EDUCATION

 

M.F.A. Painting, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 2007

B.F.A. Painting, Clarke College, Dubuque, IA, 2002, Summa Cum Laude

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

Rebik/Fortuna, Two-person Exhibition, Outside the Lines Gallery, Dubuque, IA, 2012.

Rock Island 36th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition,  Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, 2012.

Pictures of Nothing Juried Exhibition, JF Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.  Feb 6-March 3, 2012. 

The National Art Exibition, Academy of the Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA, 2012

Figurative Invitational Exhibit,  Quigley Gallery, Dubuque, IA. 2011

Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibit, Dubuque, IA, 2010

Figuratively Speaking (Group), Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach FL, 2010

Rock Island Annual Juried Exhibit, Augustana College Art Museum, Rock Island, IL, 2010

Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibit, Dubuque, IA, 2010

Figuratively Speaking (Group), Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach FL, 2010

Rock Island Annual Juried Exhibit, Augustana College Art Museum, Rock Island, IL, 2010

PAINT (Group), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2010

Voices at the Warehouse Exhibit (Group), Dubuque, IA, 2009

Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibit, Dubuque, IA, 2009

Clarke College Faculty Exhibit (Group), Brio Gallery, Galena, IL, 2008

Rock Island Annual Juried Exhibit, Augustana College Art Museum, Rock Island, IL, 2008 

New Work (Solo), Quigley Gallery, Dubuque, IA, 2007

Disillusioned (Solo), Schmidt Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 2007

Clarke College MFA Exhibit (Group), Quigley Gallery, Dubuque, IA, 2006

MFA Exhibit (Group), Center for the Performing Arts, Boca Raton, FL, 2006

Sculpture Society Exhibit (Group), Art Basel, Miami, FL, 2005

Painter’s Forum Show (Group), Schmidt Gallery Hallway, Boca Raton, FL, 2005

FAU Student Exhibit (Group), Boca Raton, FL, 2005

Painter’s Forum Exhibit (Group), Art Basel, Miami, FL, 2004

Newton Public Library Exhibition (Solo), Newton, IA, 2003

Looking Forward (Solo), Quigley Gallery, Dubuque, IA, 2002

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Best in Show Award, Pictures of Nothing Juried Exhibition, JF Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.  2012.

Best in Show Award, Thirty-fourth Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, 2010

Third Place Award, Dubuque Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibit, 2009

Honorable Mention, Thirty-Second Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, 2008

Ragdale Foundation Residency, 2007

Florida Atlantic University Women’s Studies Symposium Presenter and Speaker, 2006

Women in the Visual Arts Scholarship Competition Winner, 2005

Jasper County Art Award, 2003

Gloria Weir Melgaard Art Award, 2002

Walter and Kathryn Dunham Art Award, 2002

National League of American Pen Women Art Scholarship, 2001