Education:                                   

1997 Master of Fine Arts, Drawing, Utah State University, Logan, UT

1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Additional Training:

2012     Regional Workshop, “Bauhaus with the Bathwater: Deconstructing and Rebooting Traditional Studio Projects Toward a Contemporary Interpretation that is Relevant to Millennial Art Students,” California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

  • Sponsored by Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)

2011     Workshop, “Defining and Documenting Teaching Excellence,” USU Eastern Utah, Price, UT

  • Creating a teaching portfolio

1999     Grant Writing Workshop, Utah State University, Logan, UT

  • Training by the Grantsmanship Center of Los Angeles, CA

1991      Drawing Workshop, Utah State University, Logan, UT

  • With Joseph Mugnaini, nationally-recognized artist and illustrator of Ray Bradbury’s book

Teaching Experience:

2008-    Associate Professor, Painting & Drawing, and Director, Gallery East, USU-College of Eastern Utah, Price, UT

Solo & Group  Exhibitions:

2023 Castle Country Community Art Show, USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum Gallery,

Price, UT

2023 Vestiges on the Land, Solo Exhibition, The John Wesley Powell River History Museum,

Green River, Utah.

2021 The 2nd Annual Figural Competition: A Collection of Work Juried by Victor Wang,

The In Art Gallery.

2021 Traces that Remain, Solo Exhibition, Snow College Art Gallery, Ephraim, UT

2021 97th Annual Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

2021 6th Annual Petite Impressions Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

2021 Castle Country Community Art Show, USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum Gallery

Price, UT

2020 96th Annual Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

2020 Places and Faces of Utah’s Coal Country, Solo Exhibition, Twain Tippetts  Gallery, Utah

State University, Logan, UT

2020 46th Annual Statewide Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

2019 Helper Plein Air, Competition Exhibit, Helper, UT

2019 Emery County Plein Air, Competition Exhibit, Green River, UT

2019 95th Annual Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

2019 45th Annual Statewide Exhibition, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT

2018 Art Elevated: Prehistoric Museum Community Art Exhibition, Price, UT

2018  44th Annual Statewide Competition, Ecccles Art Center, Ogden, UT

            2017 Arrangements: A Survey of Utah Collage, Utah Division of Art &

                                   Museums, Traveling Exhibition (2-year circulation)

            2015               41st Annual Statewide Competition, Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT

            2015               Blue, Faculty Exhibit, Utah State University, Logan, UT

            2014               The Other Side of Utah, Prehistoric Museum Gallery, Price, UT

            2013               The Other Side of Utah, Prehistoric Museum Gallery, Price, UT

            2011                Homage, Invitational Exhibit, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

            2007              Reflections, Invitational Exhibit, Brigham City Museum-Gallery, Brigham City, UT

            2007              Gallery Walk, The Sportsman, Logan, UT

            2007              83rd Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

2006             Gallery Walk, St. Johns Episcopal Church, Logan, UT

            2006              Cat Project, Utah Arts Council Touring Exhibit, statewide, UT

            2005              Gallery Walk, St. Johns Episcopal Church, Logan, UT

            2000-            Windows in Art, Utah Arts Council Touring Exhibit, statewide, UT

            2000              Windows in Art, Brigham City Museum-Gallery, Brigham City, UT

            2000              Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

1999               Alumni Invitational Show, Tippetts Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT

            1997               7th Black and White Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

            1997               23rd Annual Statewide Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

            1997               MFA Thesis Exhibition, Tippetts Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT

            1995               6th Black and White Competition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

            1995               71st Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

            1994               Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

            1994               70th Utah Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT

            1994               3rd International LDS Art Competition, LDS Museum of Church History and Art, Salt

Lake City, UT

            1994               Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Alliance for the Varied Arts, Logan, UT

            1993               19th Annual Statewide Exhibition, Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, UT

            1992               Watercolor Exhibition, Brigham City Museum-Gallery, Brigham City, UT

            1991                Figurative Expressions, Alliance for the Varied Arts, Logan, UT

Exchanges:

           2006              Invitational Print Exchange, Cat Project, Various Utah Artists, Ogden, UT

           2005              Annual Print Exchange, Students/Alumni, Utah State University, Logan, UT

2003              Christmas Print Exchange, Students/Alumni, Utah State University, Logan, UT

            2001              Christmas Print Exchange, Students/Alumni, Utah State University, Logan, UT

            2000             Christmas Print Exchange, Students/Alumni, Utah State University, Logan, UT

            1996              1st Annual Student Print Exchange, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Permanent Collections:

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Department of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Professional Affiliations:

Member, Foundations in Art Theory and Education (FATE), 2012-

  • Associate Editor, FATE IN REVIEW, 2017-22

Biographies and Notices:

Drawing Magazine, Winter 2007 issue, pp. 88-91.

Artist’s Directory, ArtistsofUtah.org

“Take a Closer Look,” Where it’s @ Magazine, October 12-18, 2001, p. 11.