Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Photography + Integrated Media, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2015 (studied with Laura Larson, Ray Klimek, Rajorshi Ghosh, Colleen Keough)
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Major in Studio Art, Wheaton College, Illinois, 2007 (studied with Greg Halvorson Schreck, Joel Sheesley, David J. P. Hooker, E. John Walford)
New York Center for Art and Media Studies, Semester Art Residency, New York, NY, 2005 (studied with John Silvis, James Romaine)
AWARDS AND HONORS
3rd Place Award, 2020 Majestic National Juried Exhibition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio
Junior Faculty Research Grant, Lyon College, Summer 2019
3rd Place Award, 2018 National Juried Exhibition, Batesville Area Arts Council
Graduate Student Senate Original Works Grant, Ohio University, Fall 2014
Graduate Tuition Scholarship, Ohio University, 2013 - 2015
Graduate Assistantship Stipend, Ohio University, 2012 - 2015
Stanley Blanchard Graduate Photography Scholarship, Ohio University 2014 - 2015
Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, Ohio University, 2012 - 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
• Wings Over Empire, Wide Awake Club Library, Fillmore, New York, 2023
• After Birds, Batesville Area Art Council, Batesville, Arkansas, 2021
• Refugia, Arts and Science Center of Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 2019-20
• Pop-up Exhibition, University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center, 2018
• Dark Water, Arkansas State University, Beebe, Arkansas, 2018
• Dark Water, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Ohio University, 2015
• The Hunt, ArtPrize 2010, Riverview Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2010
• Fur in the Machine, Senior Thesis Show, Wheaton, Illinois, 2007
• Afterlife, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, 2006
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
• Art that Matters to the Planet: Interconnectivity, Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, New York, 2023
• KCSCP Current Works 2021, juror Deanna Dikeman, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, December 2021-January 2022
• Small Works on Paper, juror Judy Ledgerwood, Arkansas Arts Council, 2021
• Existence: Text and Image, (Alternatives Biennial Juried Exhibition), Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2020-21
• BAAC Members Exhibition, Batesville Area Art Council, Batesville, Arkansas, 2020-21
• Majestic National 2020, juror Charlie Kanwischer, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, Ohio, 2020
• BAAC National Juried Exhibition, juror Eric Freeman, Batesville Area Art Council, 2020
• Lensless, curated by Mitch Eckert, Hite Institute, University of Louisville, Kentucky, 2019
• Material Connections, Lyon College Art Faculty Exhibition, Batesville, Arkansas, 2019
• BAAC Members Exhibition, Batesville Area Art Council, Batesville, Arkansas, 2019
• 60th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, 2018
• BAAC National Juried Exhibition, juror Kevin Buist, Batesville Area Art Council, 2018
• Locating Edges, Lyon College Art Faculty Exhibition, Batesville, Arkansas, 2018
• BAAC Members Exhibition, Batesville Area Art Council, Batesville, Arkansas, 2017
• Educators’ Exhibition, SPE SC Conference, The Art Center of Waco, Texas, 2017
• Inner Journey, Burning Bush Gallery, Wheaton, Illinois, 2016
• Lumen, juror Vicki Reed, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, 2016
• Throwing Light/Catching Shadows, Cressman Center for Visual Art, Louisville, Kentucky, 2015
• Between Two Worlds, juror Kevin Buist, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2015
• Photo Regional, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2014
• Long Story Short, Second Year Graduate Student Exhibition, Ohio University, 2013
• You’re Not From Around Here, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio, 2013
• Map, String with Pins, First Year Graduate Student Exhibition, Ohio University, 2013
• Thunderdome, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2012
• Landscape, Burning Bush Gallery, Wheaton, Illinois, 2010
• Unusual Animals, The 930 Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, 2008
• Non-Word and Upward, Juried Student Exhibition, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, 2007
• Non-Word and Upward, Juried Student Exhibition, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, 2005
• 12+1, Thesis Show, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York City, 2005
EXHIBITIONS ORGANIZED
• Lie, Cheat, Steal: Contemporary Art and Ethics, co-curated with student members of Kappa Pi Art Honors Society, Lyon College, Kresge Gallery, Batesville, Arkansas, 2019
• Terra/Flora: Paintings by Louise Lehman and Prints by Meiko Peek, Lyon College, Kresge Gallery, Batesville, Arkansas, 2018
PUBLICATIONS
• YIELD Magazine no. 10, Interview with Kenneth Jarecke, July 2020
• Arkansas Life, “One Take,” January 2020
• Arkansas Life, November 2019
• Cave Region Review, Fall 2018
