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Education

2006M.F.A.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2002B.F.A.University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI (Summa cum laude, University Honors Program)
19993D Animation ProgramVancouver School of Media Arts, Vancouver, BC

Selected Events / Projects

January 2028Solo Exhibition, Title TBDPlains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
September 2026Home(town), solo exhibition Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN
2022Conservatory, a collaboration with Jovan C. SpellerCommissioned by The Great Northern, St Paul, MN
2020-2021Operatic Services : Messages of Hope & Longing / Messages for the MomentBudapest, New York, Minneapolis
2019Beautiful Singing: Asides for Bel CantoSITE Santa Fe, New Mexico
2018The Jannette and The Trees, collaborations with Chris KallmyerEaux Claires IV, Eau Claire, WI
2017-2018At the Intersection of Everywhere, for Museum ConfidentialThe Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
2017Living Room, a collaboration with Chris KallmyerEaux Claires III, Eau Claire, WI
2016Untitled projects, collaborations with Chris Larsonperformed at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2015Walk with me?performed at Bargain Spot Project Space, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015100th Anniversary DrawingCommissioned by Kaywin Feldman, Director of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2015Please Mow my Lawn, traveling hand drawn certificateIndianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2014Flux/Field, (Curated by Sarah Schultz)Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2014Resident Artist Research ProgramThe Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2013More Real: Art in the Age of Truthiness (Curated by Elizabeth Armstrong)Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2013Show and Tell (Commissioned installation for "Sacred", curated by Elizabeth Armstrong)Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2012Garden Quest, Open FieldWalker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2012Why we do this (solo)The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2010Mystery! Visual Prophecies!performed at Game ON, 1419 Artist Residency Space, Minneapolis, MN
2009Don’t Sleep on It: 24 Hour Art Making MarathonWalker Art Center Teen Art Council, California Building, Minneapolis, MN
2009Art of this has been here forever, except when it wasn’t (solo)Art of This Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2006Conversations About Something (solo)Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. Urbana, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 (upcoming)Wakpa Triennial, (curated by Bob Cozzolino & Angela Two Stars)St. Paul, MN
2025I RegaliThe Orange Advisory Presents, Minneapolis, MN
202560th Anniversary Alumni ExhibitionUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
2024Fluid: What is Marine Art and What Can It Be?Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN
2020The Space(s) Between (curated by Donald Fodness, Daisy McGowan & Geoffrey Shamos)Walsenburg, CO
2019Drawing DistinctionsThe Cello Factory, London, UK
2018Be Still LifeGeoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2017Now Where Were We?A Dave Muller installation at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
2017WorldingKolman & Pryor Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2017One Day After, One Year LaterYeah Maybe, Minneapolis, MN
2017Best Kept SecretGeoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2016State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, traveling exhibitionMinneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2015Ten Chances, No HustleBargain Spot Project Space, Edinburgh, Scotland
2015Drawings of Background Objects Seen in TV ShowsSooVac, Minneapolis, MN
2014State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now (Curated by Don Bacigalupi and Chad Alligood)Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK
2014Cephalopod InterfaceOkinawa Prefectural Museum, Okinawa, Japan
2013Sacred (Curated by Elizabeth Armstrong)Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2013Faculty ExhibitionMacalester College, St. Paul, MN
2012Meaning to GlueNightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grange, OR
2011Faculty Exchange ExhibitionBowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2010Painting Zombies (Curated by Ryuta Nakajima and Clarence Morgan)Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2009Cutters: An International Exhibition of CollageCinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009The Precious Object – ArtMNMinneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, MN
2009Regarding the Cartographer’s Germ (with Terrance Payne)Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
200850 HoopsSoap Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008Color Less DeliciousNu’uanu Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2008So, What is This All About Then?Umber Studios, Minneapolis, MN
2007Pointing in all Directions at Once (with Ruben Nusz)Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2007-2011Faculty ExhibitionUniversity of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
2007This Mango is Now an iPodThe Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2006MonsterIspace, Chicago, IL
2005Transforming the GridOPENSOURCE ART, Champaign, IL
200516th Annual Works on PaperMcNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2005The Softer Side (Curated by Ted Gournelos)Main Street Gallery Space, Champaign, IL
2004Big 10 MFA ExhibitionBig 10 Headquarters, Chicago, IL
2004Emerging Illinois ArtistsMcLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
2001Salon de Kunst8th Street Space, Menomonie, WI

Residencies

2027Artist in ResidenceCarolyn Glasoe Baily Foundation, Ojai, CA
2026Artist in ResidenceEaux Claires Music Festival
2025Artist in ResidenceNemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN
201937d03d ResidencyHiver & PEOPLE, Eau Claire, WI
2017Artist in ResidenceThe Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
2015Ten Chances, No Hustle International Artist ResidencyEdinburgh, Scotland
2014Field Office FellowWalker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2014The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art FoundationColorado Springs, CO
2014The Bell Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2012The Soap FactoryMinneapolis, MN
2011Elsewhere Artist CollaborativeGreensboro, NC

Editions

2016Limited edition serigraphThe Union for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2015Limited edition commissioned by Kaywin Feldman, Director of Minneapolis Institute of ArtMinneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
2014Limited edition of “Thumbs up (we must be living right)"Artspace, New York City
2014Limited edtiion of “Where did you come from? Memoirs from the past, present, and future…”,Peach Editions, New York City

Permanent Collections / Archives

Crystal Bridges Museum of American ArtBentonville, AR
Minneapolis Institute of ArtMinneapolis, MN
Indianapolis Museum of Art ArchivesIndianapolis, IN
Walker Art Center Rosemary Furtak CollectionMinneapolis, MN
Philbrook Museum of ArtTulsa, OK
Univerersity of Wisconsin - Stout Menomonie, WI