statement

Drawing helps me break down my day. It turns seconds into strokes, it turns time into building blocks, it helps me see what it is that I am building. I believe that artists cannot but help pour the undergrowth of themselves into their work, which means that in some way every drawing is a self portrait, a love poem, or a journal entry; simply put, an expression of their current reality. In my own work, the act of drawing helps me analyze, while the product of drawing gives me a physical manifestation of my story.

The work that I am currently making explores themes of complicated relationships; the push and pull of sharing the sacred, the vital, the innards, with another being and the simultaneous beauty and struggle that erupts from that space.

bio

born: 1986, Grand Rapids, Michigan

education

Grand Valley State University, BFA, 2009

selected awards/honors

Beehive Design Collective Residency, Machias, ME, 2012
Hook Pottery Paper Residency, LaPorte, IN, 2012
Cabin Tim Art Camp #1, Porcupine Mountains, MI, 2012
Ox Bow School of Art Fellowship, Saugatuck, MI, 2008

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Nesting, YT Galleria, Grand Rapids, MI, 2010
This is Not That, Padnos Gallery, Allendale, MI, 2009

selected group shows

Drawing to Conclusion, Lubexnik Center, Michigan City, IN, 2013
Art for Awareness 2013, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA, 2013
Wild at Heart: Keep Wildlife in the Wild, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA, 2012
Art On the Move, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2012