Education
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI 2008 - present
  • BFA, Fibers, Maryland Institute College of Art, MD May 2006
  • Pasadena Art Center , Bag and Carry Gear Design course, CA June 2005
  • Bootmaking with Emily Putterman at the Make Workshop, NYC 2005
  • Billy King's Sterling Quest Silversmith School, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico 2003

Awards

  • Cranbrook Academy of Art Merit Scholarship 2008
  • Jacques and Natahsha Gelman Travel Grant Finalist 2006
  • Maryland Institute College of Art Achievement Award 2005
  • Maryland Institute College of Art Presidential Merit Scholarship

Exhibitions

  • Solo Show, Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland CA 2008
  • A.Muse Gallery, San Francisco CA 2007
  • Solo Show, August Shop, Oakland CA 2007
  • “Big World Little World”, Transmissions Gallery, Berkeley CA 2007
  • “Works on Felt”, Peace Industry Store, San Francisco CA 2006
  • “Commencement Exhibition”, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD 2006
  • “Artist Books”, Decker Library, Baltimore MD 2005
  • “Michael Rackowitz: Inflatable and Collapsible”, Rome , Italy 2004
  • “Women in Art”, Dogcouch Gallery, Baltimore , MD 2004
  • “Plural Tongues”, Dogcouch Gallery, Baltimore , MD 2004

Permanent Collections

  • Arts Library, Yale University , New Haven , CT
  • Special Collections Library, University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA
  • Decker Library Artist Book Collection, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Additional Projects

  • “A Belly Full of Birdshot” a Working Journals Publication 2005
  • “Saltimbanque 2” a Gottlund Verlag publication 2004
  • “The Great Saltimbanque Saltimbanque” a Gottlund Verlag publication 2004
  • “Why Aren’t You Smiling” Baltimore Women’s Health Collective Zine 2004

Professional Experience

  • Peace Industry Custom Felt Rugs, San Francisco , CA 2006 - 2008
  • ArtFibers, Pinole, CA 2006
  • Annet Couwenberg MICA professor and Fiber Department Chair, Baltimore , MD 2006

Internships

  • Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley , CA 2006
  • Voice Gallery 1156, San Diego , CA 2005
  • Tim Bessell Custom Surfboards, San Diego , CA 2005
  • Annet Couwenberg MICA professor and Fiber Department Chair, Baltimore , MD 2004-2005

Technical Skills

  • Textiles: screen-printing, repeat printing, immersion dyeing, resist dyeing, sewing machine, pattern drafting and construction, knitting machine, felt
  • Sculpture: welding, woodworking, moldmaking and casting, jewelry
  • Paper: screen-printing, bookbinding
  • Digital Media: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, Point Carre, Microsoft Office