• Idle Class Magazine, Photography Issue, Summer 2018
• Wheelbarrow, publication of Honor Society of Sigma Tau Delta, Lyon College Chapter, 2017
• 4th International Photography Annual, Manifest Gallery, 2015
• Rich Community: An Anthology of Appalachian Photographers, Sapling Grove Press, 2015
FILM SCREENINGS
• The Water Skater, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio, 2014
RESIDENCIES
• Artists at UNDERC, University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center, June, 2018
LECTURES & PRESENTANTIONS
Artist’s Talk, Arts and Science Center of Southeast Arkansas, 2020
Faculty Colloquium, Lyon College, 2019
Artist’s Talk, University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center, 2018
Faculty Colloquium, Lyon College, 2018
Interview, YIELD Magazine (on Facebook Live), 2018
Artist’s Talk, Lyon College, 2018
Artist’s Talk, SPE Midwest Regional Conference, Peoria, IL, 2017
Artist’s Talk, Lyon College, 2016
Artist’s Talk and Bookbinding Workshop, Columbus College of Art and Design, 2015
Artist’s Talk, SPE Midwest Regional Conference, Louisville, KY, 2015
Chasing Sea Monsters, Ohio Program of Intensive English, Ohio University, 2014
Artist’s Talk, Seeing and Knowing in the Visual Arts, Ohio University, 2013
Guest Instructor, Image, Ohio University, 2012
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Art, Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas, August 2016-May 2021
Courses Taught:
ART 490: Senior Projects, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020
ART 440: Advanced Studio Concepts, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2019
ART 310: Photography II, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2021
ART 305: Gallery Practicum, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
ART 300: Drawing Studio II, Spring 2021
ART 282: Special Topics in Art: Alternative Processes, Spring 2021
ART 282/382: Special Topics in Art: Moving Image, Fall 2017, Spring 2020
ART 282: Special Topics in Art: History & Methods in Photography, Fall 2018
ART 220: Digital Art Studio I, Fall 2017, Fall 2019
ART 211: Photography Studio 1, Fall 2020
ART 120: 2-D Design, Spring 2020: (co-taught with Dustyn Bork)
ART 110: Drawing Studio I, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
ART 102: Fundamentals of Photography, Fall 2016, Fall 2018
ART 101: Intro to Visual Arts, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2020
COR 100: Year One, Fall 2018
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ohio University, Athens, OH, August 2012-May 2015
Courses Taught (Instructor of Record):
ART 2810: Film Photography, Spring 2015
ART 2820: Digital Photography, Fall 2014
ART 1121: Introduction to Drawing, Summer 2013
Courses Taught (Teaching Assistant):
ART 1200: Description (assisted Robert Peppers), Fall 2013
ART 3900: Experimental Composition (assisted David Colagiovanni), Spring 2013
ART 1200: Description (assisted Ray Klimek), Fall 2012
Director of the Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR, July 2017-July 2019
Photo Cage Technician, Ohio University, Athens, OH, August 2012-May 2015
Digital Lab Monitor, Ohio University, Athens, OH, January-December 2014
Production Technician, Nuclear Power Outfitters, Lisle, IL, November 2010-August 2012
Crew Supervisor, Suburban Squeegees, Wheaton, IL, April 2008 - October 2010
Production Assistant, Book Thongs Inc., Wheaton, IL, June 2007 - March 2008
Woodshop Assistant, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, September 2006 - May 2007
INTERNSHIPS & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Lumen Print Workshop, Arts and Science Center of Southeast Arkansas, 2019
Board Member, Batesville Area Arts Council, 2016-2019
Member at Large, National Speleological Society, COBRA Grotto, 2019-present
Juror, Explore Arkansas, Arkansas Mobile Phoneographers Exhibit, 2018
Judge, Arkansas Young Artist’s Association, 2017, 2018, 2019
Judge, Ozark Foothills Film Festival, 2017
Instructor, Steampunk Airship Workshop, Athens County Public Library, Summer 2013
Artist’s Assistant, Michael Jones McKean, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO, Summer 2006
Photographer’s Assistant, James Salzano Studio, New York, NY, Fall 2005
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• 3 Area Artists exhibit works in 2021 SWOP, by Carol Rolf, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Three Rivers Edition, June 10, 2021
• Ian Campbell: Interview with artist to discuss his residency at UNDERC East, by Mike Rippy, YIELD No.7, October 2018
• Area Artists show works in annual Delta Exhibition, by Carol Rolf, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Three Rivers Edition, June 17, 2018
• Lyon art professor brings light to darkroom, by Nichole Cook, The Batesville Daily Guard, May 17, 2017
• Creating Space, Perspectives Magazine, Ohio University, Volume 19, Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2015
MEMBERSHIPS
• Kansas City Society for Contemporary Photography
• Society for Photographic Education
• Arkansas Arts Council Artist Registry
• Batesville Area Arts Council
• National Speleological Society