EDUCATION

2013   MFA in Sculpture & Extended Media ● Virginia Commonwealth University ● Richmond, VA

2007   BFA in General Fine Art, Cum Laude ● Maryland Institute College of Art ● Baltimore, MD

2014-2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow ● Michigan Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019   You are Next to Me, Collaboration with Iris McCloughan ● Public Pool ● Hamtramck, MI

2018   You are Next to Me, Collaboration with Iris McCloughan ● Fairmount House ● Philadelphia, PA

2016   Infranatural ● Cave Gallery ● Detroit, MI

2015   Play/Things ● EMP Collective ● Baltimore, MD

——— Play/Things ● Black Iris Gallery ● Richmond, VA

——— Play/Things ● Practice Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA

——— ‘ Merikan Merkintile ● The Mattress Factory ● Pittsburgh, PA

——— ‘Merikan Merkintile ● 186 Carpenter Gallery ● Providence, RI

——— ‘Merikan Merkintile ● Adams & Ollman ● Portland, OR

2013   Three Ring ● Black Iris ● Richmond, VA

2010   Show in a Box ● Bodega ● Philadelphia, PA

2009   Chinnin’ Out ● International House ● Philadelphia, PA

2008   Unbearingable House ● Black Sheep Puppet Festival ● Pittsburg, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Jentel Presents ● Sage Arts ● Sheridan, WY

——— Plus One (Stop Making Sense) ● Janice Charach Gallery ● West Bloomfield, MI 

——— Penland Winter ● Penland School of Craft ● Bakersville, NC

2022 The Lady of the Lake, the Monarch, and the Milkweed Baron ● Prairie Ronde ● Vicksburg, MI

——— MdW Fair ● Mana Contemporary ● Chicago, IL 

——— Abstract Acres ● Fluffy Butt Farms ● Fentonville, MI 

——— Stop Making Sense: A Survey of Contemporary Craft ● College for Creative Studies ● Detroit, MI 

2021 Living With Art ● BasBlue ● Detroit, MI

2020 9 Hour Interludes ● Siena Heights University ● Adrian, MI 

——— MAKE SHIFT ● Popp’s Emporium at Popp’s Packing ● Hamtramck, MI

2019   Barbed Magazine — Fall 2019 Release performance event ● Outer Limits ● Detroit, MI

——— Emergency Index — Book release performance ● Jam Handy ● Detroit, MI

——— 9 hours: a live stream from Detroit ● Wayne State University ● Detroit, MI

——— Myth & Mirth ● University of Maine ● Farmington, ME

——— Nomadic Objects ● Oloman Next Door ● Hamtramck, MI

2018   Awful Wrestling ● PhilaMOCA ● Philadelphia, PA

——— Object Permanence ● Fjord Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA

——— She/They/Us ● Riverside Arts Center ● Ypsilanti, MI

2017   Drivers, Impulsers ● Human Resources ● Los Angeles, CA

——— Friends of Friends ● Butter at Wasserman Projects ● Detroit, MI

2016   Mediums ● Constellation ● Chicago, IL

——— RE/NIGHT/LIVE/MARE ● AcreTV ● Chicago, IL

2015   ESPTV ● Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit ● Detroit, MI

——— Direct Object/Direct Action ● Threewalls Gallery, ● Chicago, IL

——— Laser Tag Soundtrack ● KChung Radio at Ultrazone Lazertag, ● Los Angeles, CA

——— Pleasure/Pain ● Gaze Film Series by Women Artists’ Television Access ● San Francisco, CA

