statement
The paintings explore my interest in understanding humans as animals. I use bats to portray this idea. The works on paper transcends my observations while I employ visual language inspired by impressionism. The style exhibits an ambiguous representation of bats. These bats are portraying the blurred line between human and animal. The abstracted shapes and gaseous clouds represent how the idea of a body and person fluctuate. By viewing the similarities of humans and animals there is an understanding of the functionality and beauty of the body.
bio
born: 1988, Saint Cloudm Minnesota
education
University of Nebraska Lincoln, MFA, 2013
Augustana College, BA, 2010
selected awards/honors
Artist Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, 2015
Vreeland Award, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, New England, 2013
Travel Grant, Hixson Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, London and Paris, 2012
Creative and Activities Grant, Hixson Lied Center of Fine and Performing Arts, Inglewood, California, 2011
selected publications
International Drawing Annual, Exhibition-in-Print, Ninth edition, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015
Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue 2. juried art publication, Boston, Massachusetts, 2015
The Local Artist, juried art publication, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2015
Artist, The Augustana: The Magazine for Alumni and Friends of Augustana College, 40th edition, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2014
selected solo or two-person exhibits
Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, Wrapped Up, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2013
Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, New England, 2013
Morrill Hall, Origins, Natural History Museum, Lincoln, New England, 2011
selected group shows
University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Continuum: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture Alumni Invitational, Lincoln, New England, 2016
Vacant building downtown, Art Maze, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2016
SAATCHI ART, Originals for $1,000 and Under Collection, Los Angeles, California, 2015
Exposure Gallery, Colors, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2015 |
