020 ArtsWA Curator - Art in Public Places Program - Capitol Campus Child Care Facility - Olympia, WA
2016-present Treasurer & Artist Member - PUNCH Projects - Ellensburg, WA
2015-present Co-Curator - Gallery One Visual Arts Center - Ellensburg, WA
2013-16 Instructor - Gallery One
2012 Juror - Esvelt Gallery Student Exhibition - Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
2009 Head Curator - Gallery One Visual Arts Center - Ellensburg, WA
2006-present Exhibition & Publicity Coordinator - Gallery One Visual Arts Center
2006-2016 Treasurer & Board Member - Punch Gallery - Seattle, WA
2004 Instructor - Beginning Drawing: Gallery One
2002-03 Adjunct Professor - Central Washington University – Ellensburg, WA
2002 Instructor - Drawing: Gallery One
1999 Graduate Instructor - 2-D Design: CWU (fall 1999)
1998 Sculpture Studio Assistant - Central Washington University