——— Pistols & Stamen ● Chicago Filmmakers ● Chicago, IL

2014   Christmastown Spectacular ● Christmastown ● Bushwick, NY

——— Video! Video! ● Chicago, IL

——— Psychedelicatessen ● AcreTV ● Chicago, IL

——— Made in LA with KCHUNG TV ● Hammer Museum ● Los Angeles, CA

2013   Press Play ● Practice Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA

——— MFA Thesis Exhibition ● Anderson Gallery Carriage House ● Richmond, VA

——— New Work ● Bushwick Open Studios ● Brooklyn, NY

2012   Common Senses, with Mildred’s Lane ● MoMA ● New York, NY

——— Suzanne ● Artisphere ● Washington, DC

——— We Work Hard So You Don’t Have To ● Reynolds Building ● Richmond, VA

2011   Hors d'Oeuvres ● FAB Gallery at VCU ● Richmond, VA

——— Epic Pain ● Little Berlin & Vox Populi ● Philadelphia, PA

2010   OVC ● Institute for Contemporary Art ● Philadelphia, PA

——— FORCE ● Current Gallery ● Baltimore, MD

——— Sound/Stages ● Vox Populi ● Philadelphia, PA

——— Temporary Toy Theater Museum ● St. Ann’s Warehouse ● New York, NY

——— Pedestrian Services Exquisite ● Transmodern Arts Festival ● Baltimore, MD

——— Failure to Show ● Extra Extra ● Philadelphia, PA

——— It Came from the Nettle Fizz ● Secret Project Robot ● New York, NY

2009   Celebration of Eventfulness ● Monkeytown ● New York, NY

——— OVC ● Institute for Contemporary Art ● Philadelphia, PA

——— VoxV ● Vox Populi ● Philadelphia, PA

——— Pedestrian Service Exquisite ● Transmodern Arts Festival ● Baltimore, MD

——— Collections ● COPY Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA

PERFORMANCE

2022 Awful Wrestling: The Rock vs Scissors vs Paper ● PhilaMOCA ● Philadelphia, PA

2020 A Colonial History of Joann Fabrics, as part of 9hr Interludes (virtual) ● Sienna Heights University ● Adrian, MI

——— Creator and Performer, For Rehearsal ● Tympanum ● Warren, MI

2019   Co-Creator and Performer (with Iris McCloughan)—You Are Next to Me, full length performance ● Public Pool ● Hamtramck, MI

2018   Reading—Goodtyme Writer’s Buffet ● Detroit, MI

——— Awful Wrestling: Red Flag vs Benefit of the Doubt ● PhilaMOCA ● Philadelphia, PA

——— How Much Bigger Could This Red Flag Possibly Be as part of Object Permanence ● Fjord Gallery ● Philadelphia, PA

——— Collaborative reading—You are Next to Me; with Iris McCloughan ● Fairmount House ● Philadelphia, PA

2017   Reading—Salon Catroit, curated by Write a House recipient, Anne Elizabeth Moore ● Detroit, MI

——— Performer—An Incomplete Collection of Things #notallmen Do ● Created with Charles Gushue + Robert H. Maynard ● Triskelion Arts ● Brooklyn, NY

——— Performer—Parade of Excuses: Cleaning Up Our Act with Rabble Rousers Mummers Brigade ● Philadelphia, PA

2016   Presenter—Play/Things for the Michigan Society of Fellows ● Ann Arbor, MI

——— Performer—Stupor: Soft Gun book release ● Public Pool ● Detroit, MI

——— Director + performer—A Night with Dan Gilbert & Friends ● Cave Gallery ● Detroit, MI

2015   Director + performer—Late Nite with Wesley Wodgers, Live to Tape Artist Television Festival ● Links Hall ● Chicago, IL

2014   Co-creator + performer—Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, AcreTV ● Chicago, IL

——— Playwright, Pregnant Pause ● Baltimore One-Minute Play Festival ● Baltimore, MD

2010   Artistic director, performer, trapeze artist—Act III of Julius Caesar, with PuppeTyranny ● Philadelphia, PA

——— Performer—Peter Pan in Kensington Garden, directed by Zac Palladino // PuppeTyranny ● Philadelphia, PA

——— Co-director + performer—Mouth Show, with Zac Palladino // PuppeTyranny ● Philadelphia, PA

2009   Dancer + puppeteer—27 Dirt Cheap Money Dances, by Lubberland National Dance Co. ● Glover, VT

——— Puppeteer + performer—The Soldier and the Phoenix, directed by Morgan Andrews // Shoddy Puppet Co. ● Philadelphia, PA

2008   Shadow + projection puppeteer—Flight by Erik Ruin ● Philadelphia, PA

——— Actor—Disaster Banana by Eli Nixon // Ramshackle Enterprises // Black Sheep Puppet Festival ● Pittsburgh, PA

