Born:
1977, Emporia KS, USA
Training / Education:
- 2006-2009 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville / MFA Studio Art USA
- 1996-2000 University of Kansas / BFA Design & Metalsmithing / USA
Work Experience:
- 2001- present Craft Alliance / Outreach Director, Jewelry Area Chair
Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows):
- 2011 "Us, in flux" Lawrimore Project Seattle, WA
- 2010 "DIY: A Revolution in Handcrafts" Society For Contemporary Craft Pittsburgh, PA
- 2010 SOFA NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2010 Art Palm Beach, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2010 "Mine Were the Walls of Crumbled Towers" (solo) Northside St. Louis, MO
- 2010 "Elements" Mainstreet Gallery Edwardsville, IL
- 2010 "Urban Evolution" (solo) Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts St. Louis, MO
- 2010 "Objectified: the domestication of the industrial" Honfleur Gallery Washington DC
- 2010 "Urbania" Luke and Elloy Pittsburgh, PA
- 2010 "Exhibition in Motion" Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
- 2010 "Homegrown and Handpicked" Art Dimensions St. Louis, MO
- 2010 "Charmed" Society for Contemporary Craft Pittsburgh, PA
- 2009 "Couture Threads of Democracy" St. Louis Artist"s Guild St. Louis, MO
- 2009 SOFA Chicago repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
- 2009 "Sharing Skin" Hoffman LaChance Contemporary St. Louis, MO
- 2009 "Biennial Faculty Exhibition" Craft Alliance St. Louis, MO
- 2009 "A Revisionist's Draft" (solo) Craft Alliance St. Louis, MO
- 2009 "Metal Evolution" Lowes Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA
- 2009 "Decorative Resurgence" Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
- 2009 "Metalsmiths" Schmidt Art Center Belleville, IL
- 2009 "Postcards From the Heartland" Art Production Fund Lab New York, NY
- 2008 "Best Emerging Artists" St. Louis Artist's Guild St. Louis, MO
- 2008 "Metals in the Sister Cities" Lawrence Arts Center Lawrence, KS
- 2008 "Ides of March" Craft Alliance St. Louis, MO
- 2008 "Refined Abundance" Stephen S. Austin University Nagadoches, TX
- 2007 "Biennial Faculty Exhibition" Craft Alliance St. Louis, MO
- 2007 "Showcase" Laumeier Sculpture Park St. Louis, MO
- 2006 "The Water Ain't Safe No More" (solo) Craft Alliance St. Louis, MO
- 2006 "The Art of Metal" Jacoby Arts Center Alton, IL
- 2006 "Gunshots and Whiskey" Third Floor Gallery St. Louis, MO
- 2005 "Biennial Faculty Exhibition" Craft Alliance St. Louis, MO
- 2004 "200 Rings" Velvet da Vinci San Francisco, CA
- 2003 "Uncommon Experiences, Common Ground" Regional Arts Commission St. Louis, MO
- 2002 "Small Works" Arts Incubator Kansas City, MO
- 2001 "Metal Departures" St. Louis Artist's Guild St. Louis, MO
- 2001 "Threads of Life" Mad Art Gallery St. Louis, MO
- 2001 "Heavy Petting" Inform Gallery St. Louis, MO
- 2001 "Topeka Competition" Mulvane Art Museum Topeka, KS
- 2001 "Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal" Octagon Center for the Arts Ames, IA
- 2000 "Kunsthandwerk im Museum" Ostholstein Museum Eutin, Germany
- 2000 "Quilt Surface Design Symposium" Fawcett Center Columbus, OH
Awards / Grants:
- 2008 SNAG Educational Endowment Award Society for North American Goldsmiths
- 2006-2009 Graduate Assistantship Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- 2003 Community Arts Training Fellowship Regional Arts Commission St. Louis, MO
Publications:
- Washington Post Honfleur Gallery and Mexican Cultural Institute exhibits pit art against design June 2010
- SOFA New York Catalogue Charon Kransen April 2010
- St. Louis Beacon Longyear's Show is Best of Year - So Far June 2009
- St. Louis Post Dispatch Artist's Exhibit Target's Social Failure June 2009
- Decorative Resurgence exhibition catalog 2009
- Refined Abundance exhibition catalog 2008
- 500 Earrings Lark Books 2007
- 1000 Rings Lark Books 2004
- Metal Departures exhibition catalog 2001
Artist Statement:
I'm drawn to buildings as metaphor for system breakdowns – and as opportunities to learn more about how humans interface with the world through architecture. I use neglected structures as my raw material. In this way, I am able to reveal their hidden construction, provide new ways of perceiving space, and create metaphors for the human condition.
Remember, there's a bureaucracy to opposable thumbs, and it's best that we remember, brick by brick, that just the way the game goes… |
