I create my work in response to recycled and secondhand materials— gleaned from thrift stores, gifted from friends, and collected off the streets around my neighborhood. When gathering items, I generally don’t have a preconceived idea of what forms they might take in a final sculpture. It is in considering the mundane lives of these materials that my thinking has evolved to include an awareness of the complex environmental, and thus political, implications of working with cast-offs. Working with my hands to recontextualize our culture’s discards, I hope to reanimate our intimate relationship with objects, aesthetics, natural and industrial processes, and consumption. My sculptures aim to be playful; a superabundance, exposing the too-much-ness of our desires.
EDUCATION
MFA-Sculpture, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
BFA-Studio Art, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Abundance, Saint John’s University Art Center, Collegeville MN, 2022
Silver Lining, Silverwood Park Gallery, St Anthony MN, 2022
Shelterbelt, Conkling Gallery, Minnesota State University-Mankato, 2019
Once in a While, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson WI, 2016
Everything Must Go, Franconia in the City @ Casket, Minneapolis MN, 2015
Small Visitors, Modern Cafe, Minneapolis MN, 2011
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
31st Annual Juried Show, MacRostie Art Center, Grand Rapids MN, 2023
In Our Minds, Minnesota Museum of American Art (the M), presented by the M and
Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, St Paul MN, 2022-2023
I50lation, touring exhibition, Zwitscher Machine Gallery, Berlin DE, 2022; ProjekTraum FN,
Friedrichshafen DE, 2022; Cohen Gallery, Alfred University NY, 2022; Zoller Gallery,
Penn State PA, 2021; Livingston Center for Art & Culture, Livingston MT, 2021
SPARKLERS, NE SCULPTURE | Gallery Factory, Minneapolis MN, 2021
CSBSJU Faculty Exhibition, Gorecki Gallery, College of Saint Benedict, St Joseph MN, 2021
River First Gateway Trail + NE Sculpture Park, NE Minneapolis, 2020-present
50x50, Quarter Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, 2019
Ecocentric, Gordon Parks Gallery, St Paul MN, 2017
City Art Walking Sculpture Tour, North Mankato MN, 2014-2015
Take Me With You, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI, 2014
Strong Women, Jewish Museum of NJ, Newark NJ, 2013
Field Trip, Silverwood Park, St Anthony MN, 2011-2012
Iron Maidens, touring exhibition, Catherine G Murphy Gallery, St Paul MN, 2011;
Saint John’s University, St John’s Art Center, Collegeville Mn, 2012
Northeast Sculpture Tour, Modern Cafe, Minneapolis MN, 2011
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASS MoCA, North Adams MA, 2011
National Iron, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula MT, 2010
Carnival, Bootleg Exhibitions, Indianapolis IN, 2010
Bemidji Sculpture Walk, Bemidji MN, 2009-2010
I Heart Art, Wassaic Project, WORK Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 2009
Paradigm Shift, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN, 2009
Living Clay Heavenly Flame, (w/Jonathan Bridges), WORK Gallery, Brooklyn NY, 2008
Wicked Matter, Larson Gallery, St Paul MN, 2007
Iron Tribe, Highlands University Gallery, Las Vegas NM, 2007
Construct-N-Strut, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis MN, 2006
Art of the Doll, Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse WI, 2006
Untitled 5, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis MN, 2006
Bridging Art + Technology, Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Ironbridge, Telford UK, 2006
56th Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth MN, 2005
Art Shanty Projects, Medicine Lake, Plymouth MN, 2005
Art of Democracy Tools of Persuasion, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis MN, 2004
MOVE, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN, 2004
Art on the Plains 6, Plains Art Museum, Fargo ND, 2003
Nothing New, Textile Center of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, 2003
9/11, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN, 2002
Hot House, No Name Exhibitions at the Soap Factory, Minneapolis MN, 2001
Big Bang, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN, 2000
COMMISSIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, & RESIDENCIES
Visiting Artist Residency, Minnesota State University-Mankato, Mankato MN, 2019
Open Studio Fellow, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia MN, 2018
Public Art Commission, Hudson RiverFest, Hudson WI, 2013
Collaborative Teaching Artist Residency, Mora Public Schools, Mora MN, 2013
Public Art Commission, Mora Public Schools, Mora MN, 2013