——— Puppeteer—Sourdough Philosophy Circus, Bread and Puppet Theater ● Glover, VT

Awards . Honors . Publications

2019   Guest Faculty—Performance, 4D Foundations ● Stamps School of Art & Design University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

2018 - 2019   Guest Faculty—Artist statement and thesis writing ● Cranbrook Academy of Art ● Bloomfield Hills, MI

2018   Guest Speaker—Social Spaces ● Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

2014-2017 Postdoctoral Research Fellow—Society of Fellows ● University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

2017   Guest Speaker—Social Spaces ● Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

2016   Panelist—Shape Shifters ● School 33 ● Baltimore, MD

——— Visiting Artist—Fiber ● Maryland Institute College of Arts ● Baltimore, MD

——— Visiting Artist—Sculpture ● College for Creative Studies ● Detroit, MI

——— Recipient—Faculty Professional Development Fund ● Stamps School of Art, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

2015-17 Guest Faculty Resident—Telluride House, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

2015   Visiting Artist—Art, Antioch College ● Yellow Springs, OH

——— Visiting Artist—Foundation: 4D, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

——— Recipient—Faculty Professional Development Fund ● Stamps School of Art, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

2014   Recipient—Faculty Professional Development Fund ● Stamps School of Art, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

——— Visiting Artist—Art History: Ekphrasis, University of Michigan ● Ann Arbor, MI

——— Visiting Artist—Sculpture: Senior Thesis ● Rhode Island School of Design ● Providence, RI

2013   Visiting Artist—Time-Based Media ● Virginia Commonwealth University ● Richmond, VA

——— Visiting Artist—Cinema: Sculptural Cinema ● Binghamton University ● Vestal, NY

——— Finalist—U.S. Fulbright Fellowship

2012   Contributor—Curious, available through Printed Matter ● New York, NY

2010   Feature Interview—Art Blog Radio with Libby Rosof + Roberta Fallon ● Philadelphia, PA

2009   Guest Interview—Art Talk with Nike Desis, Nexus Radio ● Philadelphia, PA

Residencies

2019   Marble House Project
Dorset, VT

Aunt Karen’s Farm
Mt. Vision, NY

2018   ACRE
Steuben, WI

2015   AS220
Providence, RI

2014   University Musical Society, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

2013   Art Farm Nebraska
Marquette, NE

2012   Mildred’s Lane
Narrowsburg, NY

Curatorial & Organizing

2020 Co-curator with Nick Kramer ● There is a Fly in My Soup ● Soul Gallery ● West Bloomfield Township, MI

2008-11 Touring theater curation, booking, and promotion—Puppet Uprising Series ● Philadelphia, PA

2010-11 Co-curator—Little Berlin, art collective ● Philadelphia, PA

2010-2014 Founder—PuppeTyranny, theater collective ● Philadelphia, PA

Teaching: Higher Education

College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Fine Arts department and Fibers Program. Adjunct Faculty, 2018.
— Make, Wear, Wiggle, Winter 2018
— Intro to Fibers Structures, Fall 2018
— Survey and Methods, Fall 2018

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI. Lecturer, 2017.
— Digital Media, Fall 2017 

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Adjunct Instructor, 2017-2018.
— Time Studio, Fall 2017 and Winter 2018 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Full Time Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher in Residence, 2014-2017.
— Graduate Thesis Seminar, Spring 2017
— Intersections, Spring 2016
— Play, Fall 2016
— Puppets, Props, and Performance, Spring 2015 

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Lead Instructor 2012-2013. Amy Hauft, Chair.
— 2D into 3D, Spring 2012 and Spring 2013

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Adjunct Instructor, 2010. Mi-Kyoung Lee, Fiber Department Chair.
— Experimental Costume, Fall 2010

Selected Teaching Artist Residencies

Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME.
Summer 2017. Assistant Instructor to Aaron McIntosh, Piecework as Paradigm: Textiles. Summer 2017. Paul Sacaridiz, Executive Director.

Oasis Art Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Teaching Artist-in-Residence, Puppetry. July 2009. Lori Bartol, Executive Director.

Spiral Q Puppet Theater, Philadelphia, PA.
Teaching Artist, July ’07 to July ‘08. Tracy Broyles, Executive Director. Ted Enoch, Education Director.