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Artist and Freelance Designer. nrg studio. Grand Rapids, MI. Present. Manage projects for clients and exhibit nationally and locally.
Art Teacher. Creative Kids Montessori. Hudsonville, MI. Present. Provide lessons on beginning drawing and sculpture in clay to Children’s House students.
New Product Designer. Baudville, Inc. Grand Rapids, MI 2003-2007.
Knowledge of current trends, manage product line and devel0pment of proprietary designs. Responsible for creating many top selling themes and awards through the use of multiple mediums: drawing, painting and sculpture. Software knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite CS4, Hexagon, Carrara and Painter.
Education
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art: Land Arts, Painting & Drawing.
University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Exhibitions
2010 Festival of the Arts Regional Show. Grand Rapids, MI. 2010 Land of Riches. Old Grand Rapids Public Museum. Painting/Process Installation.
2010 Live Coverage. Art created live for auction at Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts.
2009 ArtPrize Competition. earth nrg project exhibited/sponsored by CBS Outdoor.
2009 :modernative: Solo Exhibition. FLUX: Division Avenue for the Arts.
2009 Live Coverage. Art created live for auction at Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts.
2008 Klamath Art Association. “Hopeful Signs,” National Juried Show. Klamoth Falls, OR.
2008 Live Coverage. Art created live for auction at Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
2008 place•mark. Juried group show at The University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.
2007 West Coast Coffee. "Metamorphosis," Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Studio 71 South. “Five” & “The Mondala Project 2007 ” Grand Rapids, MI.
2006 West Coast Coffee. "Uncharted," Grand Rapids, MI.
2000 Land Arts Helix Gallery 670 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe,NM.
1998 "Figure Study" Nines Gallery. Holland, MI.
1998 Millennium Icon Juried Show. ASA Gallery UNM, NM.
Commissions
2009 Mural Design and Production for CNA. “Should be Culture.” Grand Rapids, MI.
2009 Kendall College of Art and Design’s Distinguished Alumni Awards.
2008 Series of 10 Landscapes and Figures. Melting Pot of Ann Arbor, MI.
2008 Kendall College of Art and Design’s Distinguished Alumni Awards.
2007 Design and Art Direct “The Guvvy,” for the Govenor’s Award for Arts and Culture.
Completed in collaboration with ArtServe Michigan, Cranbrook Art Academy and
The Henry Ford. Exhibited at The Detroit Institute for Arts.
Awards
2009 Festival of the Arts Regional Show. Jurors Award First Place in Painting.
1999 Clyde and Elizabeth Hill Endowment Scholarship UNM.
Publications
2010 New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Wild Guide. “Dwelling Tree,” Tribute to John Wenger.
2009 Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Spring Newsletter. “Michigan Landscape.”
2009 May - On the Town. the Buzz for Art Battle 2009.
2009 April - On the Town. Ceramic Panoramas featured in art. downtown.
2008 Grand Rapids Magazine. Article covering “The Guvvy,” and interview.
2003 Grand Rapids Home. Cover featuring block prints.
1999 Conceptions Southwest. Published Painting. Albuquerque, NM
Collections
Rosalynn Bliss Grand Rapids, MI Dane and Meredeth Ellison Atlanta, GA Emily Wang San Mateo, CA Michelle Gordon Grand Rapids, MI Sazerac Lounge Grand Rapids, MI
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