I am interested in exploring the element of time and how it affects every physical object, living and non-living. I recently chose to use organic forms like fossils, plants, and shells as a visual vocabulary for my work. My initial interest in these forms is in their inherent beauty and formal qualities. After further exploration, I realized these forms have the potential to convey a variety of ideas. I am especially interested in using these forms to suggest change, ephemerality, fragility, and resilience. Throughout history, humanity has tried to a measure and quantify time. We have cyclical indications of time, such as the change of the seasons and repetition of day and night. We are also surrounded by evidence that time is linear with the aging of our bodies. In these paintings, a transparent layering of paint is used to emulate a build up of material similar to the process of sedimentation; images and objects beneath the surface are connections to the past and represent history.
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| Born: |
1980 Indianapolis, IN
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| Graduated: |
2003 Ball State University, Magna cum Laude, B.F.A.
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| Special projects: |
2007 & 2008 - Fab For Less Design Home Tour, Southeast Neighboorhood Development
2006 - current Wheeler Artist Community resident
2004 - 05 Americorps: Community Art Corps, Maryland
Institute College of Art
2002 - Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency |
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Wheeler Arts Spring Open House
"The Little Things:" two-women show
Silent Auction, Julian Center Benefit
Wheeler Arts Winter Open House
Tonic Ball Art Auction
Strange Fruit
TRIAGE Activist Art Exhibit
Wheeler Arts Community Exhibit
Wheeler Arts Community First Friday Exhibits
Wheeler Arts Community Exhibit
Perry Township Education Foundation Art Auction
Masterpiece in a Day Exhibition: Indianapolis
Engaged, Enriched, Inspired: Community Art Corps Culmination
Young Friends of Art Auction
The Columbia Club: Artist of the Month (solo exhibition)
Humpback Barn Festival of Artists and Poets
The Art Source: two-woman show
Ball State Arts and Journalism Gallery: Senior B.F.A. show
Student Art Show, Ball State University Art Museum
Ball State University Theatre Gallery: two-woman show
Virginia Ball Center for Creative Inquiry |
May 2008
April 2008
February 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
June 2007
June 2007
Current
December 2006
February 2002-06
September 2005-06
June 2005
October 2004
January 2004
October 2002-04
May 2003
April 2003
April 2001-03
January 2003
February 2003 |
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