EDUCATION
MFA, 1998, Studio Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
BFA, 1996, Painting, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Haven Gallery, “Descendency,” Bronx, NY, 2005
Joseph Smith Memorial Building, “Family Search,” 2002 Olympics, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002
Queens Museum of Art, “Family in Norway,” Queens, NY, 2000
Artists Space, “Family History Wall,” Project Room 2, New York, NY, 1999
LDS Business College, “Recent Works,” Salt Lake City, UT 1997
Hoeksema Gallery, “Recent Works,” Grand Haven, MI, 1996
Grand Haven Community Center, “Recent Works,” Grand Haven, MI, 1996
Brimhall Gallery, “On A Bridge Under A Linden Tree,” Provo, UT, 1996
A Woman's Place Bookstore, “Recent Works,” Salt Lake City, UT, 1996
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Brigham Young University Museum of Fine Art, “Mirror Mirror” Provo, UT, 2009
Sego Art Center, “Virtual Identities, Real Space,” Provo, Utah 2008
Sego Art Center, “Genesis,” Provo, Utah 2008
Merce Cunningham Studio, “Sydney Ann's Apple,” Modern Dance Collaboration, New York, NY, 2007
Bronx River Art Center, “Bronx Sculpture Now,” Bronx, NY, 2005
Visual Arts Gallery, “Beginning Here: 101 Ways Distinguished Alumni From SVA,” New York, NY, 2004
Longwood Gallery, “Cyber_folio,” Bronx, NY, 2004
City Without Walls, “Limit Edge,” Newark, NJ, 2004
Hudson Clearing, “Colony,” New York, NY, 2004
Hostos Gallery, “Cyber_folio,” Bronx, NY, 2004
Storage Art Space, “Identify,” Bronx, NY, 2004
D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center (DAC), “Bits and Pieces,” Brooklyn, NY, 2003
Storage Art Space, “Salon de Bronx,” Bronx, NY, 2003
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, “Past Tense,” Provo, UT, 2002
Cynthia Broan Gallery, “Barometer,” New York, NY, 2002
Norwegian Seaman's Church, “Trygve Lie Gallery Benefit Auction,” New York, NY, 2002
Free Gallery, “Majority Rules! Part 1,” Glasgow, Scotland, 2002
Longwood Gallery, “Memory,” Bronx, NY, 2001
Raw Space, “August Art,” New York, NY, 2001
D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center (DAC), “Bridges,” Brooklyn, NY, 2000
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, “Good Business Is the Best Art: Twenty Years of the Artist in the Marketplace Program,” Bronx, NY, 2000
New York Arts, “Duchamp Traveling Exhibition,” Bremen, Germany, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Lodz, Poland, 2000
Mormon Arts Festival, “Group Show,” New York, NY, 2000
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, “Artists in the Market Place,” Bronx, NY, 1999
Richard Anderson Fine Arts, “The Passion/Passions of Art,” New York, NY, 1999
Editions Gallery at Dieu Donne Paper Mill, “Y2KAOFF,” New York, NY, 1999
“LDStival,” Bull Run, Virginia, 1999
MAG Exhibition, “An Alternative Space,” New York, NY, 1999
Visual Arts Gallery, “Special Projects,” New York, NY, 1998
Artist's Space, “Night of 1000 Drawings,” New York, NY, 1998
Art 870, New York, NY, 1998
School of Visual Arts, “Open Studio,” SVA, New York, NY, 1997
Grey Gallery, New York University, “Small Works Show,” New York, NY, 1998
Grand Rapids Museum of Art “Festival,” Grand Rapids, MI 1996
B.F. Larsen Gallery, “Student Show,” Provo, UT, 1996
Springville Museum of Art, “Springville Salon,” Springville, UT, 1996
Brimhall Gallery, “Intercollegiate Show,” Provo, UT, 1996
GRANTS AND AWARDS
BRIO, Bronx Council of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 2004
Longwood Cyber Residency, Bronx, NY, 2002
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant, New York, NY, 1999
Artists in the Marketplace, Bronx, NY, 1999
Office of Research and Creative Studies, BYU, Provo, UT, 1996
Award: Juror's Choice B.F. Larsen Gallery, “Student Show,” Provo, UT, 1996
Gold Award, Brimhall Gallery, “Intercollegiate Show,” Provo, UT, 1996
Merit Award Brimhall Gallery, “Intercollegiate Show,” Provo, UT, 1996
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
BYU Museum of Art, BYU Library, Jack Tilton, Susan and Michael Hort
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Glen Nelson, “Mormon Artists Group: Adventures in Art Making,” Dialogue, vol. 39. no. 3. p.115 130, 2006.
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VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2006
The Museum of Church History and Art, Salt Lake City, UT, 2006
Mormon History Association Conference, Casper, WY, 2006
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, “Past Tense,” 2002
Pratt School of the Arts, Brooklyn, NY, “Technology, information, in a visual manifestation,” 2000
New York Family History Conference, New York, NY, “Art and Family History,” 2000
New York Family History Conference, New York, NY, “Art and Family History,” 1999