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

 

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

 

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

 

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