Public Art Commission, Public Art Saint Paul, St Paul MN, 2009
Franconia Sculpture Park Jerome Fellowship, Franconia MN, 2008
Visiting Artist Residency, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO, 2007
Public Art Commission, Minnesota DNR, St Paul MN, 2007
PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, & MEDIA
St. Paul Students find their fashion in J-Term Partnership, Meredith Heneghan,
Minnesota Museum of American Art Blog, February 2023
Creating Together: In Our Minds Artist-Led Workshops, Meredith Heneghan,
Today - Minnesota Museum of American Art, January 2023
I50lation: A Portfolio of 50 drawings x 50 women sculptors, Coral Lambert and
Cynthia Handel, ProjeckTraum FN, 2022
Our Wild Spaces, Emily Rose Anderson, Montana Women Magazine, issue 13, Jul/Aug 2021
Max Rabitat along the River First Gateway Trail, Margo Ashmore,
Northeast Minneapolis Arts District e-News, May 2020
Art Exhibit stuns students, Lidia Vassar, MSU Reporter, 2019
Explore 5 amazing sculpture parks that aren’t the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden,
Lauren Beaubaire, Twin Cities Agenda, 2018
Indulge in the Ecocentric, CT Corum, The Metropolitan, 2017
St. Croix cleanup turns into art, Dave Peterson, Star Tribune, July 2015
Strong Women 2013, Armisey Smith, exhibition catalogue, 2013
Contemporary art collaboration performances at Vasaloppet art show, Kristen Blake,
Kanabec County Times, February 2013
Exploring Western Sculpture Park in St. Paul, Coco Mault, CBS Minnesota Arts & Culture, 2012
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, exhibition catalogue, Cabinet Books, January 2012
Iron Women: 16 female artists who sculpt with iron, Mary Abbe, Star Tribune, 2011
Field Trip: No Permission Slips Necessary, Katie Czarniecki Hill, Walker Reader, 2011
Elephantine Rabbit Debut, Jim Gehrz, Minneapolis Star Tribune, August 2009
Paradigm Shift: Honoring Kinji Akagawa at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design,
Kristin Makholm, exhibition catalogue, MCAD Press, 2009
Nature’s Playground, Jean Hopfensperger, Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 2008
Viva and Jerry’s Country Videos, featured sculpture + guest appearance, 2007 & 2008
Frankenstuffed, Tom Hafner, The Minnesota Daily, October 2006
56th Arrowhead Biennial, Christi Atkinson, exhibition catalogue, 2005
Undecided But Leaning Toward Skull, Geoffrey Sirc, mnartist, October 2004
Art from Recycled Materials, Teresa Paschke, Surface Design Journal, Vol 28, 2004
Art Show Reflects World We Live In Now, Rochester Minnesota, Post Bulletin, 2002
ACADEMIC TEACHING
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Saint John’s University, Collegeville MN, 2020-2022
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Saint John’s University, Collegeville MN, 2016-2017
Guest Instructor-Sculpture, College of Saint Catherine , St Paul MN, 2011-2012
Instructor of Record-Sculpture, University of MN, Minneapolis MN, 2005-2007
Teaching Assistant-Sculpture, University of MN, Minneapolis MN, 2004-2007
Teaching Assistant-Women’s Art Institute, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 2004
WORKSHOPS/ARTIST TALKS
Artist talk/guest teaching artist for Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts High School
wearable art course, in collaboration with the MN Museum of American Art, St Paul, 2023
Workshop at Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, in collaboration with
the Minnesota Museum of American Art, 2022: Sculpture with recycled materials
Artist talk at Saint John’s University Art Center, Collegeville MN, 2022
Visiting artist talk at Minnesota State University-Mankato, Mankato MN, 2019
Workshops at Can Can Wonderland, St Paul MN, 2018-2019: Sculpture with recycled materials
Artist talk at Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia MN, 2018
Artist talk at Metropolitan State University, Gordon Parks Gallery, St Paul MN, 2017
Workshops for Hudson RiverFest, Hudson WI, 2013 & 2014: Sculpture with found objects
Workshops for Selby Avenue JazzFest, St Paul MN, 2012-2016: Sculpture with recycled materials
Panelist for “Iron Maidens” exhibition at Saint John’s University Art Center, Collegeville MN, 2012
Workshop at Tamarack Nature Center, Lino Lakes MN, 2010: Outdoor sculpture with found objects
Artist talk at College of Visual Arts, St Paul MN, 2010
Workshops at Western Sculpture Park, in collaboration with Public Art Saint Paul, St Paul MN,
2008-2012: Sculpture with recycled materials
Artist talk at Phipps Center for the Arts, Black Box Theater, Hudson WI, 2008
Panelist for Sculpture Seminar at St Catherine College, St Paul MN, 2008
Visiting artist talk at Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO, 2007