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
RESUME