- Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1996
- Women’s Art Institute at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2000
- Family Housing Fund “Home Sweet Home Again” art invitational commission
- Intermedia Arts, Institute for Community Cultural Development, 2004 Fellow
- Jerome Foundation Residency: Cornucopia Art Center, Lanesboro, MN
- Family Housing Fund “Home Sweet Home” art invitational commission
- Southern Theatre Overtones Series commission
- FORECAST Public Art Affairs grant for temporary outdoor artworks
- Intermedia Arts grant for Interdisciplinary Artists
Education- 2006
- Weisman Art Museum
The HOME House Project: The Future of Affordable Housing - 2006 – Institute of Health and Healing, Abbott Northwestern Hospital
- 2006 – Loring Playhouse, in conjunction with the play, Floyd Collins
- 2005 – Rosalux Gallery, War & Peace, with Kate Pabst
- 2005 – Intermedia Arts, Family Housing Fund “Home Sweet Home Again”
- 2005 – Rosalux Gallery, Visual Dialogue, with Robyn Stoller
- 2004 – Mixed Blood Theatre, in conjunction with the world premier of the play, FLAGS
- 2004 – Cornucopia Art Center, Lanesboro, MN, American Visions, Jerome
- 2004 – College of St. Catherine, GEMS Show, Women’s Art Institute group show
- 2003 – Gazzuolo Gallery, North Hennepin Community College
- 2003 – Cornucopia Art Center, Lanesboro, MN, featured artist
- 2002 – Gathering Spirits Gallery group exhibition
- 2002 – Women’s Art Invitational, University of Minnesota, Morris
- 2001 – Intermedia Arts, Involved group show
- 2001 – Katherine Nash Gallery, Space Available group show
- 2001 – Intermedia Arts, 55408 group show
- 2001 – Phipps Center for the Arts juried group show: Alchemy, Amulets and Altars
- 2000 – Family Housing Fund Home Sweet Home touring show
- 2000 – Minnesota Museum of American Art 2D 2000 Biennial
- 1999 – College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Uncommon Threads, group show
- 1997 – Women’s Art Registry of Minnesota’s 18th Annual group show
- 1997 – Intermedia Arts 55408 group show
- 1996 – Minneapolis College of Art & Design BFA show
- (Attended Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 1991 to 1996)
- 1990 – Coffman Memorial Union Gallery, University of Minnesota, Hidden Agenda:
- Politics of the Dispossessed; invitational group show
- 1990 – Southern Theatre, Operation Hightop, mixed media production on the
- 1989 – The Billboard Project; billboards displayed at four Minneapolis locations
- 1988 – Women’s Art Registry of MN (WARM) Gallery, Home Is Where The Heart Is
- 2000 – Women’s Art Institute at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design
- 1999 –
Ridgedale Library, Minnetonka, MN: Designed and led family art activity
for
grand re-opening. Resulting art piece on permanent display at the library. - 1997 – Walker Art Center: October “Free First Saturday” family art activity, in conjunction with the opening of the Joseph Beuys exhibit
- 1997 – Wayside House: designed and led a series of art workshops for at-risk youth
- 1995 –
Arizona Bridge Project: taught visual arts classes for an after-school
arts
program for at-risk teenage girls (1995/96) - 1993 – Interdisciplinary Studies program at Minneapolis College of Art & Design (Graduated with BFA, December, 1996)
- 1991 – Co-founded MUSCLE, a women’s art collective. MUSCLE created conceptual street performance inspired by current events, and was featured in the March/April 1993 issue of the Utne Reader (1991 through 1993)
- 1988 – Foundingmember of Twin Cities performance ensemble, The Radio Kings
- 1988 –
Walker Art Center: Produced, directed and was a featured performer in
“Dads”,
a mixed media revue on contemporary fatherhood. - 1983 –
Founding member of Minneapolis-based band, Tetes Noires. Wrote and recorded
three albums. Toured United States and Canada, including performances at the Bottom Line, CBGB’s, Folk City, the Walker Art Center and the World Theatre. The band’s final album, released on Rounder Records in 1987, was named one of the ten best albums of 1987 by the Miami Herald. (1983 through 1998)
- Star Tribune
- Utne Reader
- Women’s Press
- Art Paper
- Buzz Music Magazine