Education:
    2006   MFA, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
    2004   University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin
    2002   BFA, Magna cum Laude, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois

    Professional Experience and Courses Taught:
    2008-2007 Assistant Professor, Baylor University, Waco Texas
               Introduction to Drawing I
    2007-2006 Full Time Lecturer, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa
               Introduction to Drawing I
               Introduction to Drawing II
    2006-2004 Instructor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois            
               Introduction to Drawing II
               Introduction to Drawing III-Figure Drawing
               Drawing IV-Intermediate Figure Drawing
               Drawing for Communication
    2004-2003 Instructor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin         
               Introduction to Drawing I

    Solo Exhibitions:
    2006  Still Lifes University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
    2002  Recent Work University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois

    Juried Exhibitions:
    2008  Juried Show 2008 Bowery Gallery, New York, New York, Juror: Jed Perl
               Will’s Creek Servey 2008 Exhibition Saville Gallery, Cumberland Maryland, Juror: Sarah Newman, Assistant
               Curator of Contemporary Art, Corcoran Museum
               National Small Oil Painting Exhibition 2008 Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita Kansas, Juror: Daniel Sprick,
               Artist
    2007  Resistance to Vision International Juried Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio, Curator: Dana Saulnier,
               Professor of Art, Miami University
               National Small Works Painting Exhibition 2007 The Main Street Gallery, Groton New York, Jurors: Joy Adams
               Painter, Emeritus Professor of Painting, Ithaca College, and Roger Smith, Director, The Main Street Gallery
    2006  First National Juried Exhibition Prince Street Galley, New York New York, Juror: Philip Pearlstein
             National Small Works Painting Exhibition 2006 The Main Street Gallery, Groton New York, Jurors: Andrea
               Inselmann, Curator Modern and Contemporary Art, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, and
               Roger Smith, Director, The Main Street Gallery
               20th Annual National Self-Portrait Juried Exhibition: No Big Heads 2006 UAA Student Union Gallery, University
               of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage Alaska, Juror: Brad Holland, Illustrator   
    2005  Contemporary Realism Christopher Art Gallery, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights Illinois, Juror: Gregory
               G. Knight, Director of Visual Arts, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
    2002  Annual Juried Student Art Awards Exhibition University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
    2001  Annual Juried Student Art Awards Exhibition University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
    2000  Annual Juried Student Art Awards Exhibition University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
    1999  Annual Juried Student Art Awards Exhibition University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois

    Group Exhibitions:
    2008  Annual Faculty Exhibition Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco Texas
    2007  Interart Exhibition Series GTA, Great Basin College, Elko Nevada
    2006  Go Forth and Multiply Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
    2005  Why Are We Here? Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
               Landscape Mix Gallery, Carterville Illinois
               MFA Preview Exhibition University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
               The International Pony Show Gallery HQ, Makanda Illinois
              Mini Print Exhibition Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
               Around the Coyote Wicker Park, Chicago Illinois
    2004  Second Annual Winter Solstice Celebration and Holiday Art Sale Cooperative Image Group, The Empty Bottle,
               Chicago Illinois
               Skopeoholic Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,Carbondale Illinois
               Mini Print Exhibition Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
               Trip the Trigger Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale Illinois
               Load Show Douglas School of Art, Murphysboro, Illinois
    2003  New Institute of Visual Art Gallery 3, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin
             Methods Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin Group Exhibition Red Car
               Gallery, Milwaukee Wisconsin
            
    Awards:
    2006  Best of Show, 20th Annual National Self-Portrait Juried Exhibition: No Big Heads 2006 University of Alaska
               Anchorage, Anchorage Alaska
               Purchase Award, Annual Juried Student Purchase Awards Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale
               Illinois
    2003  Honorable Mention, Methods University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Wisconsin
    2002  Purchase Award, Annual Juried Student Art Awards Exhibition Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
             Talent Grant recipient, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
               Academic Honors, Dean’s List, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
    2001  Talent Grant recipient, Western Illinois University, Macomb
               Illinois                                                                                                          
               Merit Award, Honorable Mention, Annual Juried Student Art Awards Exhibition Western Illinois University,
               Macomb Illinois
               Academic Honors, Dean’s List, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois   
    2000  Academic Honors, Dean’s List, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
    1999  Academic Honors, Dean’s List, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
               Tuition Waiver recipient, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois

    Collections:
               Southern Illinois University Carbondale Student Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale
               Illinois
               University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
               Numerous Private Collections

    Related Experience:
    2007  Participant of Master Class with Stuart Shils Landscape Painting Workshop, The Pennsylvania Academy of the
               Fine Arts, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
    2006  Academic Advisor, Integrated Studio Arts, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa
               Member, GAPP-Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
               Carbondale Illinois
    2005  Fall semester, guest artist/lecturer for Introduction to Drawing, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
               Carbondale Illinois
               Fall semester, guest artist/lecturer for Introduction to Painting, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
               Carbondale Illinois
               Summer session, guest artist/lecturer for 2D Foundations, Studio A, Southern Illinois University Carbondale,
               Carbondale Illinois
    2002  President, Student Art League, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois
    2001  Member, Student Art League, Western Illinois University, Macomb Illinois


    Bibliography:
    2007  Resistance to Vision, Searching, Sifting, Finding, Seeing Exhibition Catalogue, Dana Saulnier, Manifest Gallery,
               Cincinnati Ohio
               richardojones.com “Something About to Give” Online Arts and Culture Review. Nov. 16, 2007
    2004  The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Red Car Gallery Opens” Culture. Jan. 25, 2004