Education and Certifications
M.F.A.Painting, Wichita State University
B.A. Art, Sterling College
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions (*solo)
2025 *Back of the Bus (working title), Aunt Dofe’s Gallery, Willow Creek, Montana (Scheduled)
2024 Suspended Intervals, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
*Editing Edifices, Edward A. Whitney Gallery, Whitney Center for the Arts, Sheridan, Wyoming
2023 *Residual Artifacts, A & E Architecture Gallery, Billings, Montana
2022 *Garden of Parallel Paths, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings, Montana
*Straight There and Back, Sterling College Gallery, Sterling, Kansas
2021-2022 *Manifest [Equilibrium], Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana
2020-2022 *Straight There and Back, MAGDA sponsored traveling exhibition
Montana venues scheduled:Holter Art Museum, Helena; Carle Gallery, Butte;
DeWeese Gallery, Bozeman; Schoolhouse History and Art Center, Colstrip;
MonDak Heritage Center, Sidney; Carbon County Arts Guild, Red Lodge;
Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.
2019 *Editing Edifices, Fisch Haus Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
2018 *Framing Interference, McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbia,
South Carolina.
The notion of self-similarity, Multnomah Arts Center Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
2017 Mooring, ProjeckTraum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2015 *Variations of Unlimited Sequence, Gallery of Visual Art, Missoula, Montana
*Gathered Coherence, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
2014 *Gathered Coherence, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Billings, Montana
Reinventing Self, Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri
2013 *Escape Route (flight), Sterling College Gallery, Kansas
*Down the Hall, International School of Education, Xuchang University, China
2012 Interpreting Structure, 1708 Gallery, Chico, California
*Makes It Into Matter, CityArts, Wichita, Kansas
*Escape Route, Miscianga Center McLanahan Gallery, Altoona, Pennsylvania
2011 New Work, Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri
*Converging Upon Me, Cocoon Gallery, Arts Incubator, Kansas City, Missouri
2010 *Concurrent Lines, Shopkeepers Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
West of Wichita, Delmar Riney Gallery, Pratt, Kansas
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas
Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions (10 years)
2025 Across the Divide, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
Belonging: The Long Island City Studio Collective, Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, Ohio; and Long Island City, New York. Curated by Rebecca Ibel and Laura Sanders
2024 BIRD(S), Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana
Evidence, MIXX Collective, Northcutt Steele Gallery, Billings, Montana
Yellowstone Art Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
Intrinsic, Kirk’s Grocery Gallery, Billings, Montana
2023 Pulling focus, Kirk’s Grocery Gallery, Billings, Montana
Across the Divide, Holter Art Museum, Helena, Montana
The Night Gala 2023, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
Missoula Art Auction, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana
2022 Where we are now, Kirk’s Grocery Gallery, Billings, Montana
The Night, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
MIXX XIII, a baker’s dozen, LGX Studio, Billings, Montana
Kirks Small Works, Kirks Grocery, Billings, Montana
2021 Extraction, Kirk’s Grocery, Billings, Montana.
2020 RECKLESS, MIXX Collective at Kirk’s Grocery, Billings, Montana.
Artist Spotlight, Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana.
2019 Fresh Cuts, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City, Michigan.
Landscapes of the Imagination, Festival of the Arts juried exhibition,
Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon
Faculty Exhibition, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Billings, Montana
2018 Montana Triennial, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana. Juror; Nicole Herden.
Faculty Exhibition, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Billings, Montana
2017 MIXX7, 4ZERO7 Gallery, Billings, Montana
Faculty Exhibition, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Billings, Montana
Whitewater, Yellowstone River Lodge, Columbus, Montana
2016 Body - Mind Entente, UMKC Gallery of Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri
MIXX6, 2905 Gallery, Billings, Montana
Skull Show, Coila Evans Gallery, Roundup, Montana
A Little Art Show, Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana
Flocking, Installation Invitation, Yellowstone Art Museum Art Auction, Billings, Montana
Special Projects (10 years)
2024 The Trojan Horse, Collaboration with Great Falls Chinook Winds Quintet, Great Falls, Montana
2022 Trailhead, Bloomberg Foundation Asphalt Art Project, North Park, Billings, Montana
Percent for Art, Public Art Installation at MSUB Yellowstone Health and Science Building,
Billings, Montana
2021 Manifest [Equilibrium], Drawing Installation, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana.
2017 Cast Spaces, Mural and Drawing Installation, Bishops, Billings, Montana
2016 110 Pauses, Installation in Murdock Gallery, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
Teaching Experience
2012-Present Professor of Painting and Drawing, Montana State University Billings
Professional Activities (10 years)
2025 Artist Residency, Erik’s Ranch, Livingston, Montana
2023-2024 Hosted Open Studio Events, Long Island City Studio Collective, Long Island City, New York
2024 Artist Talk, Yellowstone Art Museum
Artist Talk, Sheridan College
Open Studio hosted by Yellowstone Art Museum
2021 Artist Interview, Missoula Art Museum, online resource for 5th grade Art Experience
2020 Artist Interview, live at Kirk’s Grocery with gallery owner, Shane DeLeon
Online resource: https://youtu.be/noLqViOaL0o
Artist Interview, Quarantine and Create, with Holter Art Musum Curator, Rosemany Howell
Online resource: https://youtu.be/tmTvS9J6b-o
Artist Talk, “Wednesday With”event at Kirks Grocery, Billings, Montana.
Artist Talk and Demonstration on Editing Edifices exhibition, Fisch Haus Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
2019 Japanese Stab Bound Book Making Workshop, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
Coptic Stitch Book Making Workshop, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
2018 Artist Talk, Montana Triennial, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana.
2017 Variations of Our Unconscious Architecture: Fictional Places in Visual Art and Literature,
Artist Talk and Research presentation, Twelfth International Conference on the Arts in
Society, American University, Paris, France
Artist Talk and Lecture, Westpark Series, Billings, Montana
Live Online Artist Talk, Coila Evans Gallery, Roundup, Montana
2016 Ucross Foundation Residency, Ucross, Wyoming
Symphony in the Flint Hills, Inclusion in Field Journal by invitation
Artist Talk, Reinventing Self Project, Showcasing Scholarship Presented by MSU Billings
Women’s Caucus, Billings, Montana
Creativity in the Classroom, Presentation and Visiting Lecturer to EDCI 500, MSU Billings
Awards, Honors, and Grants (10 years)
2023 Creative And Research Endeavors Grant, MSU Billings, Billings, Montana
2022 Bloomberg Foundation Aspalt Art Project Grant
Creative And Research Endeavors Grant, MSU Billings, Billings, Montana
2021 Artist Innovation Award, Montana Arts Council, Funded by State of Montana and
National Endowment of the Arts
Sterling College Fine Arts Hall of Fame, Inductee, Sterling, Kansas
Percent for Art Receipient for Yellowstone Health and Science Building
UISFYL Grant Recipient
Creative And Research Endeavors Grant, MSU Billings, Billings, Montana
2019 Editing Edifices, Wichita Arts Council Artist Grant, Wichita, Kansas
Creative And Research Endeavors Grant, MSU Billings, Billings, Montana
2018 Creative And Research Endeavors Grant, MSU Billings, Billings, Montana
Provost Faculty Development Grant, MSU Billings, Billings, Montana
2017 Cox Fellowship Award for Teaching Excellence, MSU Billings, Billings, Montana