statement

I am interested in representing the human figure within the realm of photorealism, and continuing a conversation with artists of the past, such as Rococo pastel artist Rosalba Carriera, as well as contemporary artists, like Susan Hauptman.  I am also drawn to the photograph; there is a certain intimacy and preciousness about a photograph, and I wish to keep an underlying tone of it in my drawings.  My artwork is centered on portraiture and identity.  My pastel drawings explore ideas of fragility, beauty, emotion, and sexuality through my representation of the human form.  The figures I represent reflect the meticulous and delicate nature of the pastel medium.  This fragility references the vulnerability of the subject.

bio

born: 1988, Mason City, Iowa

education

Washington State University, MFA, 2013
Iowa State University, BFA, 2011

selected awards/honors

Janice Peterson Anderson Award for Integrated Studio Arts, Iowa State University, 2011
FOCUS Grant Recipient, Iowa State University, 2010

selected solo or two-person exhibits

The The Erosion of a Feminine Dream, Gallery II, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 2012

selected group shows

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Washington State University Museum of Art, Pullman, WA, 2013
The 6th Annual Collective Visions Gallery Show juried exhibition, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA, 2013
4th Annual Drawing Discourse national juried exhibition, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC, 2013